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Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Police. Australian M. L. and G. Company Frauds

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

George Alfred Buck and William J. Smith, late auditor and manager respectively of the A. M. L. and G. Company, appeared at the Water Police Court yesterday charged with…

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District Court. (Before his Honor Judge Docker.)

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

E. H. Clayton, of Sydney, sued Augustus Morris, of Norwich Chambers, Hunter-street, to recover £51 lls 7d, due on account of commission at the rate of 7½ per cent, on sales of tea…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.--friday, February 12

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

IN EQUITY.--(Before the Master). At 11 a.m. : Hill v. Davoren, to settle certificate of sale. At 12: Wells v. Burnett, to settle minutes of order. It is hereby intimated that all parties must be…

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Law. Supreme Court. Thursday, February 11. IN BANKRUPTCY.--(Before Mr. Justice Manning.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

Re. E. P. Dawbarn exparte Marshall's Brewery Co., Limited. Mr. Lingen and Mr. R. K. Manning appeared for Marshall's Brewery Co., Limited, and Mr. Gordon and…

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Metropolitan District Court. Thursday. (Before his Honor Judge Docker.) Rowland V. TUCKER

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

Claim by Albert Rowland, of Bourke-street, Woolloomooloo, against John Tucker, of Globe-road, for £21 13s for work and labour done. Verdict for plaintiff in amount claimed…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

Mr. Canaway appeared on behalf of the Minister for Lands. APPEAL[?]. YOUNG.—Thos. H. Wallis appealed against…

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The John Harris Estate. Supreme Court, Sydney. Probate Jurisdiction.— (Before Mr. Justice Manning)

The Weekly Advance · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 4

Mr. Shand, instructed by Messrs. Spain and Moore, appeared for the Perpetual Trustee Company; Mr. A. H. Simpson, instructed by Mr. A. J. Pope, and Mr. Edgar (for Mr…

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Parramatta District Court. Monday, February 8.(Before His Honor Judge Wilkinson) Undefended Ca[?]s

The Weekly Advance · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 7

Hagon Bros. v. A. H Ferris.—Goods £4 12s 6[?]. Verdict for plaintiff, end one witness. R. C. Richards v. J. G. Gatty— Dishonoured…

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Land Court. Thursday, February 11. Before Messrs. Rogers, Q.C., President, Freeman and Brandis.) APPEALS

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

Re Thomas H. Wallis. Appeal against the disallowance of his conditional purchase and conditional lease, applications Nos. 91-87 and 91-31, Young. Mr. Gaden for the…

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Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Thursday. (Before His Honor Mr. District Court Judge BACKHOUSE and a jury of 12.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

Mr. Armstrong and Mr. J. L. Campbell prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. THE CHARGE AGAINST W. P. SMAIRL. William Percy Smairl was arraigned on an…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—thursday, February 11. In Bankruptcy.—(Before Mr. Justice Manning.) Re E. P. Dawbarn, Ex Parte Marshall's Brewery Company, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

Mr. Lingen and Mr. Reginald Manning, instructed by Messrs. Levy, Hemsley, and Perkins, appeared for Marshall's Brewery Company, Limited; and Mr. Gordon and Mr. Knox, instructed by Mr. Mark…

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Died in Gaol

Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 6

An inquest was held at the Biloela Gaol, Cockatoo Island, yesterday, regarding, the death of a female prisoner, named Ann Cook, who died in the hospital on Thursday. She was 64 years of…

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Sentenced at the Sessions

Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 5

The following prisoners who were convicted during the week at the quarter sessions were sentenced yesterday: An Man, Long Yet, Ah Long, keeping a lottery, and one month's…

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A Strange Assault Case

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 6

An assault of a serious nature is alleged to have been committed on Saturday night in a house in Ann-street, Surry Hills, on a young married woman named Mary Robinson. It is…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 13

Mr. James Giles, D.S.M, presided in the Charge division, and Mr. Georgo O'Malley Clarke, S.M, in the Summons division of the Central Police Court yesterday. William Davis, 22, a wireworker, and…

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Alleged Criminal Assault. Lambton

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 4

John Gwynne, an elderly man, has been committed for trial on a charge of committing a criminal assault on a child 11 years of ago. Bail was allowed, self £40…

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The Tumberumba Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 5

ALBURY, Friday.--Fuller particulars have come to hand in connection with the shooting of the woman Ann Bloomfield at Tumberumba on Tuesday, which show that the…

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A Terrible Murder

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 378

About 11 o'clock on the night of Friday, the 5th instant, a horrible discovery was made by a boy on the Blackfriars' Estate, a not very populous quarter, lying to the south of the city. The body of a woman…

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A Talkative Chinaman at the Court. He Licks the Police

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 7

A ROUGH looking Chinaman appeared at the Parramatta Court on Wednesday morning charged with having no lawful visible means of support. Previously he had been charged…

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Police. WATER

Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 2

Patrick Maloney, 26, carter, was fined 30s, or nine days' imprisonment for drunken and disorderly conduct, and obscene language in Wyndard-street…

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