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Courts & crime, 1899

7,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Parramatta police Court. FRIDAY, FEBRUAllY 3. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., and J. J. Taylor, J.p.) Affiliation Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 2

James-Comwell v. Elton Brown.—Child maintenance. The defendant' pleaded cause to show. James Cornwell, the father of the…

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Law Notices. Supreme COURT.—Wednesday, February 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 4

In Equit.—Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 11 a. m. Western Farmers' Co-operative Company and Companies Act, to tax costs (all-duy appointment). Probate.—Before the Registrar.—At 11, to proceed on…

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The Oxley Murder. Arrival of the Suspected Man in Melbourne. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 7

E. C L. Wilson, the man who was arrested at Albany when on his way to England, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of the boy Hill, at Oxley, near Brisbane…

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Boys in Court. a Long Sitting at Paddington

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 6

The Paddington Police Court presented a remarkable appearance yesterday. The court itself and its precincts were crowded from early morning till a late hour at night with the…

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The Tragedy in Kent. the Coroner's Inquest. a Premeditated Crime. Verdict of Wilful Murder

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 4

LONDON, February 7, 3.55 p.m.—The inquest on the body of the man Whibley, the Sunday-school teacher who was shot at Biddenden, near Cranbrook, Kent, by the…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Messrs. Oliver (President), Brandis, and Freeman.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 8

Decision was postponed in the case of the Moree Land Board in respect of Caroline Richards additional conditional purchase application No. 98-31, No. 498 central division…

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Ritualism in England. a Court of Appeal. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 7

It was recently decided that in cases where the bishop of the diocese has any doubt as to the legality of ritualistic practices the matter might be referred to an…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Arthur Henry, Registrar.) Petition for Compulsory Sequstration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 4

Bonk of New South Wales versus Henry Macna mara, of Darling Harbour, wholesale butcher. Mr. Perkins (of Messrs. Perkins and Fosbery) appeared for the petitioning creditors, and said that…

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Ritualism in England. a Court of Prelates. Announcement by Dr. Temple

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Dr. Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, has announced that he will hold a public Court on the 14th inst., to hear any ritualistic…

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The Biddenden Crime. Statement by the Girl. Verdiet of Wilful Murder. LONDON. February 7, 3.55 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 5

It has been proved that the shooting of a Sunday-school teacher named Whibly by Bertha Peterson, an eccentric daughter of the rector of Biddenden, Kent, was a…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. Arthur Henry.) Hearing of Creditor's Petition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 8

The Bank of New South Wales v. Henry Macnamara, of Darling Harbor, wholesale butcher. Mr. Perkins (Perkins and Fosbery) appeared for the petitioning creditor; Mr. H. S. Williams for the respondent. Mr…

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Land Appeal Court. (Messrs. A. Oliver, president; and Freeman and Brandis, commissioners.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 4

Mr. Hanbury Davies represented the Crown. Mr. O'Shea appealed against the disallowance of his conditional purchase application, No. 9[?]-12, Coonamble. Mr. Pike appeared for the appellant…

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Metropolitan District Court. (Before Acting Judge Scholes.) Action for Loss of Goods. Innes v. Whitehead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 4

Dr. Coghlan, instructed by Mossrs. Aitken and Aitken, appeared for the plainlif[?]; and Mr. Manu, instructed by Mr. Hawkins, for the defendant. This was an action brought by Clementina Alieia Innes…

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Law Report. Tuesday, February 7. Court of Review. (Before Judge Murray.) Land Tax Appeals. Re Elizabeth Macnamara Onslow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 4

This appeal, which commonced on January 0 and lasted a considerable time, was one by Elizabeth Macarthur Onslow agaist the assessment of the Commissioners ni regard to Camdon Park, of 22,000…

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Strong Man Sampson. Charged with Assault

Evening News · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 5

At the Ballarat (Vic.) Court on Tuesday, "strong" man Sampson was charged with assaulting the proprietor of a local printing office, named Edward Gazzard. The assault was alleged to have…

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Parramatta Police Court

Evening News · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 5

At the Parramatta Police Court to-day an old woman, named Margaret Herbert, was charged With stealing a set of curtains, the property of Adolpho Gonzales, of the Gonzales travelling show…

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Stealing a Saddle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 8

William Pressor (27), a jockey, appeared to answer a charge of stealing a saddle at the Central Court yesterday. The saddle was the property of Joseph Bull, and was valued at 30s. The prosecutor, a horsetrainer, residing at Botany, said that on the night of the 16th…

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Assault at Newtown

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 6

At the Newtown Police Court to-day, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., Benjamin Howell and Thomas Wm, Howell were charged with unlawfully assaulting Joseph Brier at Newtown…

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An Unprovoked Assault

Evening News · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 3

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, Thomas William Howell, 29, tinsmith, and Benjamin. Howell, 27, laborer, were charged with having assaulted a middle-aged man named…

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Theft of a Saddle

Evening News · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 3

William Prosser, 27, jockey, was, at the Central Court yesterday, sentenced to a month's imprisonment on a charge of stealing a saddle, valued at 30s, the property of Joseph Bull…

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