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Courts & crime, 1888

5,928 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Bankruptcy Court. Monday, February 13. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Deffell.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1888 · page 3

An adjourned examination meeting was held in the matter of Abraham Goldberg, a confine of Darlinghurst Gaoi, who appeared under a writ of habeas corpus. The insolvent…

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The Courts. Central Criminal Court. Tuesday. (Before His Honor Judge Stephen.)

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 February 1888 · page 5

ALLEGED MURDER.--Fred. Wheeldon was charged, that on the 1st day of December, 1887, at Sydney, he did feloniously and maliciously murder Nicholas John…

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Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Monday. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge FORBES.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1888 · page 3

Mr. Fitzhardingo conducted the prosecutions on behalf of the Crown. UTTERING COUNTERFETT COIN. Dennis M'Dara was convicted upon an indictment…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—monday, February 13. In Banco.—(Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice WINDEYER, and Mr. Justice Owen.) the New Attorney-general

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1888 · page 3

Mr. G. B. Simpson, Q. C., stated that he had to announce to the Court that his Excellency the Governor had done him tho honour to appoint him to the office of Attorney-General of the colony…

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The Marra Murder. Prisoned Sentenced

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 6

CHARLES BROWN, who was charged with the murder of J. A. Marks, manager of Marra Station, and found guilty at the Central Criminal Court yesterday, of…

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Redfern Police Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 7

A CELESTIAL COMBAT.--Jimmy Ah Toy, 22, knocked seven bells out of Ling Pow and then mopped the floor with him. Ah Toy will mop his cell floor up at…

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Brutal Assault at Maitland

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--A man named Valk Kernin, was committed for trial to-day for having assaulted a woman named Moyt Coster last month. The…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 6

Mr. Abbott, D.S.M., dealt with the Charge business at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday, James Kelly, 24, no occupation, was sentenced to a month's hard labour for the theft of a pair of trousers and vest, the property of…

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COUNTRY. Murderous Assault near Bourke

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 8

BOURKE, This Day.--A blacksmith named Dwyer savagely attacked a carpenter named Moore, at Mungunyah, on Saturday night. He hit him over the…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Messrs. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., and J. Macintosh, L.M., presided at the weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench at the Central Court yesterday, Transfers of publicans'…

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News by Telegraph. Brutal Assault on a Woman

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 5

West Maitland, Tuesday.—Valk Kerwin, who made a savage attack at Maitland on January 24, on a woman called Margaret Lodar and nearly killed her with a batten, was yesterday…

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Police. a Terrible Story

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 6

A most revolting case was heard at the Central Police Court yesterday, when a man named Henry Sheeby, a laborer, 40 years of age, was charged with assaulting with intent…

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The Police and the Coroner

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 3

THE incorrectness of reports furnished by the police to the City Coroner and through him to the newspaper press, concerning fatal occurrences, is frequently forced…

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Liverpool. Police Court. Tuesday, February 7. (Before Messrs. N. G. Bull and F. A. Kenyon, J’S.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 2

William Sullivan, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s.; in default, 48 hours. Thomas Ross, charged with Cruelty to a horse, by beating it unmercifully, was fined…

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Parramatta Police Court. Friday, February 10. (Before Messrs. H. Taylor, B. Harper, and G. Coates, J’s.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 3

JOHN HORAN, an old man, who had a ticket of admission to the George-street Asylum, was charged with indecent behaviour at the corner of Church and George streets and was…

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District Court.—wednesday, February 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 6

Before Judge Dowling.—Ca. Sa. Motions: Flynn v. Foreman, O'Neill v. Martin, Martin v. Smith, Curtis v. Smith, Marshall v. Lane, Morgan v. Armstrong, Fletcher v. Ryan, Stackpool v. Collins, Wright v. Larkin. Intercolonial Investment, Land, and…

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The Lower George-street Murder. a Verdict of Manslaughter Returned

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 6

AT a quarter past 2 the jury, having been addressed by counsel and charged by the judge, retired to consider their verdict. At 20 minutes to 3 they returned with a…

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Central Criminal Court. Tuesday, February 14

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 6

(Before his Honor MR. Justice Stephen) Mr, Heydon Prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. MANSLAUGHTER…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—wednesday, February 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 6

Term List.—Motions, &c.: Wilson v. Richardson, District Court appeal; ex parte Wm. Rogerson, prohibition; in re C. K. Brodribb v. the Commissioner for Stamps, special case; ex parte Wm. Hy. Cowell Ashton, prohibition; in re the Hon. S…

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