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Courts & crime, 1889

7,156 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

The Murder Near Young. Two Men Arrested. One of Them Discharged

Evening News · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 5

BURROWA, Wednesday.-Isaac Sawyer, 21 years of age, was brought up at the police court on Tuesday morning, charged with the murder of the German hawker. Hans Olund, near Young…

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The Murder of a Hawker Near Young. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Burrowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 7

Isaac Sawyer, 21 years of age, was brought up at the police court this morning, charged with the murder of the German hawker, Hans Olund, near Young, and was remanded to Young. He was arrested last night in…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—tuesday, January 8. In Bankruptcy. Bankruptcy Orders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 11

Joseph Webb, of South Grafton, sawyer, on petition of debtor. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee. William Henderson, of Nyngan, journalist and agent, on petition of debtor. Mr. E. M. Stephen,…

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The Young Murder. Sawyer Before the Police Court. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

YOUNG, Wednesday.--The young man Issac Sawyer, arrested at Burrowa an Monday night by Senior-sergeant Prior on suspicion of being the murderer of Hans Oland, the Swedish…

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Burglary in the Suburbs

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 6

The holiday season is generally spent by the burglar in "cracking cribs" favorable to his game. New Year's day was selected by Messrs. John Fullmoon alias Bourke, and Robert…

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Died in Gaol

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

It has been reported to the Acting City Coroner, that a prisoner named Thomas Smith, alias Murray, died at 6.25 o'clock on Wednesday evening, in Darlinghurst Gaol hospital, where he…

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Police

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the Water Police Court yesterday, John King, a laborer, was ordered to gaol for a month for having stolen a suit of clothes of the value of 45s., the property of Mr. A. J. Riley…

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Yesterday's Police Courts. CENTRAL

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 6

George Garrett violently and maliciously threatened his wife, Mary, saying that he would extract her brains and liver. Such a proceeding not being compatible with the laws of good…

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The Murder near Young. the Prisoner Remanded

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 6

YOUNG, Wednesday.-At 11 o'clock the man who arrived by train this morning from Burrowa via Binalong was brought before the police court charged on suspicion of having murdered Hans…

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Bankruptcy Court. Sequestration Orders

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

Alexander M'Kinnon, of Brunswick. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee. Henry Dawes, of Canoiwndra, hotel-keeper, Mr. E. M. Stephen, official…

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The Murder of an Asylum Warder. an Inmate Committed for Trial. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The inquest on the body of Archibald Hunter, late warder at the Yarra Bend Asylum, who was brutally murdered by a patient named Joseph Howard…

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Law. Bankruptcy Court, Wednesday, January 9. Sequestration Orders

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 3

Martin Stephen, of Broken-hill. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee. Helen Veitch Brown and Helen Evans Nelson, of Mount-street, St. Leonards, school…

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The Irish Evictions. the Police to Be Supported. Directions to the Military

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, has warned the Roman Catholic priests that in all future evictions the military will be…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—wednesday, January 9. In Bankruptcy. Sequestration Orders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 4

Robert Downing, of Burfitt-street, Leichhardt, grocer, on petition of debtor. Mr. A. Morris, official assignee. Helen Veitch Brown and Helen Evans Nelson, of…

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Mutiny on H.M.S. Cerberus. the Mutineers Placed in Irons. a Court-martial to Be Held

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-Despite endeavors to keep it quiet, it has leaked out that on New Year's Day a mutiny occurred on board H.M.S. Cerberus. It appears that the men were given a…

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Central Police Court

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

STABLE COMPANIONS.-- Michael Sullivan and Charles Jones, rough-looking larrikins, were dropped upon at midnight in Mr. W. J. O' Connor's stables, off Crown,…

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Died in Gaol

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 3

Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry at Darlinghurst Gaol, yesterday afternoon, touching the death of a prisoner named, Thomas Smith, alias Murray. Deceased was 23…

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Death at the Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 3

Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held a magisterial inquiry at Darlinghurst gaol yesterday afternoon into the circumstances connected with the death of a prisonor named Thomas Smith, alias Murray, who…

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Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 3

At the Water Police Court yesterday Charles Blomberg, a seaman belonging to the ship Micronesia, was sentenced to three days in gaol for desertion. Annie Smith, a vagrant, was…

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