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Courts & crime, 1893

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Balmain Ferry. the Rival Companies. Further Police Court Proceedings

The Australian Star · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 6

Another case in which the rival Balmain ferry companies were concerned was heard at the Water Police Court to-day, when Joseph Howard, master of the old…

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The Glebe Assault. Accused Committed

The Australian Star · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 6

Before Mr. Giles, D.S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, Alfred Williams, alias Michael Cavanagh, Robert Moloney, and Thomas Nelson or M'Grory, were charged, in…

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Divorce Court

The Australian Star · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 5

His Honor Sir William Windeyer presided in the Divorce Court this morning and disposed of the following matters:-- WEAVER V. WEAVER…

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Land Court

The Australian Star · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 6

The Land Appeal Court resumed its sittings at the Darlinghurst courthouse today, Messrs. Oliver (president), Freeman and Brandis presiding…

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The Homestead Strike. Poisoning of Non-unionists. the Prisoners Sentenced. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 7

The trial of the men who were charged with being concerned in the poisoning of non-unionists in connection with the Homestead strike has been concluded at…

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Police Courts. a Peculiar Charge of Fraud

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 3

At the Water Police Court on Saturday, in the Summons division, Mr. G. H. Smithers, D.S.M., investigated a charge of obtaining money by means…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—monday, March [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 9

Term List.—New Trial Motions: Carnofaky v. New Zealand Insurance Company, Bradshawy, Slattery, AttorneyGeneral v. M'Leod, City Bank v. Rowan and others. Chamber List.—At 9.30 a.m.: R[?] Alexander Amos and…

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Bankruptcy Court. Saturday, February 4. Voluntary Sequestration

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 3

Alexander Milsop, late of Wollongong-road, Arncliffe, gentleman, deceased (by Susannah Matilda Milsop and Thomas Milsop, executrix and executor respectively of…

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District Court. (Before his Honor Judge Fitzhardings.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 3

Scanlon v. Trott, Sh[?]th v. Chong Sing and Co., Winter v. Hall, Johnston v. Haviland, Fairfax and others v. Likely, Harrington v. Nasmyth, Holdship v. Hyslop, Fail[?]ax v. Likel, Harrington v. Nasmyth,…

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TATE v. Tate. the Contempt of Court Case

The Australian Star · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 5

In the Divorce Court this morning, before hie Honor Sir William Windeyer, the matter of Tate v. Tate, in which the respondent was fined £25 for contempt of…

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Contempt of Court. to the Editor of The[?] Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 8

Sir,—Your correspondent, "H.R.C.," writing under the above heading, has, notwithstanding his attempts to disguise the fact by a pompous array of authorities, unmistakably revealed the lay mind, and…

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District Court.—monday. March [?]. (Before [?] his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 9

Scanlon v. Trott, Shmith v. Chong Sing and Co., Winter v. Hale, Johnston v. Haviland, Fairfax v. Likely, Harrington v. Nasmyth, Holdship v. Hyslop, Finlayson v. York, Bull v. Downs Crick v. Buller, Is[?] v. Middleton,…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—saturday, March 4. In Bankruptcy. Voluntary Sequestration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 9

Alexander Milsop, late of Wollongong-road. Ar[?]cliffe, gentleman, deceased° (by Susannah Matilda Milsop and Thomas Milsop, exccutrix and executor respectively of the will of deceased). Mr. A. Morris,…

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Baby Farming Case. the Makins on Trial. At the Central Criminal Court

The Australian Star · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 5

There was some delay in the commencement of the proceedings at the Central Criminal Court this morning owing to his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen not taking…

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Supreme Court Incident. "The Gentle Rain From Heaven." " Upon the Place Beneath."

The Australian Star · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 6

The proceedings in the intensely dull arguments in connection with the motion for a new trial in Carnofsky r. the New Zealand Insurance Co. were brought to an…

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Baby-farming Case. The Makins on Trial. At the Central Criminal Court

The Australian Star · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 6

The trial of John Makin and Sarah Makin, his wife, on the charge of having feloniously and maliciously murdered Horace Amber Murray at Redfern on June…

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Is Marriage a Failure? Revelations in the Divorce Court. Aiken v. Aiken

The Australian Star · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 6

In the Divorce Court this morning before his Honor Sir William Windeyer, the hearing of the divorce suit Edward Imlay Aiken v. Frances Aiken was proceeded with. The…

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The Great Tote Industry. It Is Collapsing. Is There One Square Tote in Sydney? There Was One Once. But the Police Suppressed It

Evening News · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 3

The great Sydney "tote" industry is slowly dying, not in consequence of any excess of zeal on the part of the police in harrying the followers of an unlawful calling; not because of any…

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Attemped Borglary and Assault on the Police

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

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Whittingdale Johnson S.M., the case against Robert Moloney, 27, Alfred Williams, alias Michael Cavanagh, 27, and Thomas Nelson, alias M'Grory, 31,…

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Strange Assault Case

Evening News · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 4

George Adams, 29, bookmaker, a man of respectable appearance, was charged, on warrant, before Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, with having assaulted Lipman Kaufman…

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