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Courts & crime, 1897

7,781 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 5

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held at noon to-day. Messrs. Delohery (chairman) and Isaacs, S.Ms. and Mr. Penny, L.M., occupied the bench. The following…

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The Cretan Police London, January 24

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 5

The European commission, recently Appointed to deal with the matter of reorganising the police force in Crete, and of introducing other reforms, has…

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Murder at the Solomon Islands. the Master of a Vessel Killed. His Body Decapitated. a Vessel Looted and Fired

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 7

When the Titus reached Hubiana she heard of a dreadful murder which had just taken place at Rendova. She is one of the steamers that trade between Sydney and the Islands for Messrs. Burns,…

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Mountain Murder. The Black Range Tragedy. Funeral of the Victim. Butler's Association With Burgess. Further Discoveries. A Rug Identified

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 6

PARKES, Monday.—The funeral of the murdered man Burgess took place on Sunday morning. About thirty people followed the funeral to the Church of England Cemetery, including…

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A German Charged with Attempted Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A German named Henrich Schmidt was remanded at the Footscray Court to-day on a charge of attempting to murder Fritz Reis. Both are seamen on board…

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Redfern Police Court

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 4

Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., presided. Mary Cook, 63, for having created a disturbance by fighting in Cooper-street, Waterloo, was fined 20s or fourteen days' gaol…

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Burglary at Cobar

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 3

COBAR, Tuesday.—The iron safe at the railway station was broken into on Sunday night, and about £18 stolen. The safe was carried into the bush for about a quarter of a mile and there burst open, it is…

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Central Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 4

Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., presided and dealt with a small list of cases. Walter Ayman, 16, was fined 5s or six hours' cells for throwing stones in Pyrmont-street…

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Water Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 4

Mr. Edwards, S.M., presided. Aileen Hill, 40, boardinghouse—keeper, pleaded guilty to a charge of selling liquor at 260 Liverpool-street, on the 25th instant, without holding a licence…

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Police Courts. Thefts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 3

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., Elizabeth Taylor, 24, alias Clara M'Donald, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for stealing a key valued at 1s, belonging to…

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Redfern Police Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 4

The return of business transacted by Mr. W. Carson, clerk of petty sessions, at the Redfern Police Court during the year ended December. 31 is as follow:--Arrests, exclusive of those…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 3

Messrs. C. Delchery and F.S. Isaacs, S.M.'s., and F. Penny, L.M., occupied the bench at the meeting of the Licensing Court, at the Central Police Court…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Central Licensing Court weekly meeting was held yesterday. Messrs. Delobory and Isaacs, S.Ms., and Penny, L.M., presided. The following publicans' linceses were transferred:—Royal Standard…

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Police Courts. Tempted to Steal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

William Murray, 30, a laborer, was, at the Newtown Court yesterday, sentenced to 14 days' hard labor for Stealing two pairs of trousers, valued at 9s 10d, the property of Samuel Boyers, at Marriekville, on the 23rd…

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Murder at Adelaide. a Fearful Crime. ADELAIDE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 6

A terrible murder took place at an early hour this morning at the Semaphore, the victim being John King, a clerk in the Railway Department, and…

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Stockton Disaster The Court of Inquiry

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 3

The preliminary meeting of the Court of Inquiry appointed by the Minister under the Coal Minos Regulation Act to inquire into the recent accident at…

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The Oceana Gold Robbery. Arrival of the Vessel at Adelaide the Work of the Detectives. the Theft Still a Mystry

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.—The R.M.S. Oceana arrived at the Semaphore about 7 o'clock this morning. Detective Segerlind, who boards all vessels arriving at the Semaphore, was amongst the first…

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The Butler Case. the Police Collecting Evidence. Butler's Movements in the District. Representing a Sydney Syndicate

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 5

PARKES, Monday.--Among the exhibits at the resumption of the inquest into the cause of Burgess's death will be the gold-stopped tooth, about which so much has been heard…

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Stabbing at Foots-cray. On a Soman Ship. A Sailor Terribly Gashed. End of a Midnight Quarrel-Charge, of Attempted Murder. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

A terrible stabbing pase occurred at Footscray at midnight, on Saturday, and a sailor named Henrich Schmidt appeared at the local court this…

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