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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

7,686 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Police Preferment. Hope Deferred Maketh the Heart Sick

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1898 · page 5

'TIS an old saying that 'Kissing goes by favor' and many a good policeman of No. 1 Division is seriously thinking that favor must be a good thing indeed, too good for…

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Mr Wanders, J.P. in Court. a Fireworks Fizzle. Suing for Wages

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1898 · page 5

THE 'Christmas Gala' Charity Show, of which the notorious Albert Staines Manders, J.P. (Justice of the Peace) was manager, and which by costly advertising was fired up…

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Assault on a Publican

The Australian Star · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 5

Timothy Carroll, a vandriver, who went into the Brewery Hotel, Oxford-street, and got a drink, for which he refused to pay, and then assaulted the landlord, was at the Water Police…

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Burglary at a Post-office. Robertson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 5

Quite a sensation was caused this morning when it became known that the local post office had been broken into last night by thieves and a sum of about £18 in money and stamps had been stolen. The…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 6

Keeping Pigs Without a License.—At the Newtown Police Court on Saturday Mr. Love, D.S.M., delivered judgment in the postponed case, Borough of Strathfield against Isaac Creasey, in which the…

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Police Courts. PlG-KEEPING a Noxious Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 7

At the Newtown Court on Saturday, Mr. M. S. Love, D.S.M., gave his reserved decision in the case of the municipality of Strathfield against Isaac Creasy for carrying on a noxious trade without a license. The case was…

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Port Adelaide Murder Man Arrested on Suspicion On Arrival at Newcastle. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 5

The barque McNear, from Adelaide, on arrival here this morning, was boarded by Senior-sergeant M'Vane and Water Police-constables Harrison, Kemp and Scott, who…

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Supposed Boating Disaster Off Cabbage Tree Point. Inquiries of the Police

The Australian Star · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 5

Intelligence was brought to the Manly police on Sunday night of the supposed foundering of a boat while passing Cabbage Tree Point. The information was furnished by a…

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News by Mail. the Kiel Banquet. Prince Henry's Speech. the Turco-greek War. Strange Story From "Truth." the Murder of Mr. Terriss

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 5

ALBANY, Monday.-The following items are from the latest London files by the Orient line steamer Lusitania: During audiences with Count Zichy the Emperor…

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Newcastle Police Court

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-The business at the police court was delayed for nearly an hour yesterday owing to. Mr, Scott, who is acting S.M., in the absence of Mr. Mair, having gone to the…

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Parramatta Police Court

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 7

A "push" disturbance took place at a very late hour on Saturday night in George-street, Parramattam, when a crowd of youths indulged in a free fight. Stones end sticks were used, and the…

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Burglary at Five Dock

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 6

Between midnight on Friday find 6 a.m. on Saturday a burglary took place at St. Alban's (Church of England) rectory, Five Dock. Entry was effected through the study window, which had been left partially open…

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Post-office Burglary. Robertson

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 7

The local post-office was entered early on Saturday morning mid £18 in money and stamps stolen. The police are making investigations…

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Charge of Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 3

At the Central Court yesterday, before. Mr. Edwards, S.M., Robert Walsh (80) was charged with assaulting a young man named. William Frederick Hill. The evidence was to the effect that on Saturday evening Hill…

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A Serious Assault

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 7

John Farrington, laborer was charged at the Water Police Court Yesterday with inflicting grievous bodily harm on William Pringle. It appeared the prosecutor went into the Brewery Hotel, in…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 6

Alleged Indecent Conduct.—At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. F. W. Edwards, S.M., Andrew B[?]han (30), a farmer, and Patrick Joseph Duggan, a painter, were committed for trial at the…

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Struck with a Glass. a Serious Assault

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 6

At the Water Police Court today John Farrington was charged with assaulting William Pringle. It transpired that the parties were at the Brewery Hotel. Oxford-street,…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., presided at the meeting of the Central Licensing Court yesterday, the other magistrates on the bench being Mr. F. W. Edwards, S.M., and Mr. P. Penny, L.M. Transfers…

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The City Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 5

At the city court to-day before Mr. G. F. Scott, D.S.M., a man named John Wallace was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour on a charge of having stolen from the person of Thomas…

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