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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

7,686 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Assault and Robbery. Critical Condition of the Victim. Arrest of the Offenders

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 6

Another addition has been made to the already long list of victims of highway robbery, which, though now less frequent than a few years back, still occasionally occurs to menace life and…

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Divorce Court. Hitchins v. Hitchins

The Australian Star · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 7

In the Divorce Court, before Mr. Justice Simpson, on Friday, John M'Donald Hitchins sued for a divorce from Alfred James Petersen Hitchen's on the ground of adultery with…

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Divorce Court. a Policeman's Petition

Evening News · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 5

The hearing of the suit brought by Wiliam Wilson, I a police constable, for a dissolution of his marriage with Mary Wilson, formerly Washington, on the ground that she had, during three years and…

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Court-martial at Goulburn. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 5

As a result of the court-martial held recently with regard to a dispute on a matter of precedence between Lientenant Newman, commanding the local company of Volunteer Infantry, and Captain…

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Central Criminal COURT.—Monday. February 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 3

Charles Arthur Hudson, Marion Child, Eruily Martha Cook, and Arthur Barton Miles, manslaughter…

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Quarter Sessions and District Court. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Wade, Robert Bryson, for assaulting an old woman, was sentenced to 14 months' gaol, the sentence to be served at Goulburn. Henry Shepherd, for…

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Law Notices. Supreme COURT.—Monday, February 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 3

Term List.—Equity and Divorce Appeals.—At 11 a.m.; Tauro v. Tauro (Rizze co-reapondent.), divorce appeal; Huwkesworth v. Hawkesworth, divorce appeal, Irving v. Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Limited,…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Acting-Justice Rogers.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 7

Mr. J. C. Gannon, Crown prosecutor. THE DARLINGHURST SHOOTING CASE. DISAGREEMENT OF THE JURY. The Jury in the case of Margaret North, charged with in-…

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Court of REVIEW—Monday, February 21. (Before his Honor Judes Murray.) Appeals against Land Tax Assessments, No. 2 Court, at 10.15 a.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 3

Susan Bucknell. P. A. Jennings Kate Clements King and another, Cecilia M. M'Elhone, Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran, Maria Elizabeth Moseley, Wm. Moseley, George Osborne, James Partridge, John Patrick. Ann E…

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A Constable's Troubles. Petition in the Divorce Court. She Smoked a Clay Pipe

The Australian Star · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 5

The suit was resumed in the Divorce Court this morning in which William Wilson, a police constable, petitioned for divorce from Mary Wilson (formerly Washington),…

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The Dreyfus Case. Trial of M. Zola. Violent Scenes in Court. London, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 5

The trial of M. Emile Zola, the eminent novelist, for the charges made by him against General Billot and other high officers of the Ministry for War, in…

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New by Cable. [Copyright] the Dreyfus Case. Trial of Zola. Violent Scenes in Court. Major Esterhazy Refuses to Answer

Evening News · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 6

LONDON, February 19.-The trial of M. Emile Zola, the famous novelist, in connec­tion with the charges made by him against General Billot and other officers of the…

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The Dreyfus Case. Violent Scenes in Court. Generals Denounced by Counsel. Dramatic Speech by Major Esterhazy. Refusal to Answer Questions. Sympathies of the Mob. Grave Tumult Apprehended

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The trial of M. Zola was continued in Paris yesterday in connection with the charges made by him against General Pillet, the Minister for War, and…

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Law Report. Saturday, February 19. Centeal Criminal Court. (Before his Honor Mr. Acting Justice Rogers.) Mr. J. C. Gannon was Crown Prosecutor. the Trial of Margaret North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1898 · page 3

The trial ot Margaret North upon a charge of murdering Charles Michael Guest, which was commenced on Friday, was concluded on Saturday morning. Mr. W. P. Crick appeared for the…

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Alleged Assault

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 6

At the Newtown Police Court to-day Henry Mitchell, 22, on remand, was charged with unlawfully asasulting Ah Chong on the 5th inst. Evidence was given to the effect that…

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An Impudent Theft

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 5

An impudent theft was perpetrated yesterday at one of the baths in the vicinity of the Domain. While a bather named Mr. Hudson was disporting himself in the…

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Assault on a Chinaman

Evening News · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 8

At the Newtown Police Court, yesterday, Henry Mitchell, 22, a laborer, was charged with having assaulted a Chinaman named Kur Long. The case for the prosecution was that on February 5…

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Alleged Theft on a Vessel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 6

At the City Court to-day, bofore Mr. James Mair, S.M., a seaman, named Albert Carlson, belonging to the barque City of Adelaide, was charged with having stolen a £10-note, a duplicate bank draft for…

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Serious Assault on a Chinaman

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 7

At the Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Love, D.S.M., Henry Mitchell (22), laborer, was charged with having on the 5th inst. assaulted a Chinaman named Kum Long, it appeared from the evidence that…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 3

Cruelty.—At the Central Summons Court yesterday Mr. Smithers, S.M., fined William Tilley £1 and 5[?]6d costs for causing a horse which was lame and had sore shoulders to be worked. At the Water…

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