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Courts & crime, 1896

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Murder at Coolgardie. [By Telegraph.] (Fbom Our Correspondent.) Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 5

Last Frillly morning im Afghan shot Tagh Mahomet dead while at prayers at the Afghan camp. Tagh Mahomet was a member of the firm of Messrs. Faiz and Tagh Mahomet, the pioneer camel men of…

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Murder in a West Australian Mosque. an Afghan Merchant Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 5

COOLGARDIE, Wednesday.--Tagh Mahomet, a well-known member of the firm .of Falz and Tagh Mahomet, merchants and camel owners, was shot dead In a small…

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Police Courts. the Alleged Uttering of Forged Ferry Tickets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 3

Arthur Deacon, on remand, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday with uttering forged ferry tickets to the North Shore Ferry Company with intent to defraud, Mr. Ra[?]ston…

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Alleged Frauds. On Wholesale Drapers. Firms Victimised. The Accused, Geo Henry Preston, Remanded Till Wednesday-- Before the Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 5

A stylishly-dressed young man named George Henry Preston, draper, was before Captain Fisher, S.M., at the Central this morning on a charge of getting£25 13s…

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Police Courts. Alleged Burglary at Hunter's- Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 3

A charge of burglariously entering Toronto, Hunter's-hill, the residence of Hugh M'Ardle, and stealing therein a gold watch and chain and pendant, a number of other articles, and…

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Newtown Police Court

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 5

Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., presided. Frederick Bernard, 27, cook and steward, Samuel, Gray, 21, bookbinder, and George Skidmore, 29, laborer, charged with having a quantity of…

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Paddington Police Court

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 3
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James Fergusson appeared before the Paddington bench yesterday charged with breaking into the dwelling house of William Tilley, Dawson-street, Woollahra, and…

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The Nowra Show Ground. Another Chained Boy. a Father Charged with Assault. a Magistrate on Morbid Sympathy

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 3

Yesterday a deputation from the Nowra Agricultural Association waited upon Mr. Carruthers, Minister for Lands, with reference to their show ground, ahout which At the Redfern Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Johnson, S.M., a cabman named James Darwin (42), was charged with assaulting his son, Robert Darwin, a boy of…

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Central Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

Captain Fisher, S.M., presided at the charge court. James Fitzgibbon was fined 40s or one month for using obscene language in George-street…

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Water Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

Mr. Delohery, S.M., presided in tie charge court-Augustus Pickering, 29, cook, charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm upon one John Edward Parnell, was remanded for a week, on the application…

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Stealing a Scarf Pin

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 7

Before Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., to-day at the Redfern court James Quarterman, 30, appeared charged with stealing a gold scarf pin of the value of £1, the…

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Theft of a Scarfpin

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 3

James Quarterman (30) and Bertie Jarvis (14) were charged at the Renferd Court yesterday, before Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., with stealing a gold scarfpin of the value of £1…

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Alleged Theft of a Lawn Mower

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 3

At the Newtown Court yesterday Thomas William Gaul (26) was brought up on a warrant. charging him with the fraudulent appropriation of a lawn mowing machine, valued…

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Police Returns. North Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 3

The following annual returns, prepared by the clerk of petty sessions (Mr. Arthur Blix), shows the business transacted at the North Sydney Police Court up to the end of 1895:--…

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Tragedy Near Forces. Verdict of Wilful Murder

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

FORBES, Friday. — On Wednesday coroner held an inquest concerning the death of Edward George Elms, who was shot at Nanima, and the jury found a…

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The Murder of an Afghan. Perth

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 5

The police at Coolgardie have arrested a second Afghan in connection with the murder of Tagh Mahomet, who was shot dead whilst at prayers by a…

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Providing the Police with Bicycles

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--There is a probability of a large number of the police in the suburban districts being mounted on bicycles. A few men have been supplied…

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Our Special Cables. Embezzlement From a Bank. a Manager Sentenced to Penal Servitude

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--At the Central Criminal Court to-day Edward Purkess, manager of the Woodford Green, branch of the London Joint…

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A Defaulting Banker. Embezzled £18,000. Purkess Sentenced to Five Years. London, January 15

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1896 · page 6

Purkess, the defaulting London banker, who confessed that he had embezzled £18,000, was brought up to-day at the Criminal Court…

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