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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

7,686 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

"Guilty, or Not Guilty." a Charge of Theft. Husband and Wife Convicted a Sad Case

Evening News · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 6

Cases are "heard" occasionally in the Sydney police courts in which the weight and seeming reliability of the evidence on either side is so evenly balanced as to make the task of the presiding…

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Law Notices. Supreme COURT.—Monday, February 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 7

Term List.—Motions generally: Special case—Dixon v. Rogers (part heard). Motion on notice: Denham and another v. Foley and another, for leave to file memorandum of new trial. Motions, &c.: Dubbo Refrigerating…

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DISTRICT COURT.—Monday, February 28. (Before the Registrar.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 7

Taxation of Costs.—Lucas v. M'Lean and another, 10.30 a.m. (Before his Honor Judge Murray, in Chambers, at 4 p.m.) Brown v. Blizzard, application for leave to issue execution…

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The Banker Bankrupt. an Ex-manager in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 14

In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before the Registrar, Mr. Arthur Henry, Cyprian Stanton, late manager of the City Bank, who was declared bankrupt on the petition of William Hessel…

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Court of REVIEW—Monday, February 28. (Before his Honor Judge Murray, in No. 2 Court, at 10.15 a.m.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 7

Appeals against Land Tax Assessment.—Isaac Peake, R. Rogers (part heard), Andrew Rowan; J. B. Rundle and others, trustees estate of late J. B. Rundle: E. P. Simpson, H. M. Makinson, Cardinal Moray…

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Court of Review. (Before Judge Murray.) Land Tax Assessments Appeals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 7

The appeal of the executors of the estate of the late Sir Patrick Jennings against the land tax assesment, which stood over part heard from a previous sitting, was concluded. The case was heard…

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London's Court of King Solomon. a Jewish Tribunal. Remarkable Proceedings

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 9

The Jews are the people who have observed legal rectitude with the greatest religious fervour (writes J. Malcolm Fraser in "Pearson's"). This, trait, moreover, has, despite…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. Arthur Henry.) Creditors' Petitions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 14
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The petitions of Mark Cooper Day against John KirkPatrick, and that of Holdsworth, Macpherson, and Co. against George Henry Wood, were adjourned to March 4th…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before his Honor Mr. Acting Justice Rogers.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 7

Mr. J. C. Gannon was Crown Prosecutor. MANSLAUGHTER. The trial of Charles Arlbur Hudson, Marion child, Emily Martha Cook, and Arthur Barton…

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Divorce Court. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Simpson.) THOMSON V. THOMSON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 7

This was a suit in which Marie Kenyon Thomson (formerly Berne) petitioned for a divorce from her husband, James Kelman Thomson, on the grounds of habitual drunkenness and cruelty. Dr. Coghlan…

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Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson.) a Wife's Charges

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 14

Marie Kenyon Thomson (formerly Berne) sued for a dissolution of her marriage with James Kelman Thomson on the grounds that within one year previous to the presentation of the petition, the respondent repeatedly…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Messrs. Oliver, president, Freeman, and Brandis, Commissioners.) Reserved Decisions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 7

In the appeal of J. A. M. Morris against the appraised value of improvements on settlement lease No. 95-3, Coonamble, the subject in dispute was the value of a dam across Nedgera Creek…

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Land Appeal Court. Before Messrs. Oliver (president), Freeman, and Brandis (commissioners). Reserved Decisions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 14

In the appeal of J. A. M. Morris against the appraised value of the improvements in his settlement lease 95-3, Coonamble, the President said that the subject in dispute was the value of a dam across Nedgern Creek, on…

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Probate Court. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) the Identity Case. Re Richard Bayes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 7

In this case, in which Mr. Shaw, of Shaw and Gould, made an application on behalf of Martha Bayes, or Parramatta, who claimed a share of the assets of the estate of Richard Bayes, as his widow,…

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Alleged Assault and Bobbery. Cyprian Stanton's Bankpuptey. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our late Editions of Yesterday.) the Ex-bank Manager. Examined by the Official Assignee

Evening News · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 5

TEMORA, Saturday.-Two strangers named Illingworth and Kohn were at the local police court yesterday committed for trial on a charge of assaulting and robbing ah old man named Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. Ar.thur Henry), on the 17th instant, Cyprian Stanton, of Post Office Chambers, Pitt-street, financial agent, who was declared bankrupt on the petition…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Acting Justice Rogers.) Mr. J. C. Gannon, Crown Prosecutor. Alleged Manslaughter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 14

The trial of Charles Arthur Hudson, Marion Child, Emily Martha Cook, and Arthur Barton Miles, for having illegally caused the death of Ada Alice Miles, entered upon its fifth day yesterday. Mr. H. A. Moss defended…

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Banco Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Stephen, and Mr. Justice Cohen.) a Special Land Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 14

The additional conditional purchase and conditional lease applications, Nos. 96.11 and 96.5, by James Nelson, and the settlement lease, No. 96.19, Gunnedah, by Richard Lumby, formed the subject of a special case stated…

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Law Report. Friday, February 25. Banco Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Stephen, and Mr. Justice Cohen.) a Settlement Lease

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 7

Sir Julian Salomons, Q.C., and Mr. Canaway, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, appeared for the Minister for Lands. The respeadent, James Nelson, was not represented. This was an appeal by the…

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The New Zealand Butler. Sentenced to Death

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 February 1898 · page 8

THE Silverstream murder trial concluded at Wellington (New Zealand), on Friday. Frank Philpott, alias Stanhope, was accused of murdering his mate Hawthorn last September…

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