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Courts & crime, 1893

7,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Law Notices. Supreme Court.—tuesday, January 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 3

Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Chief Clerk; Kellett and others v. Blanks and another, 10.30; M'Intosh v. M'Lenn[?]n, 10.80; Loader v. same, 10.43; Arthur v. Grimes, 12…

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Return of Police From Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

Twenty police return to Sydney by to-night's express, Senior-sergeant M'Donagh being in charge. Prior to leaving, Senior-sergeant M'Donah was presented by the men under him with an opal…

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Another Abandoned Infant. Body Found in the Harbor. A Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

AN inquest was held by the Deputy City Coroner at the Croydon Hotel to-day on the body of an infant which was found floating in the harbor on Saturday…

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The Balmain Tragedy. a Lunatic's Crime. the Coroner's Inquest. Verdict of Wilful Murder

Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

Mr. W. T. Pinhey, deputy city coroner, held an inquest at the Balmain Cottage Hospital on Monday on the body of the child of the woman Mary Johnstone, which died that morning through…

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The Police Courts. Charge of Stabbing at a Dancing Party

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 3

At the Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. Giles, D.S.M., Andrew Lynch (27), was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm upon James Gifford. From the evidence it…

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Shocking Tragedy at Balmain. a Woman Kills Her Child. the Inquest.--a Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

A horrible case of child-murder took place at Balmain yesterday morning, when Mary Johnston, a widow, residing at 47 Elizabeth street, Balmain West, killed her infant son,…

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Stoned to Death. the Killing of Ah Run. Conclusion of the Inquest. Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

THE inquiry into the circumstances connected with the violent death of Ah Bun, a Chinaman, was concluded in the Coroner's Court this afternoon…

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Agrarian Trouble in Ireland. an Increase of Rents Resisted. an Armed Police Patrol

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 5

London, Monday.--Colonel Callaghan, j. an Irish landlord, has come into serious collision with his tenants. Recently his raised all rents, and the tenants have been…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—monday, January 9. In Bankruptcy. Voluntary S[?]questrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 3

William John Joseph Curtin of Berrima, gaol warder, formerly of West Maitland. hotelkeeper. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee. John William Johnson, of 40 Reynolds-street,…

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Special Edition Ben Tillett on Trial. the Court Crowded. London, January 9

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 6

The hearing of the charge of inciting to riot during the Bristol strike against Ben Tillett, the well-known labor leader, was commenced to-day. Evidence was given to…

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A Pioneer in Crime. Long Life in Gaol. Some of his Big Robberies. How he Killed "Australian Tom" and Threw a Golddust Merchant and His Mule Over the Nevada City Grade

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 7

PI[?] RIDGE is 82 years old now. He has been in California since 1848, and most of that time he has spent in prison (says a 'Frisco Journal). He only finished his last…

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The Police Courts. Alleged Assault at Drummoyne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 3

In the Central Police Court yesterday four young men named Robert Pickworth (22), William Heydon (26), Thomas Heydon (21), and William Bray (27) were charged before…

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Alleged Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 7

In the Charge Division of the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon, Robert Pickworth, 22, William Heydon, 26, William Bray, 27, and Thomas Haydon, 21, were charged with having assaulted Henry…

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Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 7

Mr. George O'Malley Clarke, S.M., presided in the Charge Division, and Mr. Cornelius Delohery, S.M., in the Summons Division, of the Central Police Court yesterday James Williams, 39, a labourer,…

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Alleged Theft of a Watch

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 6

ALBERT LINDMAN was charged with stealing a watch, the property of a friend named Charles Olsea. The evidence was to the effect that the prosecutor left the watch…

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Inquests. Child Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 7

At the Croydon Hotel yesterday morning Mr. W. T. Pinbey, the Deputy City Coroner, held an inquest on the body of the infant found on Saturday last floating in the water…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 6

Lillie Bertha, indecent language, remanded until Thursday. Mary Ritchie, 19, disobeying a summons for loitering on the footway, 10s fine with 8s costs…

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Escape From Gaol. Recaptured After Several Years

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 5

AT the Central Police Court this morning a man named George Leigh, alias Cook, alias Lyons, was remanded to Kempsey on a charge of escaping from Trial Bay prison,…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the Central division of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held in the Central Police Court at noon yesterday. Messrs. G. O'Malley Clarke, S.M., and J. Giles, D.S.M.,…

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The Althorp Murder. Execution of Macrae

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 10.-Andrew Macrae, the grocer's assistant who was sentenced to death for the murder of Anne Pritchard near the Althorp Park railway station, in…

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