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Courts & crime, 1906

8,464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Police Widows' Fund. Annual Meeting of Members

Evening News · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 2

The annual meeting of members of the New South Wales Police Widows' Fund was held at the Newtown Police Station; Sergeant Joseph F. Meyers occupying the chair…

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Supreme Court Appointment. Proposed New Departure

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 7

It is possible that a new development may occur in relation to filling the prospective vacancy on the Supreme Court Bench. For years the two branches of the legal…

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Woollahra Burglary

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

A bootmaker named Albert Johnston, aged 15, was charged at the Paddington Police Court to-day with having on New Year's night broken and entered the business premises of…

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Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

Hugo Seewald, a German waiter, was entrusted by Mr. Norman Septimus Richards, of Randwick, with a pair of boots, valued at £1, for the purpose of having them stretched. He did not return the boots, and…

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Stealing Timber. Police Offered "A Tenner" to Keep Quiet

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

At Glebe Police Court to-day Thomas She will, lately employed by the Kauri Timber Company, Limited, as a carter, was charged with stealing 570 feet of baltic weather-boards, and…

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Redfern Burglary. Two Men Arrested

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

The police nave arrested two men in connection with the robbery of £250 worth of tweed from the shop of Winn and Company, Regent street, Redfern…

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Assault on a Chinese

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 8

At the Parramatta Court yesterday,before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., five youths connected with one of the local racing stablers named Smith, George Miller, William M'Greal, Frank Roach, and Daniel O'Neill,…

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Convictions at the Water Police Court. Giving Wrong Names

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 6

A fireman, named William Ferguson, and a coal-lumper, named John Gunderson, were charged at the Water Police Court yesterday with "not being a bona-fide lodger, servant,…

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The Wyndham Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

A telegram despatched from Wyndham last Friday and received to-day states that John Ward, who was speared by a native at the Three-mile Well on the 2nd inst., died on the…

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Police Courts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

Before Mr. Macfarlane, at the Water Police Court, yesterday Customs Officer J. T. T. Donohoe proceeded against Vincent Cradock, a seaman on the Sonoma, on a charge of having smuggled 84lb of…

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Committed for Trial Charge of Stealing Copper

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

Alfred Wilson was charged by warrant at the Water Police Court with stealing 160[?]b. of copper sheeting, of the value of £5, the property of the North Coast Steam…

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Parramatta District. Alleged Assault on a Chinaman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 6

At the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., George Miller, William M'Greal, Cecil Smith, Frank Roach, and Daniel O'Neill were charged with…

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Five Youths Charged. Injuries to a Celestial's Jaw. [By Telegraph.] PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

At the Parramatta Police Court on Monday Mr. T. E. MacNevin heard a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm preferred at the instance of one Yun Pan against five…

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Constable Larkin. a Police Inquiry Concerning His Death

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

A police inquiry was held by Superintendent Brennan at Parramatta on Monday afternoon into the circumstances connected with the death of Constable Larkin on…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.) Petition Withdrawn

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

George G. Sandeman and Company, Limited, versus Thomas H. Cullen. Mr. Perkins appeared for the petitioning creditors, and asked leave to withdraw the petition, a settlement having…

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" in Arcadia." Drinking After Hours. Failure of a Police Prosecution

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 6

At the Central Police Court yesterday Inspector Sherwood was the prosecutor in a double charge under the new Liquor Act. Henry Samuel Benjamin, a merchant, was…

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Maddened by Drink. Kanaka Disturbance at Thursday Island. Several Shot by the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

THURSDAY ISLAND, Monday.--Yesterday afternoon a number of drunken kanakas caused a serious disturbance at a Chinese shop in the main street. Constable Kennedy, who attempted…

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Justice Finnemore. Judge of the Natal Supreme Court, Sends a Remarkable Testimonial to Cuticura

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

"I suffered a severe attack of eczema on the scalp, face, cars, aud neck, and was for several months under professional treatment, but became worse. My face was dreadfully dis[?]red, and I lost nearly all…

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Law Report. Monday, January 15. Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. Arthur Henry.) Motion for Withdrawal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

George G. Sandeman and Co., Ltd., v Thomas H. Cullen. Mr. Perkins (of Messrs. Perkins and Fosbery) appeared on behalf of the petitioning creditors, and moved for leave to…

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Charged with Theft

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 1

Two young women, daughters of leading residents of Parramatta, were charged at the local court this morning with theft…

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