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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

8,645 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Parramatta Police Court. Friday, January 9. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.m.) Alleged Detention

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 1

Maud Wade v. Sarah Ann Wade—Mr. White for the defendant. The complainant deposed that she was a married woman living with her mother at Parramatta. Complained that the…

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Police Patients at Albury Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 8

ALBURY, Tuesday.--The Albury Hospital authorities are again in conflict with the police in connection with the admission of what are known as police patients. Some time since tho hospital…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 10

Joseph Garrard, William Ferrier, John Edward West, John Atkinson, John Richard Talbot, Richard Mooney, and Peter Hampson versus Thomas Caddy, of 63 Cleveland-street, Redfern…

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The Children's Corner. Court of Entertainers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 39

King Highandmighty, whose word is final, and whose sword is sharp. Queen Youngheart, who loves everyone not grown up, and does exactly as she pleases…

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Newcastle. Protecting the Children. Painful Cases in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 8

Sitting in the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, Mr, M, S. Love, S.M., had to deal with two cases brought under the provisions of the Children's Protection Act. In the first, Walter Alexander Howard, an officer of the State…

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Police Courts. a Jeweller's Shop Robbed. Charge Against a Laborer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 10

George Wiertz (33), laborer, was charged at the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. Payten, S.M., with burglariously breaking and entering the dwellinghouse of Mary Burnett on the night of December 21, and stealing…

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City Firms Victimised. Alleged Forgery of Clergymen's Names. a Domestic Servant Charged. Committed for Trial on Three

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 10

The Central Police Court was yesterday honored by the presence of more clergymen at one sitting than usually attend there within a period of six months. The raison d'etre was a…

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Burglary in George-street West. (Some of the Items in this Issue appeared in our Latest Edition Yesterday.) an Arrest and a Committal

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 6

George Weirtz, 53, labourer, a native of Belgium, was charged at the Central Court yesterday with having, on the night of December 21, broken and entered the dwelling-house of Mary…

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A Mysterious Murder. the Stirling Tragedy. Strange Evidence at the Inquest. a Stationmaster's Story

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The inquest respecting the death of the old man, George Cullen, who was found dead at his house at Stirling, on January 3, with his head battered in, was…

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Alleged Burglary

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 6

George Wiertz, aged 53, a Belgian, who on Tuesday, was committed for trial on a charge of breaking into and stealing from a jeweller's shop in George -street West, was…

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Burglary at Pyrmont

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 8

George Wiertz, 53, labourer, of Belgium, was charged at the Central Police Court with breaking and entering the shop of William Helenius, at 63 Union-street, Pynnont, on or about…

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Annual Police Court Returns. Balmain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 8

The annual returns in connection with the business transacted by the clerk of Petty Sessions, &c., at Balmain for the year ended December 31, 1902, have been compiled by the local officer (Mr. George…

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Parramatta District. Parramatta Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 8

At the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, before Mr. T. E. MacNevin. S.M., "Walter Robins, on three charges of obtaining goods by means of false pretences, was in each case fine 20s, or seven days. It was also ordered that his…

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Mother and Child. a Police Court Story

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 5

Janet Hunter, a single woman, said to be 21 years of age, but apparently only about 16 or 17 years old, was charged at the Central Police Court to -day with deserting her…

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Forest Lodge Burglary. The Goods Recovered

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 5

The police at Redfern made a good haul last night, when the whole of the £200 worth of boots and material stolen was found in a house in that part of Alexandria which…

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Alleged Theft of Money

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 8

At the Newtown Court, before Mr. A. N. Barneit. D.R.M., Frank Scuffed (10) was charged with stealing the sum of £10, the property of Cosmo Comino, at Newtown on the 11th inst. Prosecutor is a fishmonger, carrying on…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 4

Breaches of the Liquor Act.—In the Summons Division of the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., John Hade, licensce of the Star and Garter Hotel, King-street, was fined…

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Charge of Assault. Constable and Storekeeper

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon at the Newtown Court Constable Albert Read was proceeded against on an information charging him with having unlawfully assaulted a civilian named Henry…

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Alleged Theft. Widow Struggles With Two Men

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 7

Arthur Bergoff, alias Bert O'Brien, alias Johnson, alias Hughes, aged 30, described as a commission agent, and Thomas Phillips, alias Nelson, alias M'Grory, aged 40, were…

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The S.a. Murder Mystery

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday,—The inquest on George Cullen, who was mysteriously murdered at Stirling West, in the Hills country, near Adelaide, was continued to-day. After the…

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