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Courts & crime, 1888

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Bankruptcy Court.—friday. (Before has Honor Mr. Justice Deffell.) Third Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 10

Re Abraham Goldberg. Ten debts were proved. A special direction was given providing for the payment out of the estate to Messrs. Want, Johnson, and Co., solicitors, and Messrs. Davenport, Miles, and Co., accountants,…

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Bankruptcy Court. This Day. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Deffell.) Third Meetings

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 8

Re Abraham Goldberg. Ten debts were proved. Re James Martin Green. Seven debts were proved and report read…

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Central Criminal Court. Friday, February 17. (Before his Honor Mr. .Justice Foster.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 10

Mr. Heydon prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. JURORS FINED. The following jurors were each fined £3 for…

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District Court Friday, February 17. (Before his Honor Judge Dowling.) Judgements Delivered

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 10

In the matter of Thomas Melliday v. Intercolonial Investment Land Building Company to recover £78 for professional services, commission due, &c., his Honor, who had withheld…

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Bankruptcy Court. Friday, February 17. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Deffell.) Third Meblings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 10

Re Abraham Goldberg, third meeting. Ten debts wore proved, one direction was given unanimously, but others were not carried in number aud value. The report of the official…

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Parramatta Small Debts Court. Wednesday, February 16. (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, E. Pearoe, O. C. Lamb, and G. Coates, J’s.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 7

Verdicts were given for plaintiffs in the following cases, with costs added:— F. Williamson v Eavn Evans, £7 7s. J. Montgomery v. F. Burgoyne. £3 3s 6d. Same…

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Law Refort. Supreme Court.—friday, Februay 17. In Banco.—(Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice WINDEYER, and Mr. Justice Owen.) the Queen V. DELAFORCE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1888 · page 10

Mr. G. H. Reid, instructed by Mr. T. Marshall, appeared for the prisoner, William Delaforce, to move to make absolute a rule nisi to quash the conviction. Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Healy, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, appeared…

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Died in Gaol

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 4

PAMPERING prisoners has been carried to great lengths in some of the gaols in this colony, and nothing should be done that would tend to encourage so mistaken…

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Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the Water Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Addison, S.M., James Brittle was sent to gaol for two months for having stolen a quantity of lead of the value of £2, from one…

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The Murder Out!

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 4

WHAT a humorous,merry dog is your Sydney importer. He tickles the public, and is himself vastly tickled to see how this nice, stupid animal stands, pleased to…

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Inquest. Death in Parramatta Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 5

On Saturday last Mr. J. E. Bowdon (District Coroner) hold an inquest at the Parramatta Gaol touching the death of George Hock, a prisoner, who died suddenly that morning. Deceased was serving a sentence of two years for…

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COUNTRY. Death in Parramatta Gaol

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 6

George Hock, sentenced to two years imprisonment at the last Quarter Sessions at Parramatta for indecent assault on a child, has died in the Parramatta Gaol…

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Assault and Robbery Near Harris Park

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 6

OUR Parramatta correspondent wires:-- A young man named Smith, who returned from Sydney by the midnight train, says he was very drunk and got out…

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The Courts. (Before his Honor Sir George Innes.) Central Criminal Court. Wilful Murder

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 5

Michael Sullivan was charged that he did, on December 1, 1887, willfully murder Margaret Kennedy, in Cork-street, Surry Hills. The circumstances of this case will…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 5

As the city assessment appeals will he heard at the District Court on Monday, the 20th instant, no District Court causes will be taken…

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The Kelly Gang Again. Crime in the Mountains. Sheep-stealing Extraordinary

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 2

INFORMATION from the mountainous region which lies between Cooma and the Victorian Border points to the fact that the stealing of sheep and cattle has been…

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Law Report. Bankruptcy Court.-saturday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 5

SEQUESTRATION ORDERS ON PETITION OF DEBTORS. George Albert Leggo, of St. Leonards, builder. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee. Frederick Hardy, of 17, Pelican-street, off Oxford-street,…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—monday, February 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 5

Jury Court.—Begg v. Borough of Paddington part heard. Prothonotary's Office.—Before Prothonotary: Smith v. Chisholm and others, 11.30; Bogan v. Musson, 12. Before the Chief Clerk: Atlas Engineering Company v. Henderson, 10.30; same…

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Bankruptcy Court. Saturday, February 18. Sequestration Order

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1888 · page 3

George Albert Leggo, builder, st. Leonards, on his own petition. Mr E. M. Stephen, official assignee. THE NBW ACT. The first--and an important-meeting of…

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