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Courts & crime, 1894

7,108 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

The Anglo-australian Muddle. a Curious Revelation About Property. Book Values largely in Excess of Real Value. The Report of the Liquidators. The Affair Ignored by the Daily Papers. Ought Abigail and Howe to Remain in Gaol After This?

Truth · Sunday 11 February 1894 · page 3

THE directors of the Anglo-Australian Company are, no doubt, honest and God-fearing men; but they (or their subordinates) have got the, affairs of their association into a…

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Police Courts. Alleged Stealing by Trick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 6

At the Central Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. F. W. Edwards, D.S.M., William Hudson, alias Page, 33 years of ago, described as a traveller, was charged with having, at Melbourne, in company with…

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Burglary at Woollahra

The Australian Star · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 5

A burglary occurred last night in Edgecliffe -road, Woollahra, jewellery to the value of £100 being stolon. The occupants of the house entered into were absent at the…

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Escaped from Gaol

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 5

NARRABBI, Monday.— A man named Bloomfield, who was awaiting his trial for horse-stealing, escaped from gaol on Saturday by scaling a wall. He has not been recaptured up to the present…

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The Bridge-street Burglary. the Injured Constables

The Australian Star · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 5

Constable Samuel Taylor, one of the men who was badly injured in the affray with burglars in Bridge -street early on the morning of February 2, has…

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Police. CENTRAL

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 5

A charge against Arthur W. Taylor, on remand, of having failed to pay £1 10s, due on as order of the court for the support of his illegitimate child, was withdrawn, the amount having been paid…

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The Cronin Murder Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 6

Chicago January 4.—The latest diversion in the famous Cronin murder case and trial of Dan Coughlin is the alleged discovery of the trunk strap which "J. B. Simonds" bought with the cottage…

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Burglary at Glen Innes. Suspects Arrested. Glen Innes

The Australian Star · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 5

Un Saturday evening the premises of A. Mears, storekeeper, were burglariously entered. The burglars must have been disturbed, as the safe containing the money was…

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The Police Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 3

THROWING A MISSILE.--At the Glebe Court on Saturday, before Mr. F. W. Edwards, D.S.M., George Ryan (28), groom, was charged with throwing a stone with…

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The Civil War in Brazil. Plot to Murder the President. Disloyalty Among Peixoto's Commanders. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 5

Latest advices from Rio de Janeiro report that a plot to murder President Peixoto has been discovered. A number of arrests were made, and several who…

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Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Dora Dora Murder. Recapture of the Escaped Aboriginal. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 5

A telegram received from Mackay on Saturday states that Senior-constables King (brothers) arrived in town on Saturday morning, bringing with them Bulyal, known as Jackey, the…

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Shot for Treason. The Brazilian Revolt. Plot to Murder Peixoto. Several Persons Put to Death. London, February 9

The Australian Star · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 6

Telegrams from Rio de Janeiro report that a plot has been discovered for the murder of Marshal Peixoto, the President of the Republic. Several…

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Mail News. Dynamite in New York. A Bomb in a Broker's Pocket-- Arrest of a Professor-- Charge of Attempted Murder-- Sullivan Knocked Cut-- Two Old Persons Thrashed to Death-- Scene In a Senate-- Miners Imprisoned by Fire-- Fire at the World's Fair-- Destruction of the Manufactures Building -- A Fireman Killed-- Origin of the Outbreak-- A Steam Bicycle

The Australian Star · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 5

The R.M.S. Mariposa, which arrived on Tuesday, brought American files to January 11, from which the following items of news are gleaned :--…

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Police Courts. Stealing a Ham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 3

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., Frank Bell, 33, a seamau, and George Edwards, 44, a groom, were charged with having stolen a ham, valued at 83, the property of…

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Daring Theft

Evening News · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 6

Between the hours of 9 and 10 on the evening of December 2S last a young man entered the shop of Win. Burnett in Oxford-street, and asked to see a gold watch valued at £15 which was in…

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A New Magistrate

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 8

Mr. A. G. Plunkett, for some time associate to ex- Justice Deffell, and who was recently transferred to Bulli to act as C. P. S., was, at the Darlinghurst Sessions…

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Theft of Tweed

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 5

At the Water Police Court to- day a cabman named Frederick Charles Calf was charged with being concerned with others in stealing a quantity of tweed, valued at…

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Burglary at Goulburn. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 5

The shop of Mr. C. Bauer, watchmaker was entered last night, and 13 silver watches, valued at £30, were stolen…

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Escaped from Gaol

Evening News · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 6

NARRABI, Monday.—A man named Bloomfield, who was awaiting his trial for horse-stealing, escaped from gaol on Saturday by scaling a wall. He has not been recaptured np to the present…

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Sentenced at the Sessions

Evening News · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 3

The following sentences were passed at the quarter sessions yesterday evening by his Honor Judge Backhouse: Prosper Collison, larceny, four years' penal…

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