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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1899

7,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Behind the Bars. [No.I.] Society in Gaol. Strange Stories of Prison Life. Cupid in "Grey." A Remarkable Courtship—The Barber Leads Fashion—Tobacco the Goal Currency—How indulgences are Obtainable—The Bookmaker Who made a "Skinner" on the Cup

The Arrow · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 5

The prevailing Idea with the uninitiated is that there is no distinction in goal, and that burglars and pickpockets, fraudulent back manager and…

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Ruffian Rowdies. a Brutal Gang in Kingstreet. Savage Assault in Broad Daylight More Police Wanted

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 3

PEOPLE in the suburbs, particularly the baler claims suburbs and business men whose transactions keep them in the northern portion of the commercial part of Sydney would hardly…

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Police Blackguardism

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 3

SIR, — The conduct of the police is becoming so blackguardly that it will soon become next to impossible for any decent woman to go about the city unless at the risk of being…

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The Paddington Murder Later Particulars

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 7

One who knew the deceased woman, Flynn, intimately, relates that she was of a very jolly disposition, and also highly accomplished. She had her faults, however,…

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Perjured Police Pranks

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 4

A CASE is reported from Cobar Quarter Sessions in which a police constable named MacAulay charged three men with assaulting him. It opens up a wide vista for…

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The Jury's Verdict— Four Found Guilty of Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 8

After a couple at hours consideration the jury returned with a verdict that deceased, Mabel Ambrose Disccatla, died on December 13, 1898, from suffocation at the hands…

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Brothels. a Raid by the Police. Invidious distinctions

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 5

A WAVE of virtue has swept over the Central police division and summonses have been served an several women who are alleged to have kept houses for the…

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Alleged False Pretences. Henry Lascelles Traveller Before the Court

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 5

Charged with Obtaining £25 from Miss Himself E. Dutt by means of False Pretences. At the Water Police Court on Wednesday…

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More Police Theories, and Supposed Astounding Feat by Burgess. Ipswich, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 7

It is still impossible to get any official confirmation or denial of the report which has been circulated to the effect that Burgess' statement as to his whereabouts on…

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Gatton Tragedy. Further Confirmation of the Police Failure. Burgess' Story Credited. Brisbane. Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 7

It is now pretty generally accepted that the police have failed miserably in their efforts to trace the perpetrators of the Gatton crime…

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Chronicles of Crime. the Blackburn Murder. Bowled o t by Bloodhounds. These Are the Criminal Chasers. Wanted Badly in Australia

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 7

IN view of the failure of the Queensland police to clear up the myslery attending the Gattoa murders, it has been suggested that an effort should have been made with…

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The Week's Miscellany. (Continued From Page 8.) Desperate Murder at Paddington. Woman Shot by a Rejected Lover. Who Attempts Suicide— Extraordinary Story of the Murderer

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 9

On Thursday morning a man named Michael Kelly murdered a woman named Flynn (or Carey) at Paddington, and then shot himself. The woman died in half an…

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Unpunished Crimes. Various Police Failures. Undetected Murders in New South Wales and Elsewhere—Prevalence of Infant Slaughtering— The Deeds of "The Push."

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 7

It would appear to be almost safe now to add the Gatton tragedy to the list of undiscovered crimes in Australasia, a list which is not a creditable one to the police in…

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MURDER ! Love and Revenge. The " Long Firm " in Evidence. the Wife of Swindler Carey Shot Dead by Her Dupe. The Avenger Shoots Himself. A Precious pair at Large

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1899 · page 2

BETWEEN 10 and 10.30 on Thursday moraine last Michael Henry Kelly, 37, a native of County Galway, Ireland, called at the residence of Mr F G Gow (who, with a partner,…

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Police Courts Stealing Lead Piping

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 3

At the Central Police Court on Saturday, George Bell (40), a laborer, was brought upon a charge of stealing a lead pipe, the properly of George Wells, which was valued at 12s. Constable Vaughan saw the accused…

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Stealing Ginger

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 3

At the Central Court on Friday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., Edward John Dunn (23) and Walter M'Auley (17) were charged with stealing in company, two boxes of ginger, valued at 9s, the property of Hop, Lee, and Co…

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Land Appeal Court

The Australian Star · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 5

The Land Appeal Court, consisting, of Messrs. Alex Oliver (president), Freeman, and Brandis (commissioners), commenced its sittings at Darlinghurst this morning…

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Supposed Murder of a Chinaman. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 5

The medical examination of the fractured skull of the Chinese Dan Young, whose skeleton was fouud in a hut at Horsham, showed that the fractures were caused before death by a blow from a…

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Murder in West Australia. a Brutal Crime

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 3

PERTH, Monday.—A. murder, accompanied by circumstances of great brutality, was discovered near Claremont, a fashionable suburb between Perth and Freemantle, yesterday. The police are…

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Murder of Mr. Fleming. Compensation and Vengeance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--In compliance with the demand made by Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister, the Tsung-li-Yamen has made arrangements for payment of…

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