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Courts & crime, 1903

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Arbitration Court. The East Greta Case. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 4

The hearing of the case East Greta Coal miners, claimaints, and the East Greta Coal Mining Co., respondents, in the Arbitration Court, was concluded yesterday afternoon…

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Strange Doings at the Court. Dame Juster's Post Office

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

(1) Everyone under 81 is Invited to write letters here. The best will be published as a solemn warning to the dear children now not to write, end the worst will be read with contempt. Writers may choose any…

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"Clear the Court." The Fate of a Crown Witness

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 4

Judge Docker created a sensation at Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday afternoon, when the peculiar developments of a criminal case led him to clear the court first…

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Trades and Labour. Grocer's Assistants' Union. Statement for the Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 9

A special meeting of the Grocers' Assistants' Union was held at the Trades Hall on Monday night a consider the advisability of appealing to the Arbitration Court The secretary announced that a…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse and a jury of four.) Cab and Tram Collision

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

Lovatt Davidson, cabman, sued the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales for £50 for damages alleged to have been caused by a tram car negligently, improperly, and unskilfully driven…

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Stealing

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Patrick Connor and William Morton were convicted at Quarter Sessions yesterday of stealing £3 10s from Henry Byrne. The prosecutor had given the accused £3 10s to put…

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Stock Stealing

Evening News · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 8

The movement originating with the Stockowners' Association of New South Wales, having for its object the taking of some practical steps for the purpose of putting an end to the…

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Stealing From Grace Brothers

Evening News · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 3

Amelia Nevin, 32, was charged at the Glebe Police Court with having stolen a lady's, underskirt, valued at 15s, the property of Grace Brothers, Broadway, Glebe, on the 14th instant…

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FAITH-HEALING. Death of Mrs. Johnston. Johnston in the Dock. Charged with Murder

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 5

To-day at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Simpson and a jury, Alexander Johnston was charged that he did, on December 1 last, at Ashfield, feloniously and…

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Theft From a Church

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 6

Yesterday at Newtown Police Court, before Mr. King, D.S.M., Charles Myers, 16, described as a dealer, was proceeded against on a charge of breaking and entering the…

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Travelling Bag. Theft at Lassetter's

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 6

Traffic-constable Woods was on duty in George-street on Tuesday afternoon. He was called into Messrs. F. Lassetter and Co.'s shop. A man named Michael Stephens (33)…

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Our Police

Evening News · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 7

"A Boarder" writes:—In that most distressing case of attempted suicide at the People's Palace on the 17th, one item was freely and strongly spoken of—the nonappearance of police. At 10…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 3

Charges of Stealing.—At the Water Police Court[?] yesterday, before Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S.M., Mary Ellis, 22, tailoress, was charged with having stolen a watch, valued at 18s 6d, from the person of Henry…

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Transfer of Gaol Warders. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 6

Last week the Premier, after consultation with the Comptroller-General of Prisons, declined to receive a deputation from the council of the Public Service Associatin with regard to the transfer of warders…

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Murder in a Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 9

Just before the conclusion of divine service at the Armenian Church in Moscow recently, M. Isaac Djamgaroff, a well-known banker, while standing in the vestibule was suddenly attacked…

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Suburban Police Protection

Evening News · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 7

"A Resident" writes:—Numerous complaints have been made of the inadequate police protection of our largely populated suburbs. Paddington is sadly neglected. With a population of over…

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Police Courts. a Moore Park Incident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 8

At the Water Police Court yesterday, Mary Ellis (22), a tailoress, was charged with stealing a watch valued at 18s 6d, from the person of Henry Percy Marshall. The prosecutor stated that he was sitting on a scat in…

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The Waterloo Tragedy. Charge Against a Chinaman. Alleged Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 8

The trial of Ah Kin on a charge of having feloniously murdered William Alexander Pugsley on January 25 last, at Waterloo was continued before Mr. Justice Simpson at the Central…

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Parramatta and District. More Police for Auburn

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 3

Replies have been received from most of the suburban borough councils, expressing readiness to co-operate with the Auburn Council and the citizens of the borough in the effort to procure…

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