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Courts & crime, 1901

7,451 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

Probate Court. (Before Mr. Justice Walker, Probate Judge.) a Contested Will. Cannon v. Quirk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 4

Mr. Gordon aud Mr. A. Thomson, instructed by Messrs. Shipway and Berne, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Lyons, instructed by Mr. T. M. Slattery, for the defendants. This was a suit in…

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Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) a Question of Adjustment. Church v. Talbot and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 4

Mr. Langer Owen and Mr. Maughan, instructed by Messrs. Laurence and M'Lachlan, for the plaintiff; Mr. Lingen and Mr. Stre[?] instructed by Messrs. Norton, Smith, and Co., for certain defendants; Mr…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Befpre Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury of four.) Claim for Erecting a Cottage. Kuox v. Boulton (part heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 4

Mr. Shand and Mr. Teece, instructed by Mr. J. W. Abigail, appeared for the plaintiff; and Dr. Briss[?]nden, instructed by Mr. T. M. Slattery, for the defendant. This was an action brought by Robert…

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Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Backhouse and Messrs. A. Hay and D. Dakin, assessors.) Collision in the Harbour. Brighton v. Dew Drop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 4

The Court of Marine Inquhy sat yesterday afternoon to investigate the circumstances connected with a collision which took place on the afternoon of February 27 near Fort Denison between the Manly…

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No. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Owen and a jury of four.) Action for Libel. a Question of Damages. Limon v. Bennett and another (part heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 4

Mr. Want, K.C., and Mr. Mocatta, instructed by Mr. David M. Myers, appeared for the plaintiff[?] and Mr. Pitcher, K.C., and Mr. P[?]g, instructed by Messrs. Pigott and Stinson, for the defendants. This…

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Law Report. Tuesday, March 5. Banco Court. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of 4.) Claim for Injuries in a Tram Accident. Timbs v. Commissioners for Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 4

Mr. W. A. Walker and Mr. Boyce, instructed by Messrs. Porkins and Fosbery, appeared for the plaintiff; and Sir Julian Salomons, K.C., and Mr. C. B. Stephen, instructed by Mr. J. C. Thom…

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In the Days of the Dead Sport in the Past. The Old Homebush Course. Tarragon and Volunteer. Honest Higgerson's Horsemanship. an Affair of Fisticuffs. Hazards — A Police Raid — Securing a Swell Mob — An Interesting Inguest — A Coack Accident. — The Ophir Gold Rush — Sanl Samuel's Shooting — Brady's Wit. NO. V.

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 3

The past! The past'. Oh what a tide Does memory pour upon the breast; What visions rise, what phantoms glide. To fill the brain and break the rest…

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Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 8

Thomas Mills (15), jockey, was charged at the Central Court with having, in company, stolen £9 and a silver watch and chain, valued in all at £13, from Frederick Thompson. Accused was sent to the Carpenterian…

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Prisoners Sentenced

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 6

His Honor Judge Heydon, at the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday, sentenced the following prisoners, who had pleaded guilty:--John Johnson, stealing in a dwelling, six…

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"Born in Gaol."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 5

Should the stigma "Born in gaol" be always attached to children because of the sin of their parent? The Women's Social and Political Crusade of Victoria say it should not, and to-day…

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Suspected of Stealing False Teeth

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 8

Frederick Nlass, a lad of 14, was charged at Newtown with having a set of false teeth in his possession, reasonably suspected of having been stolen, on the 4th inst. He had tried to pawn the teeth. At first he said his brother…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 4

Breach of the Traffic Regulations.—In the Charge Division of the Balmain Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Mair, S.M., a cabman named Samuel Beird was fined 10s, or in default three days'…

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Alleged Slander and Assault. £500 Claimed

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 5

The action for the recovery of £500 for alleged slander and assault was continued this morning before his Honor Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury of four in No. 2 Jury Court…

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Alleged Slander and Assault. Claim for £500

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 8

In No. 2 Jury Court, before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury of four, an action was brought by Clara Lillian Isbister by John Isbister, her next friend, to recover £500 damages from Thomas…

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Attempted Murder by Starvation. Exemplary Sentences

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Justice Day, sitting at Bristol, has sentenced David Allport, Insurance agent, to fifteen years' penall servitude and Louisa Chappell to five years, for…

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Attempted Child Murder. London, March 6

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 4

Mr. Justice Day, sitting at Bristol, sentenced a man named David Allport, an insurance agent, formerly a lay evangelist, to 15 years' penal servitude, and a woman…

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Water Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 8

The Water Licensing Court sat yesterday, Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., and Mr. F. Penny, L.M., on the bench. The following transfers of publicans licenses were granted:--John H. Pries to George W. Robertson, Pries' Hotel…

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Water Licencing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 4

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the bench consisting of Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M. (chairman), and Mr. F. Penny, L.M. The following transfers of publicans' licenses…

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Police Courts. Harboring an Absconder

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 8

A somewhat unique case came before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Police Court, when Frederick Johnson (20) was charged with knowingly harboring May, Trainer, an offender who had absconded from the Shaftesbury…

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Orange Electoral Revision Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 6

ORANGE, Wednesday.--Some excitement was created in political circles to-day by a wild rumor that over 200 applicants for enrolment on the electoral list had been unfairly…

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