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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Assault

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 6

AT the Redfern Police Court this morning William Quinlan, 52, pleaded guilty to the charge of having maliciously wounded his wife, Elizabeth Quinlan, and was sentenced…

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Water Police Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 7

Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., presided in the Water Police Licensing Court yesterday, and was supported by Messrs. Benjamin Lee, S.M., and J. Graham, L.M. The following transfers of publicans'…

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Theft by Trick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 7

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. James Giles, D.S.M., Thomas Musgrave, 27, was charged with having stolen postage stamps, valued at £1, the property of Vassile Makree, carrying on…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 7

Mr. James Giles, D.S.M., presided in the Charge Division of the Central Police Court yesterday. Archibald Glen, 25, a labourer, was fined £2, in default 21 days' imprisonment, for having assaulted a constable…

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Police. WATER

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 3

Cornelius Wall, on a charge of having five bottles of whisky in his possession supposed to have been stolen, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 14 days' hard labor…

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Bank Frauds. a Director Sentenced. London, January 21

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 6

E. G. Smithers, the bank director who has been convicted of misappropriating moneys belonging to the English Bank of the River Plate, was to-day sentenced to four years'…

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The Police Department

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 6

Mr. Dibbs laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last night the annual report of the Inspector-General of Police for the year 1891. In this document Mr. Fosbery states that the additional…

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West Australia. the Bell's Greek Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 4

PERTH, Thursday. -- At the inquest concerning the death of Moses Gadd, who was shot at Bell's Creek on Saturday, the jury yesterday returned a verdict of wilful…

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Police. Selling Bad Meat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 3

James Rogers, butcher, of 80 Gipps-street, was prosecuted by the city inspector of nuisances, Mr. R. Seymour, in the Central Summons Court yesterday for having sold…

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A Rising in Gaol. Fortress Captured by Prisoners. the Aorangi Fired Upon

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 4

London, January 21. —The political prisoners at Santa Cruz, opposite Rio Janeiro, Brazil, mutinied and captured the prison fortress. They then demanded the…

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THE A.M.L. AND G. Co. the Accused Officials Again Charged. Further Remands

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 5

IN the charge division of the Water Police Court this morning Frank J. Smith, George J. Finlayson, George A. Buck, and Thomas Jones were again brought up and…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—friday, January 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 7

Prothonotary's Office.—Before Prothonotary: Smith v. Smythe, 11. Chamber List.—At 10 a.m.: Allen v. Leahy and others, Dwyer garnishee; Bearchell v. Andrews and another, for…

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The Police Department. Report for 1891. Increase of Crime. Condition of the Force

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 7

IN the Assembly last night the Premier tabled the report of the Inspector-General of Police for the year 1891, and, as usual, the document contains some interesting…

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Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, January 21. (Before the Registrar.) Creditors' Petitions Hearings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 3

The hearing of the following petitions was adjourned to February 4: -- S. Hoffnung and Co. v. J. C. Mellis, E. M. Hunt aud another v. Charles Edward Jeanneret, and the City…

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Law. Supreme Court. Thursday, January 21. in Probate Jurisdiction. -- (Before the Registrar.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 3

The following have been granted : -- Probates. -- John Williams, Patrick Fahey, Patrick Lawless, Charles James Crew, Catherine Stapleton, Ambrose Farmer William Stinson, James Calvin, Elias Gluck,…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—thursday, January 21. In Bankruptcy.—(Before the Registrar, Mr. Arthur Henry.) Creditors' Petitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 7

The following matters were called on and adjourned to the dates mentioned:—Hoffnung v. Mellis, Hunt and another v. C. E. Jeanneret, City Bank v. H. G. Lomax (February 4), and Allt's Brewing Company v…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Influenza Epidemic. Raging in Paris and Vienna. the London Police Suffering. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 5

The influenza epidemic is raging in Paris. Three hundred and fifty deaths occur weekly. It is even more severe in Vienna, where 500 deaths have occurred in…

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A Bane Director Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--Arthur Edward Smithers, aged 52, a bank director, who was convicted of embezzling £7184 11s 9d, the properly of the English…

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The Central Police Court. on a Monday Morning

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 1

"Silence in court," cries the charge sergeant to the mob crowding the cattle-pen sort of enclosure reserved for the use of the public at the Central Police Court,…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 7

Mr. James Giles, D.S.M., presided in the Charge Division, and Mr. George O'Mulley Clarke, S.M., in the Summons Division, of the Central Police Court yesterday Aunio Wilson, on a charge of vagraney,…

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