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Courts & crime, 1889

7,156 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

The Murder near Young

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 5

YOUNG, Saturday.-In reference to the murder of the hawker, Hans Olund, it is stated that the evidence of a circumstantial nature, which will be adduced at the police court inquiry on…

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The Bradford Murder Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The police court inquiry is still proceeding into the murder and mutilation of a boy at Bradford, the milkman Barrett, who is accused of the…

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Balmain Police Court. Monday, January 7. (Before Mr. Marsh. S.M.)

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 4

Indecent Assault.—A Chinaman named Foo Lung Kum a hawker, was brought up charged with having indecently assaulted a little girl, some seven years of age, named Ettie Glading…

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Penrith Police Court. MONDAY. Before Mr. J. K. Cleevc, P.M.

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 4

Henry Davis, charged with being drunk on the Great Western Road on Saturday night; also for using obscene language, and for resisting Constable Martin in the execution of his duty. For the first…

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Bankruptcy Court

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 14

SEQUESTRATIONS ON PETITION OF DEBTORS. No. 854. Phillip Cappoin, of Tenterfield, painter. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee. No. 855. Peter M'Intyre, of Eustace-street…

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Yesterday's Police Courts. CENTRAL

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6

Michael Sullivan received three months for being illegally on the premises of Wm. O'Connor in Crown-road for an unlaful purpose. Charles Jones was also dealt with for the same offence and…

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Police Protection in Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6

Michael Ryan, of Knockea, who is charged with having taken a farm from which the tenant, named John Clune, was evicted some time since, has been severely boycotted. Last Sunday (Nov…

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Supreme Court Proceedings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 14

The difference between reserving a royalty and the reaervation of rent was forcibly shown by an interpleader case decided by the Chief Justice in Chambers Huring the past week. It arose in the case of Gurney…

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The Murder at the Yarra Bend Asylum

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 93

Howard, the lunatic, who was suspected of the murder of Warder Hunter at the Yarra Bend Asylum, has confessed to the murder. He says:—"When I first came in here I was accused of a…

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Deserting from the Police Force

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 4

At the Melbourne City Court, on Thursday, Henry Nicol was charged with deserting, in 1882, from the police force of Victoria. The prisoner was attached to the Russell-street division, when…

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Bankruptcy Court Sequestration Orders

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 98

Henry Marshall, of Croydon Park, Croydon, painter on petition of debtor. Mr. A. Morris, official assignee. Frederick Peter Thomson, of Waverley, lockemith. on petition of debtor. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official…

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Small Debts Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 4

Before Messrs. J. K. Cleeve, P.M., and M. Long, J.P. Stark and Co. v. James Nolan.—Claim, £3 18s 9d, for goods sold and delivered. Defendant did not appear…

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The Yarra Bend Murder. Confession by a Lunatic

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 28

MELBOURNE, January 4.—The lunatic Howard, who was suspected of the murder of Warder Hunter, at the Yarra Bend Asylum, has confessed to the crime. He said: "When I first came in…

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Bankruptcy Court. Friday, January 11. Sequestrations

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 10

Edward William Fatzeus, Henry Fatzeus and Frederick James Fatzeus, of Goulburn, lately carrying on business as tailors and outfitters, on petition of debtors. Mr. E. M. Stephen,…

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Queensland News. Alleged Contempt of Court

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday.-A petition has been received, praying for the release of G. W. Wilson, who, a month ago, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment, by Mr. Justice Cooper, for contempt…

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The Attempt to Murder by a " Times" Witness. Scandalous Mockery of Justice

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6

The result of the trial of Kavanagh in London is a public scandal. Kavanagh, a Times witness, fired a revolver at a man named Lane., another witness, who stated that he would give evidence…

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General Boulanger. the Contest for the Seine. the General Guarded by Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The impending election of a representative in the Chamber of Deputies for the department of the Seine is causing intense excitement in…

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Scene in an Irish Court. a Mayor and M.p. Summoned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--Mr. Thomas J. Condon, M.P. for East Tipperary and Mayor of Clonmel, a town and Parliamentary borough, was summoned to appear to-day…

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The Murder at Young. the Accused Before the Court

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 4

YOUNG, Monday.-Isaac Sawyer, the suspected murderer of Hans Olund, was brought before the local Police Court this morning. The building was crowded, a large number of persons being…

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Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 3

At the Water Police Court on Saturday George Jones was ordered to gaol for a month for the theft of a flask of brandy. A sentence of 14 days' imprisonment win passed upon…

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