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Courts & crime, 1895

8,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Parramatta Police Court

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

At the Parramatta Police Court to-day. Thomas Edwards, on remand, was charged with having, in company with another, not in custody, robbed a…

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Newtown Police Court

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

William Foy, of the Camdenville Hotel, King-street, Newtown, was summoned for having kept the premises open for the sale of liquor at 11.45 on New Year'e Eve, and…

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Water Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 6

Mr. Smithers, D.S.M., presided at the Water Police Court this morning. Harry Lecaplain, seaman, was fined 20s or seven days for obscene language in…

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Central Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 6

Cyrus Pennington was brought up at the Central Police Court to-day before Captain Fisher, S.M., charged with fraudulently appropriating a quantity of fruit…

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A Gaol Murder. Bathurst Gaol Sensation. A Prisoner Killed. Attacked by Another Prisoner. A Blow From a Broom

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 6

BATHURST, January 7-Great sensation prevailed in our quiet gaol here on Saturday afternoon, by the fact that one prisoner had murdered…

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Assault and Robbery

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 6

John Cooper and William Maguire were charged at the Central Court on Saturday with having assaulted James Holden, and robbed him of a watch and chain, and…

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Murderous Assault in Bathurst Gaol. One Prisoner Kills Another. a Blow on the Head with a Broom

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

BATHURST, Saturday.--This afternoon, in the gaol yard, a prisoner named Charles Williams struck James O'Connor, another prisoner with a broom. O'Connor was…

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Alleged Theft of Door Mats

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 6

At the Paddington Court on Saturday, Sarah Taylor (29), charged with having four cocoa fibre doormats in her possession reasonably suspected of having been stolen,…

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Assault by Unionists. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

Yesterday at noon an assault was committed on the Upper Reserve by some miners, who are alleged to be pickets of tno Hctton Colliery, upon two men, John Nash and Alfred G. Smith,…

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At the Water. a Pickpocket Sentenced

The Australian Star · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

Thomas O'Shannessy, who very cheerfully owned up to the daring robbery in broad daylight of a purse from Miss May Montague, was given three months' hard labor…

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The Country. Peculiar Assault at Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A man named Henry Fowles, while silting on the grass on the Old Gaol-hill with a young woman last night, was struck a violent blow on the…

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The First Offenders Act. a Youth Sentenced

The Australian Star · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

A young man named James Buttel was arrested by Senior-constable Mannion, of the water police, in the Strand on Christmas Eve. For some time the officer watched…

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Alleged Concealment of Birth. Four Women Charged

The Australian Star · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 6

The case against the four women, Margaret Ryan, Alice Gregson, Mary Lee and May Vaughan, charged with having concealed the birth of a child was continued at…

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Northern Items. Cowardly Assault. A. Man's Skull Fractured

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, January 7.-An extraordinary assault was committed on Saturday on a man named Henry Fowles. He was sitting on the grass on the Old Gore…

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Murder in Kensington. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

Mr. Roginald T. Saunderson, nephew of Colonel Saunderson, M.P., has been committed for trial for the murder of a woman in Kensington under circumstances…

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Police Courts. Feaudulent Appropriation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 7

In the Central Police Court ou Saturday, before Mr. Giles, S.M., Michael Cooney, 37, a dealer, was charged with having fraudulently appropriated to his own use a number of peaches, value 33s, and…

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Terrible Assault. a Comedian in Trouble. London, January 4

The Australian Star · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 6

A well-known comic actor named Fasnacht was brought before the court to-day charged with having committed a murderous assault on his wife with a…

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Fatal Affray in a Gaol. (From Our Correspondent.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

A fatal affray occurred in the local gaol to-day, by which a prisoner named O'Connors was killed during a dispute with another prisoner named Williams, who struck him on the head with a…

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A Cowardly Crime. Murder in Bathurst Gaol. A Prisoner Kills Another. Felled to the Earth With a Murderous Blow--Confession of the Accused. BATHURST

The Australian Star · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

A great sensation was caused in town on Saturday night when it was stated a murder had taken place in Bathurst Gaol at 1.30 that…

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Police Courts. a Peach Transaction

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 6

Michael Cooney (37), described as a dealer was before Mr. Giles, S.M., at the Central Court, on Saturday, charged with having fraudulently appropriated to his own use a…

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