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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1889

7,156 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Monday's Police Courts. WATER

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 6

Martin Sakassen was fined 20s, frith a seven days' option, for resisting Constable O'Sullivan whilst in the performance of police duty. William Tilbury rioted on the Circular Quay…

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The Bradford Murder. Details of the Crime

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Monday.-The London STANDARD to hand by the incoming mail gives the following particulars of the horrible murder and mutilation of a boy at Bradford: A shocking…

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Law Report. Metropolitan District Court. Monday, February 4. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Fitzhardinge.) Thorne V. ROGERS

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

This was an action brought by Marian Thorne against J. D. Rogers, an hotelkeeper, to recover £25, the stated value of certain goods detained by the defendant. The facts of the case were that the…

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The Murder of a Hawker Near Young. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 7

On Thursday last a stonebreaker's bammer, supposed to be the instrument with which the hawker, Hans Olund, was murdered, was discovered in a digger's hole on the bank of the Burrangong Creek, and about…

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Prize Fight in Melbourne. the Police Stop the Contest. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A glove fight took place in the Hibernian-hall to-night between Frank Slavin, champion of Australia, and Jack Burke, "the Irish lad." When the pugilists…

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An Irish Priest Arrested. the Congregation Resist. a Police Inspector Killed

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, February 4.-An exciting scene has just occurred at Gweedore, Ireland. The police proceeded to arrest the Rev. Father Macfadden on a charge of inciting tenants to resist the payment…

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Law Notices. District Court.—tuesday, February 5. (Before Judge Fitz[?]ardinge.)

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

Himmelhoch v. Milson (part heard), Tighe v. Fagg, Favey v. Graham, Greenhalgh v. Cohen, Huckstepp v. Nicholls, Thomson v. Lewis, Sabatowski v. Haines, Dunn and anothor v. Davies, Dunn and another v. Eaton, Long v…

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The Irish Crimes Act. Arresting a Priest. a Police Inspector Killed. London, February 4

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5

A large force of police were attacked at Gweedore, County Donegal, when endeavoring to effect the arrest of the Rev. -J. M' Fadden, upon a warrant charging…

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Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Monday, February 4. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge WILKINSON.)

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

Mr. Merewether conducted the prosecutions on behalf of the Crown. ATTEMPTING TO STEAL. John Taylor was acquitted upon an indictment…

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Arrest of an Irish Priest. an Inspector of Police Killed. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 7

The Rev. Father Macfadden was arrested at Gweedore, after having celebrated mass, on a charge of inciting tenants not to pay rent. The congregation resisted the…

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The Irish Trouble. the Police and Father M'fadden. an Inspector Killed. Sympathy with Mr. O'brien. M.p

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- The police yesterday made another attempt to arrest Father M'Fadden, the Irish priest, who failed to appear in answer to a charge laid against…

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Yesterday's Courts. Quarter Sessions. (Before District Court Judge WILKINSON.) Mr. Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. Attempting to Steal

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 February 1889 · page 6

John Taylor pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to steal from the person of David O'Brien, in Hyde Park, on January 6. From the…

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A Brutal Assault

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 6

At the Central Police Court yesterday Peter Shiell, 59, a boilermaker, was arraigned on a charge of assaulting his wife. Evidence was given that Shiell was living apart from his spouse…

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Australian. Victoria. Onyons Sentenced

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day. -- William Lake Onyons, found guilty of stealing from the Nation[?] Bank, where he was employed, debentures worth £1700 was sentenced…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 11
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. G. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., presided in the Charge Division of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday morning. John Henderson, 31, billiard-marker, for stealing a pair of trousers, the property of Joseph…

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The Bradford Boy Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The inquest on the boy Gill, who was murdered and horribly mutilated in Bradford on December 20, respited yesterday in a verdict of wilful…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald

A SITTING of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench was held at the Central Court to-day. The following applications for transfers were granted, viz., James…

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