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Courts & crime, 1895

8,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

A Cowardly Assault. Insisting on a Shout

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 5

Last Saturday fortnight a laborer named Dents O'Neil was taking a drink at Lee's Hotel, Goulburn and Sussex streets, when Wm. Davies a young man,…

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Police Courts. a Serious Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 7

In the Central Police Court yesterday Mrs. Dr. B. alias Annio Batten, was remanded till Friday to the Coroner's court, on a charge of having performed an illegal operation…

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Police Courts. the Galway Castle Hotel Disturbance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 3

At the Redfern Court yesterday, before Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., William Phyllis (19), laborer, was charged with being concerned, with others, in maliciously damaging one…

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Northern Items. a Violent Assault Man Attacked with a Knife, Arrest of the Suspect

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 5

INVERELL, January 2,-A man named John Barney committed a violent assault with a pocket knife, on Tuesday evening, on his mate named Robert…

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French Military Defences. the Theft of Plans. Appeal by Captain Dreyfus Dismissed. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 5

Captain Dreyfus, the French military officer who was recently sentenced to deportation from the country and to be interned for life in a fortified place,…

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Rous Mill Shooting Case. Accused Before the Court. the Wounded Man's Evidence

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 4

LISMORE, January 2.-At the Lismore Police Court on Tuesday, the man Anton Bolewaki, on remand, charged with shooting with latent to murder at Eons Mill on…

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A Magistrate's Question. a Charge of Assault

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 4

A young man named Joseph Barton, 28, a barber, appeared at the Central Police Court this morning, charged with badly illtreating a woman named Kate Ross by…

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Police Courts. Charges of Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Giles, S.M., William Davis pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Denis O'Neill, and was sentenced to two months' hard labour…

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Water Police Court

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 5

Edward White, a young stone polisher, was arraigned before Mr. Delohery, S.M., On a charge of behaving riotously in King's Lane, and was fined 10s, or, in…

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Newtown Police Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 6

An unusually small list of cases confronted Captain Fisher, S.M., at the Newtown court to-day. Thomas M'Mahon, a Queensland drover, was fined 15s for having made…

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The Waverley Burglary. Accused Before the Court

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 5

Michael Kelly, 36, saddler, was charged at the Paddington Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., with having burglariously broken and entered the…

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Stealing Boots

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

"I'll be dealt with summarily, your Worship," said Edward Stevens to Mr. Giles, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday. According to the charge sheet, Stevens had…

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Assault in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

A young fellow named William Davis, who stood forward at the Central Police Court yesterday morning, admitted having assaulted Denis O'Neill. According to…

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A Brutal Assault. Attack With a Tumbler

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 6

A tall young man named William Davis was proved by evidence for the prosecution at the Central to-day to be a most undesirable member of society. He was charged…

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A Pickpocket Sentenced. a Thief Gets Six Months

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 5

A barber named Alexander Fitzsimmons, 33, was charged, at the Water Police Court this morning, with stealing a purse from the pocket of a married woman named Mary H…

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A Chinese Censor. Sentenced to Banishment London, January 2

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 5

The Chinese Government Censor has been adversely criticising the action of the Chinese Empress for interfering in affairs connected with the…

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Burglary at Waverley. a Young Man Arrested. Attempt to Rob a Bookmaker

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 6

A powerfully-built young man named Michael Kelly appeared before the Paddington court, to-day charged with having burglariously broken into the…

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Water Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 6

The weekly meeting of the Licensing Court for the Water Police division was held to-day. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:-- South…

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Weekly Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at the weekly sitting of the Bench at the Water Police Court yesterday as follows:—John D. Halinan to Alfred P…

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The Question of Police Protection

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 5

The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Brunker, had an interview yesterday afternoon with Mr. Fosbery, Inspector-General of Police, in regard to the state of affairs in the New castle district. Mr…

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