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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

8,785 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Special City. "Evening News," Office 4.30 P.m. the Colliery Trouble Arbitration Court Proceedings. a Batch of Applications. Men to Be Prosecuted

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 5

When the members of the Arbitration Court assembled at noon to-day, as arranged, Mr. D'Arcy Irvine, of the Crown Law Department, intimated that he appeared on behalf of the…

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Swine Fever. Police Court Proceedings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., Detective Clough, on behalf of the Government, proceeded against Lucy Brennan on a charge of having on November 8 at Bankstown,…

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The Newtown Tragedy. Police Court Proceedings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., James M'Ateer, 20, John Griffiths, 34, and Edward Tyndall, 23, appeared to answer a charge of causing the…

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Theft of Boots

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

At the Central Court yesterday Frederick Thomas, a youth, was charged with stealing a number of pairs of boots, valued at 30s the property of James Haworth. The accused took the boots from a cart in which…

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Burglary at a Post-office

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

A report has been received at the head of the Pos[?]al Department that on the night of December 17 the post-office at Rous Mill, in the North Coast district of New South…

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Alleged Stealing of £150

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

On a charge of stealing £150 from the person of Frederick Schmid, on January 5 or 6, Lily Ferguson, a single woman, was, at the Water Police Court yesterday, committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions…

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Assault in the Street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

At the Central Police Court yesterday Phillip Charles Hill a tram conductor, pleaded guilty to charges of having assaulted two girls in the street, and was sentenced to one months imprisonment for…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--A peculiar case of assault and robbery occurred here early on Tuesday morning, about 1 o'clock. Richard Phillips, was crossing a vacant block of land near the…

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Theft by a Domestic Servant

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

Clara May Tanner, a domestic servant, was charged on remand, at the North Sydney Court yesterday, with stealing, between November 1 and December 31, 1904, a gold scarf-pin, a gold drum trinket, a gold seal, and…

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Police Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

The following are extracts from police reports received yesterday by the InspectorGeneral of Police relative to the bush fires:— Yass, Jan. 10.—Bush fires did not come…

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Theft on a Steamer. An Officer's Loss

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

The police are investigating a robbery, which was perpetrated yesterday on the Lund liner Commonwealth, lying at the Central Wharf, and of which the third officer,…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

Before the Registrar. in No. 2 Court.—O'Hanlan Sullivan, 10.30; Broun and others v Parkhill, 1O.40…

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Park Prowlers. Mr. Wilshire Sends Them to Gaol

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

Two park loafers, George Armstrong and Edward Mason were brought before Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S.M., at the Central, on a charge of having no lawful visible means of…

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Police Courts. Diseased Pigs

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

Two cases in which persons were proceeded against in connection with trafficking in pigs affected with swine fever were heard at the Glebe Police Court yesterday, Lucy Brennan, of Bankstown, was charged with having,…

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Country News. Alleged Assault and Robbery. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

On Tuesday morning last at 1 o'clock Richard Phillips was crossing over some vacant ground with two other men with whom he had been drinking, when it is alleged his…

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Murder of an Infant. a Woman Arrested

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The police to-night arrested a woman named Edith Filler, who described herself as a nurse, on a charge of wilful murder of a male child whose body was found…

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Police Courts. Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., a girl named Lily Ferguson, 22, was charged with stealing a £100 note on the bunk of New South Wales, and 50 sovereigns from Frederick…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

Henry Brown, of Newcastle, general dealer. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee. George Samuel R. Agon, of Moree, laborer. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee…

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The "Push" Pest. Police Activity Required

Evening News · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

The aggregation of "talent," which is generally known as a "push," does not, apparently, confine itself to any particular locality. Also, it would appear, that with the change of…

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Arbitration Court's Action. the Men Indifferent

Evening News · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Respecting the colliery strike, no alteration has taken place since yesterday in the city and suburbs: and, in fact, right throughout the district everything is very…

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