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Courts & crime, 1902

8,422 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 250

A Bold Theft. From a George- street Hotel

The Australian Star · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 5

An audacious robbery was perpetrated this morning at the Albion Hotel, George- street West. Having occasion to change a £10 note for a customer the licensee, Mr. Russell, took…

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The Queenstown Bank Robbery. the Teller and a Postmaster Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 6

QUEENSTOWN (Tas.), Sunday.--Norman Brownrigg, teller at the Bank of Australasia here, and Charles W. Leeming, post and telegraph master of the Queenstown office, who…

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Raid by the Police. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 10

The police made a raid last night on a number of alleged gambling dons. Twenty-three Chinese were arrested, and gambling implements were se[?]zed…

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Western Australia. Remarkable Evidence Before the Bankruptcy Court. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 7

Proceedings of an extrordinary character came before the Bankruptcy Court on Saturday in the matter of W. J. Leteher. At the instance of the official receiver Robert Mansfield gave evidence on a…

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Methodists in Conference. Temperance Demonstration. Licensing Court Proceedings. Legitimate Narrowness

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 3

A pastoral session of the conference wan held on Saturday morning. Dr. Brown called attention to the necessity of the appointment of a minister to New Britain in…

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The Queenstown Bank Sensation. The Accused Before the Court. HOBART

The Australian Star · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 5

At the Queenstown Police Court on Saturday Norman Brownrigg, teller of the Bank of Australasia, and Charles W. Leeming, post and telegraph master of the…

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The Highway Robbery at Port Adelaide. the Verdict. a Scene in the Court. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 7

In the trial of Lawson and Flynn, who were charged with highway robbery at Port Adelaide on January 23, the latter t[?]d to prove an al[?], and called over 20 witnesses to prove he was in Adelaide…

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Law Report. Saturday, March 1. Supreme Court. in Banco. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and Mr. Acting Justice Pring.) the Business of Term

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 3

Mr. Justice Stephen said that with regard to the business of the Court he wished to make a few remarks, which he had intended to make yesterday, but was unable to do so. For some time past the…

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Assault on a Child

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 6

Frank Bowers was proceeded against in the summons, division of the Newtown Court yesterday on a charge of assaulting Claude Moore, a child 8 years of age. Defendant…

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Alleged Assault on a Child

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 8

At the Newtown Court, John Wildman (52) was charged with criminally assaulting a child two and a half years old at Newtown on March 2. He was committed for trial to the Quarter Sessions on April 3, bail…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 4

Breaches of the Liquor Act.—In the Summons Division of the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., William Hendy, licensee of the Star Hotel, Goulburn-street, was fined £5,…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 6

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy yesterday the following matters were dealt with:-- HEARING OF CREDITORS' PETITIONS. In the matter of Fieldings, Limited, v…

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Balmain District. Police Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 5

Sergeant John Slamon, of No. 1 (Central) station, has been appointed to succeed Sergeant John Taylor, who has been transferred from No. 8 (Balmain) station to No. 1 station. The transfers take effect…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 4
Also in The Australian Star, The Daily Telegraph

Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., presided yesterday at the Central Licensing Court, and granted the folfowing transfers and publicans' licenses:—Joseph Clune to Edward Williamson, Clune's Hotel,…

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Land Appeal Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 8

The sitting of the Land Appeal Court was continued before the President, Mr. Oliver, at the Darlinghurst Court yesterday. Mr. R. Arrowsmith appealed against the…

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Police Courts. Travelling Without a Ticket

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 8

At the Water Police Court, before Mr. W. M. Macfarlane, D.S.M., William Scott (28), carpenter, was fined £2, with the option of a month's imprisonment, for travelling by the steamer Arawatta from Brisbane to…

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Murder of an Aboriginal. a Stockman Arrested. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 7

The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from Sub-Inspector Duncan concerning the alleged murder of an aboriginal and the wounding of two others by a stockman near Wyndham. The…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1902 · page 4

His Honor opened the March sittings of the Metropolitan District Court, and disposed of a number of undefended cases. (Before Acting-Judge Harris.)…

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