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Courts & crime, 1893

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The Police Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 3

THE AFTER RESULTS OF HOGMANAY,-- There was a full dock at the Water Police Court, presided over by Mr. G.H. Smithers, yesterday morning. Most of the…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 6

MESSRS. J. Giles, D.S.M., and J. Graham, L.M., presided at a meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, central police division, to-day. The matter of the…

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The Assault on a Chinaman. Death of the Victim

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 4

The Chinaman, Ah Bun, who, it will remembered, was assaulted by two larrikins named Mercer and Hartington, last Saturday week, died in the hospital this morning. The dying…

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The Assault on a Chinese Death of the Victim

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 5

AH BOON, the Chinaman who is alleged to have been so savagely assaulted by three young men, died this morning in the Sydney Hospital…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—tuesday, January 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 7

In Equity.—At 11 a.m.: Rignold v. Mayer, motion to continue injunction. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4. In Equity.—Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 10.[?]0;…

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At the Central. Ada Again. "Home Once More." Assaulting the Police--What Paradise Lost-- Forty Shillings

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 5

A YOUNG woman of attractive appearance named Ada Robinson was charged with disobeying a summons for loitering in King-street on December 2. Constable Jones…

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London Unemployed. Demonstration at St. Paul's. a Sympathetic Sermon. Massing of the Police. LONDON, January 2

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 6

In connection with the unemployed demonstration at St. Paul's Cathedral, it is stated that the sacred building was filled by the workless crowd, who maintained good…

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Newtown Police Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 6

A TERROR.--Thomas J. Jackson, 19,carter received a fine of 20s., or seven days, for being found drunk and disorderly in King-street, Newtown. For assaulting Constable…

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The Paddington Murder. Activity of the Police. One Man Identified

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 5

THE police have been actively pursuing their inquiries into the circumstances attending the shocking death of Annie Morrison, who was found in a dying condition in…

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Alleged Stabbing. a Sculptor Charged

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 6

ANDREW LYNCH, set down on the sheet as a sculptor, was charged at the Newtown Police Court to-day with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm…

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Police. WATER

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 6

Charles Bestable admitted having assaulted a young woman named Harriett Anderson. The latter said that he struck her violently in the face, but she did not desire to press the case. A…

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Fatal Assault on a Chinaman. the Inquest

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 4

An inquest was commenced in the city coroner's court, Chancery Square, this morning, on the body of the Chinaman Ah Bun, who died in the Sydney Hospital on Tuesday morning from…

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The Police Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 6

CENTRAL COURT.--A large number of minor eases were disposed of at this court yesterday by Mr. C. Delohery, S.M. James Harvey (21), a dealer, was fined £3. or one…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 5

The weekly meeting of the Central Division of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held at the Central Police Court at noon yesterday. The presiding magistrates ware Mr. James Giles, D.S.M., and Mr…

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Parramatta Police Court. Monday, January 2, 1898. (Before Mr. John Taylor, J.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 2

Daniel Lynch, charged with being drunk, was discharged. George Medway was charged with using obscene language. Defendant was fined 10s;…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery. a Case of Mistaken Identity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 5

At the North Sydney Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., Thomas M'Farlane and William James Cooke were charged with having assaulted and robbed Ah Sing, a Chinese…

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Died in a Police Station

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 4

At about midnight on Tuesday a cabman named John Thomas Bowden died in the charge of No. 1 Police Station, Clarence-street. A. short time previous the deceased, who was under the…

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Death in a Police Station

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 5

Last night, just after 11 o'clock, John Thomas Bowden (49), a cabman, residing at No. 53 Derwent-street, Glebe, who was drunk in Castlereagh-street, got on to…

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"Order in the Court."

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 3

A MOURNFUL-LOOKING witness, in describing an event, said: "The person I saw at the head of the stairs was a man with one eye named Wilkins."…

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The Assault on a Chinaman at Redfern. Death of the Victim

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 4

Early yesterday morning the wan Ah Bun, who was assaulted by street larrikins in Regent-street, Redfern, on Saturday morning, December 24, died ill the Sydney Hospital…

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