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Courts & crime, 1902

8,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 81 of 250

Stealing Winkers

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 2

John Quinlivian, 37 was charged at Redfern yesterday with stealing two pairs of winkers. Edmund Carey, who owned the winkers, missed them, and next saw them offered for sale…

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Assault and Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 4

An elderly seaman named John Wellace reported to the police yesterday afternoon that he had been assaulted and robbed of £10 Victoria Park at about 1 o'clock. He states that he was proceeding through…

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Stealing in a Dwelling

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 7

A lad named Wm. Napier pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Acting- Judge Armstrong, K. C., to a charge of having, on February 19 last, stolen a watch…

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Stealing From a Laundry

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 5

Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon an individual whose stock of underwear had apparently run out knocked in the glass panel of the door of a Chinese laundry in…

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Assault in an . Asylum

Evening News · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 6

At the Liverpool Police Court, James Murphy, an inmate of the Liverpool Asylum, was charged with assaulting Dr. J. A. Beattie, medical superintendent of that institution, about midday on…

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Alleged Horse Stealing. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 7

The police have discovered that two horses recently [?]len from the Wagga district have been sold at the Wodonga saleyards. The vendors had five other Lorses, which were sold in open market. The stolen…

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Assault at an Asylum. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 7

James Murphy, an inmate of the asylum, was charged at the local police court yesterday with unlawfully assaulting Dr. Beattie, medical superintendent of the asylum, on the 10th instant…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 8

Committed for Trial.—Before Mr. F. W. Edwards, S.M., yesterday, at the Central Police Court, Thomas KIng, 32, a labourer, was charged with assaulting Andrew Charles Bulhvant, with intent to rob him of…

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A Charge of Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 5

Robert Billson Hawkins, a farmer residing at Kooreh South, was charged before the Chief Justice at Ararat to-day with the murder of his wife on December 16, 1901. It will be…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 6

Before the Registrar in the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, the following matters were dealt with:-- Re George Griffiths Phillips. Adjourned to…

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Divorce Court

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson, the following matters were dealt with in Divorce:-- SNEDDON V. SNEDDON. In this matter, which was a petition on the…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery. a Sailor and His Money

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 6

The Newtown police yesterday afternoon received information of an assault and robbery, alleged to have been perpetrated in the University Paddock…

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Police Courts. Damage to Property

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 8

At the Paddington Court yesterday, before Mr. M'Farlane, S.M., John Mulhall David (25) was charged with maliciously damaging property to the value of £7 10s, belonging to Harry Richards, by whom accused was…

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A Lady Doctor in Court

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 6

During the hearing of the action brought by a Miss Glynn against the Borough of Hunter's Hill, to recover the sum of £1000 for Injuries received through the alleged negligence…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse). Good Templars in Court. Action for Slander. Britain v, Clark

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 8

Mr. Pickburn, instructed by Mr. M. J. Hamis, appeared for the plaintiff Mr. P. S. Boyce, instructed by Mr. Robert B.Parry, for defendant. This was an action brought by Edwin Francis…

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Law Notices. Supreme COURT.—Friday, March 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 8

Cause List (Banco Court, St. James'-road).—Pettingell v. Julian (part heard). No.1 Jury Court, King-street.—Wadey v. Mort's Dock…

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Western Australia. Charge Against a Police Officer. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 5

Frederick John Orme, late sub-inspector of police at Cue, was arrested to-day on a warrant charging him with the Inr[?]eny of £2 odd, the property of the Crown, during June, 1900. Orme was brought up at…

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Quakter Sessions. (Before Acting Judge Armstrong and juries.) Mr. W. L. Merewether, Crown Prosecutor. Stealing in a Dwelling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 8

William Napier pleaded guilty to a charge of having on February 19 at Glebe stolen a watch and chain, three truikets, and a scarlpin, the property of John Stewart, in Stewart's dwelling-house. A…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Re Letitia Bedford. Mr. A. Fitzhardinge appeared for the bankrupt, and asked for time to answer the report. The case was adjourned to April 3…

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