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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1899

7,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Police and Detective Investigations. the Methods of Procedure. European and English Systems. (By Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 5

At the present juncture, when an awful crime that has cast a gloom over the whole community baffles all police investigation, the question naturally arises in the public mind whether the methods of procedure…

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Law Report. Tuesday, January 10. Court of Review. (Before Judga Murray.) Re Elizabeth Macarthur Onslow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 5

Mr. Robert Smith (of Messrs. Norton, Smith, and Co.) appeared for the appellant, Elizabeth Macarthur Onslow, in support of the appeal against the assessment of the Commissioners in regard to…

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Queensland Horrors. the Gatton Outrage. Latest Police Movements. Offers From Astrologers. Amateur Detectives. Interview with Mr, Hoolan, M.l.a

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 5

GATTON (Q.), Wednesday Afternoon.—As instancing the hardships of the police campaign, it may be mentioned that a very popular officer, who takes the field in all the glory of a monocle,…

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The Dreyfus Case. the Decision of the Court. Favorable to Dreyfus. Irregularities in the Inquiry. a Protest Preparing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--M. de Beaurepaire, who has resigned the position of President of the Civil Chamber of the French Court of Cassation, complains…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Dreyfus Case. the Alleged Confession0 the Court of Cassation. "The Greatest of All the Scandals."

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 6

LONDON, January 10.—A Reuter's telegram states that Captain Dreyfus denies having made a confession of his guilt to Captain Lebrun Renault at the time of his…

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Water Police Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the Water Police division of the Metropolitan Licensing Court was held yesterday. There were on the bench Messrs. Delohery (chairman). Edwards, Smithers, Wilshire, S.Ms., and…

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Suspects Sentenced

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 5

William Randall, 29, dealer, pleaded guilty at the Central Police Court this morning to a charge of being a suspected person frequenting a right of-way off Pitti-street, open the public, with…

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A Suspect Sentenced

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 6

Frederick Wright, a young man, was before the Water Police Court this morning charged with being a suspected person found frequenting the corner of King and Elizabeth…

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Burglary at Brush's. Two Men Committed

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 7

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., George Angus, 29, fireman, and James Campbell, 31, laborer, were charged that they did in company break and enter the…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 5

A young woman named Mary Gleeson or Stevens, 23, appeared before Mr. Edwards, S.M., at the .Water Police Court to-day, charged, on remand, with, having, in company, assaulted and…

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Scene in a Police Court. a Solicitor Imprisoned. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 5

At the [?] police Court this afternoon, the [?] M.L.C., solicitor, at the [?] of a case in which a verdict was guiven [?] the defendant, his client,…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3

Disturbance at a Coffee Stall.—Michael King, 29, Charles Donovan, 29, and Pater Murphy. 24, were charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with maliciously injuring a canvas curtain, the property…

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Death of a Prisoner. In Darlinghurst Gaol

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 6

The City Coroner this morning held an inquiry concerning the death of Frederick Osgood, who died in the Darlinghurst Gaol Hospital yesterday. The deceased was 34 years…

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Alleged Assault in Quaystreet. Resumption of the Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of Robert Crooks, who died in Sydney Hospital on the 3rd instant, from injures received during a disturbance in Quay-street, Ultimo, on New Year's morning,…

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Water Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3

At the Water Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. C. Delohery (chairman), G. H. Smithers, T. H. Edwards, E. H. Wilshire, S.M's., and F, Penny, L.M., the following cases were dealt with:--…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3
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D. Mitchell and Co., of Sydney, merchants, versus John H. Thomas, of Young and Telopea streets, Redfern. Petiteon to be heard January 17…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petitions

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 6

D. Mitchell and Co., of Sydney, v. John H. Thomas, of Redfern. Petition to be heard January 17. Allan Mackenzie, grazier, of Wee Wag, v…

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A Charge of Murder. Accused Committed. Deniliquin

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 5

John Cadman was again brought before the police court to-day on a charge of murdering his wife at Conargo on November 9 last. The accused was committed for trial to the circuit…

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The Quay-street Assault. The Death of Robert Crooks. A Further Adjournment

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 6

The inquest touching the death of Robert Crooks was continued this afternoon at the Coroner's Court. Detective Keatinge, continuing his…

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