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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

8,645 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

A Russian Court Mystery. Monsieur Philippe

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 1

THE state of the Czar's health has been giving some anxiety lately. Quite…

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Second Edition. Result of the Trial-at-bar. Prisoner Found Guilty of Treason. Sentenced to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 9

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--After lasting two days, during which time the proceedings were followed with great public interest, the trial-at-bar came to a…

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Second Edition Mr. A. LYNCH, M.P. Sentenced to Death. London, Jan. 23, 3.25 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 9

The trial-at-bar of Mr. A. Lynch, M.P. for Galway, on a charge of treason in fighting with the Boers in the late war, was concluded this afternoon…

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The Proclamation. Chief Secretary's Office, Sydney, 20th January, 1903. MURDER.- £200 REWARD

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 4

WHEREAS about 2.30 a.m., the 19th instant, Constable Samuel William Long, of the Auburn Police, was found lying unconscious in the bar of the " Royal Hotel "…

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Ryde Police Court. Tuesday; January 20. (Before Messrs. G. M. Pope, R. T. Sutton, and T. G. Dole, J's.P.) the Eastwood Stabbing Affray

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 8

Charles Sing surrendered to his bail in answer to the charge of having, at Eastwood, in November last, wounded one Arthur Zartman with intent to do him grievous bodily…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, January 31. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., and Messrs, C. J. Byrnes and D. D. Henderson, J's.P., Licencing Magistrates.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 11

Licenses were granted to Theodore Charles Trautwein (Auburn), Michael Bourke (billiard license), F. D. Henderson (wine license), Eliza­beth Richardson (wine license.) [In Mr. F. D…

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Baby Farmers Sentenced to Death

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 8

Annie Walters and Amelia Sach were found guilty at the Old Bailey of the murder of infants, and sentenced to death. On November 18 last a male infant, whose…

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Shooting a Constable. Digby Grant Charged With Murder. A Second Man. John Thomas Woolford, Charged With. Being an Accessory Before the Fact

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 4

At a late hour last evening, as a result of inquiries instituted by Senior-constables Gallagher and Whales and Ganstable Mitchell, a man named Digby Grans (32), who was in…

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Police Blackmailing

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 4

"Truth" hears that another predatory policeman has embarked upon a professional career as a blackmailer of poor peccant, pardonable prostitutes, and that…

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Criminals and Police

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 6

Concerned as the public undoubtedly are about the increase of serious crimes, and the free use of the revolver against the police, they are now more…

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The Police Peril

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 1

Again it becomes the duty of "Truth" to call public attention to a grave peril that confronts the ordinary plodding, peaceful plebeian or proletarian—a peril that…

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Uninvited Constable at a Party. Fined for Assault

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 8

At the Newtown Police Court, Constable Albert Read was charged with having, on January 1, assaulted Henry Gleeson at Camperdown. Defendant pleaded not guilty…

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Murder of Constable Long. Two Arrests

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 7

There was an important development yesterday in connection with the hunt for the murderer of Constable Long at Auburn on Monday…

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The Police and "Pushes."

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 6

A uniformed constable on a defined beat is no protection against "push" outrages, for they are easily timed to take place in one quarter while the…

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"Colonel" Lynch Found Guilty and Sentenced to Death. London, January 23

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 7

The trial of "Colonel" Arthur Lynch, M.P. for Galway, on a charge of high treason, he having fought on the side of the Boers, in command of the…

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The Elingamite Wreck. the Court Apportions the Blame

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 8

The decision of the Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Elingamite, which occasioned the loss of many lives and horrors on a raft, was given at Auckland on…

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A Reign of Terror. Abercrombie-street and Neighborhood. a Useless Police System

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 7

"It is a splendid letter, and everything stated there is quite true." "The letter is not a half or a quarter as bad as it could have been made. Why,…

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A Remarkable Case a Concupiscent Chow's Choler. Pagan Perjurers Pollute the Police Courts

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 8

A Chinaman Wants a White Man's Wife—He Chases the Husband with a Revolver, and then Tries to Wriggle out of the Consequences…

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POLICE V. PEOPLE. Constable Crowley "Cops Out"! Crowley Says He Is Not "Hot Stuff." Police, Prostitutes, Pimps, and Plebeians. Some Peculiar Evidence A Constable Convicted of Using Disgusting Language to Two Respectable Citizens

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 5

A case that excited a considerable amount of interest among both police and public was board last Monday before Air. Donaldson, S.M., in the Summons…

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Week's Miscellany: w s £'•: A Compilation of the News of the World. Burglars Murder a Constable—officer Shot Through the Head

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1903 · page 8

Constable Long, of the Parramatta district, was murdered by burglars at Auburn, near Sydney, early on Monday morning. It is supposed that the constable, during…

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