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Courts & crime, 1887

4,317 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 216

Small Debts Court. Liverpool

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1887 · page 5

G. H. Hamilton v. J. Holden. Claim, £4 5s, for medical attendance. Adjourned till Thursday. Same v. J. C. Wearne. Claim, £6, for…

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Metropolitan District Court.—monday. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) Newell v. Booth and Another (Part Heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1887 · page 7

The hearing of this case was concluded. His HONOR gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of £33 3s. 10d., together with the sum of £70 odd previously paid into court…

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District Court. Tuesday, February 8. (Before his Honor Judge Wilkinson.) NEWELL V. Booth and Another

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1887 · page 3

In this action William Newell, of Sydney, sued Joseph Booth and Charles Pickering, trading as Joseph Booth and Co., of Sussex- street, Sydney, to recover the sum of £103…

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Parramatta Quarter Session. Friday, February 4[?]. (Before His Hono[?]r Mr. District Court Judge Dowling.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1887 · page 5

Mr. H. Harris prosecuted for the Crown, and Mr. J. S. Dodson acted for the Clerk of the Peace. ALLEN[?] B[?]NING AND [?]NTERING…

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Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Tuesday, February 8. (Before District Court Judge FORBES and juries of twelve.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1887 · page 7

The Metropolitan Quarter Sessions Court resumed its sittings yesterday at Darlinghurst. Mr. P. J. Healy, barrister-at-law, appeared to prosecute for the Crown…

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Police News. Parramatta. Monday, February 7. (Before Messrs. G. Mau[?]sell, P.M., and F. S. Ryan, J.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1887 · page 5

Three drunks were mu[?]ct in the usual Richard Byrnes was fined 20s or 7 days for drunkenness on the Sydney Road. Frank Gratton was fined 5s, or to be…

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Law. Vice-admiralty Court. Tuesday, February 8. (Before his Honor Sir F. M. Darley, Judge-Commissary.) in Rr the Collaroy

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1887 · page 3

Mr. Gibson appeared for plaintiff, Thomas Harris, and Mr. Wylie appeared for the defendant, John Robertson, in this suit to recover £100, balance of account for wages. The case…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1887 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., disposed of the business in the Charge Court at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday morning, and Mr. Clarke, S.M., dealt with a number of cases in the Summons Court. A…

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A Clergyman Charged with Arson

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1887 · page 6

The Rev. H. H. Britten, incumbent of St. Ann's Anglican Church, at Ryde, was charged before Messrs. Maunsell, D.S.M., J. Farnell D'Ardier and Moses, at the Ryde Police…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before his Honor Judge Forbes.) Wednesday, February 9. STEALING

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1887 · page 5

Samuel Johnston was arraigned on a charge of stealing £11 and certain valuable securities from the person of Julietta Elizabeth Jones, on December 2 last. Prosecutrix was looking in…

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The Fire at the Ryde Parsonage. the Incumbent Charged with Arson

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1887 · page 5

At the Ryde Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. Maunsell, D.S.M. (presiding), J. Farnell, D'Ardier and Moses, M.L.C., Henry H. Britten, Church of England Minister of St. Ann's…

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News by Telegraph. Grafton District Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1887 · page 3

GRAFTON, Wednesday.--In the District Court now sitting the Grafton Borough Council obtained verdicts against ratepayers in arrears, including the case where the council sued the…

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The Melbourne Court at the Adelaide Exhibition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1887 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Mr. Guilfoyle, the director of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens, is in Adelaide, the object of his visit being to arrange the decorations for the Victorian court…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—wednesday, February 9. Vice-Admiralty Court.—(Before the Judge Commissary, Sir Frederick Darley.) in Re the Collaroy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1887 · page 4

Mr. Gibson for the plaintiff, Mr. Wylie for the defendant. This was an action brought by Thomas Harris, formerly captain of the ship Collaroy, against John Robertson,…

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Law. District Court. Wednesday, February 9. (Before his Honor Judge Wilkinson.) BEALE V. HOBSON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1887 · page 5

A claim for £11, being amount due on the hire of a piano. His Honor gave a verdict for plaintiff for money sought to be recovered, payment to be made at the rate of £1 a month…

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Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Wednesday, February 9. (Before District Court Judge FORBES and juries of twelve.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1887 · page 4

The Metropolitan Quarter Sessions Court resumed its sittings yesterday at Darlinghurst. Mr. P. J. Healy, barrister-at-law, appeared to prosecute for the Crown…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 February 1887 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., disposed of the business in the Charge Court at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday; and Mr. Clarke, S.M., dealt with a number of cases in the Summons Court. A number of per[?]…

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Coroner's Inquest. Death in Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 February 1887 · page 4

The City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) held an inquest yesterday at Darlinghurst gaol, touching the death of a wornan name Mary Jane Kidd, 22 years of age, who expired in the gaol hospital on Tuesday evening. It appeared…

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