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Courts & crime, 1891

5,942 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

An M.L.A. in the Divorce Court. the M'rae Divorce Suit. Sensational Disclosures

Evening News · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 5

Before his Honor Mr. Justice Foster, sitting in Divorce to-day, the suit for divorce instituted by Clara Charlotte M'Rae against Myles M'Ray, member for Morpeth in the…

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Land Court.—monday. (Before Mr. F. E. ROGERS, Q.C. (President), Mr. FREEMAN, and Mr. BRANDIS.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 3

In the matter of costs in the case of James Walsh the Court decided to make no order as to costs. In the matter of the condition[?] lease of Walter Stone Dorrington, the papers were referred back to the…

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Land Court. Monday.''february 23. (Before Mr. F. E. Rogers, Q.C., president, Mr. Brandis and Mr. Freeman.)A Question of Costs

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 6

In the case of James Walsh, and the grounds of appeal stated for the Full Court on the 13th inst., Mr. Pring now asked for costs. Mr. Canaway, who appeared for. the Minister, opposed…

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Law. Supreme Court. Monday, February 28. In BANCO.--(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Innes and Mr. Justice Stephen.) Williams and Others V. Robinson and Others

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 3

Mr. A. H. Simpson and Mr. Knox were for tho appellants (defendants), and Mr. Walker and Mr. Davis to show cause. This was an equity appeal, It seemed that…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—monday, February 23. In Banco.—(Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice INNES, and Mr. Justice Stephen.) the Case of Oakley V. M'MILLAN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 3

Mr. Justice INNES said he had received a letter addressed to him, no doubt an presiding Judge in the action Oakley v. M'Millan, and the letter was signed "W. A. Oakley." Now he had not read it, but had glanced…

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One Month's Gaol a Lenient Magistrate

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 6

BEFORE Mr. Benjamin Lee, S.M., at the Water Police Court to-day, Arthur C. E. Liardet, 45, was charged with obtaining money under false pretences. He had been…

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Sacrilegious Burglary

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 6

Early this morning the church, school hall, and parsonage of St.Thomas's, Balmain, were entered by burglars. The vestry was ransacked, and property to the value of £20 was taken…

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Stealing a Purse

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 2

At the North Sydney Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. J. Giles, D.S.M., Alfred Edward Stewart was charged with stealing from a dwelling a purse containing a sovereign, a £1-note, and…

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Died in Gaol

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 6

A prisoner named Mary Johnson, aged 22 years, was found dead in her cell in Darlinghurst Gaol this morning. Deceased was received into the gaol on Tuesday under a sentence of one month's…

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Sudden Death in Gaol

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 6

A YOUNG woman, 22 years of age, named Mary Johnson, who was in Darlinghurst Gaol on a charge of vagrancy, was found dead in her cell this morning. The warder,…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 4

Mr. G. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., presided at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday Charles Jones was charged with having stolon £1 2s 10d, the property of Elias Elliott. The prosecutor, a tinsmith, deposed…

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Alleged Theft From a Dwelling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 4

At the Central Police Court yesterday, Florrie Lett, alias Maggie Beddy, alias Carpenter, alias West, alias Miller, alias Fitzsimmons, 24, and a married woman, was charged with having stolen from the dwelling of…

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Stealing Jewellery. Three Years' Hard Labor

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 2

A YOUNG MAN named Arthur Sladen pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court yesterday to an indictment charging him with having stolen a quantity of jewellery, the…

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Dillon and O'brien in Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. John Dillon, who together with Mr. W. O'Brien is serving the sentence of six months' imprisonment passed upon him for his participation…

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The Murder of a Sweetheart

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--John Wilson, tram conductor, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court this morning for the murder of his fiance Stella Leah Marks in the Darling…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 4

Messrs. C. Delohery, S.M., G. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., and J. Graham, L.M., presided at the weekly meeting of the Licensing Court, held at the Central Police Court yesterday. Transfers of publicans' licenses were…

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Murder in a Prison CelL

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesdad.—A murder is reported from Hamilton. Two prisoners passing their last night an route for Portland, to serve sentences, were locked np in one cell. They were both old…

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Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 6
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MR. O' MALLEY CLARKE, S.M., Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., and Mr. Grahame, L.M., conducted the business at the central division of the Licensing Court to-day…

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Dr. Keatinge. in Darlinghurst Gaol. Attempt to Commit Suicide

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 5

IF all that is heard about the Rev. Dr. Oswald Keating[?] be true he is a most unhappy man. As will be seen by the report, His Honor, Mr. Justice…

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