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Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Ryde Licensing Court. Saturday, January 23, 1892. (Before Messrs. Edwards and H. D’Ardier, L. Ms.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 2

APPLICATION FOR A COLONIAL WOT LICENSE. Benjamin Parson applied for a colonial wine license for premises at Gaston. Mr. Richardson. on behalf of certain…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—friday, January 29. In Chambers.—(Before the Chief Justice.) Phillips and Another V. BRADSTREET

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 4

On the application of Mr. Davenport leave was given to issue execution upon a memorial of a judgment obtained in the Supreme Court of Victoria against the defendant…

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Daring Burglary

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A burglary of a daring character was perpetrated early on Saturday morning at the residence of Major-General Tulloch. Almost every room in the house was…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 3
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Mr. Cornolius Delehery, S.M., prosided at the Contral Police Court on Saturday. William John Davis, 25, and William Arthur Murray, 29, soliders, were remanded to the military authorities on charges…

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Alleged French Forgers. Charge at the Water Police Court

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

FORGERY is quite among the higher branches of crime when it falls into the hands of educated experts, but its preliminaries are simple. A bona fide signature is the…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 6

Habib Vasbeck, 36, dealer, charged with having carelessly driven a horse and cart in George-street, to the danger of Michael Sadler, was remanded, the prosecutor being in the…

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Brutal Assault. a Seaman Killed by Larrikins

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

What appears to have been a most brutal and cowardly assault, resulting in the death of a seaman named Knunt Anderson, was committed by larrikins in Lower George-street about…

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Daring Burglary in Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

A daring burglary occurred early yesterday morning at the residence of Major-General Tulloch. Nearly every room was ransacked, including the collar, where the thieves regaled…

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The Outrages in Vienna. the Schneiders Sentenced to to Death. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

The two persons named Schneider, man and wife, who have been tried in Vienna, the former upon charges of outrage and murder committed…

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The Miners' Strike in Spain. Conflicts with the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday Night. -- Active disaffection continues among the miners on strike near Bilboa, in Spain. The strikers have been massing and…

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About a Baby. a Straight Deal in Court

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, before Mr. O'Malley Clarke. S.M., Joseph Gold- straw, a fireman, was charged by Mary Ann Morgan with deserting his illegitimate…

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Afghan Camel Drivers. Charged with Assault. BOURKE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 3

The Afghans, Zallah and Noor Mahomet, pleaded not guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to a charge of assaulting a carrier named John Connell on November 9 last…

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Assault

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 6

AT the Newtown Court this morning Benjamin Howel, 19, pleaded guilty to charges of having assaulted one William C. Rigby, for which he was fined £3 or two months…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 4

Mr. George O'Malley Clarke, S.M., presided at the Central Police Court yesterday. Patrick Jackson, 25, a shearer, having used indecent language on the railway premises, was fined £2, in default 14 days'…

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The Afghan Assault Case. Bourke

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 5

In the Afghan assault case the jury brought in a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. The defendants were fined £5 each…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 3

Charles Smith, 28, machinist, was charged with having stolen a parse and 18s 9¼d from the person of Cordelia Splatt. Constable Manson stated that about 3.50 p.m. on Saturday he saw prisoner…

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District Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 6

IN the District Court to-day, before his Honor Judge Docker, a large number of verdicts for plaintiffs were given. Among these was one against H. H. Brown, of 175…

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Charge of Theft. Against a Well-known Resident. Parramatta

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 6

George Ellison, jun., a well-known resident, was summoned at the police court this morning on a charge of stealing two prawn nets, valued at £4 5s., the property of…

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Susan Spinks' Old Home. Gaol a Comfortable Place. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 5

" Gaol is as comfortable a place as any other, as far as I can see," chirped Susan Spinks at Parramatta Police Court to-day. "All the same," she added. "I wish I…

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