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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

8,645 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 6

At the Parramatta Police Court on Monday[?] before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., John Griffiths and Alired Funnell were charged with stealing pumpkins from the orchard of T. Buckley…

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Murder and Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 6

Mario Louise Wegner, whose body was found in front of her house on the Iron Duke Lease. Brown-hill, on Monday last, was held at Boulder to-day before Mr. A. J. Evans, Acting Coroner…

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Burglary at Darlinghurst. £100 Worth of Jewellery Stolen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 6

An extensive burglary occurred yesterday morning at a boardinghouse, occupied by Mr. Charles Byre, at 93 Maolcay-street, Darllnghurst, jewellery to the value of £100 being stolen…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 7

Unclean Premises.—At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., Robert D. Findley, of Croydon Park, was charged with having on January 16, as owner of a building on the…

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Digby Grand. Charged With Housebreaking. the Paddington Robbery

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 7

Digby Grand and Florence Newbold, 18, appeared on remand at the Water Court yesterday afternoon charged with having in company broken and entered the…

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At the Police Courts

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 3

William Hadfield, gardener, was, at the North Sydney Court, yesterday, fined £2, in default one month's gaol, on a charge of stealing a number of garden tools from the residence of Richard…

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The City Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 6

At the Newcastle Police Court to-day, before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., William Gordon, aged 32, labourer, was charged with having at Newcastle, on January 26. in company, stolen from the…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 7

The weekly sitting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., and Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S.M. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—…

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The Auburn Murder. What Happened to Jones?

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 5

The police have utterly failed to locate Jones, and it is at time of writing likely that the tactics adopted by Shaw and Skidmore have already been followed by the man…

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Police Courts. a Sentence Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 8

At the Water Police Court yesterday, Arthur Leslie (18), groom, was charged with stealing a revolver and pouch, a stockwhip, a sheath knife and case, two belts, a pair of leggings, a pair of moleskin trousers, a soft felt…

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The Inspector-generalship of Police

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 4

Nothing official has been allowed to transpire relating to the appointment of a successor to Mr. Fcsbery. In well-informed circles, the opinion is held that if the Government go outside the…

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The Auburn Murder. Night Patrol Wanted. Horses Versus Bicycles

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 6

At lust night's meeting or the "Burwood Council a circular was received from the council clerk of Auburn, asking co-operation in the following resolution:--"That In the opinion of this council,…

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The Rifle. the Police and the Navy

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 2

Prior to the departure of the R.M.S. Ophir on Saturday Sergeant Wallace, secretary of the New South Wales Police Rifle Club, visited H.M.S. Katoomba, and presented to…

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Big Find of Boots and Shoes. Alleged Theft From a Store. Three Persons Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 8

At the Water Police Court yesterday before Mr. A . N . Barnett, D. S . M., Andrew Stracban (39). dealer. Amy (40)sallmaker. and Martha Amy (36) were charged…

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A Suspect in the Country. the Police in Pursuit

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 6

RAYMOND TERRACE, Monday.--A man answering tho description of Jones, the suspected Auburn murderer, was in Raymond Terrace on Thursday. The police have since received…

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Commonwealth Notes. the Constitution of the High Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 4

Sir Edmund Barton yesterday referred to the urgent necessity of constituting the High Court, and indicated that the Judiciary Bill would be one of the first measures to be submitted to the Federal…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. Arthur Henry)

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 2

HEARING OF CREDITORS' PETITIONS. William Zietsch v. Patrick Joseph Finnessey. As the petition had not been served upon respondent the application was adjourned…

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Reorganisation of New York Police. Force Receives a Shaking Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 8

According to the San Francisco "Chronicle" the New York police force has been "severely shaken up." The "Chronicle" publishes the following telegrams from New York:—"January 1.—…

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A Paddington Robbery Digby Grand at the Water Court

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 3

Before Mr. A. N. Barnett, D.S.M., at the Water Court yesterday, Digby Grand, alias "Fatty" Newbold, alias Stephens, alias Ward, 32, bootmaker, was charged with having, in company,…

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Law. Monday, February 2. Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.) Hearing of Creditors' Petitions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 8

Ro S Hoffnung and Co., Ltd., against A. G. Johnstone, tobacconist, of Deniliquin. The sequenstration order was made, Mr. AV. H. rainier being appointed official assignee…

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