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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Law. Supreme Court. Thursday, February 4. IN BANKRUPTCY.--(Before the Registrar.) Creditors' Petitions Hearings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 2

The following hearings were adjourned City Bank v. Henry Grimshaw, Lomax and Tangyes, Limited, v. Leo Ferdinand Sachs, to February 11; and S. Hoffnung and Co. v…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—thursday, February 4. In Bankruptcy.—(Before the Registrar, Mr. Arthur Henry.) Creditors' Petitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 7

Re S. H. Hoffnung and Company v. J. G. Mellis. On the application of Mr. D. L. Levy, who appeared for the petitioning creditors, this matter was adjourned to the 18th instant, as a settlement was…

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Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Thursday. (Before hit Honor Mr. District Court Judge BACKHOUSE and a jury of 12.) Mr. Armstrong prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. Causing Bodily Harm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 7

Joseph Bishop pleaded not guilty to a charge that he did at Sydney on 24th December, 1891, being in charge of a carriage, by wantonly driving do bodily harm to Ada Strong. Mr C. Bull defended the…

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Burglary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 12

A burglary of a dating character was perpetrated early on Saturday morning, January 30, at the residence of Major-General, Tulloch. Almost every room in the house was…

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Penrith Police Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 7

Jack Fitzgerald, for splicing the main too heartily the night before, put down a crown instead of a 48 hours residence at the Temperance hotel next door…

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Murderous Assault

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Constable Warren, when attempting to arrest three burglars at Northcote early this morning, was murderously assaulted with jemmies and other weapons. He was…

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Pension or Theft

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 18

UNDER this rather daring heading the Bathurst NATIONAL ADVOCATE has the following:— The reply given the other night by the Government to the question of Member Rose that since…

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Sentenced at the Sessions

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

The following prisoners, who were convicted daring the present sittings of the quarter sessions, were sentenced Friday: Clara Ellen Strathford, bigamy, eight months' imprisonment in…

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The Murder

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

Florrie Macrow, the daughter of the deceased woman and the man now lying in the Sydney Hospital, is a nice little girl of about 11 years of age, and is the first to throw…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, February 3.(Before Mr. F. W. Edwards, P. M., and Mr. R. Harper, J. P) Stealing Wood

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 2

John Honrigan and Michael Honrigan were charged with stealing a quantity of wood, the property of Thos. Carey, and valued at 20s.— Mr. Bowden appeared for complainant; Mr…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

Mr. George O'Mallev Clarke, S.M., presided in the Charge Division, and Mr. Coruclius Dolohery, S.M., in the Summons Division of the Central Police Court yesterday Daniel Driscoll, 29, a firoman, having…

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Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Company. Police Court Prosecutions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

At the Water Police Court yesterday, Mr Addison, S.M., resumed the hearing of the charge against Frank J. Smith, ex-M.L.A., George Jas. Finlayson, Geo. A. Buck, Thomas Jones, and Augustus Sydney…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 7

Arthur Walker, 25, on remand, was charged with having stolen a pocket book and £10, the property of William Robertson. Prosecutor, a shearer, when he went to bed put his pocketbook…

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Scene of the Murder

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

The place where the murder occurred is in a paddock, just off Buckland-street, near Purramntta-street. From an early hour this morning a large crowd was to be seen…

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Police. Negligent Driving

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

William Griffiths was charged at the Central Summons Court yesterday with having on January 20 driven four horses attached to an omnibus, No. 136, on the…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 323

The following sequestration orders have been made during the past week:—Joseph Wren, of Gregra, near Molong, farmer. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee…

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Charge of Theft. Against a Contractor. ALBURY

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

A young man, named James Forster, was brought up at the police court this morning, and remanded, on a charge of stealing a quantity of paint, the property of Home…

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Coroner's Court Record

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 45

Mr. Charles Smith, the chief clerk in the Sydney coroner's department, furnished the annual report of the sudden deaths and inquests within the metropolitan district during 1891. The returns…

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Brutal Assault in Lower George-street. Seaman Killed by Labrikins

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 14

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

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Law Notices. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

In Equity.—Suits set down for hearing.—Before his Honor the chief Judge.—Smyth v. Dalgetty, English v. Broken Hill Water Works Company, Melliday v. Denham, Johnson v. Chowne, Selfo and others v. the Colonial Ice…

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