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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

8,645 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

A New Year's Eve Episode. a Police Constable Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 4

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday before Mr. Barnett, D.S.M., Constable Albert Head was charged with having on January 1 assaulted Henry Gleeson at Camperdown. Mr. Moss…

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The Inspector-General of Police. Contemplated Retirement. After Fifty Years' Service

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 4

Early next month Mr. Edmund Fosbery, C.M.G., the Inspector-General of Police, will have completed fifty years' continuous service in the police force, the first nine of which were spent…

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The Inspector-general of Police. Mr. Fobbery's Jubilee of Service. Contemplated Retirement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 4

Within a few days the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Edmund Walcot Fosbery, C.M.G., will complete 50 yours' continuous service in the police force, 41 years of which he has spent in New South Wales,…

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More Police Protection Required. Proposed Re-Instalment of Mounted Patrol. Auburn Council Moving. A Vigilance Committee Proposed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 3

Alderman Furnival, under the heading of urgent business, at the Auburn Council meeting on Monday night, introduced a question of vital importance raised by the tragedy that…

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Stealing Trousers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 8

At the Newtown Court, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., James Hefferman laborer, was charged with stealing four pairs of trousers, value 17s, the property of Honor Buck, on January 16 Prosecutor is a draper in…

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Fowl Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 9

At the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., Christopher Seller (35) and Sydney Seller (26) were charged with stealing a fowl, valued at 5s, the property of…

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Stealing Workmen's Tools

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 6

Some sneak thieves have recently turned their attention to stealing the tools with which a number of mechanics earn their dally bread. At Rose Bay then are a…

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Alleged Extensive Theft of Metal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 8

At the Newtown Court, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., Andrew Strachan (39), Winter Amy (40), and Martha Amy (36) were charged with breaking and entering the warehouse of Messrs. Davies and Sheppard, at Petersham, on…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 4

Fraudulent Appropriation.—At the Cental Police Court, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S. M., Hermann Langsdorf aged 48, described as a commercial traveller, was convictcd for fraudulently appropriating…

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Arbitration Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 8
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The President of the Court, after consultation with the other members, has decided to resume the hearing of cases on the 28th inst., when the Court will sit at Newcastle, and continue the…

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The Castle Hill Shooting Case. Stealing Fowls and Whatcameofit

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 4

At the; Parramatta Court, Christopher Seller, 35, and Sydney Seller, 26, were charged with stealing a fowl, valued at 6s, the property of George F. Bray, at Castle Hill…

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A Raid by the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 6

A long line of suspected persons, presented on various charges, arising out of the raid made by detectives on premises in Spring-street, on the night of the 10th inst., appeared at the City…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 8

Arthur Herbert Burnet, trading as A. H. Burnet and Company, of Sydney, wholesale grocer, v. H. Sinclair, grocer, late of 110 Albion-street, Surry-hills. Petition to be heard on January 27…

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Affairs in New Guinea. Punishing the Natives. Report by the Resident Magistrate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 4

Last week there was published in the "Herald" an account of an expedition undertaken in September last by Mr. C. A. W. Monekton, resident magistrate in the north-eastern division of British New Guinea…

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Police Courts. Breaches of the Customs Act

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 8

Two further prosecutions for breaches of the Customs Act were heard by Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., at the Water Summons Court yesterday. T. Komura and II. Ide were proceeded against on…

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The Murder of Constable Long. So Clue Yet. Mystery of an Iron Bar

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 4

The police had no further information to-day concerning the identity of the men who murdered Constable Samuel Long, at Auburn, on Monday morning. The only thing of interest which…

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New Hebrides Missionary Work. Prospects of the White Settlers. Murder of a French Captain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 6

The veteran missionary, Dr. Paton, whose connection with the South Sea Islands extends over a period of 42 years, is again on a visit to Sydney, having arrived yesterday by the steamer…

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Arbitration Court Jurisdiction. Rival Labourers' Unions. Offer by the Government

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 8

A somewhat peculiar position has arisen in connection with the jurisdiction of the Industrial Arbitration Court and the rival labourers' unions. It will be remembered that the United Labourers'…

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A Veteran of Police. Mr. Fosbery's Unique Record. Fighting Crime for Fifty Years

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 5

Mr. Edmund Walcott Fosbery, C.M.G., whose impending retirement from the position of Inspector-General of the N.S.W. Police Force was announced in Wednesday's "Evening News," has…

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