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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

8,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Police Courts. a Lismore Case

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

Martin Gravelli was charged, on remand, at the Water Police Court yesterday, with having obtained goods to the value of £2 12s 6d from Messrs, Ralp and Berghouse, of…

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The Superintendent of New York Police

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 5

Mr. Byrnes, whose name has figured in recent, cablegrams, is the superintendent of the New York police or, rather, he was until he resigned three or four days…

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News from Samoa. Murder by Natives. Cannibalistic Treat Spoiled

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 5

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), January 3.-The Mariposa brings files from Samoa. The unsatisfactory condition of affairs still continues. Outside the municipal district…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.--thursday, January 3

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

Prothonotary's Office.--At 10.30: Byrne v. J .T. Brown. Traill V. Willis. At 10.45: Gordon Emery Company. Limited, v. Hughes…

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Law Notices. Suprme Court.—thuesday, January 3

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

Prothonotary's Office.—Byrne v. T. J. Brown, 10.30; Traill v. Willis, 10.30; Gordon Emery Company, Limited, v. Hughes, 10.45…

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District Court. (Before his Honor Judge. Backhouse.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

At 12 noon: O' Brien v. Miller…

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Greta Police Report. the Recent Disturbance. the Colonial Secretary's Views

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 4

The Colonial Secretary has received a report from the police at Greta with respect to the recent disturbances. The official statement is that a number of…

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District Court,—thursday, January 3. (Before his Honour Judge Backhouse)

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

O'Brien v. Miller, at 12 noon…

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The Princess-a Whina Collision. Continuation of the Inquest. a Protracted Investigation. a Scene in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

Mr. Woore, the City Coroner, continued the inquest yesterday on the bodies of Elizabeth Egan and Leila Ward, who were drowned on the occasion of the collision…

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The Harbor Collision. The Coroner's Inquest. A Breeze in Court. Coroner and Counsel--Evidence of an Artilleryman

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 6

The Coroner's inquest on the victims of the Awhina-Princess collision was continued this afternoon at the Coroner's Court. At the conclusion of John Hunter's…

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The Coal Miners. The Trouble at Hetton. Meeting of the Miners. A System of Picketing--The Strike at Wallsend--The Greta Trouble-- Action of the Mayor--Threat to Read the Riot Act--Attitude of the Government--No Need for Additional Police. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 5

In reply to the letter from the Lambton miners requesting an advance of 4d per ton in the hewing rate, Mr. Thomas Cro[?]dace, general manager, has emphatically declined…

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Paddington Police Court

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 7

James Bennett Moore, 65, on remand, charged with having partly by means of a false pretence and partly by a wilfully false promise, obtained from Emilie Nena…

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Glebe Police Court

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 7

Charles Splatt, John W. O'Sullivan, and Philip Farley, on remand, were charged before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., at the Glebe Police Court to-day with having…

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Central Police Court To-day's Cases

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 4

Michael Murphy, charged with smashing a window at the Town Hall Coffee Palace, George-street, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s, with £2 5s damages, or two…

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Starvation or Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 2

Bernard Nugent, an elderly man, owned up candidly at the Central Court yesterday to a charge of stealing a quantity of plumber's tools. He went further, and…

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Stealing From a Dwelling

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 2

Henry Gibson (55), and Richard Wood (41) were charged, on remand, at the Paddington Court yesterday, with stealing certain articles from the dwelling-house of…

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Assaulting a Chinaman. Three Men Charged

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 4

At the Parramatta Police Court to-day Thos. Whitman, Henry Charles Barnes, Francis Barker, and James miller Carmichael appeared on remand, charged…

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Shearers in Trouble. Alleged Assault and Robbery

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 6

COONAMBLE, January 4.-At the police court on Thursday the five shearers, John Lyons, Charles Lyons, George Tupper, Charles Tupper, and Eugene Tupper, were…

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Charge of Murder. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 5

The man Charles Bowman, who was shot in the groin by Jack Martin at Mareeba, near Cairns, died in the hospital on Wednesday night. Martin, who is a man of…

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Obstructing the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 2

At the North Sydney Court yesterday, before Mr. Fisher, S.M., Arthur Water- house was charged with obstructing the police when in the execution of their duty…

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