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Courts & crime, 1904

8,539 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Robert Sommers Jones, of Spring-street, Moss Vale, carpenter. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee…

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Police Courts. "Count De Valasco" Committed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 8

At the Water Police Court yesterday, Henry A. Becker, alias Benjamin, alias Wiley or Barnett, alias Weeler, alias Count de Valasco (42), agent, was charged on remand that he did, on December 24, by means of valueless…

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Customs Court. Differences with Importers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 8

The Customs Court, consisting of the Collector (Mr. N. Lockyor), sat at the Custom-house. The first matter dealt with was that in which Borroughs, Wellcome, and Co., were alleged to…

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DISTRICT COURT.—Thursday, January 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

Before the Registrar in No. 2 Court.—Kitt als Boyle, a 10.30 a.m…

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Prisoner Breaks Away. From the Police Escort

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 6

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--An incident occurred in Brisbane on Thursday last which the police kept secret. A man, William Sumpton, is said to have been under police escort from Tallebudgera…

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South Australia. Insolvency Court Returns. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 7

The annual Insolvency Court statistics show that the number of insolvencies in 1903 were 24, as compared with 35 for the preceding year. The assignments numbered 54, as against 49;…

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Police Arrangements at Ganmain. Prisoners Chained to Posts. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 6

Great complaints are made from Ganmain regarding the administration of justice there. The police are lodged in a small cottage, and when an arrest is effected, the prisoner is locked up for the night in a…

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The Coogee Disaster. Marine Court Inquiry. the Fog-horn Tried in Court. What Was the Speed of the Coogee?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The investigation into the cause of the collision between the steamer Coogee and the ship Fortunato Figari was continued to-day before the Court of Marine…

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Murder Ob Accident? Tragedy Near Werris Creek. a Girl Shot Dead. While Working in the Kitchen

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

WERRIS CREEK, Thursday.— A shocking tragedy took place last night at Terrible Vale railway platform, four miles from here…

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Custody of a Child. Painful Scene in Court "Good-bye, Mother."

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 3

The Acting-Chief Justice had before him yesterday an application on behalf of William Thomas Gleeson, of Leichhardt, a teacher of music, to make absolute a rule by which…

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Customs Court. (Before the Collector, Mr. N. Lockyer.) Chemicals and Medical Compounds. Re Burroughs, Wellcome, and Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

This was a matter in which the respondents had passed an entry for certain chemical preparations, describing them as chemicals, free. They were sent out by the London agent of…

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The Coogee-fortunato Figari Collision. Court of Marine Inquiry. Evidence of the Fortunato Figari Crew. What the Lookout Saw. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 9

The investigation into the Coogee-Fortunato Figari collision was continued to-day by the Court of Marine Inquiry. Henry Thomas Dixson, a seaman on the…

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The Wrong Man Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 8

A peculiar case happened at the Paddington Police Court yesterday, in which a person was charge for an offence of which he was ignorant Mr. C. N. Payten, S. M., was on the bench. When the case…

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Police Arrangements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 5

Superintendent Larkins, on hoaring of the disaster, notified the officers in charge of several police stations to have a large number of constables in attendance this morning to…

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Water Police Arrangements

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 5

The Police launch Biloela, under the command of Sub-Inspector Strachan, who had with him Sergeant Scott, Senior-Constable M'Master, Constables M'Cracken, Morrissey,…

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Steyne Court, Manly

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 6

Since its inauguration, Steyne Court, Manly, where shooting the chutes and tobogganing and other amusements are so plentiful, has been drawing numbers of people, who indulge…

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Police Courts. Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 8

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., Alfred Gariand, agel 33, hairdresser, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling house of Vera Nelson Grafton-street…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestration

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 8

Malcolm M'Niven, dairy farmer, Mount Hunter. Mr. Palmer, official assignee…

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District Court.— Friday.January 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 8

Before the Registrar in No. 2 Court.—At lO.3O a.m.: Kennedy ats. Hogarth…

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