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Courts & crime, 1905

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A Wheat Combine. Appeal to the Full Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 6

Mr. Garland appeared before the Full Court yesterday in support of an application by the defendants in the case of S. A. Joseph and Rickard v. Lindley and others, for a rule nisi…

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Attack on Jews. by Drunken Peasants. the Police Stand Passive

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--As the result of an anti-Jewish riot in the town of Gomel, in north-western Russia, a thousand drunken peasants wrecked the synagogue and flogged…

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Hotel Case. Application for License. at the Central Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 6

The Central Licensing Bench sat yesterday, the bench being occupied by Mr. Smithers (in the chair), Mr. Isaacs, and Mr. Macfarlane…

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Canterbury Revision Court. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 4

Sir,— May I ask for sufficient space in your [?] for the insertion of the following:— I desire to all the attention of the non-resident ratepayers of the municipal district of Canterbury to the unprecedented…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Justice Walker.) an Action Regarding Instalments

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 10

On behalf of the official assignee, it was moved to make absolute an order nisi calling upon Thomas Gainford to show cause why he should not be adjudged guilty of…

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The Children's Cornee. Prize Competitions. the Results Will Appear Next Week. Princess Spiiuiway's Department. "Murder at Birdsville Terrace."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 38

"Talking of theatricals"—and Rob assumed an oratorical attltude before his sisters and brothers. "Talking of periodicals, did you say? Dad has…

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District Court. (Before Judge Rogers and a jury.) Action Against the Railway Commissioners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 10

Martha Napier, a married woman, residing at Ryde, sought to recover from the Railway Commissioners the sum of £200 compensation for injuries alleged to have been cause owing to…

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Jan Injured in Pitt-st. Bone in His Face Broken. Accused Before the Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 6

A seaman, named M'Clure was taken to the Sydney Hospital on Saturday night suffering from injuries to the face and head. In connection with the matter a seaman named…

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Equity Court. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) Disputed Claim to Land. Crawley v Donnelly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 5

Mr. Langer Owen, instructed by Messrs. Crick and Carroll, appeared for the plaintiffs Bridget Ann Crawley, Mary Kate Gibb, Ellen Agnes Coonoy, Emily Sophia Josephine Walsh,…

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District Court. (Before Judge Rogers and a jury of four.) a Tramway Accident. Napier v tho Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 5

This was an action by Martha Napier, of Ryde, to recover £200 compensation for injuries alleged to have been received through the careless handling of a tramcar by…

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Arbitration Court. (Before the President, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Messrs. J. Wright and S. Smith, members.) a Cancellation Matter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 10

An application was presented by the Registrar of the Court for the cancellation of registration of the Master Hairdressers and Employers' Association of New South Wales…

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Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) a Junee Land Case. Crawley and Another V. Donnelly and Another

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 10

This was a case between Bridget Ann Crawley, Mary Kate Gibb, Ellen Jane Cooney, Emily Sophia Josephine Walsh, Florence Margaret Gibbs, and Christina Ida Kearne, daughters of…

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Police Courts. Stealing a Ham

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 8

At the Central Court Jeremiah Casey, Percy O'Reilley, and Albert Kelly, were charged with the theft of a ham, the property of J. R. Collins, of Sussex-street, On February 1 Senior-constable Gallagher saw two of the…

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Stealing a Chain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 7

Before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday. Jeremiah Casey, 28, Percy O'Reilly, 16, and Albert Kelly, alias Moy Vaughan, were convicted of stealing a ham, value 11s, the…

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Sentenced to Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 5

At the sitting of the Supreme Court at Warrnambool on Wednesday Thomas Hope, a labouring man, was convicted of an assault on a girl aged 11. Mr Justice a…

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Assault and Robbery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 8

Albert Yenmans was before the Redfern Court on a charge of assaulting Richard Sice and robbing him of a handbag at Redfern on 6th instant. The prosecutor, who described himself as a retired stove-maker, living…

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Sentenced at the Sessions

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

The following prisoners have been sentenced by Judge Backhouse at Darlinghurst Sessions:— Arthur Ellis, found guilty of assault, with…

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Theft From an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 9

At the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, before fore Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., Arthur Ward, described as a canvasser, was sent to gaol for two months' hard labor, for stealing tumblers from…

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Young Man Sentenced to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A young man named William Hope was convicted at Warrnambool to-day of assault on a child. He was sentenced to death…

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