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Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Attempted Murder

Evening News · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 5

Much excitement was caused in Market-street last night at the discovery of what appeared to have been a deliberate attempt at murder, the victim being Mrs. Sarah Kirby, who has for many…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 7

Mr. James Giles, D.S.M., presided in the Charge Division of the Central Police Court yesterday. John M'Nulty, 21, a dealer, was charged with having assaulted Samuel Crewe in a violent manner. The…

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Leila De Poole. Acquitted of Stealing

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 5

AT the Quarter Sessions to-day a respectably-attired young lady, a rather recent arrival from England, named Leila de Poole, was charged with…

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Alleged Indecent Assault. the Accused Acquitted

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 6

AT the Quarter Sessions to-day a middle-aged man named William Challinor was arraigned on a charge of having committed an indecent assault upon a married woman…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 3

Henry Lydard, 29, laborer, and James M'Manus, 26, laborer, were charged with having, in company with others, broken glass to the extent of £2, the property of Angus Cameron, of the City…

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Land Court

Evening News · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 3

The land court, Messrs. Rogers Q.C. (president), Freeman, and Brandis, commenced its sittings at Darlinghurst on Monday. Charles Baldwin appealed against the…

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Police. Sly Grog Selling

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 6

Elizabeth Large, the proprietress of a small refreshment shop at 192½ Elizabeth-street, was charged at the Central Court yesterday, at the instance of Sub-inspector John Bell,…

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The Knife Again. Attempt to Murder a Mother. Exciting Occurrence in Market-street. Accused Before the Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 5

RESIDENTS in or near Market-street, at the park end, were startled last night about 10 o'clock by the report that a woman had been murdered in a shop between…

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Attempted Murder in the City. a Son Cuts His Mother's Throat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 4

What appeared to have been a premeditated attempt to murder took place in a shop in Market-street last night. About 10 o'clock a woman named Mrs. Sally Stock Kirby, 62…

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District Court. (Before his Honor Judge Docker.)

Evening News · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 3

Henry Grear and William Grear, 333 Kent-street, Sydney, sued Alfred Wallis, Ivy-street, Redfern, for the recovery of £13 5s, balance due on account of goods sold and delivered. A…

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Land Court.—monday. (Before Messrs. Rooers, Q.C., President, Freeman and Brandis.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 7

Mr. Canaway appeared on behalf of the Minister for Lands. APPEALS. TAMWORTH.—Charles Baldwin appealed against…

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Parramatta Quarter Sessions. Monday. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) Sentences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 7

Susan Barter, convicted of a charge of forgery, was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment in Darlinghurst Gaol. Norman Adolphe, convicted of uttering counterfeit…

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Land Court. Monday, February 8. (Before Messrs. Rogers, Q.C. President, Freeman and Brandis.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 3

Mr. Canaway appeared for the Minister for Lands. APPEALS. Re Charles Baldwin. Appeal against the…

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Law Report. District COURT.—Monday, FEBRUARY 8. (Before his Honor Judge Docker.) Ewin V. CROFTS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 7

T. P. Ewin, of Newtown, sued Sameul Crofts, of Eumore, grocer, to recover £11 9s 10d, goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff for £7 14s 4d. GREAR V. WALLIS…

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Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Monday. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge BAC[?] [?] HOUSE and a jury of 12.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 7

Mr. Armstrong prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. STEALING FROM THE PERSON. James Smith pleaded not guilty to a charge that he did at Sydney, on January 11 last, steal £1 15s from…

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A Railway Official Charged with Stealing

Evening News · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 4

ALBURY, Wednesday.—Edward Pococt, chief clerk in the railway goods shed here, has been arrested on a warrant charging him with stealing the sum of £1812s l0d, the property of the Crown…

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Alleged Assault

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 8

TIMOTHY GRIFFIN, 59, a resident of Wells- street, was taken to the Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from two incised wounds on the forehead and a contused eyelid…

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Alleged Sheep-stealing

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 6

HENRY M'NEFF, a middle-aged man, was charged at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day with stealing a sheep, the property of Henry M'Namara, at Canterbury, on January 28…

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Police. the Alleged Attempted Murder in Market-steet

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 3

Samuel Kirby (34), a bookseller, was charged before Mr, J. Giles, D.S.M., at the Central Court yesterday, with causing grievous bodily harm to his mother, Sally Stock…

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Alleged Serious Assault

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 6

A SERIOUS case of assault was reported to the police this morning, and the accused, Thomas Brennan, was at once arrested. It is alleged that accused and a young woman…

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