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Courts & crime, 1889

7,156 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Yesterday's Police Courts. CENTRAL

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 6

Robert Fraser Galbraith, a clerk, was remanded to Brewarrina, bail being allowed, upon a charge of having, it is alleged, embezzled the sum of £60, moneys of his employers, Messrs. Willis and…

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Bankruptcy Court. Sequestration Orders

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 5

Alfred Thomas Rees, of Brighton street, Petersham, tailor and mercer. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee. Elijah Green, of Hyde Park, near…

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The Murder Near Young. Prisoner Committed for Trial

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 6

YOUNG, Wednesday.-Isaac Sawyer, charged on suspicion with having murdered Hans Cloud, was this afternoon, after the heating, extending over neatly three days, committed to take his…

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The Young Murder. Sawyer Committed for Trial. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 5

YOUNG, Wednesday. -- After a patient hearing, extending over three days, Isaac Sawyer has been committed to take his trial at the next Young Circuit Court in April for having…

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Murder and Attempted Suicide. End of a Three Months' Drunk

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 7

Levi Richard Bartlett, 66, described as a stevedore, was indicted, at the Old Bailey, on October 25, for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Levi, at Poplar. The murder took place during the night…

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The Young Murder. Sawyer Committed for Trial. Young, This Day

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 6

Isaac Sawyer was this evening committed to stand his trial at the Circuit Court, Young, on April 8 next, on the charge of having murdered Hans Olund,…

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The Young Murder. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 8

The police court proceedings preferred against the young man, Isaac Sawyer, for the murder of the hawker, Hans Olund, terminated this afternoon, after three days' sitting. The accused was committed for…

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Bankruptcy Court. Wednesday, January 16. Sequestrations

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 3

John Kohler, of Torrara, on debtor's petition. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee. Robinson O'Donnell and George Willats, of Hay, builders and contractors, on debtors'…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—wednesday, January 16. In Bankruptcy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 9

SEQUESTRATION ORDERS ON PETITION OF DEBTORS. John Kohler, of Terrara, butcher, on petition of debtor. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee. Robinson O'Donnell and George Willats, of Hay,…

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The Parnell."times" Commission. Cause and Effects of Crime in Ireland. the Evidence Nearly Concluded. the Charge of Contempt-against William O'brien. Payment by the League for Murder. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 7

Sir Richard Webster, the Attorney-General, and counsel for the Times, stated that the evidence now being taken before the Parnell-Times Commission as to the…

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Disgraceful Assault

The Australian Star · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 6

At the Redfern (Police Court to-day, John Wilson, 28; John Fleming, .23; Sarah Goddard, 22; and Harriot Huddy, 27, appeared to answer a charge of assaulting…

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Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The alleged robbery of a Chinaman on New Year's Eve, a case which had occupied the attention of the Bench for the best part of two days, ended at the Water Police Court yesterday in…

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The Magistrate and the Detectives

The Australian Star · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 5

THE beak, like the civilian, sometimes barks up the wrong tree. A case in point occurred yesterday evening on the Christchurch rail way bridge, opposite Redfern…

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Parramatta Police Buildings

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 3

Papers were laid upon the table of the Assembly on Wednesday evening relating to the purchase in the latter part of 1887 of a site for police buildings at…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

The quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court was opened yesterday, in the Water Police Court. Mr. Addison, S.M., and Mr. Macintosh, L.M., presided, and the following business was…

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Yesterday's Police Courts. CENTRAL

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 6

James Cook was fined £6, levy and distress, or two months' gaol, for carelessly driving three horses attached to a 'bus in George-street, and endangering the safety of one Thomas Service…

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Bankruptcy Court. Sequestration Orders

The Australian Star · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 5

William George Gatewood, of Goulburn. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee. Henry Race of Plattsburg, saddler. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—friday, January l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 7

Chamber List.—At 10 a.m., Hobbs v. Wilson, Cole v. Thompson, Orr v. Smith and another, Malek v. Marluff and another, in re James M'Intosh, prohibition, John Armstrong Gourlay v. Robert Hope Atkinson, M'Carthy v…

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