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Courts & crime, 1896

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Glebe Court. Charge of Assault

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 2

Arthur Smith, 41 years of age, was brought up at the Glebe Police Court yesterday on a charge of unlawfully assaulting Thomas Giles at Leichhardt on…

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Newtown Police Court

Evening News · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., presided. Charles Smith, 27, carter, on a charge of disobeying a summons for using indecent language in Cambrian-street, Erskineville, on December…

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North Sydney Police Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 8

Theodore Juncker, a boy of 14, was charged at the North Sydney police court yesterday with stealing 7s worth of postage stamps, the property of Robert…

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A Year's Police Court Work

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 7

The cases disposed of at the Water Police Court during the past year numbered 13,265. Compared with 1894 this total shows an increase of 585 criminal cases and…

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Albury Items. Police Court Matters

Evening News · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

ALBURY, Tuesday.—A Chinaman named Ah Why was arrested this morning on entering the colony from Victoria on a charge of trying to evade the poll tax. The accused was at the man named Francis Cooper, on a charge of robbing a till at the Rose Hotel. Cooper has been in Albury for some days with a companion. They represented themselves as Coolgardie miners…

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Water Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 6

Mr. Giles, S.M., presided at the Water Police Court to-day. diaries Harding, a youth of 15, baker by occupation, charged with forging' a cheque at…

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Amusements. Lyceum—"the Magistrate."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 6

Pinero's clever farcical comedy, "The Magistrate," a piece associated with the names of Anson and Maltby, as well as with later casts by the BroughBoucicault Comedy Company, was revived at the…

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The Courts. Central Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 6

Mr. W. Johnson presided at the charge court. John Keogh was charged with stealing a purse containing £13. It is alleged that several newsboys, including accused…

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Amusements. "The Magistrate" at the Lyceum

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 3

The swift series of short revivals with which the Brough-Bouclcault Company are employing the holiday week brought "The Magistrate" to town last night, and enabled the company to…

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Darlinghurst Gaol. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

Evening News · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 2

Sir,—The nom de plume of "Third Class Warder," which forms the signature of a letter in your issue of the 27th instant, is to transparent to conceal an individual attired in a more…

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Stage, Song and Show. Highland Society's Concert. "The Magistrate " at the Lyceum

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 8

The Highland Society's annual concert will take place in the Town Hall this evening under the patronage and in the presence of his Excellency the Governor…

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Police Courts. Hyde Park Thieves Dealt With

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 7

At the Central Court yesterday several men, who were known to the police, and who were arrested by constables in Hyde Park, were put forward on charges of frequenting the…

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Serious Assault Upon a Constable. His Bravery Recognised by the "Push." Two Men Arrested

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 3

Last night Constable Malone, well-known among football circles, was assaulted in a most brutal manner by two men in Bathurst-street. From Malone's statement, it appears that…

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Law Report. Metropolitan District Court. Tuesday, December 31. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Murray.) Kie V. PHILLIPS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 7

Mr. Whitfeld, instructed by Mr. W. L. Thompson, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Gannon, instructed by Mr. L. Levey, for the defendant. This was an action brought by Henry Kie, coachman,…

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Dubbo News. a Cricketer Promoted. A Successful Operation. Sudden Death at a Station-- Charge of Stealing. DUBBO

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 2

Mr. Percy Kable has been promoted to the charge of Ourimbah public school, Hawkesbury River. For the past five years Mr. Kable has been first assistant at the…

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A Bathurst-street Row. Accused Before the Court

Evening News · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 6

Two men named Sidney M'Govern and Wm. Morris or Brown were charged at the Central Police Court to-day with assaulting Constable Malone. Morris and Malone appeared in court…

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The Supreme Court Bench. Retirement of Mr. Justice Windeyer. Granted Six Months' Leave

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

Mr. Justice Windeyer, upon whom the overwork and strain incident to a seat on the Supreme Court Bench has told somewhat considerably of late years, has…

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In the Scaffold's Shadow. Sheridan Awaits His Room. In the Condemned Cell. Father Carey's Ministrations-- Sheridan's Attention-- His Hope for a Reprieve-- Howard Visits the Gaol

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

Thomas Meredith Sheridan, now lying under sentence of death for the murder of Jessie Amelia Nicholls on September 1 last, will be executed within the gaol walls on…

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Our Special Cables. the Situation in Turkey. Further Atrocities. Murder of Armenian Priests. Attitude of the English Press. the Sultan and the Czar

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--Details are being received of the perpetration of further horrors by the Turks in Asia Minor…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Turkey and Armenia. Further Horrors in Anatolia. Reported Murder of Priests. the Powers and Turkey. London, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

Details are to hand of continued horrors in Anatolia, where 12 priests are reported to have been murdered for refusing to renounce their religion…

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