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Courts & crime, 1890

6,428 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. Johnson, S.M., Robert West was fined £2, or 14 days, for throwing stones at Constable Carmody. Richard Sullivan was similarly…

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Suspected Case of Child Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 5

GOULBURN, Thursday.--An inquest was commenced this afternoon on the body of a newly-born infant, found yesterday in an outhouse. Mrs. Callaghan, licensee of the Australian…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Water Police Licensing Court was held yesterday, Messrs. Lee and M'Intosh, L.Ms. presiding. Permission was granted F. W. Lloyd, official assignee, to…

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Land Court Sittings

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 5

NARRABRI, Friday.--For the ensuing sittings of the local land board 67 cases are set down for hearing at Narrabai, and 50 for Wee Waa…

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Supposed Murder. a Suspicious Death. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 6

The body of a man named Frost was found this morning near the railway crossing at Arden-street, Hotham, under suspicious circumstances, Deceased's throat…

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The Murder by an Aboriginal Agitation for a Reprieve

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A strong agitation is proceeding in favor of the reprieve of the aboriginal Jacky, sentenced to be hanged on Saturday for the murder of a white drover…

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Mr. Phil. Robinson In the Bankruptcy Court

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 2

AT the London Court of Bankruptcy on November 14 a receiving order was made by Mr. Registrar Linklater under a petition presented against Mr. Philip Robinson, who…

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An Order of the Court. Brought from Inverell

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 5

HENRY SLOPER, a man of respectable appearance, and said to be in a large business in the New England district, was before the Water Police Court this Morning on…

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To-day's Supreme Court. in Chambers. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Foster.)

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 5

ALEXANDER V. WALKER.—An application was made in this case to strike out a plea in defence of an action on two promissory notes for £227, on the ground that the plea which purported to…

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An Exciting Burglar Hunt. Four Caught, One Knocked Down. Collection of Selection Keys Which Open Police Cell Doors

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 6

Constable Emmett, stationed at Summer Hill, had an exciting time on New Year's Day. Whilst following out his usual duty he observed four men apparently trying to enter a house. They saw him…

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Balmain Police Court

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 6

The police in Balmain provided a holiday list of unusual length, yesterday morning, for Captain Fisher, S.M., to hear. The court was crowded with a rather mixed audience. There were some…

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COUNTRY. Louth Police Court

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 6

LOUTH, Friday.--Charles Gillett was brought up before the police magistrate to-day on a charge of vagrancy, and sent to gaol for three months with hard labor…

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Brutal Assault

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5

At the Water Police Court this morning, before Mr. Lee, S.M., Henry E. Spink pleaded guilty to violently assaulting his wife. Prosecutrix keeps the Phoenix Hotel, Lower George-street, and had…

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An Unprovoked Assault

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 6

At the Balmain Police Court yesterday morning, before Captain Fisher, S.M., Patrick Chapman, Henry Marsden, and Patrick O'Reilly were charged with assaulting, in company,…

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Dog Days at the Parramatta Police Court

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 6

ON Monday week the first batch of those most cold-blooded offenders against their country’slaws—people who deliberately neglect, in defiance of the laws of the country, to file…

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Letter-stealing and Forgery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 10

A somewhat peculiar case of forgery and uttering in connection with a robbery of letters was disclosed at the Water Police Court yesterday in the hearing of Mr. B. Lee, S.M. The…

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The Summer Hill Arrests. Charges of Burglary

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 6

FRANCIS WILLIAMS, 60, laborer ; James Cole, 68, dealer ; William Lawrence, 58, dealer ; and Archibald Campbell, 70, tailor, who were arrested yesterday by Constables…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 13
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., presided at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday. James Richards, 29, a barman, was chargea with inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Rose Tout. Constables…

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