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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1893

7,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

Criminal Court

Evening News · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 4

The sittings of tie Central Criminal Court opened at Darlinghurst to-day, his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen presiding. Mr. P. J. Healy appeared for the Crown. A middle aged man…

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District Court

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 6

Mutual Life Association v. Freehill (part heard), Goddard v. M'Master, Adams v. Walters, Levy v. Morris Unger, Cohen v. Jones, Sands v. Russell, M'Donald v. M'Mahon, Himmcloch v…

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Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 9
Also in The Australian Star

The followa[?] cases have been set down for trial at the Criminal Sessions which are to commence to-day at Darlinghurst:—J. Makin and wife, murder (two charges): Charles Brown, stealing in a dwelling; Charles…

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Alleged Extensive Theft. From A City Warehouse. Tracing Missing Property

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 5

Charles Mingay, a decently-dressed man, was presented for trial at the Quarter Sessions this morning on a charge of having stolen, from Feldheim, Gotthelf and Co.,…

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District Court.—monday, February 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 9

Mutual Life Assurance Company v. Fr[?]hill (part heard), Goddard v. M'Master, Adams v. Walters, Levy v. Morris Unger, Cohen v. Jones, Sands v. Russell, M'Donald v. M'Mahon, Himmelhock v. Williams Electrical…

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Mr. De Cobain, Ex-m.p. Arrested at Belfast. Charged with Immorality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.--Mr. E. S. W. De Cobain, ex-M.P. for Belfast East, who fled to the Continent a year ago to evade arrest on a charge of…

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Law Notices Supreme Court.--monday. February 20

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 6

CHAMBER LIST.--At 9.30 a.m.: In re Alexander Amos and Robert Anion (arbitration), Dawson v. Rankin (special case), Morrissey v. Railway Commissioners of New South Wales). Johnson v…

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The Abercrombie-street Riot. Accused Before the Court

The Australian Star · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 6

At the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon James Mackie, Thomas Williams or Simmons, Thomas Reid, Henry Zaw and William Leonard were…

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Law Notices. Term List for First Term. Supreme Court.—monday, February 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 9

For Judgment.—Harris v. The Per[?]nal Trustee Company, Limited. Motions on Notice.—In re the Angle-Australian Investment, Finance, and Land Company, Limited, C. J…

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Newtown Police Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 6

REMANDED. -- Minnie Smith, alias Rebecca Lemon, alleged to have insufficient lawful means of support, was remanded till Friday. Peter G. Knight, on two charges of…

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Suburban Burglary

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 2

On Friday, between noon and 5 o'clock, the residence of Mr. Frederick Northwood, Alice-street, Newtown, was visited by burglars. During the absence of the occupants…

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Theft of Pipes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 2

Charles Mingay, charged at the Sessions yesterday with the theft of 288 tobacco pipes, was found guilty of receiving and sentenced to 12 months' hard…

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Alleged Criminal Assault

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 6

John Castor, a middle-aged man, was charged at the Quarter Sessions this afternoon with having indecently assaulted a girl under the age of 14 years. The jury…

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Surry Hills Burglary. Brown on Trial

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 5

Charles Brown, a middle-aged man, wearing a long dark board streaked with grey, was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court this morning, before Mr…

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Alleged Theft of Ore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 5

ORANGE, Monday.--At the police court to-day William Readford and Richard Julian Rusden were charged with stealing atone from the Lucknow Gold-mining…

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The Tibooburra Murder. Verdict of Wilful Murder

Evening News · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 4

WILCANNIA, Tuesday.—The inquest on the body of the man O'Shanessy, who is supposed to have been, murdered at Tibooburra, was resumed yesterday before…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 4

Mr. George O'Malley Clarke, S.M., presided in the Ohargo Division, and Mr. Cornelius Delohery, S.M., in the Small Debts Division of the Central Police Court yesterday. Mark Golden, 15, having had…

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Charge of Stealing Ore. Orange

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 6

Two men, Readford and Rusden, charged with stealing ore from the Wentworth mine, Lucknow, and the man Ball with being an accomplice after the stealing, were charged…

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Stealing Jewellery. Three Years' Penal Servitude

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 6

Thomas Payne, a young man, was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having, on January 31 last, stolen two gold…

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