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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1885

4,969 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 249

Insolvency Court. Thursday, January 15. New Surrenders

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 6

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

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LAW NOTICES.--This Day. Supreme Court. Chamber List

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 6

At 10: Cohen v. Honery; Atkinson and another v. [?]0,p°: Wright v. Cripps; in re Mary [?]nett; Carwardine v. Levy; Watt v. Leeder: Fleming [?] Leeder; Robertson v. Sachs; Keenan v. [?]der et ux, [?]…

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Newtown Police Court

Evening News · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 7

In the Newtown Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M., Michael Miles, for having ill-treated a horse, was fined £3 (or one month's imprisonment). Henry West was charged with…

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Burglary in Hay-street

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 5

Henry Fitzgerald, alias Wm. Hodnett, Samuel Hallum, and John House, alias Johnston, were charged before Mr O'Malley Clarke, at the Central Police Court yesterday, with having burglariouely…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 10

At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, before Mr. G.O'M, Clarke, a number of persons were fined for minor offences, Minnie Williams and Eva Montague, found guilty of using offensive language, were each [?] £5, or…

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The Mignonette Murder

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 11

LONDON, January 9.—An application for the release of the Mignonette survivors, who were sentenced to six months' imprisonment for the murder of the lad Parker, has been refused…

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Assault by Constables. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 4

Constables Forrester and Miller were charged in the Numurkah Police Court, on Thursday, with having fired upon a mob on Boxing Day. Inspector Montford prosecuted. In his opening…

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Police Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 10

A seaman on H.M.S. Harrier named George Blanchard got into trouble on Thursday last. He want to the Oriental Hotel, Circular Quay, kept by Gustav Buckham and as his condition was…

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Child murder. ADELAIDE

Evening News · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 4

The inquest on the body of the child which was found near the city baths, on Christmas Day, was concluded by the city coroner on Friday. A verdict of wilful murder against some person or…

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Balmain Police Court. Monday, January 12, 1885. (Before Mr. Addison, S.M.)

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 2

Henry S[?], Peter Massie, Alex Johnstone, Louis Jolly, Timothy McFadden v.J.J. Brenan, for work and labor done, 8s 3d each. The work having been done in the Leichhardt…

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The Slack Murder. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 4

Mr. Slack's body has been exhumed, and has been examined by Professor Allen and Dr. Neild with, a view to ascertain whether the gash in the throat would have sufficed to cause death. It is…

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New Police Manual

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 138

The Police Manual which has hitherto been the authorised guide for the police force of this colony has beta superseded by another, cosies of which are about to be issued to all members of the force. Forming part of the…

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Police Court. Saturday, 10Th January. (Before Messrs. Manning, Dr. Brereton, J. P. ’s)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 3

The legal profession was represented by Messrs. Roberts, Heydon, and Davis After the disposal of a few trivial cases, that of Sydney Edward Squires v. Dr. Lentaigms…

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The Coffee Palace Hotel Fire. J. F. Cripps at the Water Police Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 5

John Fisher Cripps, late of the Coffee Palace Hotel, was brought before Mr Yates, D.S.M., at the Water Police Court, charged by warrant under the 177th section of the " Criminal Law…

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Insolvency Court. SURRENDERS

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 136

Joseph Riley, of Bowral, batcher. Liabilities, £227 : Os. 6d. Assuts, £65 5s. Mr. Lloyd official assignee. George Sanderson, of New Lambton, miner, L[?]ties, £35 4s ld. Assets, £1 10s. Mr. Stephen, official…

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The Duties of Our Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 10

The policeman is a public character; and all public character are liable to criticism. He is not to say eminent as eminent as such his social status being variously estimated, according to the taste…

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Breaking Out of Gaol. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 13

A man named Wallace, alias Chainaman Jack, with Stephen Fennel, long-sentence criminals in Pentridge, attempted to escape between 9 and 10 p. m. on Saturday. Two warders who heard…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, January 14.(Before Messrs N. Stewart, A. Gee, and C. L[?], J.P’s.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 8

Two drunkards were each fixed 5a,in default 24 hours imprisonment. SUMMONS CASES. Patrick Hayes (Inspector of Nuisances) v…

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The Coffee Palace Fire. Verdict of Murder and Arson

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 15

The coroner a inquiry into the death of Mr. Edward Hill, and incidentally into the cause of the fire at Mr. Cripps's Coffee Palace Hotel, George-street, and the amount of insurance, has been continued on…

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Supposed Murder, Field of Mars. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Parramatta

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 13

Mr. Piguenit, the well-known artist, while strolling in the Field of Mars on Saturday last had his attention attracted by a horrible stench from the bush, near the Lane Cove-road. Guided…

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