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Courts & crime, 1894

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Another Burglary

Evening News · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 6

About 9 on Friday evening the residence of Mr. Lawrence, 90 Cleveland-street, city, was burgled during the absence of the family, and a quantity of jewellery and other articles carried off…

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Burglary in Cleveland-street

The Australian Star · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 8

A burglary was committed on Friday night at the residence of Mr. Lawrence, No. 90 Cleveland-street, city. The robbers thoroughly ransacked the house, not a room…

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Theft From an Hotel

The Australian Star · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 6

William Connelly, a young man with a bad record, was before the Redfern Police Court to-day, charged with the theft of two parrots and a cage, the property of William…

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The Police Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 2

"A FAIR SQUARE GO."--"Your Worship, let's have a fair, square go," said James Magner, who was charged at the Central Court on Saturday morning with stealing a…

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Murder of a Mayor. the Chicago Tragedy. Trial of Prendergast. Verdict of Guilty-- Pris[?]r Sentenced to Death. LONDON, December 31

The Australian Star · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 4

The trial has just concluded it Chicago of the man Prendergast, who [?] Mr. Carter Harrison, the Mayor of that city, on October 28. Prendergast went to Mr…

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Police Courts. De[?] and Disorderly Conduct

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 6

At the Redfern Police Court, before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., Kombo was fined 5s, or to be imprisoned till the rising of the Court, for drunkenness…

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President Cleveland. a Plot to Murder. an Infernial Machine Intercepted

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--A plot to kill President Cleveland has been discovered and frustrated at Washington. An infernal machine addressed to the…

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The Murder of the Mayor of Chicago. Sentence of Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The trial has been concluded at Chicago of Prendergast, who assassinated Mr. Carter H. Harrison, the Mayor of the city, on the evening of…

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The Barcelona Anarchists. the Police Alleged to Be Torturing Prisoners. London, Dec 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 5

The Barcelona anarchists allege that the police are torturing anarchist prisoners to extort confessions…

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Assault in a Police Cell

Evening News · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 5

Amy Allway, 36, was charged before Mr. Smithers, D.S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day with having been drunk and was fined 20s or seven days. She was further charged with…

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Assault on Firemen

Evening News · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 6

Two of the M.F.B. men were sent from headquarters on New Year's Eve to look after some dangerous bonfires burning in several streets in Surry Hills. The fires were the work of bands of…

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A Christmas Episode. Burglary in Womerah- Avenue

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 6

The cause of great trouble and excitement in Womerah- avenue on Christmas afternoon, Arthur Seymour, or Milson, stood in the dock at the Water Police…

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Alleged Assault on a Seaman

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Leendert Willen Vandermode and G. Van Tiffel were remanded at the Palace Court on Saturday on a charge of indicting grievous bodily harm…

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Murder at Monte Carlo

Evening News · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 1.— The body of an Englishman named. Allender has been discovered in the hills near Monte Carlo. He is believed to have been, murdered and…

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The Police Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 6

VAGRANCY.--William Lloyd (23), a groom, who is well known in the district as "Peggy," went to a house in Marrickville gild begged for something to eat. He was…

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Police Courts. Riotous Conduct

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 7

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smitthors, D.S.M., a number of youngmen were charged with riotous conduct in the public streets in connection with the new year celebrations…

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Blue- Metalling the Police

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 6

Constables Coleman and Curtis, of the Glebe police, were last night rather seriously assaulted by larrikins. The officers were doing duty in Marlborough…

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Murder at Monte Carl[?] London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 5

An Englishman named Allender has been murdered and robbed in the hills at Monte Carlo…

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The Unemployed in London. an Intended Demonstration in St. Paul's Cathedral. Prevented by the Police. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 5

The London unemployed intended to hold a demonstration in St. Paul's Cathedral during a watchnight service at midnight on Sunday…

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News by Cable. The Unemployed Difficulty. a "Watchnight " Demonstration. Midnight Service to Be Attended. the Police Prevent Trouble

Evening News · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 1.— The London unemployed intended to hold a demonstration in St. Paul's Cathedral during a watchnight service at midnight on Sunday…

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