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Courts & crime, 1899

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Land Tax Appeals. The Court of Review

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 5

The hearing of the appeals in the Court of Review against the assessments of the Land Tax Commissioners was continued today before Judge Murray, Mr. J. L…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Justice Walker.) SECTION 134

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 3

Re Thomas James Howe. [?] Manning (instructed by Mr. Quinlan) appeared for the appellant, the official assignee. Mr. Fealy appeared for the respondent, Emma Jane Aitken. This was a motion under section…

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The Monwonga Disturbance. Proceedings in Court. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 6

At the police court to-day Charles M'Lean was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a sulky from Forbes, the property of Robert Muir. Alfred Skein and James Ryan were also committed for trial…

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Court of Review. The Greta Colliery Appeal Settled

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 7

It was stated in the Court of Review this afternoon that the land tax assessment appeal of T. H. Goodwin (trustee of the late' Samuel Clift) had been settled…

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The Atawatta-chingtu Collision. Decision of the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Court of Marine Inquiry delivered its decision to-day in connection with the collision between the steamers Arawatta and Chingtu in the Yarra on the 24th of…

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The Divorce Court. Black v. Black. Significant Judicial Comment

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 5

There was an interesting judicial statement in the Divorce Court to-day in the suit in which Andrew Black petitioned for the dissolution of his marriage with Annie Black, on…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen and juries of 12.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 3

Mr. C. G. Wade prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. REMANDED FOR SENTENCE. The following accused persons pleaded guilty of…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Walker.) a Matter of Procedure

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 3

Re Thomas James Howe. Mr. R. K. Manning, instructed by Mr. Quinlan, appeared on behalf of the applicant, the official assignee; and Mr. Fealy appeared for the respondent. Emma Jane Aitken…

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The Dreyfus Case. Decision of the Cassation Court. Based Upon the Criminal Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--M. Henry de Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of "The Times," states that Dr. Georges Lebret's bill to authorise the transfer of the Dreyfus…

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Court of Review. (Before his Honor Judge Murray.) Appeals Against Land Tax Assessments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 3

Mr. J. L. Campbell, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, appeared on behalf of the Commissioners of Taxation. Re George and Charles Binnie…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen and Juries.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. C. G. Wade. a Charge of Manslaughter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 3

John Nunn, a young man was arraigned on an indictment charging him with having feloniously slain Robert Agnew on December 25 last. He pleaded not guilty and was defended by Mr. P. Bourke. The…

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Law Report. Monday, February 13. Banco Court. (Before the Chief Justico, Mr. Justice Owen, and Mr. Justice Simpson.) Alleged Breach of Agreement. Moore v. Australia Hotel Company. Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 3

Mr. Wise, Q.C., and Mr. J. L. Campbell, instructed by Messrs. Hughes and Hughes, appeared for the defendants, and [?]moved for a rule nisi, ou leave reserved, for a new trial. The action, which…

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At the Police Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 5

At the Central Police Court this morning Joseph Everard, who was described as a native of France, 34 years of age, and as a laundryman by occupation, was charged with…

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Withdrawing Prosecutions. The Position of a Police Magistrate

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 5

A young man entered the witness box at the Central Police Court today, and said he did not wish to prosecute. The charge was against one of having committed an assault…

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Alleged Assault on a Child. a Civil Servant Charged. Accused Seized with a Fit in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 9

Henry Arthur Slater, a civil servant, appeared at the Water Police Court, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., yesterday, on remand, charged by warrant, with having assaulted, with intent, a girl, aged…

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Charge of Attempted Burglary

Evening News · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 3

Luke Dowling, 27, painter, of low stature, and somewhat bard of bearing, was At the Water Police Court yesterday before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., charged on remand with…

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A Strange Assault

Evening News · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 2

ORANGE, Wednesday.—Joseph Patterson, 29, blacksmith, was yesterday fined £5 and 4gs costs for an assault committed about midnight on Saturday night on a local solicitor in Anson-street. He…

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An Assault Case

Evening News · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 3

At the Central Police Court yesterday, Albert William Barnes, 28, laborer, was charged with assaulting David Donney. From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared that on the 9th…

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Stealing From the Person

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday afternoon a young man named John Tighe was presented on a charge of stealing a gold watch, valued at £25, from the person of…

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Death in Biloela Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 11

The City Coroner yesterday conducted an inquest at Bilocla Gaol concerning the death of a prisoner named James Ward, who died there the previous night. The deceased who was a middle-aged man, had been serving…

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