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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1897

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Newtown Police Court

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 6

Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., presided. James Kerwin, 11, was charged with being a wanderer of the streets. The father stated that the boy was dishonest, and had been away from…

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Burglary at a Jewellers

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 6

The jewellery establishment of Mr. Horton, Market-street, was burgled last night, and trinkets which had been left in the window were appropriated. The…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 3

At the Liverpool Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. T. E. MacNevin P. M., Cornelius McDonald, a well known resident of Bankstown, was brought up on three charges…

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Stealing at Bankstown

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 6

No small share of local excitement was occasioned at Liverpool this weak by the prosecution,on three charges of cattle-etc[?]ling, of Mr. Chas McDonald, of Bankstown. The accused has long been regarded as…

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Water Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 6

Mr. Smithers, S.M., presided. James Richard Weeldon, 32, tinsmith, for refusing to pay 2s for liquor supplied to him at the City Wine Vaults, was ordered to be imprisoned for twenty-four…

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Central Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 6

Mr. C. Deloher, S.M., presided. George Mortimer, 16, was charged with stealing in company a cabbage, value 3d, the property of Lee Ho. It was stated that he took it in the…

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The Melbourne Murder. the Accused at the Police Court. More Bloodstained Clothing Found. Phillips' Revolver Recovered

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The youth William Myles Phillips appeared at the City Court to-day charged with the murder of William Brady. He is a mere boy in appearance, and his composure is…

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Stealing From the Person

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 6

At the Paramatta Police Court on Saturday last Charles Barton appeared in the dock under arrest on the above [?]onious charge. Accused was an elderly, crabbed, and weather-beaten…

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Melbourne Murder

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 5

With young "women. Mr. Cooper states that Mr. Brady thought a great deal of young Phillips, and entrusted to him much of the getting evidence in his divorce case. Mr. Brady was a…

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Melbourne Murder

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 5

a good grip of the work, and yes becoming a valuable employee when he began to grow careless in the discharge of his duties. He was [?] several tunes by Mr. Cooper, but he took…

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Alleged False Pretences and Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 14

Frederick Allsop, alias Burns, on remand, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., with obtaining a cheque for £1 1s on the Union Batik from John Olsen, licensee of the Harbor…

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Charge of Assault. The Case Dismissed

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 3

James Maher, a labourer, was, at the Central yesterday, charged with assaulting Constable William Taylor, of No. 2 Station, while in the execution of his duty…

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Supposed Illegal Operation,. a Woman Charged

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 6

At the Newtown Police Court to-day, before Mr. Whittingdale Johnson. S.M., Charlotte Pender, 35, a married woman, was charged with having performed an illegal operation on a woman named…

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Triple Murder by a Butcher

The Australian Workman · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 1

The sleepy old town of Dijon was the scene of a trial for murder which for cold-bloodedness and careful premeditation is certainly one of the…

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Licensing Court

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 11

A booth license was granted to W. Hughes for the annul German picnic at Fern Bay. A renewal of a colonial wine licence was granted to Elizabeth Smith, of Berowra…

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Friday's Court

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 6

The Police Court on Friday wu attended by Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M.. and Messrs. D. D. Henderson, Windsor and Beames, A detention case, in which Mrs. Scott summoned Mrs…

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Wednesday's Court

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 6

On Wednesday, the 18th inst., there were four cases set down for adjudication of the Which three were summonses and fourth was a lady who appeared in the dock to claim the…

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[?] Police Court. Friday Afternoon, Dec. 8Th. (Before Mr. J. k. Cleeve, P.M.)

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 3

Thomas Walsh, alias Thomas Doyle, was charged with obtaining goods to the value of 2s 8d, from Charles Davis, storekeeper, Riverstone, on the 6th inst., by means of…

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A Peculiar Assault Case. Trouble at George's River

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 14

A case with some rather peculiar surroundings was heard at the Newtown Police Court yesterday. Alfred Shute, the Government puntman at George's River, charged George Francis Cox, the elder, a resident near…

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Police Courts. Recognisances Forfeited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 7

John William Harrigold, 18, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., with that, having on 12th October, 1895, entered into a recognisance under the First…

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