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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1889

7,156 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 250

NO. 2. Jury Court. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice.)

Evening News · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 3

SMYTH v. DALGETY AND CO.—Claim, £10,000. The hearing of this case which stood as part heard on Tuesday was resumed this morning. The case for the plaintiff was concluded, and the…

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Important Meeting of Protectionists. the Police and Detectives Present. More Revelations About Central Cumberland

Evening News · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 4

A very important meeting of the protectionists was held at the Central Police Court to-day, the police magistrate being in the chair and several detectives and policemen being present. In other…

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Law. Supreme Court. Wednesday, March 20. No. 1 JURY COURT.--(Before Mr. Justice Foster and a jury of four.) LENTHALL V. Rogers and Another (Part Heard)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 3

Mr Pilcher, Q.C., and Dr. Sly (instructed by Messrs. Holdsworth and Evans) again appeared for the plaintiff, Catherine Mary Lenthall ; the Attorney-General and Mr. O'Connor (instructed…

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Law Beport. Supreme Court.—wednesday, March 20. Banco Court.—(Before his Honor Mr. Justice FOSTER and a jury of four.) LENTHALL V. Rogers and Another (Part Heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 5

Mr. Pitcher, Q.C., and Dr. Sly, instructed by Messrs. Holdsworth and Evans, appeared for the plaintiff; and the Attorney-General and Mr. O'Connor, instructed by Mr. J. H. Clayton, for the defendants. This was an…

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Murder Will Out! Another Suspicious Death of a Young Woman. Malpractice Again Suspected. the Body to Be Exhumed. Astounding Revelations

Evening News · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 6

During the past week rumors have been current in police circles that the public of Sydney were to be startled with another suspicious death similar to the case of the unfortunate girl Kate…

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NO. 3 Jury Court. (Before his Honor Judge Stephen and a jury of four.)

Evening News · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 3

TABRETT AND ANOTHER v. WAKELLEY.—This action, which stood as part heard on Monday, was continued on Tuesday. The plaintiffs Tabrett and Draper, contractors, sued Andrew Wakeley…

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A Theatrical Manager Charged with Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 7

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. M. Fisher, S.M., Monty Brown, theatrical manager and agent, was charged with having, on the 12th instant, assaulted Allan Ferguson, a special constable…

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Central Police Court

The Australian Star · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 5

A JEWEL.--A considerable experience in police courts does not furnish many such genuine specimens of the debauched larrikinees as Emily Maddox. Short and thick…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 7

Mr. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., dealt with the business in the Charge Branch at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday. Thomas Brown or Cross, convicted of stealing an adze, a morticing axe, and a quarry pick, was sentenced…

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A Horrible Murder

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 8

A horrible murder was committed in Dundee on Sunday, February 10. The murderer, it appears, went to the Central Police Station, and communicated private with the officer on duty,…

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Alleged Assault on the High Seas

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—In the Newcastle Police Court, on Wednesday, Captain Jones, of the barque Glencoyne, was charged, by Otto Hermeas with an unlawful assault on the high seas…

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Personating at Elections. Three Men Sentenced. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 5

COBAR, Thursday.--At the Quarter Sessions just closed, Judge Docker presiding, P. Griffin and James M'Loughlin pleaded guilty to impersonating at the last general election at…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 3
Also in Evening News, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Star

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

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Yesterday's Police Courts. CENTRAL

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 3

Gertrude King, 19, no calling, retired for one month, for behaving in a riotous manner in Elisabeth-street. Elsie May, 23, no calling, was ordered to pay…

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The Court Martial

The Australian Star · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 2

THE hearing of evidence in connection with the charges against Warrant Officer William Webster was continued at the Dawes Point Battery at 10 o'clock…

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The Court-martial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 7

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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Police. Fraud on the Corporation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 3

Willis Alister Benson, a young man, lately a temporary clerk in the treasury department of the City Council, was charged at the Central Court yesterday with embezzling a cheque for…

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