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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

8,785 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Police Courts. Illegal Method of Advertising

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 8

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., James Henry Williams, of Kingstreet Newtown, was charged with being the owner of a vehicle, to wit, a waggonette, which was driven…

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Ultimo Assaults. Attack on Constable Farley Kline and Turner Sent to Gaol

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 8

Yesterday, at the Central, William Kline and Arthur Turner were charged with in company, assaulting Constable James C. Farley at Ultimo while in…

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Liverpool Police Court. Tuesday, January 31. (Before Messrs. F. Chapman and W. A. Smith, J's.P.) Carelessly Using Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 3

Arthur Jorgens was charged with the careless use of fire at Liverpool on December 31st. He pleaded guilty to having set fire to some paper, hut said he…

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Liverpool Police Court. Tuesday, January 31St, 1905. (Before Messrs. W. A. Smith and F. Chapman, J'sP). Animal Straying

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 3

Two defendants pleaded guilty to charges of allowing their animals to stray on the public streets, and were each fined in a nominal sum, and ordered to pay costs of court…

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Ryde Police Court. Tuesday, January 31. (Before Mr. T. E MacNevin, S.M., and Messrs. R. T. Sutton, T. G. Dolo, G. M. Pope, and J. Redshaw, J's.P.) Police Summons Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 10

Joseph Foster, of Wahroonga, was charged with having, on the 16th January, made use of obscene language on the premises of the Railway Hotel, Hornsby,…

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Saratoff Police Resign. Unwilling to Use Their Sabres

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- In order to avoid using their sabres against the strikers, the entire police force at Saratoff has resigned…

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Brutal Repression. Reactionary Minister. a Police Force Resigns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 11

General Trepoff is compelling strikers at Putliloff (in the St. Petersburg district) to tramp to distant villages for refusing to resume work…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 6. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 8

In Equity.—Before the Deputy Registrar, [?] 11 a.m. Browne v Browne (to tax costs); same v same (ditto); Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy.—At 10 a.m.— Motion for release: Henry James Peat. Creditors'…

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Odessa Chief of Police Wounded. Shot by a Workman

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- A workman fired at and seriously wounded the Chief of Police at Odessa…

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Writers' Hardships. Author of "Lovely Woman' in Court

Evening News · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 9

Mr. T. W. H. Crosland made an application recently to Mr. Justice Warrington in connection with the receiving order made concerning the business of Mr. Grant Richards, a London…

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Law. Friday, February 3. Metropolitan District Court. (Before Judge Heydon.) a West Australian Judgment

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 18

In the case of W. Johnston and Co., Limited, against Moore and Moore and Eley, Limited, Mr. Robson (of Messrs. Robson and Cowlishaw) applied on behalf of the defendant company for…

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Parramatta Small Debts Court. Wednesday, February 1. (Before Mr. T. K. MacNevin, S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 8

Board of Water Supply and Sewerage v. Jas. Cunningham.-Amount claimed, 5s 4d. Verdict for the amount. Same v. P Ryan.-Verdict for 5s 8d…

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Law Report. Friday, February 3. District Court. (Before Judge Heydon.) an Interstate Judgment. W. Johnson and Co., Limited, v Moore and others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 8

Mr. Robson (of Messrs, Robson and Cowllshaw) appeared for the defendant company; and Mr. Ferguson, instructed by Messrs. J. Stuart Thom Brothers and Co., for the…

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Strange Murder Club

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 5 February 1905 · page 4

The trial of three brothers named Pistseff, at Kainsk, in Siberia, for conspiracy to murder has revealed the existence of a curious society which, under the title of the "League…

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Steyne Court

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 5 February 1905 · page 3

Additional attractions have been added to the Steyne Court, Manly, and it is now the most popular seaside resort in the State. Besides shooting the chutes and…

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Black Sea Mutiny. Sailors Sentenced to Death. LONDON, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1905 · page 5

Thirty-eight sailors, the ringleaders of the recent naval mutiny at Sevastopol, have been sentenced to death. The sailors of the fleet are greatly…

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Fight for a Bible in Court

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1905 · page 8

A scene occurred at the Wagga Police Court, when Wm. Matthews an eccentric individual, who persists in shouting out in the streets, was charged with riotous behavior. During the…

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Brutal Treatment of Blacks. Half-starved and Terrorised by Police

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1905 · page 8

Dealing with the treatment of aboriginal prisoners, Dr. Roth, in his report to the West Australian Government, writes in connection with the arrest of aborigines accused of cattle…

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Alleged Tomahawking of South Sea Islander. Scene in Court

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1905 · page 8

The inquiry into alleged irregularities in connection with the recent voyage of the labor schooner Clansman to the Islands, when, it is asserted, a returned Islander was tomahawked,…

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The Latest Cable News Revolt in Russia. Czar and the Workers. Audience Regarded with Utmost Contempt. Imprisoned Soldiers Escape—Sailors Sentenced to Death—Rioting and Railway Wrecking. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1905 · page 5

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily News" says that educated Liberals regard the Czar's audience with the workers of St. Petersburg with…

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