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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1886

5,585 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250

Insolvency Court. Thursday, January 14. SURRENDER

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 4

Sun War, of Moncnr-street, Woollahra, storekeeper. Liabilities, £175 Os 7d; assets, £39 Mr E. M. Stephen, official assignee…

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Law Report. Insolvency Court.—wednesday. Surrenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 5

Charles Ewing, of Bowral, labourer. Liabilities, £65 16s.4d. Assets, £6 10s. Mr. Macnab, official assignee. Charles Vincent Goold, of Castlereagh-street, Sydney, lately of Cooma, hotelkeeper. Liabilities, £174 15s…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—thursday, January 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 5

Prothonotary.—Re Whitworth, 10.30…

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The Police Courts. Wednesday, January 13. CENTRAL. (Before Mr. Abbott, S.M.)

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 6

DRUNKS.—The five-times condemned court looked as gloomy as usual, and thirteen persons left it to pay their fines. RIOTERS.—Thomas Dillon, 23, rioted in…

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The Police Courts. Thursday, January 14. WATER. (Before Mr. Johnson. S.M.)

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 4

A LIGHT SHEET.—The charge sheet consisted principally of a few drunks, who were soon dealt with. CLEANING A TILL.—John Moloney, 16, dealer…

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Death in Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 6

The City Coroner held an inquest at Darlinghurst Gaol yesterday afternoon, relative to the death of an old woman named Ann Tighe, who died in the gaol hospital on the…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3

A respectably dressed young man named Edwin Jami[?]son was brought before Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M., in the Charge Branch of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, accused of having stolen the sum of £10 in money and 16…

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Police Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Johnson, S.M., John Nolan, a seaman on the ship Mooltan, was sent to gaol for a week for being absent without leave. For stealing a…

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Police Intelligence. Central

Globe · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 5

ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—Thomas B. M'Lerie was charged with committing a most unprovoked assault upon Constable King, whom he, kicked and struck about…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3
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An annual Licensing Court was held to-day at the "Water Police Offices, before Mr. Marsh, S.M., Mr. Johnson, S.M., and Mr. Macintosh, L.M. Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted in the following cases:—…

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ROBBERY and ASSAULT at Marrickville. Capture of the Thieves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3

A case of housebreaking and assault occurred at Marrickville on Wednesday afternoon. From the information to hand it seems that a house occupied by Mr. Charles Moyes, jun., and situated on the Warren-road, was entered by two…

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Police Intelligence. Newtown. Thursday, January 14

Globe · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 8

LANGUAGE.—John O'Doherty, for using indecent language, was fined 20s., 4s. 10d. costs, or in default seven days. Henry Mainivell, for a similar offence, suffered in…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—friday, January 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3

Chamber List.—At 10 o'clock—Briscoe and others v. the Hawkin's Hill Consolidated Gold-mining Company, Limited; Robertson v. Slaven; Permewan, Wright, and Co. v. Crain; in re Seo Mon…

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Law Re[?]rt. Insolvency Court.—thursday, January 14. Surrender

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3

Sun War, of Moncur-street, Woollahra, storekeeper-Liabilities, £175 Os. 7d. Assets, £98. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee…

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The Police Courts. Thursday, January 14. CENTRAL. (Before Mr. Abbott S.M.)

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 6

DRUNKS.—Twenty two persons toed the scratch, sniffed the foul and heated air, and retired to pay their fines. LANGUAGE.—Agnes Ferguson. 50. "profaned" in…

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The Police Courts. Thursday, January 14. CENTRAL. (Before Mr. Morisset, D.S.M.)

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 5

DRUNKS.—Eighteen persons made their bow to the new magistrate, and were dealt with as usual. LANGUAGE.—Rose Moffatt, 34, "profaned" in Elizabeth-street, and was fined 20s or seven days…

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Penrith Police Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 2

Before Messrs. J. K. Lethbridge, J. D. Single, and Drs. Bond and Duncan, J's.P. Ephraim Alderman was charged, on the information of Edward Ireland, with not giving up…

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Presentation at Darlinghurst Gaol

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 16

A FEW weeks ago the Sisters of Charity whose special duty it is to visit the poor Catholic prisoners in Darlinghurst Gaol expressed their intention of purchasing some new vestments for…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 9

Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., dealth with the cases in the Charge Court at the WATER POLICE COURT yesterday morning, and Mr. Addison, S.M., disposed of the cases in the Summons Court. A number of persons were fined for…

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