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Courts & crime, 1901

7,451 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Rifle Shooting. Police Rifle Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 9

The annual meeting of the Police Rifle Club was held at the Central Police Barracks on the 21st instant. Senior-constable Wallace occupied the chair. The annual report showed that the extra duties involved by the plague…

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Sensation at Kalgoorlie. Attempted Murder of a Fitter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Monday Night.--At about 5 o'clock this evening William James Dalmody attempted to murder Alexander Muir Hughstone, a fitter. Dalmody drove in a hansom cab to the…

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Compiling the Municipal Rolls. a Supreme Court Decision. Disregarded by a Revision Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 7

A question of considerable importance as affecting municipal electoral rights, gave rise to a long discussion at the holding of the Newtown Revision Court. A gentleman claimed to have…

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Law Notices. Supreme COURT.—Tuesday, January 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 7

In Divorce.—Before Mr. Jutice Owen.—At 12: Motions, &c. Prothonolary's Office.—Before the Registrar in Divorce.— Sigel v. Sigel, M'Crae co-respondent, 11. Before the…

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The Court in Mourning. at Foreign Courts

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 5

LONDON, January 24.-It is announced that the Court will remain in mourning for 12 months half mourning begins On July 24. The officers of the army will wear carpe on the…

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Court Mourning. January 24, 7.40 a. m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 4

It is ordered that the Court shall remain in mourning for 12 months. Half mourning begins on July 24. The officers of the army will wear crape on…

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Periods of Mourning. British Court One Year. Other National Tributes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Morning.--A special "Gazette" announces that the Court will go into mourning for a period of twelve months. During the latter six months, commencing…

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The Alexandria Sensation. Inquest Resumed. To-day's Proceedings. Mrs. Macdonald in Court. Her Husband Gives Evidence

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 4

One of the saddest cases, apparently, which have ever come under the notice of the City Coroner (and there are many sad ones every year) was investigated by that official and a Jury…

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The Court in Mourning. a Period of 12 Months. Mourning at Foreign Courts. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 5

It is announced that the Court will remain in mourning for 12 months. Half mourning begins on July 24. The officers of the army will wear crape on…

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Constables Charged with Assault. the Cases Dismissed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 10

Before Mr. Edwards, S.M., at Redfern, yesterday, Constables Daniel M'Donald and George Hope, stationed at Botany, were charged with having, in company, on New Year's Eve, at…

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Dishonest Solicitors Sentenced. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 7

Julian T. B. Arnold, solicitor, has been, at the Old Bailey, sentenced to seven and three years' imprisonment, consecutively, for misappropriation of trust moneys. Thomas B…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 10

Committed for Trial.—At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., Felice Langlade, 53, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a watch and chain, a brooch and ring, valued…

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A Murder and Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Morning.--Schneider, a demented official, murdered Edward Orban de Xivry, Governor of the province of Luxemburg, in Belgium, and then suicided…

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Twenty Police Captured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 8

LONDON, Monday Morning.--Twenty newly-recruited police, on being surrounded by Boers at Devondale, in the North Vryburg district, surrendered, and after being…

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Parramatta Police Court. Monday, January 28. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 4

John McNamara was charged with disobeying a summons in which he had been called upon to answer to tho Bench in respect of un allegation of vagrancy. It was stated that the…

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The Police Rifle Club

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 6

The annual meeting of the N.S.W. Police Rifle Club was held at the Central Barracks on January 21, Senior constable Wallace in the chair…

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A Cape M.p. Arrested. Charged with Aiding Boers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Mr. Casper Jacobus Lotter, member for Jansenville in the Cape House of Assembly, has been arrested on a carge of aiding the Boers…

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France. a Police Official Dismissed

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 4

LONDON, January 29.-M. Meyer, chief of the police at Lyons, has been dismissed for listening through a secret microphone to the private and political conversations of the Prefect of the…

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Rifle Shooting. the Police Rifle Club

Referee · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 8

The annual meeting of the N.S.W. Police Rifle Club was held at the Central Police Barracks on 21st instant, Sentor-Con[?]ble Wallace in the cl[?]ir. The secretary, in presenting his report…

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Rifle Shooting. the Police Rifle Club

Referee · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 8

The annual meeting of the N.S.W. Police Rifle Club was held at the Central Police Barracks on 21st instant, Senior-Constable Wallace in the chair. The secretary, in presenting his report,…

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