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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1887

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1887 · page 6

Mr. Maunsell, D.S.M., presided in the Charge branch of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, and dealt with about 50 cases. Louis Ropus and William Nicholson, labourers, 50, and Mand Ballin, 26, were fined £5, in default of…

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Parramatta Police Court. Saturday, January 1. (Before Mr. H. Taylor, J. P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1887 · page 2

JAMES VALLIS was charged with offering a valueless cheque at Prospect on the 24th ult., and was remanded till Monday…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1887 · page 6

The following transfers were granted at the Central Court yesterday:--Albion Hotel Cooper-street, Glebe, from Emma Kelsey to Joseph Camozzi: Charlton Hotel,…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—wednesday, January 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1887 · page 6

Vice Admiralty Court, Registrar's Office.—Tyburnis, 10…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1887 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, the beach in the Charge Division was occupied by Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M. Several persons were punished for drunkenness or other minor offences. Alfred Haddon, alias Williams, and…

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Theft From the Newcastle Wharf

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1887 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--At the police court to-day, C. Patton, a seaman, was charged with stealing from the N.S.S Wharf on December 25 a box containing wearing apparel to the…

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The Deloraine Murder. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1887 · page 5

HOBART. Wednesday.--A deputation, consisting of Bishop Sandford and the Rev. W. G. Shoobridge, waited upon the Attorney-General to-day to ask for the reprieve of Thomas…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—thursday, January 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1887 · page 4

Prothonotary's Office.—Dank New south Wales v. O'Connor, quarter to 10; Johnson and others v. Boyle, quarter to 10; Daris T. Globe Newspaper Company, 10; Mercantile Bauk v. M'Rao, 12.30…

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Assault on a Constable

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 3

John Curry was charged before Mr. Abbott, S.M., at the Central Court yesterday, with assaulting Constable Myles King. Prosecutor deposed that on the 23rd ult. be was on duty in…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Abbott, S.M., sat in the Charge Division of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, and dealt with a large number of cases. Thomas Wilson, 45, no occupation, was fined £3, with the option of two months' imprisonment,…

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Alleged Assault in a Chinese Gambling Den

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 3

The charge of assault for some time pending against Ah Tuoon, a Chinaman, who was arrested when the police made their last raid upon a Chinese gambling den in George-street,…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the water Police division of the Licensing Court was held yesterday, when the sitting magistrates were Messrs. Marsh and Fisher, S.Ms., and J…

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News by Telegraph. Murderous Assault by a Chinaman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 5

Yass, Thursday.--Last night a Chinaman named Hong Poon attacked another Chinaman named Ho King with an adze and Axe at the Chinese gardens at Gounyan, 10 miles from…

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Fire at Hampton Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 3

For the second time within three years Hampton Court Palace was, on November 19, in imminent danger of destruction by fire. On the last occasion loss of life ensued, but this…

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Insolvency Court. Thursday, January G. (Before the Chief Commissioner.) Accounts and Plans

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1887 · page 3

Accounts and plans were allowed and confirmed in the following estates :--William Gahan, John Colbron, William Richardson, Henry Palmer, Frederick Wilkie Morrison,…

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Supposed Murder

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1887 · page 76

The Derby correspondent of the West Australian of December 20 states:—"Sub-Inspector Troy came down rather unexpectedly from the fields about a fortnight since bringing with him a man charged with the…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1887 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Abbott, S.M., presided in the Charge division of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, and dealt with about 50 cases. James Jones was committed for trial upon a variety of charges of having obtained goods by the means of false…

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