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Courts & crime, 1901

7,451 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 250

Suicide in Parramatta Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 4

A prisoner named James Kelly, confined in Parramatta Gaol, committed suicide in his cell on Monday night or early yesterday morning. The warder on going his rounds first thing…

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Rebels Sentenced. London, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 7

Two rebels have been sentenced to death for a[?]tacking a train at Taaebosch. Others have been sentenced to imprisonment…

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The Assault on a Chinese

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 9

Two men, Archibald Miles (21) and Arthur Watson, (21), were charged yesterday at the Central Police Court with being concerned in the assault on the Chinaman, Tin Yew, on March 4. They…

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The Assault on a Chinaman

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 7

Detective Roche at the Central yesterday asked for a remand for a week, and obtained it, in the case of Arthur Watson, 25 and Archibald Hales, 21, who were charged with being…

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Supposed Suicide in Parramatta Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 8

On Tuesday afternoon the Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. T. E. MacNevm, P.M., held an inquest at the Parramatta Gaol touching the death of a prisoner named James Kelly, aged 40, a native of…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 10

Committed for Trial—At the Water Police Court yesterday before Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S. M., Alfred Beale, 29, a jockey, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Edward William…

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Redfern Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 10

At the Redfern Court, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., E. H. Connerty, carrying on business at the corner of Botany and Redfern streets, Redfern, was fined 5 and : 56 casts, for keeping his shop open for the purpose of…

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Divorce Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 7

His Honor yesterday made absolute the decrees nisi granted in the following suits, and declared the marriage in each case dissolved: -- Blanche Mabel M'Donald v…

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Inquest. a Prisoner Hangs Himself at Parramatta Gaol

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 3

On Tuesday morning, the gruesome discovery was made by the officials of Parramatta Gaol, when going their rounds, that a prisoner named…

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Police Courts. "Soldiers Three."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 10

On a charge of being deserters from [?]lian Artillery, three soldiers named Thomas Harmer (23), j Henry John Thomas (10), and Edward Ralph Somers, or, M'Donald (34). were handed over to the military…

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Baden-powell's Police. Canadian Recruits

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Twelve hundred Canadian recruits for the South African Constabulary, sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for South Africa on the 20th inst…

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DISTRICT COURT—Wednesday, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 10

Before his Honor Judge Backhouse, at 10 a.m. Lamy v. Corston, Russell v. Truman, Scott v. Seivice, Turner v. Hart, Campbell v. Tighe, Scott v. O'Riordan, Dawson v. Murray and another…

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Bankruptcy Court. Tuesday. Certificate Application

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 3

Re Robert Clark. The hearing was, by consent, adjourned to April 23. The Registrar said that if any further adjournment became necessary through want of…

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Wesleyan Conference. Gaol Chaplains and Their Recognition. Visit of Hugh Price Hughes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 4

The representative conference resumed business yesterday morning. On the motion of the Rev, W. W. Rutledge, the president was authorised and empowered to sign…

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Parramatta Police Court. Friday, March 8. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., and Mr. P. J. Braine, J.P.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 4

George Evans (on remand), who had been under medical treatment because of his mental condition, was further remanded for a week…

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Law Notices. Supreme COURT.—Wednesday, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 10

Term List.—At 10 a. m.: In re gent, one, &c., ex parte the Incorporated Law Institute, To answer affldavits (Part heard.) Bance Court (St. James'-read, Sydney).—At 11.30 a. m.:…

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The Coningham Case. Mrs. Coningham in the Box. Alleged Drugging and Theft. She Travelled as Mrs. Arnold

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 4

The hearing was continued this morning of the suit in divorce Coningham v. Coningham, Dr. O'Haran, co-respondent, in which the petitioner claimed £5000 damages from…

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Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson.) Decree Absolute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 10

His Honer made absolute the decrees nisi in the following suits and declared the marr[?]ges dissolved:—Blanche Mabel M'Douald v. Alexander Woodroff M'Donald (petitiouer to have the custody…

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The Coningham Divorce. Third Day. Mrs. Coningham Further Examined. Alleged Theft of Letters. the Couch and the Blinds

Evening News · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 4

The hearing of the suit in which Arthur Coningham, a chemist, is seeking a dissolution of his marriage with Alice Stanford Coningham, formerly Dowling, on the ground of her adultery with…

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A Libel Action. At the Criminal Court. Charles Walter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 7

dler was sentenced to three months in Adelaide Gaol and was fined £50, for a defamatory libel respecting Emma Bowdon. The libel complained of was contained in an article entitled "Darkest…

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