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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

5,942 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Sentenced

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 2

JOHN MOODY, found guilty at the Quarter Sessions last week of embezzlement, was yesterday afternoon sentenced by Judge Backhouse to 18 months' hard labor in…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 5

Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., presided at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday. George Thompson, alias Ives, 33, was committed to take his trial at the Court of Quarter Sessions on a charge of having stolen, in the…

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Murder of an Infant

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--An inquest was held at the Women's Hospital to-day touching the death of the illegitimate girl child of a woman named Julia M'Carthy. The child was found…

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The Bank Frauds. Charge of Stealing £2400

Evening News · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 5

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. Johnson, S. H., John Morgan Druce, alias John Morgan, appeared on remand, charged with stealing from the clerk of the English, Scottish, and…

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District Court

Evening News · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 3

In the District Court yesterday, before Acting Judge Gibson and a jury of four, Barnet Beharfield proceeded against A. Cords for the recovery of £21 12s, being the value of a case of Austrian…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 5

At the weekly meeting of the Licensing. Court held at the Central Police Court yesterday, the license held by Lancelot T. Lloyd for premises known as the Temora Hotel, Bathurst-street, was transferred to…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 3

The usual weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday before Mr. W. Johnson, S. M. (presiding), and Mr. J. Graham. L. M…

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Parramatta Police Court. MONDAY MARCH16.(Before Mr. J. Giles, P.M., and Mr. R. H. Mathews, J.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 2

James M’Donald was fined 20s, or seven days, for drunkenness. Hugh M’Crea was similarly dealt with, for a like offence…

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The Bank Fraud Boom. Druce Before the Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 6

BEFORE Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., at the Central to-day John Morgan Druce, alias John Morgan, was charged that he, being at the time a servant of the E.S. and…

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Metropolitan District Court. Tuesday. (Before his Honor Mr. Acting District Court Judge GINSON, and a jury of four). BEBARFIELD V. CORDS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 5

Mr. Reid, instructed by Messrs. Sty and Hamitton, appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. M'Lachian for the defendant Plaintiff sued defendant for the sum of £21 12s, being the value of a case of Austrian chairs…

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The Court-house at Crookwell. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Crookwell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 7

A meeting of the local magistrates, at which Colonel Heldborrow and Mr. Ball were present, was held here last Friday, whon it Was unanimously doolded to ask for the completion of the Court-house now being…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—tuesday, March 17. No. 1 Jurty Court.—(Before his Honor the Chief Justice and a jury of four.) Connell and Another V. Feid and Another (Part Heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 5

Mr. Want, Q.C., and Dr. Sly, instructed by Messrs. Sly and Hamilton, appeared for the plaintiffe; and Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Mr. C. B. Stehen, instructed by Messrs. Creagh and Williams, for the…

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The E.s. and A.c. Bank Frauds. Druce at the Central Court. Committed for Trial--bail, £10,000

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 6

John Morgan Druce, alias John Morgan, the bank clerk who was arrested at Goulburn on a charge of stealing £2400, the property of the E.S. and A.C. Bank, was yesterday brought…

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Newtown Police Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 3

PIGEON FANCIERS. -- Two youthf[?]ls, Alfred Taylor and Arthur Kennedy, were charged with having 13 pigeons, valued at 30s., the property of James Houghton, in their…

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Sentenced

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 3

AT the Sessions yesterday Robert Vesey, 12, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny, was bound over in his mother's recognisances of £100 to appear when called…

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Stealing Silver Ore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--James Kennedy a miner, was charged before Judge Fitzhardinge at the Quarter Sessions to-day with stealing a quantity of rich silver ore from the…

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Sentenced at the Sessions

Evening News · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 3

At the Quarter Sessions yesterday, before his Honor Judge Backhouse, the following prisoners who pleaded and were found guilty during the present week were sentenced: Robert Veseye, a…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 5

Mr. W. Johnson, S. M., presided at the CENTRAL POLICE COURT yesterday. Joseph Matthews was remanded for seven days on a charge of having assaulted Henrietta Asmith. James Tierney was…

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Narbethong[?] Murder. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 6

A man resembling Colston, wanted in connection with the Narbethong murder, is reported to have been seen near Wodonga. He said he had walked from Sydney…

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District Court

Evening News · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 3

Before Acting Judge Gibson in the District Court yesterday, John Connell and Co., warehousemen, sued D. Gubbay, of Burwood, for the recovery of £33 7s 4d for grocery goods. His…

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