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Courts & crime, 1889

7,156 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Yesterday's Police Courts. WATER

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 6

Margaret Grey, who protested, with a copious flow of tears, that her son allowed her the handsome sum of £5 weekly, was unable to disprove that she was a vagrant. She got three months…

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Curious Case of Assault. a Dentist Imprisons His Customers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 5

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M., Maggie Blair, or M'Cleary, was charged with having assaulted Mrs. Mary Jane Hedburg and her daughter…

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Extraordinary Charge of Assault. the Chemist and His Client

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 6

AT the Central Police Court to-day a respectably dressed woman, named Maggio Blair, alias M Cleery, was charged on warrant with having assaulted Mary Jane…

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To-day's Police Courts. CENTRAL

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 5

Archibald Brown and Henry Woods were each fined 10s or three days for behaving riotously in the public streets. Ellen Tierney, who assisted Ann Tierney, was…

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QUEENSLAND. The Allowed Murder of a Government Agent

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day.--An official enquiry has been held into the alleged murder of G. S. Armstrong, Government agent, of the labour schooner Ariel, by…

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A Magistrate's Rebuke. MR. T. K. ABBOTT, S.M., and Mr. T. M. WILLIAMSON

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 5

During the proceedings at the Central Police Court this morning a contretemps occurred between Mr. Abbott, S.M., who was on the Bench on the charge side, and Mr. T. M. Williamson…

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The Demon Drink. a Husband Attempts Murder and Suicide. Brisbane, This Day

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 5

A man named Albert Pritchard, residing with his wife and family ut Wollongabba, attempted suicide in his own house on New Year's Eve. He came home…

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The Supposed Murder in the South Seas. the Attack on the Crew of the Schooner Ariel. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 7

From the evidence taken at the inquiry into the supposed murder of J. S. Armstrong, Government agent of the labour schooner Ariel, by the natives of Manoba Island, there is some doubt as to…

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Law. Supreme Court. Wednesday, January 2. IN EQUITY.--(Before Mr. Justice Owen.) SELFE V. Dalgety and Co

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 3

This was an application by Norman Selfe for the continuance of an injunction against the defendants to restrain them from using certain improvements in hydraulic machinery, of which…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—wednesday, January 2. In Equity.—(Before his Honor Mr. Justice OWEN, Chief Judge in Equity.) SELFE V. Dalgety and Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 5

In this matter, which was a motion to continue an injunction to restrain defendants from using an invention which plaintiff claimed to be an infringement of his patent for an improvement in hydraulic machinery,…

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Alleged Assault

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 6

At the Central Police Court, on Thursday, an old man, named James Ford, who bears a very good character from several reputable citizens, was charged with having assaulted a child of the age of 6…

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Daring Burglary in London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--A daring burglary has been committed at the residence in Belgrave-square of Count Karolyi, the Austrian Ambassador in London…

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The Magistrate's Rebuke

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 6

At a later stage of the Central Police Court proceedings on Thursday, and when the two Hindoos, Fuzledeen and Mavoska, whose re-arrest had been ordered by Mr. T. K. Abbott, S.M.,…

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Alleged Extensive Burglary. a Judge the Victim

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 5

IN the charge division of the Water Police Court to-day, a most eccentric looking individual, billed as Harry Castrier, a German, was charged with…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Abbott, S.M., presided in the Charge Division of the Central POLICE COURT yesterday morning. Louisa Pearson, 22, for having no visible lawful means of support, was suit to gaol for 14 days, with…

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An Assault on a Chinaman

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 6

IN the Charge division at the Water Police Court this afternoon, two young men named Edward Austin and Edward Harris pleaded not guilty to having assaulted…

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Alleged Assault on a Child

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 6

IN the charge branch of the Central today James Ford, 67, was committed for trial upon a charge of having, in Hyde Bark, indecently assaulted a child…

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South Australia. Alleged Attempted Criminal Assault

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 5

ADELAIDE, This Day.--Nine men, varying in age from 17 to 23 years, will he brought before the Police Court to-day, charged with attempting to commit an…

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The Yarra Bend Murder

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.-- The lunatic, Howard, who was suspected of the murder of Warder Hunter, at Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum, has admitted that he did kill…

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