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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1900

6,560 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Law. Thursday, January 4. Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Salusbury, Acting-Registrar.) Creditors' Petitions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 2

Petersen, Bouson, and Co. v. C. S. Dee. Mitchell appeared for the petitioning creditors, at a applied for leave to withdraw the petition. The application was granted, and the petition was withdrawn…

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Law Report. Thursday, January 4. Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Salusbury, Acting Registrar.) Creditors' Petitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 3

Petersen, Boesen, and Company v. C. S. De[?].— Mr. Mark Mitchell appeared for the petitioning creditors, and asked for leave to withdraw the petition as respoudeut had executed a dced of…

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Alleged House Stealing

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 2

At the Central Police Court on Friday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M, William Kline, alias M'Grath, 17, Henry Moore, 15, and Arthur Larter, 16, were charged with having, at Pyrmont, in company,…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 12

At the Central Court Wm. Kline, alias M'Grath (17), Henry Moore (15), and Arthur Larter (16), were charged with having at Pyrmont, on December 24th, stolen, in company, a bay horse, a brown pony, a sulky, saddle and…

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Parramatta Police Court. Friday, January 5. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.m.) Gaol Ad Infinitum

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 12

Edward H. Bergan was charged with neglecting to obey an order for the payment of money for the support of his child. The police stated that during the three…

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The Goondiwindi Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 11

GOONDIWINDI (Q,), Friday.--It has transpired that Pfingst and his wife quarrelled a week before Christmas, and she came to town to spend Christmas with a married son. When leaving…

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Violent Assault on a Constable

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 12

At the Central Court yesterday, William Henry (34) described as a baker, was changed with having assaulted Constable Michael A. Conroy, in Wellington-street, on the 4th inst. The evidence tendered was to the effect…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 11

Bad Language.—In the Summons Division of the Balmain Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Delohery, S. M., David Wise was fined 20s, with 5s 6d costs of court, or seven days' imprisonment, for using…

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Punishing Riotous Be­havior by Gaol

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 3

The offence of riotous behavior is of unusually frequent occurrence among the youth of Balmain, but has generally been met with the infliction of fines. Mr. Delohery, S.M., who presided at the…

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Parramatta and District the Asylum Assault Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 12

A Chinaman, named Ah Gan, formerly an inmate of Gearge-street asylum, was yesterday charged at the Parramatta Police Court, before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., with maliciously…

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The Eureka Murder. Brisbane, Fiiday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 10

Inspectors Stuart and O'Driscoll returned to-night from Stanton Harcourt, and from what can be gathered as to the circumstantial evidence in the case it appears that the prisoner left Eureka on a sh[?]d horse…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 57

The following voluntary sequestrations were filed:— William James Tianter, of Blanket Flat, farmer. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery. the King-street Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 12

At the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., a heavily-built man named George Wilson, who is at present serving a sentence of six months' imprisonment in Darlinghurst gaol, and who appeared in court in…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, January 3. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 5

Denis Donovan was fined 20s or seven days' imprisonment for committing an act of indecency in Parramatta Park on Tuesday…

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Police Courts. Christmas Festivities

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 12

At the Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., Butterworth Wood, the licensee of the Royal Hotel, Croydon, was summoned for permitting liquor to be consumed on his promises at unlawful…

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North Sydney Police Volunteers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 10

Four out of the five police selected for service in South Africa with the Medical Staff Corps come from the North Sydney station, and on Thursday evening they were entertained, by their comrades…

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North Shore Police Volunteers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 9

There was a large gathering on Thursday night at the North Sydney Court-house of the local police force and their friends to bid farewell to four of their comrades who have been selected for…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 11

Peter O'Malley, of Narrandera, contractor. Mr. N. F. Giblin, official assignee. The separate estate of Leonette Laban, of 31 Goodhope-street, Paddington, and 131…

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China. Another Mission Outrage. Murder of a Clergyman

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 4

LONDON, January 5.—Particulars of another serious attack on a mission station in China have been received. A band of rebel Chinese known as "Boxers"…

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The Queensland Crimes. the Goondiwindi Murder. Goondiwindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 10

In reference to the supposed murder of Mrs. Pfingst, a further search of her residence has revealed the fact that a man's shirt, wrapped in a towel, was hidden behind a looking-glass. The…

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