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Courts & crime, 1891

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 3

Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., presided at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday. Jane Healey was charged with having committed a breach of the Industrial Schools Act. It would seem that the…

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The Maybrick Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The friends of Mrs. Maybrick, who was last year sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of her husband at Liverpool, are hopeful that they…

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Police. Looting Employers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 3

At the Redfern Court yesterday, Mr. Clarke presiding, Maggie Beddy again appeared on a charge of stealing. Her aliases comprise Florri. Lett, Fitzsimmons, Carpenter,…

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Water Licensing Court

Evening News · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 5

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

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"Dr. Keatinge." Death in Darlinghurst Gaol. the Story of His Extraordinary Career

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 5

The man who under the name of "Theodore Oswald" Keatinge" was on Tuesday last sentenced to five years' penal servitude for assaulting a little girl died in Darlinghurst…

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Police Presentation. a Worthy Officer. KEMPSEY

The Australian Star · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 6

Sergeant Bennett was yesterday presented with a valuable marble timepiece by the members of the police force in the Macleay district. on his retirement from the police…

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Law. Supreme Court. Thursday, February 26

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 3

IN BANCO.--(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Innes and Mr. Justice Stephen.) BE THE PHILIP-STEPHAN PHOTO-LITHO COMPANY, LIMITED (DAVIS' APPEAL)…

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The Death of Dr. Keatinge. Inquest at the Gaol. A Letter from the Deceased

The Australian Star · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 6

THE inquest on the body of Theodore Oswald Keatinge, whose death, as reported in our first edition, occurred so suddenly in Darlinghurst Gaol this morning, was held…

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District Court. Thursday, February 20. (Before Judge Wilkinson.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 3

Borough of Woollahra v. Imperial Land Company.--This was an action between the borough of Woollahra and the Imperial Land, Buildiog, Deposit and Investment Company of Sydney,…

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Homestead Lessees. And Supreme Court Judgments. BREWARRINA

The Australian Star · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 5

A meeting of homestead lessees has been called for the purpose of considering the decision given by the Chief Justice and Justices Stephen and Innes, in which…

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District Court.—friday, February 27. (Before Judge Wilkinson)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 3

Garnishee: Liebman v. M'Donald, Hans Jansen, garnishee. Causes: Galloway v. Cody, Australian Produce Co. v. Hamlin, Petchell v. Allen…

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Metropolitan District Court. Thursday. (Before his Honor Mr. District 'Court Judge Wilkinson.) Borough of Woollahra V. Imperial Land Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 3

This was an action brought by the Borough Council of Soollahra against the Imperial Land Company for the recovery of £57 13s 5d, alleged to be due as rates on property owned by the defendant company. The…

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The E.s. and A.c. Bank Frauds. Allingham at the Water Polios Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 4

Yesterday morning, before Mr. Benjamin Lee, S.M., William James Allingham, a clerk in the employ of the E.S. and A.O. Bank, was charged with falsifying the accounts of the bank…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—thursday, February 26. In Banco.—(Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice INNES, and Mr. Justice Stephen.) Vm.srcantile Land, Building, and Investment Company V. Proctor (Part Heard.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 3

Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Mr. Piddington, instructed by Messrs. Robertson and Proctor, appeared for the appellant (defendant), and Mr. A. H. Simpson and Mr. Gordon, instructed by Messrs. Sly and Hamilton, for…

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Stealing Silk

Evening News · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 4

At the Water Police Court, to-day, before Mr. Giles, D.S.M., a laborer named Harry Miller, aged 27, was charged with stealing about 691 yards of silk, valued at £70, the property of Mark Foy,…

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Theft of Jewellery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 12

At the Central Police Court yesterday, Samuel Hutchison was charged with having stolen 43 keeper rings, valued at about £30, the property of Josiah Mason…

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Died in Gaol

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 2

A prisoner in Darlinghurst Gaol, named Michael Murphy, who was serving a six months' sentence, died suddenly' yesterday afternoon. The death was reported to the…

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A Peculiar Case of Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 10

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Lee, S.M., Edward Power, alias J. [?]. Green, alias E. Beck, a well-dressed man, of about 32 years of age, was proceeded against…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 12

Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., presided at the CENTERAL POLICE COURT yesterday. William M'Guire was charged with having stolen a macintosh overcoat, four pairs of trousers, a coat and vest,…

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The Man Who Was Charged

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 6

" You are charged with being drunk," said the magistrate; " what have you got to say?" "Charged with it, am I ?"…

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