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Courts & crime, 1888

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Newtown Police Court

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1888 · page 5

THR[?]TS.--Patrick Rongan, who turned his own mother, Elizabeth Rongan, out of doors at midnight last night, was bound over to keep the peace for six months,…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1888 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Johnson, S.M., disposed of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT business on Saturday. Thomas Reed, 25, butcher, was fined £5, with the option of two months imprisonment, for having assiulted one William Denmoad. Francis Hart…

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Alleged Criminal Assault. A Doubtful Affair

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1888 · page 6

Newcastle, Sunday. --An attempted criminal assault has just been reported to the police. It appears that yesterday Constable Millington of Islington, was…

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Attempt to Escape from Gaol. Caught in the Act

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1888 · page 6

GRAFTON, This Day.--Two men (one a Frenchman named Charters, and the other a man named Stapleton) made their escape from Grafton Gaol…

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Newtown Police Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1888 · page 6

THREATS.--Patrick Rongan, who turned his own mother, Elizabeth Rougan, out of doors at midnight last night, was bound over to keep the peace for six months…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1888 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The CENTRAL POLICE COURT business was dealt with yesterday by Mr. Clarke, S.M., the charge-sheets being unusually light Nine drunkards only were fined. Charles Shopherd, 43, labourer, for having assaulted his wife,…

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Supposed Murder in Hobart. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1888 · page 6

HOBART, Monday.--What is supposed to be a case of murder occurred early this morning. It was reported at the police station that a man named Jas. M'Mee, coal-carter, bad murdered his…

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The Brixton Assault Case. Death of the Victim. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1888 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The miner named Lawrence, who was brutally assaulted at Brixton. died in the hospital at Alexandra last night. Deceased was assanited by a man whose…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—tuesday, January 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1888 · page 7

Prothonotary's Office before the Chief Clerk.—Sawers v.Arm[?] strong, 10.30, Styles v. Kirkpatrick, 10.30: Australian Banking Company v. Liardet, 10.30; Williams v. Ryan, 11. Referring to returns lately issued by the local…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Clarke, S.M., presided in the Charge Branch of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday. Michael Ethelwolfe, 25, no occupation, was sentenced to a month's hard labour for having been found on board of the schooner…

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Cowardly Assault on a Child

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--A blacksmith, named Greenwood, is in custody at Richmond, charged with a savage assault on a boy nine years of age. It is alleged that…

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Brutal Assault on a Constable

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 6

JOHN CORRIGAN, John Brown, and Thomas Brown were charged at the Redfern Police Court, this morning, with assaulting Constable Begg, and inciting other persons to…

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A Savage Assault. an Axe Used

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 5

EDWARD GILBERT, a 'bus driver, aged 21, is in Prince Alfred Hospital, suffering from wounds received as the result of an attack made upon him by on Italian…

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Police Hieroglyphics

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 6

MR. SHIELL, the city coroner is not greatly impressed with the manner in which names are sometimes written by the police officials who send him reports. In the South…

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QUEENSLAND. Murder or Suicide

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 6

BRISBANE, This Day.--The dead body of a man has been found between Normanton and Cloncurry, under circumstances pointing to suicide. A piece of paper was…

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News by the Mail. Tragedy Near Bradford. a Police Superintendent Killed

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 3

On the night of November 23rd, a man named William Taylor went to his home at Otley, near Bradford, the worse for drink, and shot his wife with a gun…

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Police News. Parramatta. Tuesday, January 2. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, F. Beames, and S. Ryan, J’s.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 3

JOHN SMITH was charged on the instance of Sub-Inspector Latimer with cruelty to a horse on the 21st December last. — The Rev. G. Macintosh stated that the defendant was in…

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