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Courts & crime, 1905

8,785 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Law Notices. Monday, January 9. Supreme, Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 8

In Equity.—Before his Honor the Chief Judge in Kquity — At 11.45 a.m.: Minter v Mimna, motion to continue injunction Cronin Sellick, motion to continue injunction, Before the Deputy-Regis…

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Newcastle Strike. Arbitration Court Invoked. Application of Proprietors

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 8

The Newcastle dispute came before the Arbitration Court at noon yesterday, when the mineowners applied for an order that the wheelers and others actually on strike…

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Police Reports From the Country. Sent on to the Premier

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 11

The Inspector-General of Police (Mr. Garvin) yesterday afternoon forwarded to the Premier a large number of extracts from reports received by the police in different…

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Decision of the Court. Men Ordered to Resume Work

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 8

The President, in delivering the judgment of the court, said this was an ex parte motion asking the court for an order directing that certain employees, other than miners,…

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High Court. Wheels of Law Grind Slowly. Chinese Await Decision

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 11

Some of the police who took part in a crusade against the Chinese sellers of pakah-pu lottery tickets look like going grey awaiting the result of an appeal against a…

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Russia's Troubles. Chief of Police Killed. Rioters Fire Prisons London, Friday, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 1

Some serious disturbances are reported from Russia. The chief of the police at Warsaw has been fatally wounded near that city…

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Newcastle Strike. Special Sitting of Arbitration Court. Men Ordered Back to Work. Penalties for Disobedience

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 6

There was a special sitting of the Arbitration Court yesterday, for the purpose of dealing with an application on behalf of the Northern Colliery Proprietors Association for an order…

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Balmain Police Put Up a Record. on the Closing Day of the Old Year. Consternation in Horsey Circles

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

Three betting shops, alias "tote" shops swooped down upon simultaneously last Saturday at 1 p.m. is a raid record for Balmain Police…

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Newcastle Mining Troubles. Wheelers Refuse to Work. Appeal to the Arbitration Court. Men Ordered to Resume Operations. Penalties Fob Disobedience

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 10

The trouble in the coal-mining industry at Newcastle was advanced another stage yesterday, when an appeal to the Arbitration Court was made by the Northern Collieries…

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Liverpool Small Debts Court. Tuesday. January 3. (Before Mr. F. H. Wilshire, P.M., AND Messrs. Chapman and Christiansen, J.'s P.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 3

Water and Sewerage Board v. Mrs. Jessie Ashe.—Claim £1 5s 4d, water rates. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for amount and costs…

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Newcastle Coal Strike. Special Sitting of the Arbitration Court. Application by the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Federation. Order Made to Resume Work. Penalties for Non-compliance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 11

In consequence of a notification being received by the Acting Registrar in Arbitration, that a strike of wheelers and others had taken placo in the Northern District, the Court…

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The Mining Reductions. the Situation Unchanged. the Arbitration Court's Order. How Will It Be Met? Probable Application for an Injunction. 'A Very Uncertain Situation. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 11

There was very little change to-day with respect to the wheelers' strike, except that it is getting to be a common opinion that there is on the whole a sympathetic feeling existing…

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Alleged "Push" Assault

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1905 · page 5

George Dobbing, 35, who resides at Campbell-street, Newtown, was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital last night by Constable Paine, and treated for an injured eye and cuts about, the…

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The Bush Fires. Police Reports. Extent of Damage and Losses

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1905 · page 5

The following reports on the recent bush fires were received at the Inspector-General's office yesterday from police officers in charge of the various stations:-…

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Police Brutality. Moscow Municipality's Method. of Having It Punished London, Saturday, 6.45 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 8 January 1905 · page 1

Owing to the brutal violence shown by the police in quelling the demonstration made by students against the continuance of the war the Moscow municipality has suppressed the…

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Newcastle Strike. Men Will Not Resume Work. Arbitration Court Decision Ridiculed.GREAT Financial Loss. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1905 · page 5

The probabilities of a settlement of the wheeler's strike are more remote than ever. A meeting of strikers was to have been held on Lambton Park this afternoon,…

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Russia's Unrest. Serious Riots at War Saw and Kharkoff. Chief of Police Fatally Wounded. Many Killed and Injured. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1905 · page 5

The Russian Chief of Police has been fatally wounded near Warsaw. Rioters at Kharkoff fired the prisons. Six Baku strikers and a Cossack…

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£100 Bank Note. Woman Charged with Stealing

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 4

A girlish-looking woman, Lily Ferguson, was brought before Mr. Payten, S.M., at the Water Police Court, to-day, on a charge of stealing a Bank of New South Wales note for £100, and…

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BOOKS. Warehouse Packers in Trouble. Charged with Stealing Employers' Goods

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 4

A packer named Reginald Percival, aged 18, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with stealing 18 books, value 10s 3d,, the property of Henry Pearson Ward, Thos…

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Lilly's Trouble. Charged With Stealing a £100 Note. and Fifty Sovereigns

The Australian Star · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 1

A smallish girl named Lilly Ferguson, aged 22--"a dream in heliotrope"--was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with stealing a £100 note (Bank of N.S.W.) and 50…

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