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Courts & crime, 1891

5,942 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Alleged Serious Assault

The Australian Star · Monday 9 February 1891 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. -- A miner named John Fisher was charged at the police court this morning with assaulting had occasioning actual bodily harm to Frank parry…

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Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1891 · page 3
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At the Central Court on Saturday, before Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., Ellen Barry was charged with having stolen a pair of slippers, value 3s 6d, the property of Isaac Harris. Prosecutor is…

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Charge of Horse Stealing. Committed for Trial. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 9 February 1891 · page 6

At the police court to-day Matthew M'Gullam the man who was arrested at Muswellbook on charged with stealing a horse from Joseph Woodcock, of…

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Alleged Forgery and Uttering. a Young Woman Charged

The Australian Star · Monday 9 February 1891 · page 6

A YOUNG woman named Ellen Green was arraigned at the Quarter Sessions this morning upon an indictment charging her with having on May 2,1889, at Balmain forged and…

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The Land Court

The Australian Star · Monday 9 February 1891 · page 5

THE sitting of the Land Court were commenced at the Darlinghurst Courthouse this morning. The bench was occupied by Messrs. F. E. Rogers, Q.C. (president),…

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How to Court Sleep

Evening News · Monday 9 February 1891 · page 7

Continued wakefulness is a crying call to review one's habits, and see what is wrong. Be sure the shoe pinches somewhere, and soon its effects will be felt in the life centres of the body. There is,…

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Bankruptcy Court. Sequestration Order

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1891 · page 3

Henry Gardiner Baker, of Albion-street, Armidale, clerk. Mr. Morris, official assignee…

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Scene in Court. Deplorable Depravity. "Leave me One of Them "

The Australian Star · Monday 9 February 1891 · page 5

IT is almost inconceivable that such scenes could be enacted in sunny New South Wales as that described by Senior-constable Jeffs at…

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News by Cable. Another Great Scandal. the Baronet Charged with Cheating at Cards. Issue of Writs. a Sensation in Society

Evening News · Monday 9 February 1891 · page 4

LONDON, February 8.—No words can exaggerate the intensity of the sensation caused by the revelations regarding the charge of cheating at cards made against…

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Redfern Police Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 6

A REVOLTING OFFENCE.-- An Assyrian, hawker named Joseph Gregory, 34, was remanded to Glen Innes on an abominable charge. Heavy bail was allowed…

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The Burglary Boom

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The burglary boom continues in full swing. Daring robberies are reported from the majority of suburbs…

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Daring Theft

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 5

At the Central Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. G. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., Joseph Williams, 26, groom, was charged with having stolen half a crown, the property of John Calvin Hume…

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Alleged Assault

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 6

BEFORE Captain Fisher at the Water this afternoon, Francis Brown was charged with having assaulted one Edward Bryant, Without going into evidence the hearing…

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Serious Assault

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 4

About half-past 10 O'clock last night a man named Thomas Smith, in the employ of the Glebe Council, was proceeding towards the Past where he works, and on passing across Cox's paddock…

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Stealing a Purse

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 6

BATHURST, Tuesday.-- Harriett Griffin, the wire of a highly respected farmer at Mount Pleasant, was committed for trial at next circuit on a charge of stealing a purse…

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Stealing Heel Planes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 3

A MAN named John Crook, charged at the Quarter Sessions yesterday with having stolen a couple of heel planes and other tools used in the bootmaking trade, and…

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Alleged Indecent Assault

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 6

A RESPEOTABLY-DRESSED man named Arthur Wotherspoon was charged at the Quarter Sessions this morning with having, on December 8, 1890, at Sydney, indecently…

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Alleged Criminal Assault

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 6

TAREE, Tuesday.--An aboriginal, aged 20, was brought before the P.M. this morning and charged with an assault with intent on a' married woman named Alice Ada…

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Suppose Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 5

TENTERFIELD, Monday.-- A man named Montgomery, a tin miner at Nine-mile, near Deepwater, has been missing for the last 10 days. His dog returned to his hat in a starved…

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