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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

8,645 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Central Criminal Court. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson.) Mr. H. Pollock prosecuted for the Crown. Breaking and Entering

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 8

George Evans and Samuel Wilson were charged with having broken and entered the warehouse of Thomas Littlejohn at Sydney on January 27 last with intent to steal They pleaded guilty, and were remanded for…

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Paddington Police Court

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 2

At the Paddington Court, Sydney Richardson, 21, carter, was charged with embezzling 4s 5d, 8s 1d, and 9s. the property of his mistress, Alice Smyth, laundry-keeper, Cameron-street,…

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Stealing Salmon

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 3

Henry Pemberton, 43, carter, and Louis Jones, 56, storeman, were charged before the Water Court yesterday with stealing five cases of salmon, value £5, the property of Burns,…

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Waterloo Tragedy. Ah Kin on Trial. Charged with Murder

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 5

To-day at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson and a jury, the trial of Ah Kin, who was charged that he did feloniously and maliciously murder…

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The Auburn Murder

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 433

The trial of the accused Digby Grand and Henry Jones was continued on Thursday. Mr. Cargill appeared for the Crown, and Mr. Kieley, in the absence of Mr. E. R. Abigail, for the…

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A Local Charge of Sheep Stealing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 2

The central point in the case in which Elmo Richards, a Granville youth, was, at the Parramatta Sessions on Tuesday, charged with the offence of sheep stealing, was the question as…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 3

Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy yesterday the following matters were dealt with:-- MOTION FOR RELEASE. Mr. L. Armstrong moved for the release of…

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Arbitration Court

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 4

The hearing of the case of the Colliery Employees Federation versus the East Greta Coal Mining Company, Limited, and the Maitland-Cessnock Railway, and the Colliery Owners' Association, was concluded at Newcastle on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Jas. Curley addressed…

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Court of Arbitration

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 10

By direction of the President the business 6ct down, for to-day goes over until to-morrow (Thursday), the 19th instant…

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Parramatta Police Court. Monday, February 10. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.m.) Remanded

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 1

Jacob Jones, 17, was charged with stealing one bay mare, valued at £3, the property of Joseph Allen Burton, of Rookwood, at Bankstown, on the 12 inst…

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Kalgoorlie Bank Robbery. Arrest of Jones at Albany. Acoused Before the Police Court. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 8

The Criminal Investigation Department received a telegram this morning from Albany announcing that Hurry Jones, for whose arrest in connection with the Hunk of Australasia robbery a warrant had been…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson and juries.) Mr. Hugh Pollock (Solicitor-General), Crown Prosecutor. Alleged Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 4

Ah Kin, a Chinaman, pleaded not guilty io a charge of having, on January 25 last, at Sydney, feloniously and maliciously murdered William Alexander Pugsley, Mr. G. H. Reid, K.C., instructed…

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New Zealand. Murderous Assault. Clerk Robbed of £286. WELLINGTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 7

Thomas Reid, clerk, in the employ of Messrs. Sargood, Son, and Ewen, Dunedin, was murderously assaulted and robbed of £286 yesterday afternoon. Mr. Reid was taking the money in a bag from the…

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Police Courts. Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 10

At the Water Police Court yesterday Richard Darcey (27), dealer, aud Frank Ionn, alias Brown (25), painter, were charged with, in company, stealing one cwt. of white lead, valued at 33s, the properly of Herman Groth…

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The Waterloo Tragedy. Charge Against a Chinaman. Alleged Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 5

As the outcome of the quarrel between a couple of Chinamen and some youths in Botany-road, Waterloo, on Sunday, January 25 last, when a lad named William Alexander Pugsley was stabbed,…

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Syrians in Court. Malouf v. John

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 6

A case in which two Syrians wore the parties came before the Full Court yesterday on a motion nisi for a new trial by the plaintiff, Joseph George Malouf, a merchant,…

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The Children's Corner. Court of Entertainers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 39

King Highandmighty, whose word is final and whose sword is sharp. Queen Youngheart, who loves everyone not grown up, und does exactly as she pleases…

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Newcastle. the Arbitration Court. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 8

The East Greta coal-mining cases were brought to a conclusion to-day in the Arbitration Court, the sitting being occupied bearing the address of Mr. Gurley, secretary of the Miners' Federation, who appeared for the…

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Contempt of Court. Committed for Seven Days

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 11

"When Charles Henry Merchant, the prosecuting in a charge against three young men at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday, entered the box, it was seen that he was under the influence ot liquor. Questioned…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.) Motion for Release

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 10

Ro Hyam Saltan. In this matter, which was a motion for the release of the estate, the official assignee objected to the application being granted, on the ground that several creditors had not…

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