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Courts & crime, 1894

7,108 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Slavin's Cab Fare. The Pugilist in Court

The Australian Star · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 5

At Mariborough-street Police Court, London, on January 8 Frank Slavin, pugilist, of the Rose Hotel, Jermyn-street, was summoned by Joseph Longstaffe, a hackney…

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Central Criminal Court. Thursday, February 22. (Before Mr. Justice Windeyer.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 3

Mr. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. Tarleton prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. FIRE AT THE TARRAGON HOTEL. The trial of John O'Neill on a charge of…

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The Arming of the Police. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 3

Sir,--As an Englishman visiting these colonics, I wish to express my surprise, and protest against this most dangerous and unnecessary arming of the police by day as well…

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Casilereagh-street Shooting. Mills Sentenced. Penal Servitude for 15 Years. His Honors Remarks--Severe Strictures--A Dangerous Man--Society Must be Protected

The Australian Star · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 5

Robert Mills, the young man who on Monday last was convicted at the Central Criminal Court of shooting at Martha Hemsley with intent to do grievous bodily harm…

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District Court.—thursday. (Before his Honor Judge Murday.) City Assessment Appeals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 3

His Honor took his seat at 10 o'clock to deal with appeals against the city assessment, but Mr. Wa[?]ldron, the city soli[?]tor, asked for time to enablu the city officers to go through the list with the…

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Central Criminal Court.-thuesday. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice WINDEYER and Juries.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 3

Mr.F.E. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. Tarleton Prosecuted for the Crown. CHARGE OF ABSON. John O'Neill was charged that he did on 6th…

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Fight with Larrikins. New Year's Night Melee. Arrests Effected in New Zealand. Accused Before the Glebe Court-- The Men Remanded

The Australian Star · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 6

It will doubtless be remembered that a fight between a "push" of larrikins and a small band of police took place last New Year's night in Mariborough-street, Glebe, the…

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Alleged Arson. the Tarragon Hotel Fire. Trial at the Central Criminal Court Conclusion of the Case--The Jury Retire--Both Pound Guilty--Sentence Deferred

The Australian Star · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 6

The trial of John O'Neill and Adam Mutch, charged with complicity in the recent fire at the Tarragon Hotel, was continued this afternoon at the Central…

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Law. Supreme Court. Thursday, February 22. IN BANCO.--(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Innes, and Mr. Justice Foster.) Re Laurence Cox and the Crown Lands Act

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 3

Mr. Pike (instructed by Messrs. Wilkinson and Wilkinson) appeared for the appellant, Peter Caulfield, in support of an appeal against a decision of the Land Appeal…

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Law Report. Supreme Court.—thursday, February 22. In Banco.—(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice INNES, and Mr. Justics FOSTER.) [?] Parte Peter Caulfield and the Land Acts of 1884 AND 1899 (Laurenoe Cox, R[?]spondent)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 2

Mr.G.H.Pike, instructed by Messrs. Wilkonson and Wilkinson, of Albury, appoared for Peter Caulfield in support ot an appeal form the decision of the Land Court, and Mr. Canaway, instructed by Mr. C…

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The Bridge-street Burglary. Rewards to the Police

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 16

THE police who took part in the recent capture of Montgomery and Williams, charged with the Bridge-street burglary, have received substantial money rewards for their services on that occasion…

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Burglary at Parramatta

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 5

While on duty in Church-strect, Parramatta, early yesterday morning, about 1.30 o'clock, Constable Tindall heard a crash of glass in the vicinity of the post-office, and hastening…

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Horses Stealing

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 3

Two men, George Peasley and Joseph M 'Kay, were tried before Sir William Windeyer at the Central Criminal Court yesterday on a charge of horac-stealing, Both the…

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Criminal Assault

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Court to day John Tarlington, the lad who was found guilty on Tuesday last of a criminal assault upon a little girl, was sentenced by Judge…

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The Bridge-street Burglary

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 11

Charles Montgomery, or Millidge, and Thomas Williams, or Carroll, the two men whom the police succeeded in arresting on the morning of the Bridge-street burglary,…

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A Secretary Sentenced

Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Joseph Johnson, aged 68, late manager and secretary of the Melbourne Permanent Building Society, who last Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling three…

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Cyril Haviland Sentenced

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 388

The ex-secretary to the Sydney School of Arts pleaded guilty at the Sydney Quarter Sessions to defrauding the institution of several sums of money during last year. In extenuation several…

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A Solicitor Charged

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 2

The case of William Lindsay, solicitor, of Sydney, who has been called upon to show cause why he should not be struck off the rolls; came before their Honors the…

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Burglary at H. R. Barry's Caught Redhanded

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 4

THOMAS Logan, a thick sEt, villainous looking, middle-aged man, with a Tipperary accent and a heavy moustache, appeared in the dock at the Parramatta Court on Friday…

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Tarragon Hotel Arson Case. Prisoners Sentenced

Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 6

As already briefly announced John O'Neill and Adam (Match, convicted at the Central Criminal Court, Thursday, the former of wilfully setting fire to the Tarragon Hotel, King and…

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