Water Police Court
A POOR COMMENCEMENT.--Alfred [?]ning went to prison for the first [?] months of 1889 for being a loafer [?] 1888…
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Redfern Police Court
THE BENCH.--The Court. business is commonly supposed to commence at 10 a.m. sharp, but owing to the absence of a stipendiary, it was, last Thursday,…
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JACK ASHORE.—Daniel Kenned v. [?] Livingstone, and Alexander [?] toilers of the deep smashed up £5 wo th of door belonging to one Mitchell Vavakes…
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LITHGOW, This Day.--Thomas Ryan and Dennis Stack were brought up at the police court, yesterday, on a charge of stealing wool from Liddleton station, and…
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Mr Abbott, S M presided in the Charge Division of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday morning. Lillie Dier 32, no occupation, for using Indecent language in Clarence-street, was fined £6, or three months in…
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BRISBANE, Monday.-Frederick Morton was remanded at the police court to-day on a charge of stabbing Richard Collins, at Kelvin Grove, over the result of a disputed debt. A man named…
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A LITTLE ceremony of a very pleasing character took place last evening at the Darlinghurst Gaol, when Sir John Cecil Read, who was retiring from the service,…
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Arthur Roberts, lately a timekeeper in the employ of the Sydney Tramway aud Omn[?]us Company, was brought up at the Water Police Court yesterday on a charge of having stolen…
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The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Central Court yesterday, before Messrs. Abbott and Delohery, L.Ms. A large number of billiard licenses were renewed and…
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James Hill, who received a very bad character from Sergeant Lewis and Senior-constable Glanville, was sent to gaol for six months for being a vagrant…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.-A serious assault, which will probably terminate in the death of the victim, occurred in the Chinese quarter of the city this morning. A young woman named…
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Mary M'Carthy, John Summers, John Casey, Thomas Dougald, were each fined £3, or two months, for various language of an impolite description…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--The inquest on the body of Warder Archibald Hunter, murdered on Saturday at the Yarra Bend Asylum, was opened to-day by the City Coroner. Howard,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mutiny in a Gaol. Seven Prisoners Killed. Defeat of the Mutineers. London, December 31
News from Burmah states that a mutiny has broken out among the prisoners at a gaol there. The guard, however, overpowered the mutineers, seven of whom…
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Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.—Before his Honour the Chief Judge in Equity, after the Equity List: Adjourned motions to pass accounts and for commissiion: adjourned motions for sale of real estate; motions for proba[?]es and…
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ISRAEL v HAMILTON.-This case was further postponed until the February sittings. The other cases on the list were settled…
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WALSH v. HORNE.--Mr. Cohen appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Levi for the defendant. In this case Edward Walshe sought to recover £21 from J. F. Home for the wrongful detention…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Law Report. Metropolitan District Court. Monday. [Before His Honor Judge Wilkinson.) Walsh V. HORN
This was an action brought by Edward Walsh against J. F. Horn, watchmaker, to recover the sum of £10 10s for the loss of a silver watch alleged to have been left with a servant of the defendent to be…
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