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Courts & crime, 1889

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Quarter Sessions. (Before District Court Judge M'FARLAND.)

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 6

Mr. Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. William Henry Cowell Ashton pleaded not…

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The Courts. Quarter Sessions. (Before District Court Judge M'FARLAND.)

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

Mr. Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. STEALING IN A DWELLING. William Williamson answered to his…

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Trial of Mr. O'brien. His Counsel Ejected From the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. William O'Brien, M.P., who is at present undergoing a term of imprisonment in Clonmel Gaol, was yesterday before the court on a further charge…

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Yesterdays Supreme Court. in Equity. (Before his Honor the Chief Judge.)

Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 3

WARK V. WARK.—This was an application, in chambers on the part of defendant, a co-trustee of plaintiff in the estate of the late John Wart, that he may be allowed to leave the colony…

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Mining Appeal Court at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 8

At the Referee's Court to-day T. D. Ramsay, manager of the South Waratah Colliery, and John Thomas Holding, who occupies a similar position in the New Lambton Colliery, were examined at length on…

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Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Tuesday. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge M'FARLAND.)

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

Mr. Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Elizabeth Beattie, an elderly woman, was arraigned upon an indictment charging her with having attempted…

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Murder and Mutilation of Six Women. a Repetition of the Whitechapel Atrocities. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 18

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

News has reached London to the effect that six women have been murdered and mutilated in Nicaragua, Central America, in exactly the same manner as the…

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Trial of Mr. W. O'BRIEN, M.P. His Counsel Ejected From Court. London, February 19

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 5

Mr. William O'Brien, M.P., who is at present undergoing imprisonment for a breach of the Crimes Act, was brought before the Clonmel Court yesterday…

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Law. Supreme Court. Tuesday, February 19. IN BANCO.--(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Stephen and Mr. Justice Foster.) Re Thomas James Baker, Exparte E. M. STEPHEN

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1889 · page 6

The arguments were resumed and concluded, and judgment was reserved. RE WM. JOHN STEPHENSON, EXPARTE L. T. LLOYD…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—tuesday, February 19. In Banco.—(Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice STEPHENS, and Mr. Justice FOSTER.) [?] Thomas James Baker, Exparte E. M. Stephen (Part Heard)

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

Mr. C. J. Manning and Mr. Wise, instructed by Mr. h. J. Lyens, appeared for Margaret Baker (appellant), and Mr. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. Gordon, instructed by Mr. G. C. Waldron, for the official assignee. This was an…

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Another Alleged Burglary

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 6

A SHOCK-HEADED young man was charged at the Central to-day with having burglariously entered the lodging-house of one Thomas Kain, Kent-street, and…

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Cattle-stealing on the Border

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 6

Two Queensland Ministers (the Minister for Lauds and the Minister for Education) have interviewed the Minister for Education in South Australia with regard to…

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Police

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 3
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At the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M.,Maria Roach was charged with stealing a pair of boots, valued at 18s, the property of the Commissioner for…

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Border Police

Evening News · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 6

In view of the proposal which, was mooted recently in South Australia to swear in policemen for service in more than one colony, the Premier, on being questioned on the subject,…

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The Yarra Bend Murder

Evening News · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 5

The man Joseph Howard was tried in the Supreme Court, Melbourne, on Tuesday, on the charge of wilfully murdering Archibald Hunter, a warder in the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before District Court Judge M'FARRAND) .Mr. Merewether prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. Stealing in a Dwelling

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 6

William Williamson answered to his bail, and with William Harris stood charged that they did, at Newtown, on December 5, in the dwelling house…

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Yesterday's Police Courts. CENTRAL

Evening News · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 6

Cecilia Cameron, 20, no occupation, faced the Bench on a charge of having insufficient lawful means of support, and was removed for a period of two months…

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Miners' Referee Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--After the hearing of evidence in the South Waratah case had ended yesterday, Mr. Croudace spoke for three hours in support of the…

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COUNTRY. Newcastle Mining Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 February 1889 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The South Waratah case was resumed at the Referee's Court this morning, evidence on behalf of the company being continued. Clark,…

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