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Courts & crime, 1903

8,645 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Queensland. Peculiar Case of Stealing. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 5

At the South Brisbane Police Court to-day Carl L. Wuersching was fined £1, with £2 2s 6d costs, or 14 days' imprisonment, for stealing a pine tree. The evidence showed that defendant, who was a labour…

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Assault on a Steamer's Fireman. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 4

A fireman named Kier or Keogh on the steamer Flora, who, it is alleged, had been imbibing freely, assaulted the two cooks just before the departure of the vessel for Melbourne to-day. The cooks, in…

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Committed for Trial. Charge of Stealing From Luggage

The Australian Star · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 5

Henry Rankin, 25 a labourer, came before the Water Police Court Bench to-day on a charge of stealing two gold rings, two gold lace pins, one purse, one gold watch, two gold…

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Murder in West Australia. a Ghastly Crime French Men and Women Charged. Treat It As a Joke. Notorious "Sweet Marie."

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 5

PERTH, Thursday.--A party of live French men and three French women went from Fremantle to Smith's mill, a distance of over 30 miles, for a picnic yesterday. They went to a vineyard kept…

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Divorce Court Perfume

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 8

Mr. Justice Barnes, who tried the Hartopp case, is a Liverpool man, having been born there in 1848. Though his letters go to half a dozen addresses, the judge is never quite so much at…

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Arbitration Court Appointments

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 6

Speaking to a deputation of trade unionists Mr. Seddon hinted that some radical changes would be brought about with regard to the Arbitration Court. Practically, he said, the…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 8

Lydia Abigail Woodford, of 30 Ross-street, Forest Lodge, widow, and Thomas Ernest Rofe, of 60 Castlerengh- street, against Edward Trcmayne Dunstan, of 291 George-street, Sydney,…

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Police Courts. Fraudulent Appropriation Op Money

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 8

At the water Police Court yesterday, before .Mr. a. a. Barnett, D.S.M., James Dawson (32) canvasser, was charged with fraudulently appropriating the sum of 6s 6d, the property of the Government…

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Footpad at Work. Dastardly Assault on a Girl Jewellery Torn From Her Body

The Australian Star · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 5

The police in No. 2 Division had a serious case to deal with last night and this morning, one disclosing the most brutal i[?]treatment of a young lady as a preliminary to…

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Transference of Warders From Goulburn Gaol. Alleged Connection with the Public Service Association. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 5

Consternation exists among Public servants here at the transfer of two warders at the gaol for, it is alleged, having made representations through the Public Service Association to the…

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Marine Court Inquiry. Silver Cloud-Dayspring Collision

The Australian Star · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 6

The collision which occurred in the vicinity of the Heads between the British barquentine Silver Cloud and a punt in tow of the steamer Dayspring was investigated…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Claim for Commission. Stanton v. Blackman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 7

Mr. Scholes, instructed by Messrs. Dawson, Waldron, and Glover, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Curlewis, instructed by Messrs. Gould and Shaw, for the defendant. This was an action brought by…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. Arthur Henry.) Examinations Under Section 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 7

Re Felix Edward Barbat. Mr. Cowper appeared for the official assignee, but there was no appearance on the part of Barbat, and the matter was adjourned sine die…

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Law. Thursday, February 5. Court of Marine Inquiry. Fair Light--pacific Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 8

An inquiry opened in the Court of Marine inquiry, before Judge Backhouse and Captains D. Jamieson and J. M'Kenzie into the collision between the Manly Beach steamer Fairlight and…

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Newcastle. Arbitration Court. Important Coal-mining Cases. Question of Basis of Payment. Newcastle

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

The sittings of the Arbitration Court were resumed to-day before Mr. Justice Cohen (president) and Messrs. Cruckshank and Smith. In the matter of an industrial dispule between the…

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Law Report. Thursday, February 5. Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Backhouse and Captains D. E. Jamieson and J. Mackenzie, assessors.) the Pacific-fairlight Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 7

This was an inquiry into the circumstances of a collision that took place between the jerry steamer Fairlight, owned by the Port Jackson Co-operative Steamship Company, and the steamer Pacific, owned…

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Sentenced for Stealing

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 11

Upon arraignment at the Quarter Sessions yesterday Edward Cleveland Morris pleaded guilty to stealing in the dwelling-house of Ambrose Kirk two watches and chains, a…

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Police Courts. Alleged Theft From a Wharf

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 14

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. N. Barnett, D.S.M., Henry Rankin (25), laborer, was charged with stealing a quantity of jewellery and the sum of £4, valued in all at £29, the property of Hannah Lazarus, on…

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World's Press. Charged With the Murder of Bride

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 7

An Indianapolis despatch says:--A special to the "Sentinel" from Elwood says: Mrs. Charles Dubois, a bride of but a few months, was found dead in her room the other…

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Burglary at Merrylands

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 4

On Wednesday, if was reported to the Parramatta police by Constable Auckett, of Merrylands, that tho premises of Mr. W. Newman, storekeeper, of Merrylands, had been broken…

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