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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1897

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News by Cable. The Mountain Murders. The Extradition Proceedings. The Murder of Preston. Lee Weller's Goods. Further Statement by Butler

Evening News · Monday 15 February 1897 · page 6

LONDON, February 13.—Butler has been arraigned at San Francisco on a charge of having murdered Preston. The hearing of this charge will be proceeded with on…

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News by the Mail. a Russian Murder Trial. Be Make Able Delusions. the Pigmies in the Pamirs. "England" and "Great Britain." the Famine in India. Plague in Calcutta

Evening News · Monday 15 February 1897 · page 3

ALBANY (W.A.), Monday.—The following items are from the latest London files by the Orient R.M.S. Ormuz :A remarkable murder trial is proceeding at…

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Police Courts. Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 3

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Edwards. S.M., George Reynolds was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for assaulting Joseph Abrahams at the latter's house, 101 Kippax-street…

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Police Courts. Charges of Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 3

At the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., James M'ard (30), a laborer, for stealing a side of bacon, value 17s Gd, the property of John E. Ashwood, grocer, George-street West, was fined £2, with the…

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Paddington Police Court

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 5

At Paddington Court yesterday Ada Merrigan, a young woman of 25, was fined 40s, with an alternative of one month's imprisonment, for making use of indecent language in Oxford-street…

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Redfern Police Court

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 5

Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M. presided. Thomas Field, 18, laborer, was charged with having, on various dates, stolen in all five dozen fishing lines, valued at £3 4a 3d, the property of William Francis…

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Central Police Court

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 6

Mr. F. W. Edwards, S.M., presided. Elizabeth Clements, 57, was charged with using indecent language in Brisbane-street last night. The accused denied the charge, and said she was…

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Newtown Police Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 6

At the Newtown Police Court, today, before Mr. Johnson, Ada Grunsell, for being drunk and disorderly in King-street, Newtown, on February 14,…

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Glebe Police Court

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 5

Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., presided. Harriett Stuart, 31, and Caroline Jones, 36, were charged, on remand, with stealing from the shop of Grace Brothers, Broadway, Glebe. Both accused were in the boot department on the llth instant, and…

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Parramatta Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 7

At the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, William Keenzel, a German, was fined £5, or three months, for cruelty to a dog by cutting off one of its legs. Christopher Columbus Theobald was…

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North Sydney Police Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 6
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At this court this morning, before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., Henry Wilson, alias "Lord Harris," was charged with, begging alms in Walker-street on Saturday…

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Water Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 6

Mr. Isaacs, S.M., presided in the charge division. Charlotte O'Brien, a sexagenarian, was sentenced to six months' hard labor on a charge of vagrancy. James Ryan, a boy of 11 years, was charged under…

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Charge of Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 3

George Reynolds (27), a bootmaker, was charged at the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., with assaulting Joseph Abrahams, a tailor, residing at 101 Kippax-street. The assault, which was…

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Criminal Court. (Continued from yesterday's First Edition.) Assault and Robbery

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 5

William Breast Knight and George Fenton were arraigned ch an indictment charging them with having on February 6 assaulted Edward Moore and robbed him of a hat and a bottle of beer. Knight…

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Stealing Fruit. Parramatta

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 5

The Parramatta bench had an unusual task on Monday--the duty of dealing with ''pirates." At least, so the prosecuting officers of police described…

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Stealing From the Person

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 5

John Turner, who was tried yesterday on a charge of stealing from the person, was found guilty, and was remanded for sentence…

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A Court Clerk. Charged With Embezzlement. Halloran Committed for Trial

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 6

The hearing of the charge of embezzlement against William John Halloran at the Water Police Court to-day was continued, the following additional…

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Charge of Assault and Robbery

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 6

John Golding and George Collins, young men, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging them with having on January 24 assaulted Dennis Hall and robbed him of a watch, and chain. On the night of…

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Recent Murder Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Alexander Quin, charged with the murder of Eleanor Watson, at Albert Park, pleaded not guilty, and was put back for trial. William Myles Phillips, charged…

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