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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

Penrith Police Court. FRIDAY. Before Mr. J. K. Oloeve. P.M.

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 3

Richard Sliaw, locked up for protection, was discharged. Thomas Spenoor, drunk, at Emu Plains, fined 2s. 6d., 6s. 6d. costs. Paid…

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Parramatta Police Court. SATURDAY, February 20. (Before Mr. R. Harper, J.P.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 2

John Barnes was fined 20s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, for indecent behaviour in Church street on the preceding evening; and for assaulting Constable Lewis in the excution…

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Murder and Suicide in Tasmania

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 3

A SHOCKING murder and suicide occured at Cambridge (Tasmania) on Sunday morning. Henry Gordon, age 42, was living with a woman named Ellen Frant, alias…

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Attempted Murder. a Bulgarian Diplomat Stabbed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- A Constantinople telegram gives particulars of the attempted assassination of Dr. Wulkowitch, the Bulgarian diplomatic agent…

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A Money-making Tinker. Sent to Gaol for Swindling

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 6

At the Quarter Sessions at Mullingar on Jan. 10, before Mr. Cu[?]ran, County Court Judge, Michael Joyce, John Grenehen, and his wife, Bridget Grenehan, [?]itinerant tinkers, were charged…

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Escaped From Gaol. An Exciting Chase. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 6

A short-sentenced prisoner, named Thomas Shelley, was engaged in cutting firewood in the gaol yard, when he suddenly dropped the axe and jumped a small picket…

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Typhoid Fever in the Parramatta Gaol. Attributed to Defective Drainage

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 2

ON Friday week a prisoner named James Charlsworth died in the hospital of the Parramatta Goal from an attack of typhoid fever. The deceased it would appear was a free…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 15

4609. Henry Claude Langford, of 24 Willoughby-street, North Sydney, Civil servant, of Water and Sewerage Board. Mr. Lloyd, assignee. 4611. Edward Laebel, of Meares Avenue,…

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A Naval Court-martial

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- A naval court-martial has been held into the grounding of H.M.S. Victoria, the flagship on the Mediterranean station, on the coast…

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Penrith Police Court. TUESDAY. Before Messrs. J. K. Cleeve, P.M., aud A. E. Harris, J.P. [?]

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 7

Smith v. Hadley and Holland (continued). This was a case, part bard at Penrith Police Court on Monday, February 15th, in which Arthur Hadley and Richard…

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Murder of a Bulgarian Agent. London, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 9

A Bulgarian Government agent at Stamboul, named Vulovitch, has been assassinated. He was stabbed in the abdomen…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, February 24. (Before Messrs. F. M. Edwards, P.M., and R. Harper, J.P.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 6

Susan Spinks, who has only just come out of gaol after doing three weeks for drunkenness, was again charged with the same offence, and also with being an idle and disorderly person…

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Police Bribery. Sergeant Lewis on Trial

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 6

THE hearing of the charges of having received bribes, brought against Sergeant Edwin Lewis, of No. 2 division, was continued before Mr. Giles, D.S.M., at the…

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The Murder of a Bulgarian Minister. London, Feb. 23

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 464

Madame Karaveloff and two other Bulgarian ladies have been placed on trial at Sofia for having petitioned the foreign consuls to exert their influence in…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, February 24.(Before Mr. F. W. Edwards, P.M., and Mr. R. Harper, J.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 6

G. Wickham v. A[?] Sam.—Alleged non-payment of fine.—Fresh summons to issue, if required. Robinson and Fielding v. John W. Walker…

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Australian M. L. and G. Company. Smith, Finlayson and Miller Sentenced. Statements by Prisoners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 10

Frank James Smith and George James Finlayson, directors, and Augustus Sydney Miller, manager of the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Company, who were…

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Escape From Wagga Gaol. a Sensational Pursuit. Six Shots Fired at the Escapee

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 4

WAGGA, Friday. -- A sensation was caused to-day by the report of a revolver close to the town. A large crowd collected on the bank of the river near the gaol, where the sound…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—monday, February 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 13

Term List—New trial motions, Swift v. the Bank of New South Wales, same v. same, Hermann v. M'Mahon, Fleteher v. Merrideith and another, Woods v. Mason Brothers, Limited…

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District Court. (Before his Honor Judge Docker.)

Evening News · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 6

In the interpleader matter of Hickson v. Lynch, Rogalsky claimant, the goods and chattels levied on by the plaintiff, at the Young Australia Hotel, Riley-street, Surry Hills, in satisfaction of a…

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The Alleged Reception of Bribes. Charges Against the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 11

The postponed summons cases against Sergeant Edwin Lewis, of the Giebe, charged with accepting three pecuniary bribes of £1 from William M'K[?]own for the suppression…

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