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Courts & crime, 1893

7,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

The Violent Death of a Chinaman. the Recent-street Assault. Continuation of the Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 3

Mr. J.C. Woore, the City Coroner, yesterday continued tho hearing of evidence in the inquest on Ah Bun, the Chinaman who was assaulted by larrikins in Regent-street,…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—friday, January 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 3

Chamber List.—Ex parte John Warby, prohibition, for judgment; ex parte Richard Mitchell, habeas corpus, in re Terence Murphy, Alexander Marshall, cavcator; Whirple and others v. Corston; ex parte Charles Heggrre,…

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This Police Courts. Thefts on the K.m.s. Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 2

During the voyage of tho K.M.S. Australia from London, which arrived in Port Jackson on Wednesday, a number of articles were stolen from passengers' arid other…

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Lynching in America. Furious Eight with the Police. Serious Loss of Life

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Telegrams from New York give particulars of a terrible fight which has taken place between the police and a party of lynchers in the State…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—thursday, January 5. In Bankruptcy.—(Before the Registrar.) Creditors' Petitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 3

Saunders and Bliss, of Bathurst, v. Neal Bently, of Mandurama, On the application of Mr. Parker (Dibbs and Gibson) the order of compulsory sequestration was granted, there being no…

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Sensational Burglary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 26

At the Central Police Court on Monday morning, before Mr. Cornelius Delohery, S.M., Charles Brown, 46, a shoemaker, was charged with having broken into the White Lion Hotel, and having stolen…

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Brutal Assault

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 14

A shocking and unprovoked assault was committed on a man named J. Lynne, an invalid, on Sunday last, at Collingwood. Lynne left his home and proceeded down…

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Stealing a Pig

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 6

AT the Central to-day a strange creature named William Byrnes, describing himself as a stonemason, was charged with having stolen a pig valued at 21s., the property…

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A Peculiar Case. Alleged Stealing

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 6

THOMAS LAWLESS, junior, and Elizabeth Lawless were charged at the Newtown Police Court to-day with stealing a pier-glass and other articles of furniture,…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 7

Mr. Cornelius Delo[?]y, S.M., presided in the Charge Division, and Mr. James Giles, D.S.M., in the Summons Division of the Central Police Court yesterday. John Harris, 48, a gardener, was fined…

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A Curious Case. Charge of Stealing

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 6

At the Newtown Police Court Friday, Thomas Lawless, jun., and Elizabeth. Lawless were charged with stealing a pier-glass and other articles, value £50, the property of Edwin…

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Police. WATER

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 3

Thomas Barrow, 32, fireman, was fined 40s, with the option of seven days for drunk and disorderly conduct in Macquarie-street, and an additional 283 or 21 days for having destroyed a…

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A Seminary Alarmed. Story of the Burglary at Minerva House

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 7

HE was very obviously not a respectable person; but there was a redeeming trace of humor in his face and a frankness in his conversation which almost disarmed…

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Fatal Assault on a Chinaman. Inquest Continued

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 6

After our first edition went to press yesterday, Constable John Darrance, stationed at Redfern, gave evidence corroborative of Constable Duke's regarding the arrest of the men. On the way to the…

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Penrith Police Court. FRIDAY Before Mr. J. K. Cleeve, P. M. BILLIARDS

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 3

George Pooley applied for permission to transier his billiard license to James A. Waters. Granted, SLAUGHTER. John. T. Ellison was granted a slaughtering…

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The Pinkerton Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 5
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LONDON, Friday, 1.30 p.m.--A bill has been introduced into the House of Representatives at Washington, U.S., providing for the abolition of the…

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The Police Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 12

IMPROPER CONDUCT.--At the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., Mary Armstrong (41) was sent to gaol for a fortnight with hard labor for having behaved…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 26

The following sequestration orders have been made daring the past week:— Edwin Shepherd Doherty, of Dungog, formerly of Warialda. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee…

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A Jealous Admirer. Murder of Sweethearts

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 3

WHILE returning from church with her lover in November last a young woman named Doidge, daughter of the tenant of Coxtor Farm, near Peter Tavy, on the edge of…

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