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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1902

8,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

District Court. (Bofore Acting Judge Harris.) Alleged Unlawful Distraint. Rosario v. Howarth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 11

Mr. Teece, instructed by Mr. E. H. Gardner, for the plaintiff, and Mr. G. T. R. Burcher for the defendant. This was as action brought by D'Angelo Rosario (a fruit vendor), of Hunter-street,…

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Liverpool Small Debts Court. Tuesday, February 25. (Before Messrs. Chapman and Pollard-Smith, J's.P.) the Bicycle Case Struck Out

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 11

Alfred O'Brien v. Hugh Knox—Claim £10, damages alleged to be caused to plaintiff and bicycle by the alleged negligent driving of defendant Mr. B.B…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before the President and Commissioners Brandis and Houston.) Mr. Hanbury Davies appeared for the Minister. Hearing of Appeals

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 7

David Scott appealed against the appraised annual license fee of the preferential occupation license of Gulgo, No. 586A, Central Division, Condobolin. The area of the holding was 9410 acres,…

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Law Report. Friday, February 28. Supreme Court. in Banco. Before Mr. Justice Stephen, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Acting Justice Pring). a Broker's Transaction. Important Judgment. Cooper v. Gardiner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 11

Mr. Pilcher, K.C. and Mr. J. L. Campbell, instructed by Mr. Frank A. Davenport, appeared for the defendant, and moved to make absolute a rule [?] on leave leserved to…

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Charged with Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 8

Thomas Smith was brought before the Gunnedah Bench on Friday charged with attempting to murder Kate Ahern, a girl aged 17 years, at Curlewis. It was alleged…

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Sentenced to Death

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 8

The trial of George Fagan on a charge of murdering his wife, Jane Fagan, at Cheltenham (Victoria), took place at the Criminal Court, Melbourne, before Mr. Justice a…

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Princess Charged with Forgery

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 8

Princess Catherine Radziwill has been arrested at Cepe Colony on a charge of having forged the name of Mr. Cecil Rhodes to bills for £23,000…

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Confession of Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 8

A telegram, received in Melbourne on Thursday from Mitiamo, stated that Richard Henry Wills, who is detained by the police on a charge of vagrancy, had…

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Outrage and Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 8

At the Criminal Court, London, Harold Apted [?] twenty years of age, a carter, was tried on a charge of murder of Frances Eliza O'Rourke, aged 7½, who was…

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Police Promotions

Truth · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 7

IN connection with the extensive robbery at Grace Brothers' establishment last December, for which offence two thieves, Vallery and Rivers, were sentenced to five and our years'…

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University Official Gets Five Years' Gaol

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 8

Frederick Thomas James Dickson, late accountant of the Melbourne University, was brought up for sentence before Mr. Justice Hodges, in the Criminal Court, on four…

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Police Court Comedy. Two of the Principal Performers. Ada Norton and Mary Byrne in the Box

Truth · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 6

THE Central Police Court was packed on Monday afternoon, when the "Randwick Assault Case," which had been adjourned from the Water Police Court, was called on. All…

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A Pugnacious Publican and a Photo Blackmailer. a Woman with a Past. What Didn't Transpire in Court

Truth · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 3

A SYDNEY pot-house keeper, better celebrated for his pugnacious proclivities than his gentle bearing towards customers his swankey had driven delirious, was heard to express himself…

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John Norton's 'Appy 'Ome. That Peculiar Police Prosecution. Charges and Counter Charges of Conspiracy. Ada Norton and Mary Byrne in the Box. Mary Byrne Again Performs, and Is Ejected. a Wife's Written Confession of Misconduct. "That Promise Went Bung Long Ago!" She Still Collogues with Coxon. Ada Norton Charges Her Husband with Having Committed a Bestial Crime. "A Self-Confessed Adultress." Exciting Scenes Created by Prosecutrix

Truth · Sunday 2 March 1902 · page 5

AT the Sydney Water Police Court last Friday week the hearing of a most singular charge of assault was commenced before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M…

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Burglary at Parramatta

Evening News · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 6

A burglary was committed at the residence of Mr. William Board, O'Connell-street, North Parramatta, on Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Board were out for a couple of hours in the…

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Another City Burglary

Evening News · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 4

The premises of Mr. Oakes, Elizabeth-street, near Cooper-street, Surry Hills, are reported to have been entered by thieves between 3 and 5 on Sunday afternoon. Entrance is supposed to…

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Burglary in the City

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 7

The tobacconist shop of G. G. Lind, George-street North, was entered by burglars on Saturday night. About £30 worth of tobacco, cigars, and smokers' requisites were stolen. Entrance…

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Stealing From a Dwelling

The Australian Star · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 6

A young girl named Ethel Goff pleaded guilty late on Friday afternoon at the Quarter Sessions to a charge of having stolen numerous articles of clothing and some,…

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Decrease in Gaol Population

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 4

A chart has been prepared by the Controller-General of Prisons showing the population of the State, and the prison population, from and inclusive of 1882 to the end of December, 1901…

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Farmers Sentenced. March 2, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 4

Several Griqualand West fanners have been sentenced to terms of three and four years' imprisonment for having acted as Boer officials…

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