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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1899

7,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

The Commissariat Scandal. General Eagan Court-martialled. Dismissed From the Army

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- Brigadier-General Charles Patrick Eagan, Chief of Commissariat of the United States Army, was recently ordered to undergo a trial by…

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The United States Army. Court-martialling a Commissariat Officer. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 5

General Eagan, Chief of the Commissariat Department of the United States army, has been Court-martialled for calling General Miles, the Commander-in-Chief…

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The Dreyfus Case. a Reference to the Whole Court of Cassation. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 5

M. Dupuy, the French Premier, proposed to refer the revision of the Dreyfus case to the entire Court of Cassation…

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The United States. the Commissariat Scandal. Court-martial on General Eagan. Dismissed the Army

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 6

LONDON, January 30.—Brigadier General Charles Patrick Eagan, Chief of Commissariat of the United States Army, who was ordered to be tried by court-martial for having called…

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The Inquiry Into M. Beaurepaire's Charges. Disregarded by Officials of the Court. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 5

M. Loewe, one of the Judges of the Court of Cassation, and M. Bard, one of the counsel engaged in the case, disregard the inquiry which M. Mazeau has…

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The Dreyfus Case. Appeal for a Transfer. M. Dupuy's Proposal. Entire Court to Sit. Dissatisfaction on Both Siles

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. When M. de Benurepaire resigned his position as President of the Civil Chamber of the French Court of Cassation, on the ground that his…

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Law Report. Monday; January 30. Court of Review. (Before Judge Murray.) Land Tax Appeals. Re George Binnie and another (part heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 3

The appellant, George Binnie, appeared in person in support of the appeal, and Mr. J. L. Campbell, instrncted by the Crown Solicitor, for the Commissiouers of Taxation. In this case the…

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Paddington Police Court Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 4

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, J.P., clerk of petty aessious and chamber magiatrate. Paddington, has furnished to the Justice Department the annual return for the year 180S. It shows a considerable increase of…

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Theft of Tobacco

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

Thomas Starkey (37), a clerk, was charged before Mr. Edwards, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, with stealing a packet of tobacco valued at £19, the property of Messrs. Feldheim, Gottheif, and Co. The…

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Death in Gaol

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

A prisoner named Lily Smith, 18, who was serving a sentence for "language" in Biloela Gaol, died in the gaol hospital yesterday, after a few hours' illness. The city coroner held an inquest…

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A Fowl Stealer Sentenced

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 3

Daniel Shannon, 27, was charged at the Redfern Police Court yesterday with having stolen seven fowls, five ducks, and a goose, of the total value of 20s, the property of George Bartlett, on the…

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Stealing Cases at Balmain

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

Charles Macdonald, a young man, was charged, at the Bulmain Court yesterday, with stealing a macintosh cape, vlued at 20s, the property of Thomas Carrack, on the 26th ult. The police described the defendant as a…

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Stealing Charges at Balmain

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

At the Balmain Police Court to-day, before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., a young man named Charles M'Donald was charged with stealing a mackintosh cape, valued at £1, the property…

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Theft From a Draper

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

George Steele (29) appeared before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., at the Glebe Court yesterday, charged with having stolen 56 yards of holland, valued at £2, the properly of Grace Bros., drapers, Broadway, Glebe. The circumstances were…

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Theft From a Shop

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 3

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday George Steele, 29, was charged with having stolen fifty-six yards of holland, valued at £2, the property of Grace Brothers, drapers, Broadway, Glebe. It…

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Theft From Grace Brothers

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

George Steel, 29, appeared before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., at the Glebe Police Court to-day to answer to a charge of stealing a piece of holland, valued at £2, the property of Grace…

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Alleged Assault in Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

A charge of in company assaulting William Ramsay and stealing from him the sum of 10s, was preferred against Wiliam Hesketh (32), a laborer, at the Central Police Court yesterday. The prosecutor, a stoker, stated…

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Assault on a Wife

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 3

Henry Fitzgerald, 26, was charged at the Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., with having assaulted his wife, Bertha Fitzgerald, at Leichhardt, on the 26th instant. They…

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Assault on a Child

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

An elderly man named James Ryan was convicted to-day at the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Gibson, of an assault upon a little girl of six years of age on Flagstaff Hill, and…

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Death in Biloela Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 6

A prisoner named Lily Smith died in the Biloela Gaol hospital yesterday morning. The City Coroner subsequently held an inquest on deceased, who was 18 years of age, and a verdict…

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