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Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Death in Darlinghurst Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 7

The death of Richard Savage (30), a seaman, recently confined at Darlinghurst Gaol for stealing, formed the subject of an inquest at that institution before the City Coroner…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 3

Mr. Cornelins Delohery, S.M., presided at the Central Police Court yesterday. Joseph Pretty, 10 years of age, was charged by Constable Devitt under the Industrial Schools Act, and was ordered to be…

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Arrested for Theft. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 6

Yesterday Detective Machattie arrested a man named Louis Lamb, aged 39, charged with having stolen a portmanteau containing wearing apparel to the value of £7 10s…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 3

Bemanded: Joseph Burgess, 35, riotous conduct; John Thompson, 28, woolscourer, and Ernest Wilson, 27, carter, charged with being suspected persons frequenting Hyde Park with…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 6

MESSRS. ADDISON, S.M., Lee, S.M., and Grahame, L.M., presided at the weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, Water division to-day, and the…

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Escaped From Gaol. The Fugitives Captured. Glen Innes

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 5

The two men, Wilson and Courtenay, who escaped from the local gaol on Saturday night last,were brought back this morning in the mail train from Guyra under…

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The Police and the Cabmen

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 6

George Hughes and Cornelius Cavanagh, cabmen, were charged before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., at the Central P. Court yesterday with riotous behavior. The evidence of Constables Jones…

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Police. Alleged Embezzlement by a Manager

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 3

The third charge against Andrew Fitzgerald (aged 33), late managing director of the Trades and Labor Co-operative Store Company, Limited, was heard by Mr. C…

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Police Wanted. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 7

Sir,--I would like through the aid of your paper to draw the attention of the Paddington police to a grievance that the residents of Leicester and Underwood…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—wednesday, January 6. In Bankruptcy. Voluntary Sequestrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 3

Henry Mackay, of Doringullon, near Yass, labourer. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee. John O'Dounell, of Glenbower, near Yass, farmer. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee…

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Fitzgerald in Court. Alleged Heavy Frauds. On the Trades and Labor Cooperative Co

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 6

THE long-deferred case of Andrew Fitzgerald came on for hearing at the Central Police Court to-day before Mr. Delohery, S. M. Fitzgerald, who, it will he remembered, has…

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Water Police Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

The wekkly sitting of the Water Police Licensing Court was held yesterday. Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., presided, and Messrs. Benjamin Lee, S.M., and J. Graham, L.M., were also on the bench…

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Death in Gaol

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

The inquest relative to the death of the prisoner Richard Savage, which took place in Darlinghurst Gaol on Tuesday night, was resumed on Thursday afternoon. The evidence of the arresting…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

Mr. Cornelius Delohery, S.M., presided at the Central Police Court yesterday. Thomas Byrnes, 27, was sentenced to be imprisoned for four months, with hard labour, on a charge of having been a suspected person…

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The Albany Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 5

PERTH, Thursday. -- At the inquest on the body of the man Williams, found murdered a few days ago near Albany, a verdict of murder was returned against Jack Flint,…

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Police Court Treatment of Incipient Larrik[?]nism. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 6

Sir,—Another correspondent writes to you bewailing the increase of larrikinism. Many causes lead to this growth, but the principal one seems to be the encouragement offered to boys of tender years to…

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The Death of a Prisoner. In Darlinghurst Gaol

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 6

THE adjourned inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of Richard Savage, the prisoner who expired suddenly in Darlinghurst Gaol on Tuesday night,…

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Police. Charge Against a Non-commissioned Officer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., John Taylor, was charged that he, being employed in the public service as a quartermaster sergeant…

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Bell and Davis. the Honolulu Blunder. The Chief of Police Explains. Charged with Malfeasance--Indignant Denial--No Authority for Arrest The Photographs Locked Up--Why They Got Away

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 5

THE case of Bloom and Douglas (supposed to be the financiers Bell and Davis, wanted in Sydney by the police authorities) has raised trouble in Honolulu. The fact that…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—friday, January 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

Chamber List,—At 10 a.m.: Allen v. Leaby and others, Dwyer, garnishee; re Carey, prohibition; Smith v. Roberts; Hopkins v. Cornell; re Rathbone, prohibition; re Gray, mandamus; Bowden and another v. Hassall;…

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