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Hotels & licensing, 1894

750 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 38

A Dishonest Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 4

At the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions on Thursday a German named Augusto Gutzeit, the landlord of the Terminus Hotel, Regent-street, Sydney, was convicted of having…

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Assaulted and Robbed in a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 11

A powerful-looking young man named John Summers was, at the Central Court, yesterday, charged with assaulting James Michael Bryant, and robbing him of the sum…

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Licensing Courts

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1894 · page 4

THE popular appointment of Mr. Fred Penny, and the remarks on the subject made at the recent annual meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, followed by…

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Hotel Employees' Picnic

Evening News · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 3

The fourth annual picnic of the Amalgamated Hotel and Caterers' Employees' Association was held yesterday at Sir Joseph Banks Grounds, Botany, and resulted very successfully. The…

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Burglary in a Hotel

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 6

The Iron Duke Hotel, situated at the junction of M'Evoy-streec and Botany-road, Redfern, formed the scene of a daring burglary during church hours last night…

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Publicans Fined

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 6

At the Water Police Summons Court today Elizabeth Lynch, licensee of the Ship Inn, was fined £2 for keeping her premises open for the sale of liquor within prohibited…

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Alleged Arson. Tarragon Hotel Fire. Trial at the Criminal Court. The Manager and the Licensee Charged--Case for the Prosecution

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 5

The hearing of a charge of incendiarism was commenced at the Central Criminal Court this morning before his Honor Sir William Windeyer and a jury…

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The Tarragon Hotel Fire. Alleged Arson

Evening News · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Court to-day before his Honor Mr. Justice Windeyer, two middle-aged men named John O'Neil and Adam Match were arraigned on an indictment charging…

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Water Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 5

At the meeting of the Water Licensing Court, Messrs. Addison, SM. (presiding), Giles, S.M., and F. Penny, L.M., occupied the bench, Transfers of publicans' licences were granted from…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 6

Messrs. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., J. Giles, S.M., and F. Penny, L.M., occupied the bench at the weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court held at the…

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The Tarragon Hotel Fire. Alleged Arson

Evening News · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 5

The trial of John O'Neill on a charge of wilfully setting fire to the Tarragon Hotel, King and Sussex streets, on December 6 last, and Adam Match, on a charge of being an…

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Hotel Employees' Excursion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 6

The third annual Hotel Employees' moonlight excusion and dance took place last evening. The party, numbering about 150 couples, left Sydney shortly after 8 o'clock by the steamer Mermaid for…

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Alleged Arson. Fire at the Tarragon Hotel. Trial at the Criminal Court. Examination of Witnesses--The Evidence

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 6

The trial of John O'Neill and Abel Mutch, charged in connection with the fire at the Tarragon Hotel, was continued this afternoon at the Central Criminal Court,…

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Alleged Arson. the Tarragon Hotel Fire. Trial at the Central Criminal Court. Evidence for the Defence--Prisoners as Witnesses--A Novel Point Raised

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 5

The trial of John O'Neill and Adam Mutch, charged with complicity in the recent fire at the Tarragon Hotel, was continued at the Central Criminal Court this…

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Central Criminal Court. Wednesday, February 21. (Before Mr. Justice Windeyer.) the Fire at the Tarragon Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 3

John O'Neill was arraigned on a charge of having on December 6 last set fire to the Tarragon Hotel, corner of King and Sussex streets, with intent to defraud; and Abel…

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The Tarragon Hotel Fire. Conviction Foe Arson

Evening News · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 5

The trial of John O'Neill on a charge of wilfully setting fire to the Tarragon Hotel, King and Sussex streets, on December 6 last, and Adam Mutch, on a charge of being an…

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The Tarragon Hotel Fire. the Sentences

Evening News · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, John O'Neill, found guilty on a charge of wilfully setting fire to the Tarragon Hotel, King and Sussex streets, on December 6 last, and…

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Tarragon Hotel Arson Case. Prisoners Sentenced

Evening News · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 5

As briefly announced in our first edition, John O'Neill and Adam Mutch, convicted at the Central Criminal Court yesterday, the former of wilfully setting fire to the Tarragon Hotel, King and…

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Alleged Arson. the Tarragon Hotel Fire. Trial at the Central Criminal Court Conclusion of the Case--The Jury Retire--Both Pound Guilty--Sentence Deferred

The Australian Star · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 6

The trial of John O'Neill and Adam Mutch, charged with complicity in the recent fire at the Tarragon Hotel, was continued this afternoon at the Central…

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The Tarragon Hotel Fire. Mutch and O'neill Sentenced. Five and Three Years' Penal Servitude

The Australian Star · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 5

John O'Neill and Adam Mutch, the men convicted yesterday of incendiarism in connection with the recent fire at the Tarragon Hotel, Sussex-street, were brought up for…

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