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Courts & crime, 1903

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Penrith Police Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 4

Before Messrs W C F[?]lton and L C Tennant, J's.P. Thomas Raley, charged with using indecent language, was fined 10s; in default, 48 hours' lockup…

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Burglars Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 10

Three men, David Walsh, James Malone, and Thomas Doyle, who were captured by Constable Barnard at Carlton last week while attempting to break into a grocery store, were sentenced…

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Assault Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 15

John Lockhart, first mate of the ship Forthbank, was proceeded against at the Water Summons Court by Carl Gustaf Malinquist, an able seaman, for assault. Mailinquist stated that defendant struck him on the nose…

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Police Courts. Theft of Gas.--a Fine of £10

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 15

At the Water Summons Court yesterday, before M[?] Isaacs, S.M., proceedings were taken by the Australian Gaslight Company against Louis Biesmann for stealing 100ft. of gas, valued at 6d, on January 20 at Kogarah…

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Theft of Clothing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 15

Margaret Kornfeldt (38), married, was fined 60s, or one month's imprisonment, at the Water Police Court, for stealing three sheets, one blouse, and other articles, valued at 30s, the property of Edwin Nichols…

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Liverpool Police Court. Monday, January 26. (Before Messrs. Pollard-Smith and W. H. Goodman, J's.P.) Fruit Stealing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 3

John Smith, a school-boy, nine years of ago, was charged with stealing fruit, the property of Win. Broughton, of Moorebank, and valued at 1s…

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Would-be Burglars Sentenced

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday Afternoon.—Thomas [?] and James Maloney, the former of whom was shot in the leg of Constable Barnard when attempting to break into a store in Carl[?]…

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as;h Important Police Court Judgment. Reciprocal Duties

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 6

At the Water Police Court on Thursday three seamen, named Alfred Buckley, Carl Gustav MaImquist, and Neil M'Kechnie were each sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment on a charge of…

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The Peasenhall Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--The prisoner William Gardiner, who has been twice tried for the murder of the girl Rose Harsent at Peasenhall, in Suffolk, has been released from custody, a nolle prosequi…

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Carlton Sensation. Prisoners Sentenced. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 8

Thomas Doyle and James Malone, the principals in the affair at the grovery establishment of Mr. M. Sheahan, J.P., on the morning of the 23rd instant, when the former was shot…

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The Auburn Tragedy. Another Confession. Woolford Opens His Wind to the Police. How the Burglary was Planned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 4

After the Court proceedings on Thursday, in connection with the Auburn tragedy, John Thomas Woolford, the groom lately employed at the Royal Hotel, the scene of the crime,…

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Police Promotions

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 6

Sub-inspector Henry James Hughes, district inspector under the Liquor Act for the metropolitan licencing district, bas been promoted to the rank of inspector of police, to take effect from…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 7

Sent to the Industrial School.—At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., Eulalie M. Smith, 15½, was ordered to be sent to the Parramatta Industrial School for Girls for having no…

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Frenchman Charged Alleged Forgery and Uttering

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 11

Peter George Charles Alioth, aged 84 a native of France was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with forging the name of P. B. Coyne, a superior at the…

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A Kogarah Discovery. Remarkable Theft of Gas

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 6

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Issacs, S.M Robert John Lukey, secretary of the Australian Gaslight Company, proceeded against Louis Biesmann on an information…

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Balmain Police Court. WEDNESDAY, 28th JANUARY. (Before Mr. Macfarlane, S.m.) Drunks

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 6

Simon McGreal, 19, butcher, was fined 5s or 24 hours for being, drunk in Denison street. George Singleton, was fined 10s,…

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Alleged Murder of a Seaman

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 10

In the magistrate's room at Port Adelaide Police Court this morning Sub-inspector Doyle mentioned to Mr. W. Johnstone, S.M., the case of James Allander Grant, third mate of the Torrens,…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, January 28. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 11

Jas. Stack, for drunkenness, was fined 5s or the rising of the Court. THE ROOKWOOD ASSAULT. Wm. Price, on remand, was in the dock…

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An Ocean Tragedy. Mutiny and Murder

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 4

LONDON, January 30.—Four foreign sallors of the barque [?] have been charged at Liverpool Police Court with mu[?] and with the murder of their captain and six ship[?]…

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Ryde Police Court. Tuesday, January 27th. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin. S.M., and Messrs. R. T. Sutton, T. G. Dole, and H. St. John Tucker, J's.P.) Gaol Preferred

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 10

George Whittaker appeared in answer to a summons, issued at the instance of Sergeant Ross, charging him with having failed to comply with an order made by the Bench,…

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