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Courts & crime, 1899

7,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Remarkable Circumstantial Evidence. So Says the Commissioner of Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 5

GATTON, Sunday.--The Commissioner of Police states that he is getting more daylight on the Gatton case every day. It will turn out to be one of remarkable circumstantial evidence. He…

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A Russian Sensation. Court-martial at Warsaw. President Shot Dead

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 4

LoNDON, January 15, 3.30 p.m.—A sensational crime is reported from Warsaw, Russian Poland. A Russian military officer named…

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The Yarra Mystery. Is the Whole Story Told the Police Think Not

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 5

The opinions ctf those who knew most concerning the case differ much on the all-important points as to whether the full story of the circumstances of the death of Mabel Ambrose has…

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The Late American War. Commissariat Scandal. Supplying Bad Meat, an Insulting Reply. Court-martial Ordered

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Brigadier General Charles Patrick Eagan, Chief of Commissariat of the United States Army, has been ordered to undergo a trial by…

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A Warsaw Sensation President of a Court-Martial Shot Dead. LONDON, January 15, 3.30 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 5

A sensational incident is reported from Warsaw. Lieutenant Pekkorevlez was under court- martial for neglect of duty, and was found…

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Queensland Horror. Fresh Problem for the Police. Had Burgess a Mate ? Severe Work in the Saddle. Another Batch of Letters

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 6

GATTON (Q.), Monday Morning.—It has not been definitely decided when the man Burgess will be brought to Gatton from Toowoomba. When the police have completed their inquiries…

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Charge of Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 7

Robert Edward Kennedy, a young man, who has recently returned from the country, was proceeded against at the Paddington Police Court yesterday, on a charge of using obscene language, and was fined 40s and costs…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 3

Biotous Behaviour.-At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Delohery, S.M., Thomas Donnelly, aged 59, was charged With having behaved…

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Assaulting a Mother. a Son Charged

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

About midnight on Sunday Robert Edward Kennedy, 28, who was said to have formerly been a commercial traveller, but has recently returned from the bush, went to his mothers house in…

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A Serious Assault. Recovering in the Hospital

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

Last Saturday night week a tram conductor Frederick Gaffney was seriously assaulted, and rendered insensible, by a person at a coffee stall, who, becoming [?]…

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A Balmain Brute. Assault on a Girl. Exemplary Punishment

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 6

James Seaton, 26, laborer, exhibited a good deal of swagger in his manner to-day as he stood in the dock of the Balmain Court before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., on a charge of having…

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Central. Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 3

The adjourned quarterly meeting of the Central Liceusing Court was held yesterday, before Messrs. C. Delohery, S.M., F. S. Isaacs, S.M., G. H. Smithers, S.M., and F. Penny, L.M. The following…

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Central Licensing Court

Evening News · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star

The adjourned quarterly meeting of the Central Licensing Bench was held yesterday, before Messrs. Delohery, Smithers, Isaacs, and Penny, L.Ms. The following transfers of publicans…

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The Hupei Rebels--murder of a Priest

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 3

The Chinese rebels at Hupei have murdered Father Delbruck, a Belgian priest, and have also burned four churches to the ground. Father Fleury, another priest, was subjected…

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Bankruptcy Court Voluntary Sequestrations

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 7

Walter Singleton, fruiterer and labourer, Scone. Mr. N. F. Giblin, official assignee. Richard Eustace Walters, hotel-keeper, Broken Hill. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Wyndham Albert Trott, of 28 Edward-street, Marrickville, builder. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee. William John Sutherland, of 82 Quarry-street,…

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South Australia. Attempted Wife Murder and Suicide. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

The usually quiet town of Price was startled on Sunday evening by learning that an attempted murder and suicide had occurred. Particulars to hand are very meagre. It appears that…

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Police Courts. the Troubles of a Dealer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 7

James Fitzgerald (21) was charged at the Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. M.S. Love, S.M., with having fraudulently converted to his own use sundry articles of property, belonging, to John Kirkman, dealer,…

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