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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Central Criminal Court.—tuesday. (Before his Honor Mr. Acting Justice BACKHOUSE and a jury of 12.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 4

Mr. V. J. Healy prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. ALLEGED BREAKING AND ENTERING AND STEALING. Herbert Attwell was arraigned on an indietment…

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A Fashionable Solicitor. His Arrest Last Night. Defalcations £2500. Admitted to Bail. Fails to Appear Is Court

Evening News · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 4

At about 7 o'clock last evening Detectives Hinds and Rochaix arrested Mr. Herbert Salwey, one time junior partner in the fashionable firm of solicitors, Messrs. Fisher, Ralfe, and Salwey,…

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Law. Supreme Court Tuesday, February 16. IN BANCO.--(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Innes and Mr. Justice Stephen.) SEAMER V. SIMPSON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 6

Dr. Donovan, for plaintiff, moved for a rule nisi for a new trial. The case was one in which the plaintiff sought to recover from the defendant, Mr. Henry Simpson,…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—tuesday, February 16. In Banco.—(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice INNES, and Mr. Justice Stephen.) Woods V. Mason Bros

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 3

Mr. Gannon and Mr. J. L. Campbell, instructed by Mr. G. F. R. Burcher, appeared for the defendants, and moved for a rule nisi calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict in his favour should not…

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Central Criminal Court. Tuesday, February 16. (Before Mr. Acting-Justice Backhouse.) Mr. P. J. Healy prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. Breaking and Entering

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 6

Herbert Attewell, a respectable-looking young man, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having on January 30, at Ashfield, broken and entered the dwelling-house of Claude…

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Newtown Police Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 6

REMANDED.--Walter Mills, 22, was remanded one week on a charge of taking into his possession 10s., the property of John Edward Maimers, his master…

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Assault

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 6

AT the Newtown Court this morning William Bowran, 26, pleaded guilty to the charge of having assaulted John Adams. Complainant stated he was driving in his…

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Stealing Sovereigns

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 6

At the Balmain Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. B. Lee, John Lannigan and Thomas Bulger, on remand, were charged with stealing £39 in sovereigns, the property of Wm. Pennington…

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CRICKET. The Police Court Offices

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 8

A cricket match was played yesterday on the Rushcutters Bay Oval between teams representing the official staffs of the Central Police Court and district and Water Police…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 3

Mr. Cornelius Delobery, S.M., presided in the Charge Division of the Contral Police Courtyesterday. James Farren, 36, was charged with larceny as a baillee of 25s, the property of George Stroud. The…

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Alleged Wife Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 5

PERTH, Wednesday. -- An inquest has been opened in the case of Caroline Wynne at the Perth Police Court. The evidence showed that the woman when drunk threatened to…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 7

Alexander Fuller, 21, groom, was fined 40s for riotous behavior. The following cases were remanded: Ernest Fuller, 15, charged with having maliciously…

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Jewellery Robberies. Smith Sentenced to Six Years

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 5

WILLIAM SMITH, who was yesterday found guilty of breaking and entering the promises of Stevenson Bros., was this morning sentenced to six years' penal servitude…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 2

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held on Tuesday, Messrs. C. Delohery, J. Giles and J. Graham. L.Ms., presiding. The following publicans licenses…

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Police. Charge Against a Solicitor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 2

At the Water Police Court yesterday Herbert Sal way (39), solicitor, chanted on the sheets with, that he, partly by means of a false pretence and partly by means of false promise, did obtain the sum of £500…

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A Criminal Court of Appeal

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 4

LONDON, February 17.—Sir Henry James has introduced a bill into the House of Commons providing for a Criminal Court of Appeal…

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Campbelltown District Court. Campbelltown

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 6

There were only two unimportant cases at the District Court this morning. The proceedings only lasted for half an hour…

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Wife Murder Epidemio. The Crime in West Australia. PERTH

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 5

West Australia has added another link to the chain of wife murders so recently committed in New South Wales, New Zealand, and Victoria. An inquest was held at the…

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Arrest of a Solicitor. Mr. Salwey Shows Up. And is Charged at the Water

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 6

MR. HERBERT SALWEY, whose failure to appear at the Water Police Court this morning to answer a charge of having by false pretences obtained £2500 from the…

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District Court. (Before his Honor Judge Docker.)

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 6

The Colonial Finance, Mortgage, Investment, and Guarantee Corporation, Limited (trading as the Caxton Printing Office). Sydney, sued M. L. M. Cohen, residing at the Grand Central Coffee…

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