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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

5,942 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

A Court Wanted

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 5

Messrs. Farnell, Dale, Nobbs, and Ritchie, Ms.L.A, nave been requested by the Mayor and aldermen of Granville to represent to the Minister for Justice the necessity for…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 5

The usual weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday before Messrs. C. Delohery (presiding) and J. Graham. The following transfers of publicans' licences…

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Parramatta Police Court. Monday. February 16.(Before Messrs, H. Byrnes, N. Stewart, J. W. Foster, and T. F. Mackenzie, J’s.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 2

W. Morgan, locked up for protection, was discharged. William Houghton was charged with playing an unlawful game at Granville on the 8th…

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A Mining Case. a Manager in Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 6

AT the Central Police Court to-day Frank Lacroix Gardiner, a member of the New South Wales Stock Exchange, proceeded against Alexander Gilchrist, a mining…

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Metropolitan District Court. Tuesday. (Before His Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) Brown V. Swain (Part Heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 3

Mr. Knox, instructed by Messrs. Levy, Hemsley, and Perkins, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. C.R. A. Smith for defendant. This was an action brought by H. Brown, of York and Market streets,…

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District Court. Tuesday, FEBRUARY 17. (Before Judge Wilkinson.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 3

Brown v. Swain.--This was an action between Hood Brown, of York and Market streets, and G, H. Swain, of Pitt-street, to recover £66 18s 8d claimed upon certain of defendant's cheques…

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"Jack the Ripper." the Man Sadler Before the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night. --The man Sadler, supposed to be identical with "Jack the Ripper," who was arrested on a charge of murdering a woman in Whitechapel, has…

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Central Criminal Court.—tuesday. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice WINDEYER.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 3

Mr. Coffey prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. SENTENCES. Ruby Healy, Kate Wiley, and Joseph Dalzell, found guilty on Monday of stealing £50 from Thomas…

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Central Criminal Court. Tuesday, February 17. (Before Mr. Justice Windeyer.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 3

Mr. Coffey prosecuted on behalf of the Grown. LARCENY. Ruby Healey, Kate Wiley and Joseph Dalzell…

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The Shearing Trouble. Ominous Outlook. an Armed and Mounted Band Galloping to Intercept the Police

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Over 300 men, including all sorts and conditions, one-third being armed to the teeth, have left Barcaldine on horseback, having purchased all the arms and ammunition…

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Special Edition the Cheating of "Wales." H.R.H. Avers He Was Cheated. Five Witnesses to Prove It. Sir Gordon Cumming Sentenced by the Club. LONDON, February 17

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 6

The hearing of the charges of cheating at cards preferred against Sir William Gordon Cumming by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, was concluded to-day by the Guards' Club,…

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The Shearing Trouble. Additional Police Protection. Sale of Firearms Forbidden. Non-uniontsts to Be Attacked. War to the Knife

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Eighty additional armed constables left by the Cintra on Tuesday night for Rockhampton. In consequence of the large number of constables…

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Law. Supreme Court. Tuesday, February 17. IN BANCO.--(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Innes and Mr. Justice Stephen.) SIMPSON V. North Sydney Investment and Finance Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 3

This was a motion for a rule nisi for a new trial. The case, which was heard before Mr. Justice Windeyer, was brought by the plaintiff, Alexander Simpson, a builder and contractor…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—tuesday, February 17. In Banco.—(Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice.(NNES, and Mr. Justice Stephen.) Simpson V. North Sydney Investment and Tramway Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 3

Mr. Pilch[?]r, Q.C., and Mr. G. H. Reid, instructed by Mr. C. R. A. Smith, appeared for the plaintiff, in support of. a rule nisi to set aside a nonsuit, and for a new trial. The action, which was tried in December…

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Central Police Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 February 1891 · page 5

ONE OF THE CLASSES.-- Alice Sinclair, a pretty little creature, who would be better employed gracing a drawing-room than the duck, owned to having taken too much of…

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Alleged Criminal Assault

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 February 1891 · page 6

GRAFTON, Thursday.-- Thomas Hoskins has been committed for trial by the Grafton bench for an alleged attempted assault on Nellie Lawrence, a domestic servant, at the…

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Assault by a Constable

Evening News · Thursday 19 February 1891 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—The assault case brought against Constable Sells, of Carrington, by a seaman named John Ellwood, occupied the Newcastle Court on Wednesday afternoon…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1891 · page 7

Mr. C. Delohery, D.S.M., presided at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday. Henry Moore, 16, a dealer, having cruelly ill-treated a horse by working it when in an unfit state, was fined £2, in default 21 days'…

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District Court

Evening News · Thursday 19 February 1891 · page 2

In No.2 Court yesterday, Acting-Judge Gibson gave judgment in the action brought by Benjamin Francis Marks, of Potts Point, against Frederick Morris, of Leichhardt,for the recovery…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 February 1891 · page 6

BEFORE the Registrar in Bankruptcy today the following applications for certificates were dealt with:-- John Elsey, adjourned, in order to allow bankrupt to file…

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