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Courts & crime, 1899

7,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

District Court. (Before Acting Judge Scholes.) Alleged Injuries Through Vibration. Ag[?]ew v. M[?]ras (part heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 3

Mr. James, instructed by Mr. E. Meyer, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Whitfeld and Mr. Garland, instructed by Mr. Weaver, for the defendant. This was a claim for £200 damages brought by…

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The Mercadool Land Case. Before the Full Court at Last. Re James Wilson and the Lands Acts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 3

The Chief Justice, Sir. Justice Owen, and Mr. Justice Simpson began the hearing yesterday of the appeal lodged by James Wilson against a decision of the Land Appeal Court, with respect to what is known as the Mercadool…

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Law Report. Thursday, February 16. Banco Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Owen, and Mr. Justice Simpson.) Appeal in an Action for Trespass, Bossloy v. Newall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 3

Mr. Mann, instructed by Mr. W. E Hawkins, appeared for the defendant, and moved for a rule nist to set aside tho verdict found for plaintiff, and for a new trial. Tho action, which was tried before…

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Ryde Police Court. an Assault Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 10

At the Ryde Police Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. R. Hilliard, and D'Ardier. J's.P., Samuel Payne appeared in answer to a summons, charging him with having,…

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The Paddington Tragedy. Kelly Before the Court Charged with Murder

Evening News · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 4

At the Paddington Police Court to-day, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., the man Michael Henry Kelly, one of the principals in the terrible tragedy which took place at Cameron-street, Paddington, on the…

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Liverpool Police Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 3

W. Brooks v. A. Giles. Wages due, £1 10s. Verdict for amount with 1s 10d costs…

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Theft by Boys

Evening News · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 3

Four small boys, named Frederick Tattersall, George Murray, Charles Thomas, ana Stanley Morris, were charged at the Newtown Police Court yesterday with having on the, 14th instant…

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Briggs Sentenced to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 8

Yesterday Stewart Briggs, the young man who one evening in December last shot his lover Maggie Dutt and her grandmother at their house in Petersham, was sentenced to death by Mr…

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A Boy Severely Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 7

Arthur Woolley, a lad, who pleaded guilty to improper intimacy with a girl under the age of 14 years -- to wit, 13 years and 10 months -- at Lady Robinson's Beach, on January 2, was…

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Magistrate of Norfolk Island

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 392

Mr. Chas. M'Arthur King has been nominated as magistrate for Norfolk Island. Mr. King, who is a son of Admiral King and a grandson of Governor King, has been a police magistrate of…

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Wednesday, February 15. Cattle Stealing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 11

William Parker and Samuel Parker, on bail, were charged with stealing one ex, at Fairfield, on December 19th, the property of Bridget Grace. A second count of receiving was also…

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Penrith Police Court. TUESDAY. Before [?]tephen Murphy, P.M.

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 7

David Kenny pleaded guilty to being found drunk and using obscene language in High-street. He was fined 5s or imprisonment till 12 o'clock for drunkenness, and 40s or 21 days for obscene…

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Theft of Clothing at Parramatta

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 8

At the Parramatta Police Court this morning two men named respectively Christopher Johnson and Joseph Walter Walker were charged with having stolen a quantity of…

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Photographing a Murder

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

Dalziel's correspondent at Omaha recently reported one of the most dramatic crimes on record. A girl, named Lillian Morris, went to a local photographer's with her lover,…

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Personal. the Assault on Mr. Edward

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 9

Though Mr. Alfred Edward, the registrar of the Transit Commission, who was assaulted on…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 5

Resisting the Police.—In the Summons Division of the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., William Fearish, se[?]., was charged with inciting a prisoner to resist Constable…

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The Murder of Maggie Dutt. Conclusion of the Trial of Briggs. the Accused Found Guilty. and Sentenced to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 10

Yesterday the trial of Stewart C. Briggs on a charge of murdering Maggie Dutt was concluded in the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury. Mr. Crick addressed the jury…

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A White Cliffs Theft. Circuit Conviction Confirmed

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 8

An appeal was made to the Full Court to-day on behalf of Robert Kent, who was convicted before Judge Gibson at the Wllcannia Quarter Sessions, on November 29 last, on a…

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Resisting the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 4

At the Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., George Rodd (19), cordial maker, was fined £2, or an alternative of 21 days' imprisonment, for resisting Constable Alfred Brooks while in the…

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Parramatta Police Court. Tuesday, February 14. (Before Mr. J. W. Withers, J.P.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 12

George Gatty, charged with being drunk and disorderly in Church street, was fined 20s with the alternative of seven days…

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