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Courts & crime, 1905

8,785 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Rough on the Harbor. Water Police Have a Busy Time

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1905 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon the strong north-easter made boating on the harbor precacious. Even expert sailing men got into difficulties, and had it not been for the…

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Robbery with Violence. a Chinese 'Badly Beaten. Gives the Police a Chase

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 22 January 1905 · page 1

Shortly after 8 o'clock last evening a serious case of assault and robbery occurred at the office of Sin Wah, cabinet maker, Albion-lane, the proprietor being badly beaten…

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A Great Upheaval. the Russian Strikes. Thousands More Come Out. Every Industry Paralysed. Threats of Violence and Incendiarism. Police Powerless to Stem the Movement. Troops Kept Under Arms. London, Saturday, 5.20 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 22 January 1905 · page 1

The strike is rapidly spreading. Seven thousand men employed, at the Alexandroysky machine works and Che Baltic cartridge factory have come out…

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Stowaways Sent to Gaol

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 2

The New Zealand courts do not deal leniently with stowaways. The Auckland "Evening Star" of January 9 has the following:—"We were stranded in Sydney, and had no prospects, so…

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New Zealand. the Teawaite Murder. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 7

At the Magistrates' Court, the trial of M'Kenzie, alias Ellis, for the murder of Collinson at Teawaite, has been concluded. The evidence showed that the accused had more…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 23. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 5

Chamber List.—Before Mr. Justice A.H. Simpson (after Equity matters), at Queen's square: Wearne v Beales, special case; Tuchin v Forrest, the Bank of New South Wales garnishee attachment…

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Sensational Arrest. Mr. T. M. SLATTERY, M.L.C. Charged With Fraudulent Coversion. £6000 Involved

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 5

The public will be startled to bear that the police have been put In motion against Mr. T. M, Slattery. who was lately a solicitor of the Supreme Court, and who, since, he…

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Newcastle Strike. Three Weeks' Idleness. Prospects of Settlement. an Important Meeting. Further Police Court Proceedings a Dudley Miner Committed. (From Our Special Reporter.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 7

Saturday passed quietly. The strikers completed their third week of idleness, and there are no marked indications of an early resumption of work. At the Police Court the…

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The Crowd Charged. By Uhlans and Cossacks. the Infantry Join the Workers. London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 1

Further details regarding to-day's events in St. Petersburg state that the infantry threw their rifles to the people, and fraternised with the workers approaching from…

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Victoria. Bush Fires and Their Causes. Duties of the Police. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 7

A deputation from the Chamber of Agriculture waited upon the Chief Secretary on Friday and requested that the police should take greater pains to investigate the causes of…

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Captured British Steamers. Condemned by the Prize Court. War Risks Rising

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Japanese Prize Court at Sasebo has condemned the British steamers Roseley and Lethington…

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Russia. the Great Strike. Ninety Thousand Men Out. Every Industry Paralysed. Petition to the Czar. "Be Merciful, Let Us Live." Police Warning Unheeded. Great Workers Demonstration

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The strikers at St. Petersburg, in a petition to the Czar, complain of the workers' desperate condition and their deprivation of human…

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Government Clothing. Two Youths Charged with Stealing

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 1

Two steam pressers, James O'Donnell (19) and John Daniel M'Lean (17) were brought before, the Bench at the Water Police Court to-day, by Plain-clothes-sergeant Macintosh…

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The Police Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 7

At the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., Edward Herbert Hunt (44), a laborer, was committed for trial on two charges, one of stealing a bay gelding…

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Alleged Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 8

How See Ching was remanded at the Central Court on a charge of assaulting Sing War, a fellow-countryman, and attempting to not him of £2 1s 6d. The affair was alleged to have occurred in Albion-Jane, near…

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Theft of Boots

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 8

At the Central Court, Jeremiah Hourigan, a laborer, pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of spots, valued at 12s 6d, the property of Reynold Hausler, a hotel porter. When Constable Donald Harper arrested…

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Police Court Cases. Application for Remand. Protests Against Delay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 5

So far two days have been occupied in hearing two of the prosecutions initiated by the Crown against 31 strikers. The time occupied has been the subject of much…

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"Better in Gaol Titan Out."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 8

William Tatham, a middle-aged man, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor at the Central Court, on a charge of stealing a ham, valued at 9s, the properly of Hugh M'llraith. On Saturday…

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Albion-lane Affair. Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 6

In connection with the alleged assault and robbery of Sin Wah on Saturday, as reported elsewhere. How Soo Ching, 33, a cooper, was at the Central yesterday charged with…

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A Youth Charged. Insufficient Means af Support

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 4

A youth named Frank Whitton, aged 17, who called himself a carpenter's assistant, came before the Bench at the Water Police Court to-day on a charge of having…

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