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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

7,229 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 3

Mr. Cornelius Dolohory, S.M., presided at the Central Police Court on Saturday. Samuel Smith, having behaved in a riotous manner, was fined £1. James Mooney having maliciously injured a pane of…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 6

Edward Fogarty, 54, hawker, was fined 10a for having offended against decency in Pitt-street, and 20s for having used indecent language. Samuel Smith, 28, a plasterer, riotous conduct,…

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Anarchist Outrages. a Bridge Destroyed. Bombs in Paris. A Magistrate's House Wrecked. LONDON, March 13

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

A party of 20 armed anarchists have partly destroyed a bridge at Almagro, a town in the province of Cindad Real, in Spain. A terrible explosion has occurred in Paris, at…

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The Windsor Murder. Sensational Developments. a Young Lady Interviewed. She was Going to Marry Williams. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 6

A sensational development in connection with the Windsor murder has just come to light. A young lady named Rousenfew arrived by the express train from Sydney this…

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Charges Against Sampson. the Strong Man in Court. London, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

Sampson, the athlete, known as the Strong Man, has been committed to take his trial upon a charge of having stolen the diamonds of Madame Bernstein, a…

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At the Water. Out of the Wet. a Free Passage. A Domain Squatter -- The Drink Bill and the Weather -- Language and Assault

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

AN unusually large number of imbibers faced the bench at the Water Police Court to-day, and were dealt with according to the quality of their performances…

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Fatal Affray at Bendigo. a Police Constable Killed. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

An affray occurred at Bendigo shortly before 1 o'clook this morning, resulting in the death of a constable named Arthur William Brown, aged 33 years. Brown arrived from Sale about…

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The Windsor Murder. the Arrest of Williams. The Mystery Developing. The Bathurst Romance -- A Matrimonial Advertisement -- Several Wives -- The Plot Thickens

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 5

THE Windsor murder continues the all-absorbing item of interest in Melbourne, and it is little less talked about in Sydney. Information has now come to hand which…

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Police Officers Charged with Bribery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 4

The hearing of the charge brought by Subinspector Bell against Sorgennt Edwin Charles Lewis of having accepted pocuniary bribes form William M'keown was resumed at the Central Police Court…

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Floggings in Gaol

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 7

A RETURN laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last night showed that the number of floggings inflicted in New South Wales since the passing of and under the…

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The Blackfriars Murder. Inquest Resumed. M'crow Before the Court

Evening News · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 4

The inquest regarding the death of the woman, Jane M'Crow, who was murdered by her husband on Blackfriar's Estate, Darlington, on Friday night, February 5, was resumed before a…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 4

Mr. James Giles, D. S. M.,, presided in the Charge Division of the Central Police Court yosterday. Chorlos M'Williams, 21, having stolen a pair of trousers, valued at 10s 6d, the property of Is[?]c…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 2

Frederick Farley, 20, jeweller, was charged with having stolen a garden syringe, valued 3s 6d, the property of L. L. Brown. Prisoner was caught on Saturday afternoon taking it from the…

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British Australian Land and Banking Company. Bell Before the Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 4

Ernest Walter Bell, on remand, was charged before Captain Fisher, S.M., in the Water Police Court yesterday, with, 1, having, on the 26th August last, with intent to defra[?]d, mutilated (by…

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The Windsor Murder. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 6

It has transpired that several persons in Brisbane are acquainted with Williams, the supposed Windsor murderer. He is believed to have worked in Charters Towers…

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A Savage Assault. on a Constable. a Peculiar Case

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 6

BEFORE Mr. Giles, D.S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day a young man named John Fullin was charged with having assaulted Constable Littlejohn. When…

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Metropolitan District Court. Monday. No. 1 Court.—(Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge WILKINSON.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 4

His Honor disposed of a large number of under £10 cases. No. 2 Court.—(Before his HOnor Mr. District Court Judge DOCKER.)…

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The Bribery Charges Against the Police

Evening News · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 2

The hearing of the summons case against Sergeant E. Lewis for having received bribes in connection with a "tote" at the Glebe, was resumed before Mr. J.Giles,D.S.M., at the Central…

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Witnesses' Whispers. Confidential Court Chatter

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 2

THE nervous, or perhaps confidential, manner in which witnessee gently deal out their evidence in our police courts is severely trying to those whose duty it is to catch…

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District Court. (Before Judge Docker.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 6

Harris v. Allen, in this action James Harris and Louisa, his wife, of 3 George-street, Redfern, sued Della Allen for the recovery of £200 damages for alleged…

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