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Courts & crime, 1902

8,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

The Boys' Brigade. Ah Unprovoked Assault

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 8

The Minister for Works was interviewed yesterday by a deputation, consisting of Messrs. J. Russell French, E. D. Gray, L. Dobbin (secretary), Carpenter (superintendent), and other At the Balmain Court yesterday, Daniel Curran, 25, laborer, was charged with an assault on William J. Higgins, thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm on January 26 last. The evidence for…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 3

Committed for Trial.—At the Water Police Court Yesterday, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., Charles Bornard, 32, cook, was charged with steal[?]g in the dewelling-house of Selim F. Hedlund, the Victoria…

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The Assault on William Kirk. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 4

At the police court this morning, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., and local justices, Thomas Cooper and James Murray were charged with maliciously wounding William Kirk with intent to do grievous…

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Assaulting the Police

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 5

[?]ven Petersen (24), described as a fireman, native of Sweden, having imbibed too freely in George-street, showed his pugilistic propensities by assaulting Constable Robert…

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The Mounted Police

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 4

The smart arrest of a person believed to be the perpetrator of the Junee outrage brings again prominently before public notice the address, co[?]ge', and Resourcefulness of the…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The weekly meeting, of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the presiding magistrates being Messrs. G. H. Smithers; S. M., C. W. Payten, S .M., and A. W…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 3

At the weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—Janet King to Thomas O'Sullivan, Underwood Estate Hotl, Point…

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That Three Per Cent. Commission. Not Charged by Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Victorian Premier is exceedingly glad, he says, to find that this State is not in the same position as Now South Wales and Queensland with regard to…

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Police Courts. Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 8

At the Water Police Court, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., Charles Bernard (32), cook, was charged with stealing in the dwelling-house of Selim F. Hedlund, Victoria Hotel, Oxford and Flinders streets, £22 in…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 3

Frederick Stolweather, of 117 Regent-street, Sydney, boot and shee manufacturer, Mr. N. E. Giblin, official assignce. Frank Haincourt Delamore, of South Broken Hill,…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestration

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 8

Frederick Stolweather, boot and shoe manufacturer, 117 Regent-street, Sydney. Mr. Giblin, official assignee…

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Charge of Wife Murder. Statement by the Prisoner

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The charge of murdering his wife, preferred against a farmer named Robert Billson Hawkins, of Kooreh South, was proceeded with at St. Arnaud to-day. The…

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Police Indictments. Comments by a Judge

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 3

Judge Rogers made some emphatic observations at the Quarter Sessions yesterday on the subject of the methods of Indictment in the police courts. He said that the police…

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Formulating Police Charges. Strong Remarks by Judge Rogers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 8

"What is this?" impetuously queried Judge Rogers at the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions yesterday as the Crown Prosecutor…

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Law Notices. Supreme COURT,—Thursday, February 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 3

Master's Office,—Before the Deputy Registrar in Equity, at 11 a.m.: Brennan v. Pitt, son, and Badgery, taxation, all-day appointment.[?]…

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Methods of Indictment in Police Courts. Remarks by Judge Rogers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 3

Yesterday at the Quartor Sessions Judge Rogers had occasion to refer to the method of in indicting accused persous by the police. He said that the police appeared to indict accused persons on the most…

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The Assault on a Girl at Mitta Mitta. an Arrest Made. in a Gully at Ironbong. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 7

A man who is alleged to be concerned in the outrage on the school girl at Mitta Mitta on Monday afternoon was captured at 11.30 this morning in the bush at Ironbong, 12 miles from Bethungra railway…

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Probate Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen.) Probates and Administrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 3

Probates were granted of the will of the lat[?] Bishop of Goulburn (Dr. Chalmers) and of Josep[?] Henry Barsden. Letters of administration were granted an the estate of the late Eliza Barlee…

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Industrial Arbitration. Probable Gases for the New Court. H.

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 6

The conditions under which the bush-workers of the State are employed will be submitted to arbitration, that course having boon, affirmed at the annual conference of the Australian Workers'…

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