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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1899

7,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Police Courts

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

Charges of Stealing.—At the Balmain Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. Delohery, S. M., Charles M'Donnell was sent to prison for one month for stealing, on 26th January, a macintosh cape, valued…

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The Murder of an English Missionary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 8

The Chuogking correspondent of the "North China Daily News," writing on November 23, gives the following particulars of the murder of Mr. Fleming, of the China Inland Mission, Kueiyang, in…

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Paddington Court Business

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 2

The following return of the business transacted at the Paddington Police Court for 1898 has been prepared by Mr. F. W. C. Crane (Chamber Magistrate and Clerk of Petty Sessions). The…

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Parramatta Police Court. Monday, January 30, 1899. (Before Mr..T. E. MacNevin, P.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 2

John Morgan was charged with travelling on the railway without first obtaining a ticket. Be pleaded guilty and was fined 10s, with costs; levy and distress…

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Presentation to a Police Officer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, Evening News

Senior-Sergeant Robert Bell, who is retiring from the police force, after some 30 years' connection therewith, was presented with parting tokens of esteem from fellow-members of the…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petition

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

Mary Ross Hillson and George Robinson Jeffries, both of Tocumwal, carrying on business at Finley under the style of Hillson and Jeffries, storekeepers, vorsus Thomas Templeton Orchard and Joseph…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petitions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

Mary Ross Hillson and George Robinson Jeffries, both of Tocumwal, and carrying on business at Finley, under the style of Hilleon and Jeffries, storekeepers, versus Thomas Templeton Orchard and Joseph Arthur Orchard,…

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The Ryde Revision Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 3

The Ryde Council Chambers were crowded to overflowing on Friday night, on the occasion of the sitting of the annual court, held for the purpose of revising the municipal lists…

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The Queensland Horror. Latest Police Movements

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 5

GATTON, Tuesday Afternoon.—Notwithstanding the many conflicting statements anent Burgess and the whereabouts of that mysterious individuals on Boxing Night, the police still cling tenaciously…

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Police Courts. a Bogus Inspector of Weights

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

William John Pratt (34) was charged before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., yesterday at the Glebe Court, with obtaining small sums of money from Francis Royle and Beatrice Hosking, at Leichhardt, on the 24th inst., by means of…

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Esterhazy's Evidence. Before the Whole Cassation Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Ex-Major Esterhazy has refused to give evidence in reference to the Dreyfus case before the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation…

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Music in Court. The "Boyne Water" Again

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 5

George Clifford, who last week turned the Central Police Court into a concert hall by treating those present to a few Snatches of an old ditty, known as the "Boyne Water,"…

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Court of Review. (Before his Honor Judge Murray, in No. 2 District Court, at 10 a.m.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

Appeal against land tax assessment: James Watson and another (part heard)…

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Woollahra Assault Cases. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) Neighbors' Quarrels

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 3

At the Paddington Court yesterday, before Mr Love, S.M., Gustav Haselick, ironmonger, of 85 John-street, Woollahra, proceeded against Daniel Gorman, of Ivy House, Wallis-street,…

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The Gatton Murders. The Police and Their Work. GATTON

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

It is plain to the most superficial observer that the police are not confident of winning their case when things come to a head, though they profess that they have evidence…

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Court of REVIEW.—Wednesday, February l. (Before his Honor Judge Murray in No. 2 District Court, at 10 a.m.)

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

Appeal against Land Tax Assessment.—James Watson and another, part heard…

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The Queensland Horror. the Police at a Standstill. Future Proceedings Uncertain

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 4

GATTON (Q.), Wednesday Morning.—The police inquiries are still being pursued regarding the movements of Burgess. A couple of parties are in the Allora and Greenmount districts, where…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] France. the Dreyfus Case. the Court of Cassation

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 6

LONDON, January 31.—Major Esterhazy has refused to give evidence before the criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation, and has been asked to testify before the whole…

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