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Courts & crime, 1897

7,781 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Theft of a Bicycle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 7

At the Water Police Charge Court yesterday, before Mr. Love, D.S.M., James M'Donald (38), a fireman, was charged with stealing a bicycle, value £15, the property of Henere de Maka, a farmer, at present staying at the…

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Murderous Assault by a Chinaman

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 6

TINGHA, Monday.--On Sunday night a Chinaman named Ah Cut entered an opium den at Chinatown, where two other Chinamen, named Ah Choy and Tin Kong were lying on a bunk,…

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Melbourne Murder Trials

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The trial of Alexander Quin. charged with the murder of Margaret Watson at Albert Park, is fixed for to-morrow. The trial of William Phillips', charged with the…

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Charge of Assault with Intent

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 6

Two men Henry James and John Summers pleaded not guilty before Judge Docker, at the Sessions, this morning, to a charge of having…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Registrar dealt with several matters in the Bankruptcy Court to-day. HEARING OF CREDITORS' PETITIONS…

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A Consul Charged. The Case Against Captain Amora

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 5

Captain Joseph Horacio Amora, Consul for Chili, Nicaragua and other States, against whom a charge of misappropriation was recently preferred, was placed…

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The Marash Murder. London, February 21

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 6

Colonel Mazhar Bey, who r was recently acquitted by the military court at Marash on a charge of being answerable for the murder of. an Italian…

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Central Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star, The Sydney Morning Herald

At the weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court yesterday renewals of publicans' licenses were granted as follows:--Alice Moffatt, Frankfort Park Hotel, King-street, Newtown; Robert Bunting, The Beehive. Raglan…

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Central Criminal Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Simpson, Nellie Baxter and her 13-year-old daughter Mary, also Marr Prenterville and her little daughter Jane, were…

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Police Courts. a Printer's Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 7

At the North Sydney Court yesterday, W. M. Maclardy proceeded against R. H. Lawrence for the recovery of the sum of £9 11s 8d as payment for delivery of a certain number of circulars and letter-heads, with advertisement…

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A Water Police Launch Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 6

A matter which demands attention is the need of a steam launch for the use of the water police. The duties of this useful body of public servants are at times extremely arduous, and this is…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestration

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 5

William Richard Wooderson, of Stewart's Brook, near Scone, gold minor. Mr. Lloyd, official assignee…

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Murder of a Priest. Colonel Mazhar Bey Degraded. London, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 5

Colonel Mazhar Boy, who was lately acquitted at Marash, Asiatic Turkey, on a charge of being responsible for the murder of Father Salvatoro, an…

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Hotel Row. Some Conflicting Evidence. Charge of Stealing Property. (Preferred Against a Lodger--The Accused Discharged

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 8

In the charge division of the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon Mary Ann Clarke appeared before Mr. Delohery, S.M., charged with stealing 16 glasses,…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court.—tuesday, February 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 3

In Equity.—Before his Honor Justice A. H. Simpson.—At 10 a.m.; Broken Hill Block No. 5 Company and Companies Act, summons for call; re Arthur T. Kerle and Co., Limited, and Companies Act, motion for leave to…

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Accident to the Liddesdale. Court of Marine Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 5

Melbourne, Monday.--The court of marine inquiry to-day investigated the causes of the striking of the steamer Liddesdale upon a reef in the vicinity of Montilivit Islands, on the West…

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The Burwood Police. Charges of Misconduct and Drunkenness. the Cases Dismissed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 3

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., Sub-inspector W. R. Elliott, inspector in charge of the No. 5 police district, proceeded against Senior-constable Michael Farrell and First-class…

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