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Courts & crime, 1891

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The Burglary Epidemic in Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 30

About 3 o'clock on the 23rd ult, two policemen found the back entrance to the establishment of Henry Anslow, watchmaker and jeweller, corner of Elizabeth and Little Lonsdale streets, open. On…

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Charge of Horse-stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 8

In the Charge Division of the Water Police Court yesterday, before Captain Fisher, S.M., Henry Fuller, a young man, was charged on remand with stealing two horses, valued £20, the property of Henry J…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. G. O'Malloy Clarke, S.M., prosided at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday thomas Dodd waa charged with having assaulted a constable in the execution of his duty. Accused was fined…

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Charge of Stealing in a Boardinghouse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 8

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Captain Fisher, S M, John Henry Durander was charged with stealing from a dwelling-house, No. l8 Orwell-street, Darlinghurst, a portmanteau containing clothing and…

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Parramatta Police Court. Monday, December 29. (Before Mr. H. Byrnes, J.P.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 6

Barnard Donnelly, for drunkenness, was fined 10s in default 48 hours' imprisonment. He was further charged with having…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 8

A meeting of the Licensing Bench was held at the Water Police Court yesterday afternoon before Captain Fisher, S.M., Mr. B. Lee, S.M., and Mr. Giles, L.M. The following business was transacted:—…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 34

The following sequestration orders have boon made during the past week. Edwin Arthur Wood, Thomas Herbert Wood, Alfred Stephen Wood, of Church-street, Newtown, grocers…

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Dedicated to the Police

The Dead Bird · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 5

Listen to what Charles Reade, in "Readiana," has to say about such meekmodest hypocrites as those who raise an outcry against the BIRD:--…

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Water Licensing Court

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 6

A meeting of the Licensing Bench, was held at Water Police Court yesterday. Captain Fisher, S.M., presided, and with him were Mr. Lee, S.M., and Mr. Giles, D.S.M…

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Murder of a General. The Mystery Unsolved

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 8

MYSTERY still surrounds the murder of the Russian General Seliverstoff, who died in Paris recently from the effects of a bullet wound in the head. The affair caused no…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, December 31.(Before Messrs. H. Byrnes and N. Stewart, J’s.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 4

ANDREW HICKIS was fined 5s or 24 hours for drunkenness. Leslie Graham was punished in a like manner for drunkenness. He was also fined 40s or one…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petitions

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 41

8183. The Mutual Asaurance Society of Victoria, Limited, versus William Francis Corbett, Botany-road, Botany. Petition to be heard on January 16…

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Parramatta Police Court. Tuesday, December 30, (Before Messrs. H. Byrnes, G. Coates and G. Wickham Js.P.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 8

John Maloney and Daniel Breen were charged, on remand, with assaulting Ah Poo in Church-street on 20th December…

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Penrith Police Court. FRIDAY. Before Mr. J. K. Cleeve, P.M., J. D. Single and A. Judges, J's. P.

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 4

W. Durbin's application for a coach license was granted conditionally — that the present vehicle be replaced with a new one within two months. H. Simpson's application for a slaughtering license…

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The Railway Strike in Scotland. with the Police

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 9

LONDON, Dec. 31.-The coalminers at Kilmarnock have come out on strike to show their sympathy with the railway employees who have struck, and the miners are…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—monday, January 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 8

Prothonotary's office.—(Before Prothonotary). At 10 a.m.: Middleton v. Guthrie, At 10.30 a.m.: Loahy v. Sparrow At 2 p.m.: (At Redfern) O'Rourke and M'Sharry v. Commissioner for Railways…

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The Pennant Hills Shooting Case. Mrs. Anderson in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 4

THE case against James Wilson, alias John McCann on remand, charged with shooting with intent at Sarah Anderson on December 10 last, at Pennant Hills…

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A Comedy in Court. Pat O'brien, M.p., and His Detective Camera

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

We take the following from a London contemporary concerning an incident at the Tipperary trial :- The cross-examination of Mr. Power, sub-sheriff…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—friday, January 2. In Chambers.—(Before his Honor Mr. Justice Foster.) Hoard and ANOTHer v. BARTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 8

Mr. C. B. Stephen appeared for defendant, and applied for an order to set aside a writ of ca re. Mr. J. L. Campbell appeared for the plaintiffs to show cause, it appeared that defendant, Arthur Barton,…

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