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Courts & crime, 1889

7,156 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 250

Presented at Court. London, March 16

The Australian Star · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 5

Mr. E. N. C. Braddon, Agent-General for Tasmania, and Sir G. Long Innes, of New South Wales, have been presented at Court…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—monday, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 4

No. 1 July Court.—Lenthall v. Ropers and another (part heard), Risby v. Tonkin and others, Halt and another v. King. No. 2 Jury Court.—Neild v. Treacy, Woodin v. Matthews,…

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Another Tram Murder. a Painter Falls Between the Cars.he Was Terribly Mangled

Evening News · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 6

Juggernaut has added one more victim to its list of murders. At about twenty minutes to 2 o'clock on Saturday afrternoon, as a special tram was proceeding to Botany, and when in…

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District Court.—monday, March 18. (Before Judge Fitzhardinge.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 4

Borough of Balmain v. Packer, Groth and another v. Wickes, Fernandea v. Fernandez, Dr. Thautzow v. Inglis and another, Briscoe v. Downie, Garlin v. Gibbs and another, Willis and another v. Smith, Ivey v. Naughton, Bosch and…

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The Courts. Supreme. No. 1 JURY COURT.--(Before Mr. Justice Foster and a jury of four.)

The Australian Star · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 5

LENTHALL V. ROGERS AND ANOTHER. The hearing of this action, which is to establish the title of the plaintiff Miss Lenthall to five acres of land at North…

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Another Alleged Burglary

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 5

AT the Water Police Court to-day three dirty looking young fellows, named Gregory Toohey, Patrick Henry Russell, and Henry Chapman, were charged, on…

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Riotous Shearers Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--At the Warrnambool Assizes Court, held on Saturday, three shearers, Joseph Pitman, James Brown and Edward Whyte, were found guilty of common assault…

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A Peculiar Assault

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Two old men, named Lachlan M'Bain and Charles Holland, entered the Post-office Hotel, Smith-street, on Saturday, when M'Bain seized the landlady by the hands,…

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Police

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Ernest John Arthur Wells, 83, was charged before the Water Police Court Bench yesterday with having in company with two others conspired to accuse Robert Kuntsman of having…

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More Police

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 5

WALLSEND, This Day.--Increased police protection is needed at Wallsend. Last Saturday night a female hawker was heard screaming in the streets, and, on…

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A Peculiar Assault. a Foreign Weapon

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 6

KEE MEGATTA is a foreigner hailing from the land of the rising sun and gorgeous Mikados. He is also a dealer in Japanese fancy trifles, and in the…

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News by Telegraph. the Theft by a Ship's Steward

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--At the Police Court to-day the case of Oakes, a steward, charged with stealing four £50-notes, the property of Captain Copp, master of the ship Earl…

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Monday's Police Courts, CENTRAL

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 3

Elizabeth Taylor, 23, married, was fined 10s for using obscene language in Glebe-street, Glebe. Sarah Short, or Nelson, 25, no calling, for…

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The Court-martial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The General Court-Martial appointed to inquire into certain charges of embezzlement made against Warrantofficer William Webster, of the New South Wales Artillery, was continued yesterday at Dawes Point…

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The Webster Court-martial

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 6

The general court-martial, convened for the trial of Warrant-officer Wm. Webster, of the Artillery, continued taking evidence on Monday. Major-General Richardson, C.B., was…

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We Don't Want Any Police

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 3

Or, at any rate, it would appear so from the way the public along the Illawarra line are protected (?). Let us take Tempe, Arncliffe, Rockdale, and Kogarah as examples. One officer is…

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The Elmore Murder. Execution of Harrison. "I Am Innocent."

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—In the Sandhurst gaol this morning the man Harrison was executed by Jones, the public hangman, for the Elmore murder. There were about twenty persons…

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Yesterday's Supreme Court. in Divorce

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 3

LONG v. LONG.—On the court resuming at 2 o'clock, evidence was taken ia this case, which was an application for a decree nisi for dissolution of marriage on the grounds of adultery and…

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