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Courts & crime, 1889

7,156 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

The Enfranchisement of the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A dinner to celebrate the passing of the Police Enfranchisement Bill was held at Gunsler's Cafe, Melbourne, to-night. Sergeant Monckton occupied…

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A Sensational Scene in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 9

At the St. Leonards' Court yesterday, before Mr. Marsh, S.M., John Wood Eaton, a timber merchant, proceeded by [?]mmons against Margaret Mace for assault, and sought to have her…

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Bankruptcy Court. Wednesday, January 23. Sequestrations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 9

William Henry Barnes, of Brookong, drover. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee. James M'Auliffe, of 45 Botany-street, Redfern. Mr. Morris, official assignee…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.-thursday, January 24. In Bankruptcy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 5

SEQUESTRATION ORDER ON PETITION OF DEBTOR. Robert Wallace, of No. 10, Oxford-street, tobacconist, late painter. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee. CREDITOR'S PETITION…

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Equity Court. Wednesday, January 23. (Before Mr. Justice Owen.) Thomas and Another V. MINTON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 3

Mr. Hanbury Davies, instructed by Mr. Langdon, appeared for plaintiff, and moved that the interim injunction granted until that day to restrain the defendant from selling or…

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Water Police Court

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 6

A THIEVING TEUTON.--Nicholas Moorcoss, a German, who, although comparatively now to the colony, has already put in four months for watch lifting, pleaded guilty…

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Newtown Police Court

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 6

INDECENCY.--For having wilfully and obscenely committed an act of indecency in Swanson-street, Macdonaldtown, John Collins, 47, was fined 10s, in default seven…

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Assault and Robbery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 14

Two young men named James Ditchman and Edward Crawford were yesterday committed for trial at the Water Police Court on a charge of having assaulted and robbed Edwin…

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Assault on a Chinaman

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--A man named Gallagher was on Thursday sent up for three months for a cruel and unprovoked assault on a Chinaman…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 14
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Mr. Abbott, S.M., disposed of the business in the Charge division of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT on Thursday morning. Joseph Farquharson, 37, gardener, for begging alms in Parramatta-road, Glebe, was sent…

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A Bookmaker Charged with Perjury

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Raymond Bolger, a bookmaker, has been committed for trial for perjury alleged to have been committed while giving evidence in the case he brought against…

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Balmain Police Court. Wednesday, Jan. 23. (Before Mr. Marsh. S.M.)

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 4

Assault.—William Hawkins was charged last week with assaulting John R. Kenny. The case was heard on Monday and the judgement of the Bench was reserved. The…

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Bankruptcy Court. Sequestration Orders

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 197

John Kohler, of Terrara, batcher, on petition of debtor. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee. Robinson O'Donnell and George Willats, of Hay, builders and contractors. Mr. Augustus Morris, official…

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The Irish Question. Mr. O'brien, M.P., Sentenced. But Still at Large

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 25.-The Crimes Court, sitting at Currick on Suir, has sentenced Mr. W. O'Brien, whose escape from court caused serious riots, to four months' imprisonment without hard…

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Penrith Police Court. TUESDAY. Before Messrs. J. K. Cleeve, P. M., R. C. Riley, A. Judges and J. D. Single. J.P's

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 4

William Robertson v. George Atkins. In this case it appears that plaintiff sought to recover the sum of six guineas from George Atkins of Wentworth Falls. Plaintiff stated that he arranged to…

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Bankruptcy Court. Sequestrations on Petition of Debtors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 41

No. 890. Elijah, Green, of Hyde Park, near Bookwood, laborer. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee. No. 891. George David Hilder, of Kempsey…

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The Murder of a Government Labour Agent. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 11

The Government has received a letter from the Inspector of Polynesians at Mackay, embodying a report by Captain Norman, of the labour schooner Friendless, who made inquiries at Manoba after the…

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Rioting in Ireland. Mr. O'brien M.p., Escapes From Custody. Other M.'sp. Charged. Attempt to Wreck a Train

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--A series o£ exciting scenes occurred yesterday at Carrick-on- Suir, a town in Tipperary, on the occasion of the trial of Mr. William O'Brien, M.P…

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To-day's Cablegrams. The Irish Question. Coebcion Act Trials. Prisoner's Escape in Court. Fighting in the Streets. the Killed and Wounded. (Special Message.)

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 6

London, January 24.-During the trial a Carrick on Suir of Mr. O'Brien, M.P., for offences under the Coercion Act, the prisoner made his escape in open court, the crowd in the building…

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