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Courts & crime, 1895

8,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Law Report. Supreme Court.—monday, February 4. In Bankruptcy.—(Before the Registrar.) Creditors' Petitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1895 · page 6

Australian Brewing Company v. Robert William Graham. This matter having been settled, the petition was withdrawn, subject to the filing of the usual a[?]idavit…

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Mr. M'court at Bowral. Public Expression of Sympathy. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1895 · page 5

On arriving at the railway station from Sydney on Saturday, Mr. M'Court, Chairman of Committees and member for Bowral, was met by a number of residents representative of all classes of…

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Confidence Men. " The Wealthy Man From Fiji," " The Queensland Sqatter." A Sentence of Three Months--Bogus Notes and Drafts--Deputation of Confidence Men Interview the Police

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 February 1895 · page 5

The latest novelty in connection with deputations was made known this morning. It was not a Ministerial deputation; but was one from the confidence fraternity…

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Police Courts. Water Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

James Robert Glynn, laborer, was charged with using indecent language in Sussex-street, and fined &2, in default one month…

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Alleged Assault

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

Leo Donohue, 14, residing at 16 Hugostreet, Redfern, was treated at Prince Alfred Hospital to-day for a fracture of the bridge of the nose. Yesterday…

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Central Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., presided at the Central Police Court to-day. Thomas Grant and Annie Grant, a married couple, who had a domestic difference…

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Died in Gaol

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day in Parramatta gaol on the body of a prisoner named Edward Claremont, otherwise James Doyle, who was undergoing a…

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Burglary at Redfern. a Safe Stolen

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

Some time between the hours of 8 and 10 o'clock last night a shop, occupied by Chas. Roberts, at No. 265 Cleveland-street, Redfern, was burglariously entered during…

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Electric Lighting in a Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 4

The electric light has just been installed in the Berrima gaol. The engine is 16 actual horse-power, with 145 revolutions, and drives an Excelsior patent dynamo at 800…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Three Persons Committed

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

ORANGE, February 6.-William Bell, charged with stealing 650 sheep from Wambiana Station, and William T. Millgate and James Ivers, charged with…

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A Pawned Album. The Accused Sentenced

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

James Hynes, 38, who was yesterday found guilty of illegally pawning an album with intent to defraud, and who greatly amused the court by his peculiar notions on…

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Waiting for a Magistrate. a Bad Start

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

Persons concerned in the hearing of a charge of larceny at the Water Police Court this afternoon were kept waiting nearly an hour and a half for Mr…

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The Cootamundra Murder £125 REWARD

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

The Government has offered a reward of £25 for information that will establish the identity of the man whose mutilated and decomposed body was found in a…

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Central Police Cases

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

Bessie Steele, or Edwards, a well-known had character found pandering in Pitt-street and behaving in a riotous manner, was sent to gaol for three months' hard…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 6

Their Worships Messrs. Giles and Smithers, S.M.'s, and Penny, L.M., presided at to-day's meeting of the Water Police Licensing Court…

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District Court.—tuesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 8

The sittings were continued before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge. All the cases dealt with were unimportant, and for amounts under £10. MUNICIPAL ASSESSMENTS…

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The Paddington Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 3

At the Paddington Court yesterday, before Captain Fisher, S.M., William Johnson (25) and Andrew Newell (27) were charged with being suspected persons found frequenting…

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A Constable Charged. Alleged Undue Violence. the Summerfield Arrest

Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

In the summons division of the Central Police Court to-day, before Mr. Edwards, SM., George ML Summerfield. tailor, appeared to answer a charge of being…

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Alleged Contempt of Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. Joseph Symes, publisher of the "Liberator," appeared before the Chief Justice to-day to show cause why he should not be…

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Police Courts. the Alleged Fraudulent Cheques

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 8

In the Central Police Court yesterday before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., Frederick B. Wileox, a stylishly-dressed young man, was charged with having attempted to obtain from James Dompster…

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