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Courts & crime, 1896

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Police Courts. Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 3

The two men who were arrested last night in connection with a row in Bathurst-stroot, in the course of which Constable Malona was severely maltreated, appeared at the Central…

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Redfern Police Court

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 5

Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., presided. Annie Carson, 39, on a charge of vagrancy, was sentenced to one month's imprisement. Barcilia Archie, 28, was brought up on remand…

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A Year's Police Court Work

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 6

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 580 criminal cases and…

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Water Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 6

Mr. Giles, S.M.. presided. J. M'Conkey, or Alex. M'Conkey, charged with stealing a suit of clothes, the property of Thos. Dickson Reid, was remanded till Tuesday…

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Central Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 6

Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., presided at the charge court. John Aldiss was remanded on a charge of having a lady's velvet skirt and a lady's vest, both…

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The Cunningham Murder. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 5

The Cabinet has decided not to interfere with the course of justice in the case of Charles Henry Strange, who was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of his mate, Frederick Dowsee, at…

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The Cunninghame Murder. Strange to Be Hanged

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 3

MELBOURNE. Thursday.—In the case of the man Charles Henry Strange, who is now lying under sentence of death for the murder of his mate, Fred. Douse, at Cunninghame, Gippsland…

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The Courts. District Court

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 6

Judge Murray to-day delivered his reserved judgment in the District Court action brought by Henry Vernon and John Maitland, of Redfern, builders, against Michael Ronan, of 49…

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The Courts. The Bathurst-street Row. Accused Sentenced to Six Months Each

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 5

The perpetrators of the assault on Constable Malone in Bathurst-street on Tuesday night were dealt with at the Central Police Court to-day. The constable…

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Police Courts. the Ramsay's Bush Shooting Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 2

At the Glebe Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., Henry Murray, 58, again appeared on remand chared with having shot at and wounded Charles Eagar with intent to murder him…

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Glebe Police Con Mr. Delohery. S.M., presided

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 5

Arthur Smith, charged with assaulting Thomas Johnson at Leichhardt, was fined 20s, with 7s costs of court and 21s professional costs, with the alternative of two months' imprisonment. On a…

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The Push and the Police. How They Saw It In

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 3

Within a few minutes of 1896 on Tuesday Constable Malone was presented with a souvenir of the dying year by a man who tapped him lightly on the head with…

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Boxing Contest. Goddard v. Ryan. Fight at Johannesburg. Two Thousand Persons Present -- The Boxers Fight in Anger-- Police Interference

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 3

Joe Goddard and Tut Ryan, the two Australian boxers, mot in the Amphitheatre, Johannesburg, on Saturday, November 23. There was a crowd of 2000 spectators…

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Police Courts. a Criminal Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 3

Timothy Sheehan (29), a laborer, was, at the Central Court yesterday, committed for trial to the next Quarter Sessions on a charge of assaulting a girl under the age of 14 years…

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Liverpool Police Court

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

At the local police court, Liverpool, yesterday, before Mr. Edwards, P.M., a case of unusual character came forward, when Mr. W. Pearce was charged with assaulting a married woman named…

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Newtown Police Court

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., presided. Samuel Coolmingal, 32, charged with having stolen two sheets, the property of Albert Lawrence, was sentenced to one month's…

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Redfern Police Court

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 6

At the Redfern Police Court to-day Elizabeth Elliott, whose language in Walker-street last night was of a very sultry brand, was fined £3, with the option…

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Central Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 4

Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., presided at the Charge Court. Henry Lavender, 21, was fined 20s or seven days for using indecent language in Crown-street…

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

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 4

Charles Chapman, 19, charged with having a syphon bottle of aerated soda water in his possession suspected of having been stolen, failed to give a satisfactory account of how he became…

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The Assault on a Constable

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 3

Sydney M'Govern. who in company with others, as already reported in this paper, seriously assaulted Constable Malone while he was on duty in Bathurst-street on New Year's eve…

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