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Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

The Land Court at Tamworth. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 7

The Land Court, Mr. F. E. Rogers, Q.C., chairman, and Messrs. Stephen Freeman and Christopher Brandis, commenced a sitting in the courthouse. Tamworth, to-day. Mr. P. Cannaway appeared on…

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Ryde Licensing Court. Saturday, February 27. (Before Mr. F. W. Edwards, P.m.) Billiard Licen[?]s

The Weekly Advance · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 2

The applications of Joshua Everingham, for a billin[?] license, at the Brooklyn Hotel, Brooklyn, was granted…

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Law. Supreme Court. Thursday. March 3. IN BANCO.--(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Innes and Mr. Justice Stephen.) SEAMER V. SIMPSON.--CARTER V. SAME

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 3

Dr. Donovan, representing the plaintiffs in these cases, asked that the matter, which, it will be remembered, affected claims for damages against the returning-officer in…

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Law Report. Supreme Court—thursday, March 3. In Banco.—(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice INNES, and Mr. Justice Stephen.) Seamer V. Simpson. Carter V. SAME

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 3

On the application of Dr. Donovan, these cases, which are part heard, were adjourned until next term. The actions are in respect of injuries sustained through the collapse of the West Sydney…

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American Summary. Lawyer and Doctor. Action For Heavy Damages. A Gigantic Conspiracy. Murder or Suicide?-- Outrage at Liberal-- Charge of Smuggling-- Terrible Railway Accident-- Two Women Burnt to Death-- Sullivan and the Blue Ribbon-- A Wild Man-- Fear- fully Mangled-- Fatal Street Collision

The Australian Star · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 7

THE following summary is taken from the American files to hand by the R.M.S. Alameda, which arrived yesterday:-- John O. Bowman, a lawyer of…

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Police Officers Charged with Bribery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 7

In the Summons Division of the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. James Giles, D.S.M., the charges brought by Sub-inspector John Bell against Sergeant Edwin Charles Lewis and…

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Daring Burglary

Evening News · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 5

COOLAMAN, Saturday.—The quiet little township of Coolaman was thrown into an uproar on Thursday morning when it became known that the premises of Messrs. Mitchell and Cork,…

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Brutal Assault

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 35

NEWCASTLE; Wednesday.—A most brutal assault and robbery took place at an early hour yesterday morning. "The victim John, Burns, states that he is a fireman on the steamer Duckenfeld,…

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Pathetic Scene in a Police Court

Evening News · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

At Marylebone (London) Police Court on January 4 a tall, fair-haired woman, dressed in black, giving the name of Elizabeth Whitlock, aged 23, of Molyneux-street,…

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The Police Magistrate at Grafton. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 4

Sir, -- Kindly permit me to correct a very serious error in your parliamentary report this morning, in which I am made to say that the police magistrate at Grafton is "75…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., presided in the Charge Division, and Mr. J. Giles D.S.M., in the Summons Division, of the Central Police Court yesterday. John Williams, 28, a dealer, having had a…

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Alleged Criminal Assault. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 6

Walter Underwood (19), admitted to bail of £100, was charged at the South Melbourne Criminal Court today for an assault on Mrs. Alice Lynch…

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The Blackfriars Murder

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 16

THE inquest on the body of the woman June [?] who was murdered by her husband on Blackfriars Estate, Darlington, on the night of Feburary 5, was adjournment on Wednesday…

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A Chinese Faction Fight. Riot Outside the Water Police Court

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 16

A CHINESE riot, arising out of a case in which one Chinaman prosecuted another over a gambling transaction, took place outside the Sydney Water Police Court on Tuesday. The row had evidently…

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Chapter Viii. "Murder most foul."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 33

Day by day the sick man gathered strength. So soon as he was able to sit up and to talk without difficulty, he found the position his own lie had forced upon him…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 530

The following sequestration orders have been made during the past week:— John M'Donagh, of Mount Hope, minor. Mr. A. Morris, official assignee…

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Sentenced for Treason. a Girl Convicted. London, March 4

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 5

A housemaid at Dresden, Saxony, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge of high treason…

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Penrith Police Court. SATURDAY. Before Mr. J. K. Cleeve, P.M. a Youthful Sinner

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

Herbert Miller, the boy who has caused so much trouble to the Bench and to the police, was brought up, charged with stealing one pair of blankets valued at 7s 6s, the…

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Police Changes. Narrabri

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 6

Senior constable Carmody, of Narrabri, has been removed to Blackville, near Murrurundi, and leaves hero on Saturday next. 'Sergeant Clark, of Blackville, takes his…

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