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Courts & crime, 1888

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Insolvency Court. Statement of Affairs

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 181

William Lamont Douglas, of Gunnedah, contractor. Debts, £408 18s. 5d.; assets, £418 17s 4d. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee. Charles David Waterhouse, of Uralla-street, Burwood,…

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Balmain Borough Council. Revision Court

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 3

This was held previous to the regular meeting of the Council, all the alderman mentioned below being present. The total number of applications was 92 and of…

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A Burglary Frustrated

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 5

ORANGE, This Day.--A burglary was frustrated at the fruit shop of Eyles Bros., Summer-street, by the timely arrival of one of the owners. The shop had been…

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Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the Water Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Addison, S.M., Thomas Black, a plumber, convicted of having obtained by means of a false pretence the sum of £1from…

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The Irish Difficulty. Two Members Sentenced to Imprisonment

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. Patrick O'Brien, M.P. for North Monaghan, has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for making a seditious speech. He has given…

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The Supposed Murder Near Armidale. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 5

ARMIDALE, Saturday.--Further particulars regarding the murder at the Hillgrove mines show that the man's name was Joseph Stapleton. The murdered man took out a miner's…

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Police Raids on Chinese Diggers. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.--With the reinforcement of Rockhampton police,Warder Morey, of Clermont, set out to eject the Chinese diggers from the goldfield at Hurley's Dam, 15 miles out…

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Law Notices. District Court.—monday, January 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 7

Before Judge Wilkinson.—Cause: Lyell v. Stanley, part heard…

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Shocking Murder Near Armidale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 9

A brutal murder has been committed at the Hillgrove mines. A strange, who had lately taken out a miner's right and went out there on Wednesday last, was found covered over with leaves on the edge of the falls with his throat cut…

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The Murder at Armidale. a Clue to the Murderer. Auxidale, This Day

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 4

The police hare a due to the murderer of John Stapleton. The suspected man's clothes were found covered with blood. The murderer has disappeared. The police…

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Water Police Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 5

A REFRACTORY MARINER.--John Mell, having loaded up with Kent-street benzine, flatly refuted to obey the officers of the Torridon. He was a sailor on board…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Yates, D.S.M., disposed of a very large number of charge cases at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday. George Wilson, aged 20, and described as a dealer, pleaded guilty to the following charges, viz.:—Assaulting one…

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The Armidale Murder. (Br Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 5

ARMIDALE, Monday.--The police have a cine to the murderer of the man Stapleton. It appears that a man named Grace was seen with certain articles belonging to deceased. The…

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Flogging in Pentridge Gaol. a Painful Scene. Melbourne, This Day

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 4

George Brew, a man sentenced to two years' imprisonment and two floggings for an indictable offence on a girl of 12, received his second flagellation of 15 lashes…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—tuesday, January 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 7

In Equity.—Before his Honor the Chief Justice.—At 11 a.m., Jennings and others v. Blunt (injunction motion)…

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The Armidale Murder an Arrest Made. Excitement in the District. Armidale

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 5

Further particulars regarding the murder seem to fix the crime conclusively on a man named John Grace. The following is his full description as obtained from the…

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COUNTRY. Charged with Embezzlement

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--At the police court yesterday afternoon, George Collins was committed for trial on a charge of embezzling a small sum of…

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Police

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 7

At the Redfem Court yesterday, before Mr. Johnson, S.M. John Pronty, for assaulting Constable shortiand was fired £5, or three months, and 40s., or 14 days, for driving…

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