Police Intelligence
At the Central Police Court yesterday, Harry John Harbinson was charged before Mr Abbott, S.M., with having stolen a quantity of silk, value £20, the property of Messrs Hordern Brothers…
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Metropolitan Licensing Court
The adjourned quarterly meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held in the Central Police Court on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., and Mr. J. Macintosh, L.M., occupied the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gladesville Mystery. Verdict of Wilful Murder
The adjourned inquest on the body of a woman found dead on the Field of Mars Common, near Hunter's Hill, was resumed last Monday in the Gladesville Hotel, Gladesville, before the district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Telegraph. Parramatta Licensing Court
PARRAMATTA, Tuesday. -- The Licensing Court was held to-day. The following applications were refused : -- Conditional licenses: F. C. Loveridge, Woodville-road; F. Curtis. Prospect : J. Saunders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aylesford Divorce Case. Aristocrats in Court. the Duke and the Earl
In the Court of Appeal, London, before the Master of the Bella, and Lords Justices Cotton and Lindley, the Aylesford divorce suit (Fearon v. the Earl of Aylesford) came up. The principal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Parramatta Licensing Court. Tuesday. January 20. (Before Messrs. H. By[?]nes. N. Stewart and J. E. Manning J’s.P.)
The following applications for conditional Licenses were heard: C. H, Curtin, for a public-house at Prospent. Refused, on the grounds of the site being too…
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In the Newtown Police Court to-day, before Mr. Buchanan, S.M., Richard Barnett (12 years of age) was charged by Constable Bell with having stolen 19 silk handkerchiefs and two scarfs, valued at £4 5s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Police Court
Mr. Whittingdale Johnson. D.S.M., presided in the charge court in the Water Police Court, Wednesday. William Thomas pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a pair of compasses and a 2ft rule, the…
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In Central Police Court on Wednesday, Alice Butler, 15years of age, was charged with having beep containally in the company of common prostitutes. She was ordered to be sent to the Industrial School. Patrick…
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In the Balmain Police Court, Wednesday, three men named James Tupman, Henry Dubbo, and Patrick Kennedy, who were charged with riotous behaviour, were each fined 20s, with 2s 6d costs, by Mr. Yates…
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Mr. Abbott, S.M, occupied the Bench to-day. Ellen German, for having no lawful visible means of support, was sentenced to six months imprisonment. Maria Lewis, similarly situated, was…
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Mr. Abbott, S.M., disposed of the business int he Charge Court at the CENTRAI, POLICE COURT yesterday, and Mr. Clarke, S.M., dealt with a number of cases int he Summons Court. A number of persons were tined for drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Blacksville Murder
The adjourned inquest on the body on a woman, name unknown, was held on Monday last, at the Gladesville Hotel. Gladesville, before the district coroner, Mr J E. Bowden, and a jury of twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Intelligence
At the Bedfern Police Court yesterday, before Mr Buchanan, S.M., Helena M'Guire, for using obscene language on the Botany road, was fined £5, or in default three months imprisonment. John Stokes,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder and Attempted Suicide
News from Monaghan reports a shocking murder and attempted suicide. It appears that a small farmer named Bell, living at Drumacoon, after having sent his son out of the house, cut the throat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Insolvency Court. Thursday, January 22. SURRENDERS
John Cann, of Sydney, batcher. Liabilities, £264 14s 10d ; assets, £53 14s 2d. Mr. F. Macnab, official assignee. Henry Skinner, of the Tweed River, labourer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Balmain Police Court
A few cases of drunkenness were disposed of by Mr. Leopold Yates, in the Balnmin Police Court to-day. Ah Moy, a Chinaman, was charged with having amuggled 1050 cigars from the R. M. S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Shore Police Court
Terence Smith, a grocer, was fined 5s by Mr. Yates, in the North Shore Police Court Thursday, for having been drank in St. Leonards. John Smallman, for a similar offence, was fined 10s, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Brutal Assault
At the Central Police Court yesterday, Henry Cosh, Mary Ann Cosh, and Catherine Ring were charged before Mr Abbott, S.M., with having committed an aggravated assault on Jane Johnson. On…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of a Watch
A Nicholas, a respectably-dressed woman, was charged in the Water Police Court on Thursday, with having stolen a silver watch, valued at £1 10s, the property of George Pain. Constable Gorman proved…
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