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Courts & crime, 1889

7,156 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Alleged Attempted Assault

Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 8

CARCOAR, Tuesday.—The police magistrate this morning committed an aboriginal named Jackey Grant for trial at the next Cowra Quarter Sessions for attempting an assault upon a little…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Johnson, S.M., presided in the Charge Division of the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday. Alexander Dunshea, 53, dairyman, for cruelty ill-treating a horse in the Parramatta-road, Annandale, was fined £2, or…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Star

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Central Court yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. Johnson, S.M. Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted from John…

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News by Telegraph. Theft of Bank of England Notes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

GOULBURN, Tuesday.--John Walters, alias John William Watson, and John Coughlan were brought up at the Police Court to-day, charged with stealing £155, the property of B…

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Yesterday's Police Courts. WATER

Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 6

Chas. Morris, who had behaved riotously in a public place, was ordered to pay 10s, or go up for three days. Wm. Lansoram and Richard Rassmerson were each fined £1, levy and distress, or…

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The Referees' Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- The hearing of the South Waratah miners case in the referees' court took up the whole of yesterday, several witnesses being examined…

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Queensland Ministers in Adelaide. Irrigation, Cattle-stealing and Rabbits. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Messrs. Hume Black Minister of Lands, and J. Donaldson, Minister of Education, for Queensland, who have been on a visit of inspection to the irrigation colonies…

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District Court Judge Dowling

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 6

AT the meeting of the Executive to-day, leave of absence for four months was granted to District Court Judge Dowling…

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Murder of a Warder. Prisoner Pronounced to Be Insane

Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—At the Criminal Court, to-day, Joseph Howard, a lunatic in the Tarra Bend Asylum, was charged with the murder of Archibald Hunter, a warder in that…

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District Court--wednesday, February 20

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 6

Before Judge Fitzhardinge. For judgment: Tuck On Lee and other cases. Casa motions: Jones v. Warton, Browne v. Hasmot, Clarke v. Eisenstadter, Shorter v. Walker, Bedwell v. Mason, Davidson v…

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The Miners' Referee Court. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The sittings of the Referee's Court were resumed this morning, when evidence was called for the Waratah Coal Company. Messrs. T. D. Ramsay, manager of…

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Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice Windeyer.)

Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 3

PORTER V. PORTER.—The petitioner in this suit ras Frederick Porter, the respondent Laura Eveleen Porter, and the co-respondent George (or Gerald) Stokes. The husband obtained a rule…

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Metropolitan District Court. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Fitzhardinge.). Southran V. Gardiner (Part Heard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

This was a claim for £200, brought by W. W. Southran, of 646, Crown-street, journalist, against Frank Gardiner of George-street, Sydney. Mr. Gibson, instructed by Mr. W. J. West, appeared for the…

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The Irish Question. Mr. T. M. Healy, M. P., Ejected From a Police Court. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 7

Mr. T. M. Healy, M.P., was ejected from the Police Court at Tralee, for insulting Colonel Turner. The trial of William O'Brien, M.P., for inciting tenants not to…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—wednesday, February 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

Term List.—Ex parte Albert Card re Rawlings and Levien, gent, &c., to show cause, part heard. Bankruptcy appeal: Re William John Stephenson, ex parte Llloyd, official assignee, part heard. Motions, &c.: Dorn v. Dorn, for…

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The Murder of an Asylum Warder. the Prisoner Adjudged Insane. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At the Central Criminal Court to-day Joseph Howard, a patient in the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum, was placed on trial for having brutally murdered a…

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A Postponement Was Granted. How Clara Euchred the Police

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 6

It will be remembered that a few weeks back was published an account of the result of a raid made by the Redfern police upon the Chinese dens at Botany…

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