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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1899

7,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

AN M.L.A. in Court. Two Ladies on His Knees. The Story of a Wine Shop. All Denied by the M.L.A.

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 9

Mr. Richard Sleath, M.L.A. figured before Mr.Smithers, S.M., in the summons division of the Central Police Court to-day as defendant at the suit of Mrs. Catherine Brown, a…

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The Oxley Boy Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1899 · page 8

Several witnesses have, it is alleged, Identified Burgess as having been in the neighborhood of Oxley at the time of Hill's death…

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Burgess Sentenced to Two Months for Vagrancy

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1899 · page 9

In the Toowoomba Police Court on Thursday, Burgess appeared on a charge of stealing a saddle. Sub-Inspector Durham announced that…

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The Queensland Police Bungle

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1899 · page 6

The fact that the mystery of the Gatton murders still remaining unsolved casts a slur upon the whole of Australia renders unnecessary any apology for referring to the…

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The Queensland Police Making Bad Worse

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1899 · page 7

"They are only making bad worse," said a prominent police officer referring to the action of the Queensland police in regard to the man Burgess…

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Notes and Comments the Police and Rewards for Crime Discoveries

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1899 · page 6

Tho following remarks by Melbourne "Punch" are werthy of consideration:—"The fact that had Constable Organ known what Sergeant Dungey knew in connection…

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POLICE V. People. a Country 'Copman's' Capers. Audacious Outrage at Orange, the 'Copper's' Charge Chucked Out

Truth · Sunday 29 January 1899 · page 7

TRUTH has on several occasions po[?] out and illustrated by instances, the fact that the counatry police force of New South Wales is as rotten, as badly managed, and…

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Traveller, the Trickster. His Truculent Tricks. Another Chevalier d'industrie. Travellers' Meat-preserving Co. Ltd. Potted Meats and Patent Hams Were to Cause a Revolution in the Trade, but Dint—Extensive Operations—Huge Business Staff—Palatial Premises. Cannot the Police Move?

Truth · Sunday 29 January 1899 · page 5

IN the article on 'Smyth the Swindler,' which lappeared in TRUTH'S issue of 15th instant, reference was made to the existence in Sydney of an alleged company which…

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Burglary at Hurstville

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, between 1 and 3, the Hurstville Hotel, on the Forest-road, and occupied by Mr. J. J. Payne, was entered, and about £7 10s stolen. It appears that Mr. Payne and family,…

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Unguarded Bicycles. Theft in Pitt-Street

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 7

A resident of Francis-Street, Leichhardt, jumped off his wheel at the corner of King and Pitt streets some time after noon to-day, and went into an establishment handy to…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 8

Soliciting Alms.-At the Central Police Counton Saturday, Frank Wood, 33, labourer, was charged before Mr.Wilshire, S.M., with soliciting alms in Pitt-street, and was sentenced to one month's…

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Ryde Revision Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 8

In view of the fact that the Ryde muuicipal contests are new pending more than usual interest was taken in the proceedings at the revision court on the 27th instant. Applications were received from…

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Police Courts. a Hyde Park Prowler

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 3

At the Central Court on Saturday, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., William Harrington, alias Maurice Neill Hill (30), a laborer, was charged with stealing two bunches of keys, the property of William Williams…

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The Murder of Mr. Flemming. Officials Punished. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 5

The officials at Kweiyang, in the province of Hunan, China, who were alleged to have been contributory to the recent murder of Mr. Flemming, the…

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The Queensland Horror. Tracing Burgess's Movements. Is He the Right Man? Conflicting Evidence. Check to the Police Theory. the Tracing of a Revolver

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 3

GATTON, Monday Morning,—Five weeks ago to-day was perpetrated a crime which, by reason of its unparalleled atrocity, stirred Australia to its depths. The police, after being repeatedly…

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Tobacco and Gaol. a Theft From a Dray

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 5

On the evening of the 25th inst. Constable Archinal repaired to the Eveleigh Railway Station, and found two young men seated there with a package of tobacco…

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Attempted Burglary

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 6

A middle-aged man, named John Wilson, was convicted on a charge of having, on December 8 last, attempted to break into Beresford Hotel, Bourke-street, Surry Hills. He was sentenced to…

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Police Courts. the Newtown Burglary. a Man of Double Life

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 3

At Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. Smithers, S.M. Archibald Freeman (23), carpenter, was charged with breaking and entering the premises of Guille and Co., furniture warehousemen, King-street, Newtown, on the…

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Quarter Sessions. a City Burglary

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 6

On July 29 the dwelling of James Chute, a resident of Chapman-street, Hyde Park, was entered during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Chute, and the place was thoroughly ransacked. Enough…

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Charge of Theft

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 5

Thomas Flynn is a quarryman, and halls from Parramatta. On the night of Saturday, the 21st inst., he stopped at a house of accommodation in George-street. At the same…

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