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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1885

4,969 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 249

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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The Fatal Fire at the Coffee Palace Hotel. Verdict of Murder and Arson

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1885 · page 6

Yesterday morning at 9.30 Mr Shiell, the City Coroner, resumed the inquiry at the District Court into the death of Mr Edward Hill, J.P., whose burnt remain…

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Balmain Police Court

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 6

Two respectable-looking lads, named Henry Butler and W. Jackson, were charged before Mr. Addison, at the Balmain Police Court, on Wednesday, with having behaved riotously in a public thoroughfare. They…

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North Shore Police Court

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 4

George Thomas Fuller was charged in remand before Mr. Addison, in the North Shore Police Court to-day with having stolen one black boat, a brown tweel vest one ticket for a watch pledge for 10s…

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Stealing from the Person

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 6

In the Water Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. Yates, S.M., George William Gray was charged, on the information of Edgar Ashby, landlord of the Dove Inn, with having stolon from him a silver watch, a…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 5

At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT, yesterday, before Mr G. O'M. Clarke, S.M., John Finucane, 46 years, on a charge of stealing 2s. 3d., the money of Elizabeth Graham, was sentenced to be kept at hard labour for 14 days…

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Alleged Brutal Assault. EMMAVILLE

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 6

Luke Tierney was charged, to-day, with having committed a brutal assault upon his mother, who is 85 years of age. The police found her in a hut (which the two occupied), on Monday, in a…

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"Killing No Murder."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 4

In the latter days of Cromwell's rule over England, a pamphlet was published bearing the above title, by one Colonel Titus, an enemy of the great Protector, in which it was sought to…

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Police Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 6

A rough looking fellow named Terence M[?]teer was charged at the Redfern Court yesterday with assaulting his wife. It. appeared that on the 2nd instant the defendant, who had been drinking…

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Socialist Murder in Germany

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 4

BERLIN, January 14.—A police official, who had recently taken a prominent part in the prosecution of Socialists, was Stabbed to death to-day in Frankfort. The murderer has not yet been…

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Insolvency Court. Wednesday, January 14. Surrender

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 6

George Benjamin Golds, of 31 Waterloo-street, Surry Hills, Sydney, Liabilities, £57 14s 6d; assets, £24, Mr E. M. Stephen, official assignee…

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Law Report. Insolvency Court.—wednesday. Surrenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1885 · page 5

Joseph Riley, of Bowral, butcher. Liabilities, £227 0s. 6d. Assets, £65 5s. Mr. Lloyd, official assignee. George S[?]anderson, of New Lambton, miner. Liabilities, £35 4s. 1d. Ass[?]ts, £1 10s. Mr. Stephen, official…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 5

At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, before Mr. G. O'M. Clarke, S.M., a number of persons were punished for minor offences. Patrick Joyce, 79 labourer, besides being fined for being drunk, was fined 20s. for indecent…

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Police Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 3

At the instance of the Inspector of Nuisances, Camperdown, Robert Finley for casting night soil on a lane between Denison and Regent-streets was fined at the Newtown Court yesterday £5, 26s…

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Sadden Death in Gaol. ARMIDALE

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 2

A prisoner in Armidale gaol, John Cane, dropped dead yesterday. He was about tp take some group soup when he said that he felt sick. He moved toward the door; bat had scarcely taken a couple of steps…

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Socialist Murder in Germany

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 5

Berlin, Wednesday.--A police official who bad recently taken a prominent part in the prosecution of Socialists, was stabbed to death to-day, in Frankfort. The murderer has not yet been…

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The Slack Murder. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 2

The police have applied to have the body of Mr. Slack exhumed. The prisoner Barnes will be prosecuted for murder. Several police officers are now positive that, from the position of the corpse…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) Socialist Murder in Germany. Berlin, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 7

A police official, who had recently taken a prominent part in the prosecution of Socialists, was stabbed to death to-day in Frankfort. The murderer has not yet been arrested…

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Law Report. Insolvency Court.—thursday. Surrenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 5

William John Parkes, of College-street, Camperdown, labourer. Liabilities, £72 7s. Assets, £90. Mr. Macnab, official assignee. Herbert Frederick Lloyd, of John and Moncur streets,…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—friday, January 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 5

Chamber List, at 10.—Cohen v. Bonery, Atkinson and another v. Levy, T[?]dehope v. Thorpe, Wright v. Cripps, in re Mary Bennett, Corwardine v. Levy, Watt, v. Leeder, Fleming v. Leeder, Robertson v. Sachs. Keenan v. Elder et [?]x, in re Joseph…

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