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Courts & crime, 1897

7,781 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250

Glebe Police Court

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 5

Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., presided. The remand case, in which James Davis was charged with having assaulted his wife Ethel, was concluded. The evidence for the defence went…

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Paddington Police Court

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 6

Stephen Tucker, a middle-aged man, was charged at Paddington Police Court to-day, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., with having no visible lawful means of support. He was convicted, and sentenced to…

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Nyngan Police Court

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 6

NYNGAN, Friday.—At the police court yesterday Edward Ryan was committed for trial on a charge of poisoning a horse with strychnine at Girilambone. William Burchett was also committed on charges of…

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Central Police Court Report

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 6

The report of the cases at the Central Police Court for the past year has been compiled by Mr. W. J. Camphin, and forwarded to the chamber magistrate, Mr. C. A. H. Bedgrave. There…

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North Sydney Police Court

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 6

At North Sydney Police Court to-day, before Mr. Delohery, S.M., Alfred E. Stepnen was fined £5, with an alternative of two months, for assaulting one Samuel Frew…

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Water Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 6

Mr. Isaacs, S.M., presided in the charge division. Robert White, 28. printer, was charged with refusing to pay 1s for liquor supplied at the New Zealand Hotel, William-street. Accused said he went…

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Central Police Court. To-day's Cases

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 6

Mr. Edwards, S.M., presided in the charge court Charles Day, 26, telegraph operator, was remanded until to-morrow on a charge of assaulting John Kirby. a tram conductor…

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A Fatal Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--William Matthews, an elderly man who was assaulted recently by two men whom he separated from lighting, died in the hospital last night…

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Assault in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 3

Walter Green (25), a dealer, was charged at the Balmain Court yesterday with unlawfully assaulting Michael Joyce, on the 2nd inst. Plaintiff deposed that ho was in the bar of the Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle Hotel,…

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Assault in a Bar-room

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 6

At the Balmain Police Court to-day Walter Green, 25, described as a dealer, was charged with unlawfully asaulting one Michael Joyce on the 2nd January…

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Alleged Horse-stealing by a Youth

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 3

At the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., George Davey (17) was charged, on remand, with stealing a chestnut marc, value £4, the property of John O'Hagan, residing in Sydney-street, Merrylands…

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A Peculiar Assault in the Domain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 5

A man named James Glyan was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night suffering from a burst eye-ball. He stated that whilst in the Domain he was struck with a piece of blue…

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The Forest Lodge Burglary. Another Man Arrested and Discharged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 7

The peculiar circumstances surrounding the late robbery at Captain Wood's residence, at Forest Lodge, were again before the Glebe Police Court yesterday, when John Wilson (27) was charged in connection therewith…

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Brutal Assault. Jumping on a Man's Face

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 5

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., William Fisher, 39. and Daniel Baker, 20, were charged with having assaulted a man named William Henry Riley, at…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery. the Accused Committed

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 5

At the Redfern Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., Percy Edward Andrews, 17, and Arthur Edward Nell, 16, were charged with…

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Alleged Assault with an Axe. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 6

Frank O'Brien has been committed for trial on a charge of wounding his wife with an axe…

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The Forest Lodge Burglary. an Extraordinary Case. Another Suspect Discharged

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 5

The man John Wilson, 27, who was arrested by Detectives Brown and Donovan on December 30 last on a charge of being concerned in the Forest Lodge-burglary, was before the Glebe Police Court…

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Balmain Police Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 3

The police returns for 1800 for the district of Balmain, which Includes Drummoyne, give the following summary:--The charge list numbered 338 cases, and the principal convictions were drunkenness, 72 males, 20…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 3

The Water Licensing Court yesterday granted a transfer of the license of the Warwick Castle Hotel, Mort and Darling streets, Balmain, from George Vincent to John Kelly…

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A Brutal Assault. Jumping on a Man's Face

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 3

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., William Fisher (39) and Daniel Baker (29) were charged with, in company, assaulting William Henry Riley, at…

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