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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

8,645 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

China. the Murder of Baron Von Ketteler

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 6

LONDON, January 1.—A marble arch has been erected spanning the spot in Pekin where Baron von Ketteler, the German Minister to China, was murdered in June,…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Southwark Poisoning Case. Fresh Charges of Murder

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 6

LONDON, January 1, 2.40 p.m.—The man who under the name of George Chapman, is in custody charged with the murder by poi­son of Maude Eliza Marsh, aged 19, a…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] a London Murder Mystery. Husband, Wife, and Child Murdered

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 3

LONDON, December 31, 3.10 p.m.—The muti­lated bodies of a man named Darby, a grocer, at Camberwell, and his wife, and infant, have been unearthed in the garden of a house at Leyton…

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Told in Court. The Birthday Party-- And After

The Australian Star · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 3

A violent scene following a birthday celebration was described to Mr. Plowden at Marylebone Police Court, London. Henry and Fredk. Truss, milk carriers, of…

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China. the Murder of Baron Von Ketteler. the Arch of Penitence. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 5

A marble arch has been erected at Senanning, the spot in Peking where Baron von Ketteler, the German Minister to China, was murdered in June, 1900…

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Leon, the Court Physician. Written for the "Hebrew Standard." a New Serial [Continued]. Chapter V. the Loan

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 3

At the date of our history, Bohemia was the scene of great disturbances. King John spent the most of his time in Luxemburg in gaiety and carousing, oaring very little for his Bohemian…

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Newcastle Police Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 10

William Furey (27), a laborer, was brought before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court, yesterday, on a charge of having, on the 31st December, unlawfully assaulted one Thomas…

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Parramatta District. Burglary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 9

On New Year's Night or early on Friday morning the business premises of Mick Simmons, Church-street, Parramatta, were entered, and a large quantity of goods, valued at £100, were stolen. The stolen property consisted…

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Italy's Most Mysterious Tragedy. a Magistrate Who Investigates a Murder

The World's News · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 10

From Italy comes one of the strangest stories ever chronicled. It has material in it for stage tragedies equal to anything ever seen on the boards…

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Alleged Horse-stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 14

At the Newtown Court, before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., John Cook and Charles Strange were charged with stealing a horse, value £50, the property of James E. Smithson, at Rockdale, on December 22nd. They were…

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An Erskineville Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 14

Albert Huxley was brought up ut the Newtown Court, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., and charged with assaulting Charles Alfred Sprich at Erskineville on December 30th. Defendant was fined £3, together with…

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Theft From a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 14

Peter Gray (29), seaman, was fined £3, or, in default, one month's imprisonment, at the Water Police Court far stealing a bottle of gin, a bottle of brandy, and a bottle of schnapps, valued at 11s, the property of Michael…

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Assault by a Barber

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 14

A barber named Alexander Badin (36) was charged before Mr. Wilshire, at the Central Court with unlawfully assaulting Mareella Badin, his wife. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment…

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An Ingenious Gaol-bird

The World's News · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 22

In the "Nineteenth Century and After," Sir Robert Anderson has an article on professional criminals, in the course of which he tells the following story:—…

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Parramatta and District. a Church-street Burglary

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 12

When Mr. G. P. Green, manager of the Churchstreet, Parramatta, branch of Mick Simmons' tobacco and fancy goods establishment, came downstairs into his yard yesterday morning he…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 7

Insufficient Means of Support and Assault.—At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., Sarah Cashman, 40, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having insufficient…

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Police Promotion

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

CONSTABLE McTAGGART, of the Rockdale police force has been promoted to the position of first-class constable. By good conduct,…

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Alleged Stealing From the Person.--two Committals

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 14

At the Central Police Court, Ada Fuige (27) was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions on the 29th inst. on a charge of having stolen the sum of £25 from the person of Thomas Kirkland on December 24. Bail…

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Balmain Police Court. WEDNESDAY, 31st DECEMBER. (Before Mr. Macfarlane, S.m.) Indecent Language

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 4

A youth named S. Sydney, clerk, Walter Walsh, 27, laborer, James O'Keefe, 25, blacksmith, and Fred crick Phillipson, 17, boilermaker,…

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Penrith Police Court Friday, 26Th December. Before Mr J H R Noble, J.P.

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 4

James Foley, drank in High-street on Christmas Eve, Fined 1s or " the rising. "…

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