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Courts & crime, 1889

7,156 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

"The Magistrate."

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 3

The revival of "The Magistrate" at the Criterion Theatre on Saturday night, with Mr. Robert Brough in the name part, was a gratifying success. It is about two years since the…

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Died in Gaol

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Another deplorable result of the want of proper hospital accommodation is reported. An elderly man named Jno. Holstem, from the…

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Died in Gaol

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Mr. Coroner Youl, at the inquest on John Wilson, who died in Melbourne Gaol, urged that a building be set apart for such cases so as…

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Inquest. Died in Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 3

The Acting-Coroner (Mr. Woore) held an inquest in the Darlinghurst Gaol on Saturday into the cause of the death of a young female prisoner named Mary Lloyd. The deceased…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 9
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Johnson, S.M., presided at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT on Saturday morning. Richard Whalon, 52, bedstead-maker, was charged with assaulting Catherine Benson, and also with…

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Charge of Murder

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--John Caffrey, a member of the larrikin fraternity, was before the city court to-day and remanded till Wednesday on a charge of murdering…

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More Members Sentenced. London, February 1

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 5

Messrs. T. J. Condon, M.P. for East Tipperary, and John O'Connor, M.P. fo South Tipperary, have each been sentenced to four months imprisonment for breaches…

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Alleged Murder of a Seaman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 5

Late on Saturday evening a murder is alleged to have been committed in Gloucester-street, when a Swedish seaman, named Andrew Melander, was stabbed to the heart by a Scotch seaman, named John M'Kay, with…

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Saturday's Police Courts. CENTRAL

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 3

James J. Johnson was fined £2 for cruelly illtreating a horse in York-street. For cruelly illtreating a horse in Pitt-street, a Chinaman, named Ah Hay was fined 20s: Both defendants…

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The Times-parnell Inquiry. a Witness Charged with Perjury. London, February 2

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 5

Patrick Molloy, who gave evidence before the TIMES-Parnell Commission in December last, has been arrested on a charge of having committed perjury before…

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The Irish Crimes Act. Balfour on O'brien. a National Protest. Another M.P. Sentenced. London, February 2

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 5

The Right Hon A. J. Balfour, M.P., Chief Secretary for Ireland, speaking at Dublin, declared that Mr. William O'Brien, M.P., was solely answerable if he…

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La Iv Notices. District Court.—mondya, Febraury 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 9

Before Judge Fltzhardinge.—Undefended cuses will be taken at 10 a.m. after which the following cases will be heard— Waller v. Bricrley, the True Blue No. 112 Block A Goldmining Company v. Daunt, Matshall v. Weitzel, Ah Sing…

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To-day's Cablegrams. The Irish Question. Prosecution for Perjury. Additional Imprisonament. Mr. O'brien in Gaol. Another Priest Imprisoned. the Inquiry Commission. Peeling in America

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 5

7LONDON, February 1.-Molloy, the Invincible who gave such. startling evidence before the TIMES-Parnell Enquiry Commission, and then recanted it, has been arrested, and is to be tried…

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The Judicial Inquiry. the "Times" V. Parnell. Sketches of the Great Case. No. 15. Miss Thompson's Opinion of the Land Court

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1889 · page 3

On Wednesday Miss Thompson was further cross-examined, and admitted that she had not made any abatement in the rents until the tenants went into the…

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Charged with Murder

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-Constable Coffey on Friday night arrested a man named John Caffrey on a charge of wilfully murdering Ah Gayong in Market-lane on November 17. It will be…

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Charged with Arson

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day.--At the Police Court yesterday John Esler, an outfitter, of Queen-street, was charged with arson, and the case is not yet finished…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. G. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., presided in the Charge Division of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday morning. Richard Bourke, 20, builder, pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous behaviour in…

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Alleged Murder of a Sailor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 4

The Acting-Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J. P., held an inquest at the Croydon Hotel yesterday, relative to the death of Andrew Mallander, a seaman, aged about 37 years, who died on Saturday night from the…

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