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Courts & crime, 1893

7,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250

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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South Australian News. A Magistrate's Confession. The Kingston-Baker Case. The Postal Rates. Revenue Returns. ADELAIDE, January 3. a Magistrate in Trouble

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

Mr. John Nicholson, S.M., of Adelaide and Glenelg, surrendered to the police on Sunday morning, January 1. Mr. Nicholson was detained and locked up in a cell at the police…

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Alleged Stealing. a Brother Prosecutes His Sister and Brother-in-law

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

Thomas Lawless, jun., and Elizabeth Lawless were charged at the Newtown Police Court to-day, before Mr. G. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., with having stolen a pier-glass and other articles, valued at £50, the…

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A Peculiar Case. a Verdict of Wilful Murder

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

The developments yesterday in connection with the discovery of infants' bodies on the beach at Bondi on Thursday were not of a very extensive character, but they were rather sensational. The…

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Ryde and District. Ryde Police Court. Wednesday, December 28, 1892. (Before Mr. F. W. Edwards, P.m.) Licenses

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 7

Henry Hay made application for a renewal of his licence for a billiard-room in Globe-street. The application was opposed on the ground…

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General News. a Gross Outrage. Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 45

The inquest into the cause of the death of the woman Annie Morrison, who was found in a partly-erected house in Liverpool-street on Christmas Day, and died in the Sydney Hospital…

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Penrith Police Court. TUERDAY. Before Mr. J. K. Cleeve, P.M., and Dr. Scott, J.P. Alleged False Pretences

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 7

Arthur Graves was placed in tue dock on a charge of obtaining £1 by means of a valueless cheque from Edward Good of Penrith…

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Second Edition. the Mercantile Bank of Australia. Mr. Millidge at the Police Court. He Returns to Melbourne in the Himalaya

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday, 1.30 p.m.--Mr. Frederick Millidge, the late Melbourne manager of the Mercantile Bank of Australia, appeared at the Bow-street Police Court…

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Parramatta Police Court. Friday, January 6, 1893. (Before Mr. F. W. Edwards, P.M. and Mr. R. Harper, J.P.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 1

W. Black and Chris. Kane were charged with wantonly throwing stones on the Kissing Point road to the danger of Martin Sullivan. —Complainant, shoemaker, living at…

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Charges Against a Police Officer. Binalong

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 4

At the Binalong Police Court yesterday seven charges preferred by five residents of Binalong against Senior-constable Madden were investigated by Colonel Chishohn,…

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Irish Affairs. Arming the Police. Terrible Riot

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 11

LONDON, December 29.—It is reported that Mr. John Morley, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, has received anonymous letters threatening to murder him…

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The Bondi Dead Infants. the Inquest. Extraordinary Discovery. Wilful Murder

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 6

At the South Sydney Morgue on Friday, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., the Deputy City Coroner, held an inquest on the bodies of the two infants that were found on the beach at…

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Evictions in Mayo. Threat to Withdraw the Police

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 5

On Tuesday morning (reports the Dublin FREEMAN, November 26) a force of forty police accompanied as eviction party consisting," of Mr. Jackson, Lord Dillon's agent, and four bailiffe…

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Thursday Island News. Faction Fight. Police Charge Rioters

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 12

THURSDAY ISLAND, January 3.—The harbor is literally studded with small fishing luggers, this island being overrun with colored people. During a heavy north-west gale which has raged during…

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The Dynamite Outrage. Accused Before the Court

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 5

BRISBANE Saturday.—At the Georgetown Police Court yesterday a man named Richard Henry Keegan was brought up on a charge of blowing tip the boiler and poppet-legs of the Queenslander…

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Great Britain and Morocco. Murder of a British Subject. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 9

The British representative in Morocco has presented to the Sultan at Fez a note from the British Government demanding reparation for the murder of a British…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, January 4. (Before Mr. F. W. Edwards, P.M., and Mr. R. Harper, J.P.) The Dog that was Burned

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 7

Arthur Myhill (on remand) was charged with cruelly ill-treating a dog at Silver Water on the 24th of December last. John M’Lister deposed that he was a laborer…

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Called an Irish Informer. a Queer Court Case

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 15

"You Pheonix Park murderer! You Phoenix Park informer!" According to the evidence taken at the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, these are the names to which a carpenter named…

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John Morley and the Irish Police. Taking Away Their Arms

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 15

A LONDON cable, January 3, states that Mr. John Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, has decided that in future the Irish police shall be armed with, batons instead of sword-bayonets…

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The Dead Infants on Bondi Reach. a Verdict of Wilful Murder. Some Peculiar Facts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 5

The examination into the facts surrounding the death of the two infants found on the beach at Bondi Bay on Thursday elicited some peculiar facts. The bodies were those…

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