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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

8,645 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. A. Henry.) Hearing of Creditors' Petitions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 14

Frank Grimley, Limited, and Jewell Davis and Co., versus Nicholas Lohan. On the application of Mr. A. W. M'Carthy, solicitor for the petitioners, an order for the sequestration of the estate…

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Parramatta Small Debts Court. Wednesday, February 18. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.m.) Mistaken Service

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 5

Tollis v. Pintold.-The officer in charge of the service of the summons deposed (having been placed on cath) that he and served the summons on the Mr. Fred. Pinfold and his wife,…

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A Sessions Episode. A Peculiar Witness. The Court Cleared Incontinently. A Crown Witness " Sent Up 'for Contempt

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 8

" The Parramatta idlers who attend court have to learn manners," said Judge Docker on Tuesday afternoon, " and they will be taugbt them."…

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Arbitration Court. (Before the President, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Messrs. Cruickshank and Smith.) Disputes in the Tailoring Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 14

Mr. Beeby appeared for the claimant union of employees, the Tailors' Machiners' Union of New South Wales, and Mr. J. Stuart Thorn for the respondent union of employers, the Sydney…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, Febhuary 18. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNovin, S.M., Chairman of the Licensing Bench.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 8

Alfred Harvey, Racecourse Hotel, Granville, applied for the usual three booth licenses for the Rosehill Races, on the 21st instant. The…

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Arbitration Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen, President, and Messrs. W. D. Cruickshank and Samuel Smith members). Dispute in the Tailoring Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 11

The further hearing of the dispute between the Tailors' Machiners' Union of New South Wales and the Sydney Clothing Manufacturing Association was resumed. Mr. G. S. Beeby appeared for…

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Faith-healer Charged with Wife Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 8

At the Central Criminal Court, Alexander Johnston pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, on December 1, 1902, et Ashfield, feloniously and maliciously murdered his…

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Woman Charged with Manslaughter. Taking Care of Babies

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 8

Amelia Anderson, a married woman, residing at Sandy Bay (Ta[?]m[?]nia) was committed for trial at Launceston on Wednesday on a charge of manslaughter…

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Boy Commits Murder for a Wager

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 8

A youth, 15 years of age, named Delhomme, has been arrested for a particularly brutal murder (relates a dispatch from Paris dated January 7). He made a wager with…

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Seven Foreigners to Be Tried for Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 8

The seven foreigners, five Frenchmen and two Frenchmen, charged with the murder of Lauffer, a Swiss orchar[?]list, near Perth (W.A.) have been committed for…

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Fish Hawker's Trouble John Hems Charged with Indecent Conduct Towards a Little Girl

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 3

At the Newtown Police Court on Monday, before Mr. King, D.S.M., an elderly fish hawker named John Hems, 56, was charged with being guilty of indecent…

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Police Administration No. I. To the Editor of "Truth."

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 8

Sir,—It is a matter of discussion that our great Mr. Inspector Fosbery contemplates an immediate retirement; for the past ten years—an immediate retirement…

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The Grand Juror. the Solicitor-general. Some Scenes in Court

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 2

When Mr. J. H. Want was Attorney-General, "Truth" made reference to his frequent absence from the State, and gave a very broad bint that the filing of…

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Ah Kin the Killer Is Found Guilty. The Court Kow-Tows to Quong Tart

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 2

Last Tuesday, at the Central Criminal Court, Ah Kin, a Chinese, was charged with having feloniously and maliciously murdered one William Alexander Pugsley…

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Drums in Chancery. Swelldom Sails to Surrey-street Two Darlinghurst Mansions of Joy Fill the Street with Sounds of Revelry while the Police are Set to Watch and Pray

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 5

Sydney swelldom has received a severe shock during the past week, at least that palpitating portion whose booking ahead centred in a certain section of…

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Fined for Stealing Grass

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 6

About 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon a number of urchins were in Victoria Park, University, struggling for some pampas grass that had been violently torn from shrubs there by mischievous…

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Stealing From a Steamer

The Australian Star · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 6

At the Water Court on Saturday Thomas Anderson, 27, a wharf labourer, was charged with stealing from the steamer Hector, while the vessel was lying at the Central Wharf,…

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Theft on a Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 9

A wharf laborer named Thomas Anderson appeared be fore Mr. E. II. Wilshire, S.M., at the Water Police Court, on Saturday, on a charge of stealing a bottle of whisky, valued at 5s, the property of Jams Walker, on the…

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Queensland. Theft of Amalgam. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 7

About 3 a.m. on Friday 50oz. of amalgam be longing to the Queen Cross Mine were stolen from the syndicate mill, Charters Towers. The bulk of the amalgam is kept in an iron safe, and a small…

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The Police

The Australian Star · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 4

Who is to administer the Police Department when Mr. Fosbery retires to that rest which he has so well earned? The matter is certainly deserving of very serious…

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