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Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Water Police Court

The Australian Star · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 6

SCANDALOUS.--Henry Hardman and Kate Hughes retire for seven days for having behaved in an indecent manner in the Domain…

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Sentenced for Embezzlement

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Thursday.--Etheridge, the Crown lands revenue receiver at Auckland, has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment on a charge of embezzling £150,…

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Theft by a Lodger

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

At the Redfern P. Court yesterday Lilly Anderson, 24, and Arthur Jennings, 28, were charged with stealing a silver watch and chain and other articles, the property of William Thomas Cullen…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 7

Mr. Cornelius Delohery, S.M, presided in the Charge Division, and Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., in the Summons Division of the Central Police Court yesterday. Robert Donaldson, 26 a labourer,…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

Daniel Palmer, 45, laborer, was charged with having committed an act of gross indecency in Belmore Park this morning. Detectives Gabriel and Stewart, of the Railway Department, were…

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The Windsor Murder. a Reward Offered

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 6

The Victorian Government has offered a reward of £100 for information leading to the arrest of Albert Williams, the Windsor murderer…

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Police. Alleged Jewellery Robbery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 2

James Arnold (17), a newsboy, was brought before the Central Court yesterday and remanded on a charge of having stolen a box containing a quantity of jewellery, value £72…

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Ryde Police Court. Thursday, March 3. (Before Mr. W. Small, J.p.) Indecent [?]Po[?]re

The Weekly Advance · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 2

Fred. Bark, charged with this offence, pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay 20s or go up for 14 days. [?]NE LANGUAGE…

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Parramatta Police Court. Saturday, March 6. (Before Messrs. R. Harper, and N. Stewart J’s.P.)

The Weekly Advance · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

Bridget Robinson was fined 10s for using obscene language; alternstive, 48 hours’ detention. MONDAY, MARCH 7…

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The Supreme Court Rules

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 4

The Minister for Justice, Mr. R. E. O'Connor, has decided to codify tho rules of the Supreme Court. The common law rules of the court have been, he points out, in a…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, March 9. (Before Mr. F. N. Edwards, P.M., and Mr. B. Harper, J.P.

The Weekly Advance · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 1

CA[?]LIWE WILLIAMS, charged with drunk [?] was fined 20[?]; alternative, seven days in gaol. THURSDAY, MARCH 10…

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A Celestial's Coat. Charged with Robbery. a Young White Man who Smokes Opium

The Australian Star · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

EDWARD COHEN, a young man, was charged at the Central Police Court this morning with having stolen a coat, the value of 15s., the property of a Chinaman…

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District Court. (Before his Honor Judge Wilkinson.)

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

John Brown Watt, William Oswald Gilchrist, Walter Gumming Watt, and Charles Lethbridge Cowper, trading as Gilchrist, Watt, and Company, of Sydney, sued Ellen Evans, wife of Robert…

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The Windsor Murder. the Williams Theory. Iberia Williams Not the Man. Mr. Williams, of the steamer Barcoo --And the Melbourne Journals--An Indignant and Worthy Citizen --The Suspect Visited Bathurst-- Vigilance of Sydney Police

The Australian Star · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

The theories which have been advanced in Melbourne as to the identity of the murderer of Mrs. Emily Williams, the victim of the Windsor tragedy…

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Law. Supreme Court. Thursday, March 10. No.1 JURY COURT.--(Before Mr. Justice Windeyer and a jury of four.) CALLAGHAN V. Kiss (Part Heard)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

Mr. Want, Q.C., and Mr. Heydon (instructed by Messrs. Ellis, Makinson and Plunkett) for plaintiff; Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Mr. J. L. Campbell (instructed by…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—thursday, March 10. No. 1 Jury Court.—(Before Mr. Justice WINDEYER and a jury of four.) CALLAGHAN V. Kiss (Part Heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 7

Mr. Want, Q.C., and Mr. Hoyden, instructed by Messrs. Ellis, Makinson and Plunkett, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Mr. J. L. Campbell, instructed by Messrs. Laurence and Rich,…

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Metropolitan District Court. Thursday. (Before his Honor Judge Wilkinson.) Borough of Ashfield V. CARLISLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 7

In this case the Borough of Ashfield sued Mrs. Hugh Carlisle, of Achfield, for £22 10s, for municipal rates alleged to be due on certain land. The defendant paid £2 18s 6d into court, and denied…

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The Cancer Case. Proceedings at the Inquest. "Dr." Hood, Jun., Further Examined. His Medical Knowledge Tested-- The Wonderful Specific-- Its Production in Court-- Not to be Analysed-- The Son's Age -- Finding It Out

The Australian Star · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 6

THE death of Rebecca Cohen, who succumbed in the Sydney Hospital on Friday night last to the effects of a cancer, for which she is alleged to have been…

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Police Court Wishes

Evening News · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 6

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday Ada Grunsell, 38, was charged with having insufficient means of support. Her defence -was that a man was keeping her, and that it was only the fact of…

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Water Police Court

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 6

SCANDALOUS.--Henry Hardman and Kate Hughes retire for seven days for having behaved in an indecent manner in the Domain…

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