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Courts & crime, 1894

7,108 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Charged with Bigamy. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

Alexander Tilly, a printer, was committed for trial at the Fitzroy Court to -day on a charge of bigamy…

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Bridge-street Burglary. the Injured Constables. Sergeant Ball

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 5

Sergeant Ball, whose conduct in connection with the Bridge -street burglary and the capture of Montgomery and Williams earned for him the favor of his superiors…

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Theft of a Boat. Moama

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

Four men were yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the police magistrate for the larceny of a boat, the property of Richard Wilson living on the…

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The Burglary at Lark and Co.'s. Another Committal

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 5

At the Water Police Court this morning George David Solomon, a young man, was charged with being concerned with another in breaking and entering the warehouse of…

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Dropped From a Dray. Peculiar Charge of Assault

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

The police to -day received information concerning an extraordinary case of alleged ill-treatment. A man named John Harvey was said to have been thrown yesterday by…

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Liverpool. Police Protection Wanted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

A meeting was held on the 6th instant. Present— The Mavor (Alderman C. A. Scrivener) and Aldermen Tillet, Chapman, Cloke, Mullett, and Heckenberg. The Cauley Vale Council wrote, in reply to…

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False Bank Notes. Two Sisters Charged. Both Committed for Trial

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

At the Central Police Court to -day Ruth Renn and Ethel Renn, sisters, were charged in company with having obtained from Robert Watt, a Pyrmont grocer, 41b. of…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

Jessie Tilvey Hewlett, of Victoria-street, Burwood, spinster. Mr. Morris, official assignee. James Harlum, of Tinonce, Manning…

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The Collieries. the Trouble at Newcastle. a Proclamation Issued. Summonses Against the Police-- The Charges of Assault-- The Stockton Mine-- The Proposals for a conference

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 5

In consequence of the position of affairs at Newcastle the Government last night decided to issue the following proclamation warning people against intimidation:--…

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The Police Courts. Three Girls and a Note

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 7

Three girls, ranging in age from 13 years to 21, were proceeded against at the Central Court yesterday in connection with the uttering of forged…

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Divorce Court. Preliminary Applications. Decrees Made Absolute

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

In the Divorce Court to -day his Honor Judge Stephen presided, and dealt with a number of cases. WEST V. WEST…

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Arming the Police. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

Sir,—With regard to the Premier's action is issuing instructions to have the police indiscriminately armed, I think the majority of the general public must view the mutter as giving cause for some…

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The Bomb Outrage in Paris. Honors for a Police Officer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Steyer, the Paris police official who arrested the anarchist Le Breton, after he had thrown a dynamite bomb into the Terminus…

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The Police at Plattsburg. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

Sir,—In the report of the proceedings in the Legislative Assembly last night as to the doings of the police at Plattsburg I notice some remarks were made of a disparaging character about Sub-inspector…

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At the Water. Robbery at the Hospital. A Warder and Two Women Charged-- The Story of a Forged Cheque

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 6

A middle -aged man named Joseph Ball, charged with embezzling various sums of money belonging to his employer, William Frederick Coxon, was discharged, the…

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Frederick Augustus Thomas. Completely Broken Down. a Pitiful Scene in Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 5

When the name of Frederick Augustus Thomas was called at the Water Police Court this morning Mr. R. D. Meagher (of Messrs. Crick and Meagher) intimated that…

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The Mount Morgan Robberies. Appeals to the Full Court. Mangin's Conviction Quashed

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.— The appeals in the Mount Morgan gold robbery cases were heard before the Full Court to-day. Sir Samuel Griffith, the Chief Justice, declined, as a shareholder, to…

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Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Wednesday. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge BACKHOUSE and juries.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 3

Mr. W. L. Merewether prosecuted for the Crown, NOT GUILTY. William Johnson was indicted for having on 2nd December, 1893, at Sydney, forged a cheque for the…

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[Br Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Biotous Proceedings at Plattsburg. Arrival of Police From Sydney. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 5

This morning Hugh Banfield and Gou[?] Davis appeared at the Wallsead Police Court, before Mossrs. Nash and Rushton, Ja.P., charged by the police with riotous behaviour in Plattaburg…

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