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Courts & crime, 1894

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Glebe Police Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 6

PUBLICANS FINED.-- Frederick Dollar, licensee of the Queen's Arms Hotel, Bay -street, and Thomas King, of the Lillie Bridge Hotel, Forest Lodge, were each fined…

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Redfern Police Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 6

CRUELTY TO A HORSE.-- William O'Connor, for causing a horse to be ill-treated, was fined 10s. ROBBING A CHINAMAN.-- Henning…

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A Christmas Episode. Burglary in Womerah- Avenue

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 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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The Alleged Assault on a Seaman

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Frank Prosiaska, a seaman of the ship King Arthur, who, it is alleged, was seriously injured by two other men of the same ship named Vandemode and…

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Assault on a Ship. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 6

A seaman, Laurence Donnelly, was to -day fined £10, or three months' gaol, for brutally assaulting a watchman named Rolf on the ship Wynnstay…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

David Selway, 20, on remand, was charged with having stolen a coat, valued at 2s 6d, the property of Henry A. Firmstone. Accused was wearing it when he was arrested Senior-Constable Starratt…

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Theft of Admiralty Plans. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

It has transpired that a number of Admiralty plans for torpedo fittings have been stolen from Portsmouth Dockyard…

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The Murder at Monte Carlo

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 4

LONDON, January 2.—The murder of Mr. Allender, in the hills at Monte Carlo, has caused an immense sensation in the Riviera. Mr. Allender, who was the manager of the…

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The Police Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 3

A PICKPOCKET SENT TO GAOL.--Sergeant Blackburn and Constable Hamilton, of the No. 3 Police, on Monday arrested a man named George Hamilton, alias "Yankee," at…

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Police Courts. Assaulting a Shipmate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 6

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S. M., James Gaskie, a seaman on board the Gulf of Venice, was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Andrew Penguet…

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Law Notices. Suprme Court.—wednesday, January 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 6

Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Prothonotary: Re gent., one, &c., 11; M'Mahon v. Evans, 11; Bramley v. Dwyer, 12. Before Chief Clerk: Bentwitch v. Gannon, 10.30; Israel v. Mason, 10.30…

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The Murder at Monte Carlo. Sensation in the Riviera. London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

The murder of Mr. Allender, in the hills at Monte Carlo, has caused an immense sensation in the Riviera. Mr. Allender, who was the manager of…

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The Strange Paternity Case. Mrs. Thompson in Court Again

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 3

Laboring under great excitement, Mrs. Thompson went again to the London Law Courts a few weeks ago and appealed in strong terms for justice against a man…

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At the Water. a Harbor Thief. Assault on a Conductor-- The Fortune of War-- M'Kinley's Tariff-- Stolen Sweets

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

John Gill, a young man after whom Senior -constable Manion, of the water police, had such an exciting chase in Darling Harbor early last Wednesday morning…

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Anarchists in France. Two Thousand Houses Raided by the Police. Sixty Arrests Made

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday, 1.35 p.m.--Paris telegrams report that the French police made a wholesale raid on anarchists yesterday…

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National Revenge. Murder of Italian Laborers. Attack on French Consulates at Genoa and Turin. The Mob incensed. LONDON, January 2, 2.25 a. m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

Mobs of Italian rioters at Genoa and Turin have attacked the French consulates at those places. The outburst of indignation has been caused by the acquittal by the…

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Star's Special Cables French Anarchists. Raids by the Police. Hundreds of Suspects Arrested. Two Thousand Warrants Issued-- Numerous Domiciliary Visits. LONDON, January 2

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 January 1894 · page 5

The French police are actively engaged in the work of suppressing anarchism, and numerous raids has been made on anarchists' clubs in different parts of the…

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Daring Hotel Burglary

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 4

MOAMA, Wednesday.— A daring robbery occurred at English's Hotel, Echuca, at 2 o'clock this morning. The back door of the premises appeared to have been opened with a skeleton key. A £10…

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The Police Courts. Alleged Forgery, False Pretences and Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 3

James Bray (24) was charged at Newtown yesterday, before Mr. James Giles, S.M., with obliterating the word "bank" from a crossed cheque with intent to defraud, and…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 4

James Ferguson, on remand, was charged before Mr. Smithers, with being a suspected person frequenting Hyde Park with intent to commit a felony. Detective O'Sullivan and Plain…

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