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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Alleged Assault

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 3

Paul Kleeberg, 39, was charged at the Newtown Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., with indecently assaulting Belvidere Caroline Jackson. Mr. R. D. Meagher appeared for the…

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Died in Gaol

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 4

A female prisoner named Ann Jane Cook died in the hospital at Biloela Gaol, Cockatoo Island, on Wednesday evening. She had been in the hospital undergoing medical treatment. She was…

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Stealing from a Wharf

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 6

Newcastle, Wednesday.—On Monday evening 200 doors were unloaded from the steamer Ardle for Messrs. Dalgety and Company, and were left on the wharf all night. Yesterday morning one of the…

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Sentenced at the Sessions

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 4

At the quarter sessions, yesterday, before his Honor Judge Backhouse Richard Barrow, a youth 19 years of age, who pleaded guilty on Monday to a charge of breaking and entering, was…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 4

Mr. James Giles, D.S.M., presided in the Charge Division and Mr. Cornelius Delohery, S.M., in the Summons Division of the Central Police Court yesterday. Robert Davis, 16, a dealer, having refused to…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 7

Annie Davis, 34, was fined 5s for drunkenness and 20s for having used indecent language. Fined for having used bad language: Sydney Rogerson 18, Charles Edgar Parker 18, and…

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Lower George-street Murder

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 6

After our first edition went to press yesterday, the witness Edward Finnessy, cabman, was still in the box. Coroner: Did you see him?…

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Land Court

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 2
Also in The Australian Star

The Land Court resumed its sittings at Darlinghurst on Wednesday. Thomas Gaffan appealed against the proposed forfeiture of his conditional purchase, No. 89-120,…

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Lower George-street Murder. Inquest Resumed

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

The inquest relative to the death of the seaman, Knut Anderson, who was killed by larrikins on the night of January 30 in Lower George-street, was resumed at the Coroner's Court,…

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Alleged Bribery of Police

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 6

THE case against Edwin Charles Lewis and Samuel Glanville, members of the police force, for accepting a bribe, was further postponed by the Central bench to-day until…

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Parramatta District Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 3

His Honor Judge Wilkinson presided at the sittings of the Parramatta District Court, which were concluded yesterday. There Were no cases of importance,…

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The George-street Murder. Proceedings at the Inquest

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

THE inquiry into the death of Alfred Knut Andersen, murdered in Lower George-street on the night of January 30, was resumed today in the Coroner's Court,…

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The George-street Murder. Proceedings at the Inquest. The Cabman's Evidence

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 6

THE Coroner's inquest into the cause of death of Alfred Knut Andersen, who was killed in George-street West, on Saturday night, January 30, during a row with some…

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District Court. (Before bis Honor Judge Docker.)

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 2

S.John Keyse, Gipps-street, Wednesday, trading as Keyse and Company, and the Trade Protection Society, 88, King-street, Sydney, sued J. Casey, of Parramatta-road, Burwood, butcher, for the…

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New Zealand. the Tauranga Tragedy. the Fourth Child Dead --Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wednesday. --The inquest was commenced to-day on the bodies of the Munro children, murdered yesterday by their father, Duncan Munro, at Tauranga, whilst…

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Murder at Tumbarumba. a Woman Shot Dead. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 7

A telegram from Tumbarumba states that the wife of John Bloomfield, a selector living near Rosewood, was shot dead in her house yesterday by William Cecil, alias Perry. It is alleged that Perry went to…

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Parramatta District Court.—wednesday. (Before his Honor Judge WILKINSON.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 4

W. Wilkinson and T. Smith v. Percy Felton, G. Mobbs, and S.M. Green, trustees of Baker's-road, Carlingford. Claim, £16 5s, for repairs and works on such road. Verdict for plaintiffs for £5, and costs…

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Sailors and Police. Row in Hyde Park. The Sailers Go Under

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

LAST night, at about 11.45, Constables Edward Twiss and Henry Dawbins had occasion to arrest two women in Hyde Park. While they had the women in custody three…

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Land Court.—wednesday. (Before Messrs. ROGERS, Q.C., President. FREEMAN and BRANDIS.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 4

Mr. Canaway appeared on behalf of the Minister for Lands. APPEALS. FORBES.—Messrs. Murray and Sanderson appealed…

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