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Courts & crime, 1885

4,969 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 249

Assaulting a Police Magistrate

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1885 · page 5

BATHURST, Monday.--A men named Crawford was to-day fined £3 for assaulting a police magistrate, and £5 for using obscede language. The assault occurred on Monday night. Mr Lie, P. M…

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Charge of Burglary

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1885 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--Robert Boneton, 26, labourer ; James Murray, 36, saddler; Thomas Irwin, 22, tailor; and Arthur Clint, ship's steward, were charged at the Police Court to-day with…

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Daring Burglary. BRISBANE

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1885 · page 6

A daring robbery was perpetrated on Saturday in the Waterloo Hotel, in the Valley. Shortly after 2 p.m. the landlady and her family left home for Sandgate. At about 4 p.m. a cab, which…

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Alleged Indecent Assault

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1885 · page 6

In the Water Police Court on Monday, before Mr. Leopold Yates, D.S.M., Patrick Rider was brought np on a charge of having indecently assaulted one Bridget Goddard. The prosecutrix did not appear…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1885 · page 5

At the CENTRAL, POLICE COURT yesterday, the bench in the Charge Court was occupied by Mr. G. O'M. Clarke, S.M., Mary Ann Jones, who pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of boots from the shoptront…

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Assault by a Constable. "WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1885 · page 4

In the police court on Monday Constable Blow was charged with having assaulted William Powrie on New Year's morning. The accused was found guilty, and was fined £3 with £1 19s…

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Police Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1885 · page 6

Frederick Carlin, a young man described as a labourer, was charged at the Redfern Police Court yesterday with stealing a watch valued at £5, the property of William Matheson. Constable M'Coll…

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The Bondi Rioters Again. the Assault on the Constable

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1885 · page 5

In the Water Police Court to-day, before Mr. Yates, D.S.M.. the two mou. John Jones and James Kelly, who are in custody on a charge of having been concerned in the Bondi riot, were brought…

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Murder of an Invincible. New York, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1885 · page 7

A deliberate murder occurred in this city to-day. An Irishman who had been connected with the "Invincible" organisation, suspected of divulging the secrets of the…

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Stealing from a Clothes Line. a Contemptible Theft

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 4

William Harris, described as a fireman, was brought up in the Water Police Court to-day on a charge of having stolen from a clothes line, the property of Mary Thompson of Cambridge-street, four…

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Redfern Police Court

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 4

In the Redfern Police Court to-day, before Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M., four persons were fined for having been drunk. Thomas Dale, for having been on the enclosed premises of Mr. Christopher Harrison, in…

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Newtown Police Court

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 3

In the Newtown Police Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M., Alfred Stephen, landlord of the Clarence Hotel, Petersham, was fined 20s, on the information of Senior-constable Higgins, for an evasion…

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North Shore Police Court

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 3

John Mitchell, a mere boy, was brought before Mr. Addison, in the North Shore Police Court, on Tuesday, and charged with having used obscene language in Spring-street. His Worship remarked that the…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 6

At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, before Mr.G.O'M, Clarke, S.M., Mich[?]l Galiagher, 40 years, described as a gardener, on a charge of having assaulated Constable J. Watson whilst in the excution of his duty,…

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Police Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 9

Thomas Moore appeared before Mr Yates, D.S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday, to answer a charge for that he did on or about October 9, 1884, utter to William Amor a £1-note on the English…

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Parramatta Police Court. Saturday, January 10. (Before Mr. H. Taylor, J.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 2

John Fitzgerald and John Abbott, on the “ vag., ” were sent to gaol for a Week, pending the receipt of orders for their admission to a Benevolent Asylum…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held on Tuesday. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—William Boylan to James Gammell, Bellevne Hotel, Bellevne-street…

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Penrith Police Court. Tuesday, Jan. 13. BEFORE Messrs. Lethbridge, Single and Dr. Bond, Js.P

Nepean Times · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 2

A postponed case, Inspector Curran v. Thomas Weaver, from 21st November last, for a breach of the Public Instruction Act, was still further postponed Until 10th…

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Serious Charge Against a Parson. the Dean of Hereford in the Police Court. Alleged Indecency. the Hushing Up Process

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 4

Thus the London WEEKLY DISPATCH of December 7:—In thE Marlborough-street Police Court, last week, the Very Rev. and Hon. George Herbert, Dean of Hereford, and brother of Earl Powis, of 45…

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Insolvency Court. Tuesday, January 13. SURRENDERS

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 3

Wellwood Thompson, of Cook's River-road, near Sydney, wine and spirit dealer. Liabilities, £159 14s 2d; assets, £23 15s. Mr. F. Macnab, official assignee…

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