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Courts & crime, 1894

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Police Courts. CENTRAL

Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 3

Ralph Rollington, 26, Thomas Jones, 22, both on remand, charged with having no lawful visible means of support, were discharged. Arthur Watkins, 24, cook, was remanded on a…

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Arming the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 4
Also in The Methodist

It is difficult to see the sense, let alone the necessity, of the order which has been issued by the authorities for the indiscriminate arming of the police with…

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Bankruptcy Court

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

The following sequestrations have been made during the past week:— Jessie Tilney Hewlett, of Victoria-street, Burwood. Mr. A. Morris, official assignee…

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Warden's Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 7

Probably the first Mining Warden's Court held in the city for many years was constituted yesterday at the Mines Department offices, before Mr. Wilshire, Mining…

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Assaulting the Police. Conflicting Testimony

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 6

Two young men named John Griffiths and John Hickey were charged at the Newtown Police Court to-day with assaulting Constable Alfred Paine. The evidence for the prosecution…

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Police Courts. Charges Against Constables

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 5

In the Summons Division of the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Cornelius Delohery, S.M., William Stuart, a special constable employed by the Railway Commissioners, proceeded…

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Warden's Court in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 10

The first Warden's Court ever held in Sydney opened its proceedings yesterday morning at the offices of the Department of Mines. Air. T. R. Willshire, Warden for the Berrima district, in which…

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Parramatta Police Court. Saturday, February 17. (Before Mr. C. L. C. Badham, P.m.) a Youthful Offender

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 7

A boy named Henry Brown was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in Phillip-street, Parramatta, on the previous evening. Accused pleaded guilty and said he had…

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The Police Courts. Charges Against Policemen

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 11

A charge of assaulting a little girl named Edith Stewart was preferred against Constable Edge in the Summons division of the Central Court yesterday. The evidence for…

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Sentences at the Criminal Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 4

In sentencing Robert Mills for shooting at Martha Helmsley, in Castlereagh-street, to 15 years' penal servitude, Mr. Justice Windeyer said the prisoner was dangerous to…

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Central Criminal Court. Monday's Cases

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 6

The cases listed for trial at the Central Criminal Court on Monday are as follow Benjamin Woods, maliciously wounding; Christopher Herbert, forgery; Julius…

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Parramatta Police Court Saturday, February, 17. (Before Mr. C. L. C. Budham, P.M. and Mr. R, Harper, J.p.) a Bad Beginning

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 2

Henry Brown, a young lad, several times previously before the court on charges of petty larceny and stealing pleaded guilty to behaving in a riotous manner in…

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Arming the Police. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 9

Sir,--As an Australian citizen who has had several years police service, and one who has had several hard encounters with the peaceable citizens of Sydney and suburbs, I…

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A Mayor Fined. His Appeal to the Supreme Court

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 2

An application was made to the Full Court yesterday on behalf of Albert Evans Martin to set aside a conviction made against him by Arthur L. Barnet, police…

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Central Criminal Court. Friday, February 23. (Before Mr. Justice Windeyer.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 11

Mr. F. E. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. Tarleton prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. SENTENCES. George M. Warley, who had pleaded…

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Municipal Contracts. a Mayor Fined. Appeal to Full Court Fails

Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 6

Application was made to the Full Court yesterday on behalf of Albert Evans Martin, to make absolute a role nisi for prohibition directed to Arthur L. Barnet, P.M., at Broken Hill, and…

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TELEGRAPHIC. Anarchists in Great Britain. Police Raids. Important Disclosures. London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 378

A shocking discovery has been made at Greenwich. The body of a man, who is believed to have been a foreigner, has been found outside the Greenwich…

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Central Criminal Court.—friday. I (Before his Honor Mr. Justice WINDEYER and juries.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 5

Mr. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. Tarleton prosecuted for the Crown. SENTENCES. John Tarlington, a youth who had been found…

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A Serious Case. Charge Against Me. T. M. Williamson. the Pull Court Applied To

Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 6

In the Full Court yesterday afternoon Thomas Michael Williamson, solicitor, was called on to answer a rule nisi railing on him to answer certain affidavits and to show cause why he should…

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