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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

8,645 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

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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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 3

Charge of Smuggling.—At the Water Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S.M., Yarmeda Oolah, 18, seaman, and a native of Calcutta, wus charged with having smuggled 60 cigars and…

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Tasmania. Charge of Tin-stealing. Launceston

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

After four days' hearing the case against James Cobbing, Walter Penny, and Albert Tip[?]et, charged at Waratah with stealing a large quantity of tin, the property of the Mount Bischoff Tin-mining…

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Central Criminal Court

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 7

Cases for To-day. William Nelson Ludbrook. assault on a female; John Sullivan and Herbert Young, housebreaking and stealing…

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Police Courts. Assaulting a Policeman

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 9

At the Newtown Court, on Saturday, before Mr. J. L. King, D.S.M., James Troy was brought up charged with using indecent language, and also with assaulting Senior-constable George Hazlet in…

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Raids by Police. Eighteen Arrests Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 5

On Saturday night Senior-constables Cheney and Nutley and Constable Hudson raided a wine shop in the city, where it was suspected that spirits were being sold. The officers searched the premises and…

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Stock Stealing

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 6

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture, on Thursday next, at noon, will receive a deputation of those interested in stock, who desire an alteration in the law as regards the prevalent…

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Parramatta District. Parramatta Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 6

At the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., Thomas Jones was fined £2, or one month's imprisonment with hard labour, for using bad language on the Baulkham Hills tram…

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A Magistrate's Rebuke

Evening News · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 3

"He was shouting put, and creating a disturbance," is a very common form of expression by police witnesses, who, from long indulgence probably, expect that somewhat general account of…

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Stealing From a Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 6

A youth named John Ramsay, described as a seaman, was charged, before the Water Police Court yesterday, with stealing 13s and fifty cigars, total value £1 0s 6d, the property of…

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Alleged Theft From Gold Mines

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 5

John Darrell, a middle-aged man, described as an engine-driver, came before the Central Police Bench this morning charged with having, at Reno, near Gundagai, stolen a…

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The Assault on a Clerk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 5

Mr. Reid, clerk to Messrs. Sargood, Son, and Ewen, who was brutally assaulted a week ago and robbed, has regained consciousness, but is unable to throw any light on the affair…

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Police Department

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 4

The precise intentions of the Government with respect to the future control of the Police Department are as yet a matter for speculation. Certain rumours are however…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 7

Disorderly Conduct and Assault.—At the Water Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. L. King, D.S.M., Arthur Roper Elliott, 27, stockman, was fined 5s for having been drunk and disorderly and £1…

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Stock Stealing. the Stock-owners' Association Active

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 4

A meeting of the Stock-owners' Association was held on Wednesday last, when there was an extraordinarily good attendance. The business…

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The Police Band

Evening News · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 3

It is now some eight years ago since a military band was first established in connection with the police force of this state, and the service is now the proud possessor of one the finest bands…

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Assaulting the Police

Evening News · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 3

"You might have done the constable a very serious injury," remarked Mr. King, S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday to a man named Arthur Roper Elliott (27), a stockman, who was…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M. (presiding), Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., and Mr. A. N. Barnett, L.M…

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The City Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 3

At the Newcastle Police Court to-day, before Mr. Love, S.M., a Japanese cook, belonging to the ship J. L. Stanford, named Le Oyalladell Komaya, aged 42, was charged with assaulting Senior-constable…

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The Inspector-general of Police

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 4

It Is rumored in official circles that Superintendent Garvan has been asked to act in conjunction with Mr. Fosbery, Inspector-General of Police, with a view of his eventually filling the…

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