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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1902

8,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

Darling Harbour Resumptions Court. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and District Court Judges Murray and Backhouse.) the Bristol Hotel Property

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 11

Haymarket Permanent Land, Building and Investment Company v. Minister for Works. Dr. Sly and Mr. Bruce Smith, instructed by Messrs. Sly and Russell, appeared for plaintiffs; and Mr…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Acting Justice Pring and Juries.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 11

Mr. Hugh Pollock (Solicitor-General), Crown Prosecutor. STEALING IN A DWELLING. N[?]llie Kermode pleaded guilty to a charge of…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Acting-Judge Pring and Juries.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 10

Mr. H. Pollock prosecuted for the Grown. STEALING IN A DWELLING. A young woman of respectable appearance, named Nellie Kermode, pleaded guilty to a charge of having, on…

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Great Cobar Mine Case. an Intimation From the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 10

The appeal re the Great Cobar Copper Mining Co. was again before Mr. Justice Stephen, Mr. Justice Owen, and Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, in tho Full Court. The appeal was against an order…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before tho Registrar, Mr. A. Henry.) Certificate Applications

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 10

The application of Samuel Stuart Amess was adjourned to March 4 to enable bankrupt to answer the report of the official assignee. A certificate was ordered to issue to Kyran John…

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Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson, Judge in Divorce.) Decrees Absolute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 11

His Honor pronounced absolute the rules nisi granted in the rases of George Rudolph Quick v. Eva Jane Quick and Hannah Bailey v. Arthur Blackburn Bailey…

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A Rowing Dispute. Expulsion of a Clubman. Action in the District Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 6

Before his Honor Acting- Judge Harris, in the District Court yesterday, Henry M. Cansdell, of St. Johns- crescent, Woolloomooloo, brought an action against John E. Myers and…

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District Court. (Before Acting Judge Harris.) Grievance of a Rower. Cansdell v. Myers and others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 11

Mr. E. M. Noble, instructed by Mr. W. C. Proctor, appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Clines, instructed by Mr. Frawley, for the defendants. This was an action brought by Harry M…

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Law Report. Tuesday, February 18 Supreme Court. in Banco. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen, Mr. Justice Simpson, and Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) Probate Appeal. a Remarkable Case. West v. Gibson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 11

Mr. Gannon and Mr. R. H. L. Innes, instructed by Mr. T. Marshall, appeared for the appellant (plaintiff), and Mr. Shand and Mr. Loxton, instructed by Messrs. Backhouse and Jeanueret, for…

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Police Courts. Stealing From the Person

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 8

At the Newtown Court yesterday before Mr. J. L. King, D.S.M., Edward Fielding (19) was charged with stealing from the person of Ada Fuze a purse containing 16, at Camperdown on the 6th instant. The magistrate…

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Attempted Burglary

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 6

What appears to have been an attempt to burglariously enter the "T" Boot Co.'s premises situated at 133 King-street, city, was revealed yesterday morning…

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Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 8

At the Central Court, before Mr. Payten, S.M., James Thompson (38), laborer, was charged with stealing a bicycle valued at £18, the property of Alfred Constable. The evidence showed that while Constable D. Harper…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 7

John Johnson and William Whittimore pleaded not guilty at the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions yesterday before his Honor Judge Rogers, to a charge of having, on December…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 5

George Furlong, a young man, pleaded not guilty at the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions to-day, before his Honor Judge Rogers, to a charge of having, on the 30th November, 1901,…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 4

Theft.—At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., Mary, or Ellen, Hart, 25, on a charge of stealing a purse containing half a sovereign and the return half of a railway…

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Two Police Raids

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 5

Two simultaneous raids by the police upon alleged Chinese gambling bouses were carried out at about half-past 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening. One of the places was a house in…

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Quarter Sessions. the Mitta Mitta Assault Case. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 5

The Quarter Sessions were opened to-day before Acting Judge Browning. The following prisoners pleaded guilty and were remanded for sentence:— Charles Wilks, forgery and uttering at Junee;…

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The Resumptions Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 2

The Resumptions Court reserved judgment yesterday on the claim of the Haymarket Permanent Land, Building, and Investment Co., Limited, in connection with…

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Water Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, Messrs. G. H. Smithers, S.M., F. W. Edwards, S.M., and E. H. Wilshire, S.M., presiding. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:--…

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