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Courts & crime, 1906

8,464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Murder Near Mackay. Shocking Details. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 8

This morning, the Eton police brought into Mackay a Solomon Islander named Daniel Twadiga, charged with the murder of a young boy named Wm. Baulch, grandson of a…

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Bankruptcy Court Voluntary Seouestrations

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 5

Grace Wallis, farmer, Temora, Mr. L. T. Loyd official assigation Theless Henry Mearsa labourer Merewether, Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee…

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Tragedy at Ryde. Attempted Murder. Demented Man's Suicide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 7

The quiet district of Ryde was thrown into a state of great excitement about 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, when it became known that a young man named Hylton Wentworth Wicks…

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Police Courts. Binding Over a Witness

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 8

Before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., at the Central Police Court on Saturday the police presented a labourer named Thos. Roberts to answer a statement—that on November 28, 1995, John M'Namara feloniously inflicted…

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Riot in Hamburg. Police Sabre the Rioters

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A proposal to curtail the local franchise led to rioting at Hamburg. Ninety thousand persons were implicated in the riots, and numbers of shops…

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Tricking a Tailor. Dodge of a Dishonest Dealer. a Sharper Sent to Gaol

The Australian Star · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 5

"I plead guilty and I have pleaded guilty all along," said Alfred Wylie, a dealer, at the Central Police Court to-day. Wylie, who has the look of a smart man…

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Sunday Morning Joke. Played on a Police Sergeant

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 5

In two eases brought under the new Liquor Law, before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., in the Sum-mons Division of the Water Police Court to-day, it was explained that what had occurred was…

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Police Courts. Stealing by Trick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 3

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. king, D.S.M., Alfred Wylie, 30, dealer, was, convicted on a charge of stealing £2 property of Samuel Myerson. The evidence showed that the…

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Stealing Potatoes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 1

Michael Kennedy pleaded guilty at the Central Police Court to-day to a charge of stealing 28lb. of potatoes, valued at 2s 6d, belonging to Sydney Goddard, on the 6th inst…

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A Contemptible Theft

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 3

James Kelly, 32, described as a canvasser, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day With stealing' 14s, the property of Mary La Mont, on January 3…

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Court Records for Redfern

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 5

During 1905 there were 372 convictions for drunkenness at the Redfern Court: for other offences, of which drunkenness formed part, there were 150 convictions; 174 women were convicted of similar offences. For…

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Fighting with Bombs. a Police Discovery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 7

Eight bombs have been discovered at the residence of Princess Kozlovskaia, at Moscow. The police allege that the bombs were…

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The Lash Ordered. for a Young Man's Assault. a Penrith Case. Parramatta

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 1

Thomas Ridey, alias Riding, otherwise Riden, who was yesterday convicted at the Sessions of having criminally assaulted a six-year-old girl, was this morning, called up…

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Demon Two-up. a Game Which Spells Ruin. Are the Police in Earnest

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 1

The latest victim of the allurements of "two up" crime under the notice of the police authorities yesterday. A young man, foolish and incomprehensible in his…

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Scene in a Bar. J. B. Sutton in Court. a Matter of "Samples,"

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 7

J. B. Sutton, propr[?]eton of the American Bar Castlereagh-street, city was proceeded against in the summons division of the Water Police Court yesterday on an…

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Law Report. Monday, January 22. Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. Arthur Henry.) Adjourned Motions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 3

George Brown and others v Isabella Ann Phillips. Mr. Hemsloy (of Messrs. Allen, Allen, and Hemsley) appeared for the petitioning creditors; Mr. Asher (of Messrs…

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Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office, 5.5 P.m. the Redfern Robbery. Accused Before the Court Story of the Arrests. Why Bernard Committed Suicide

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 5

Alfred Scott, 35, vanman, and Edward Yeoman, 31, horse trainer, were charged at Red-fern Police Court this afternoon, with being concerned, with others, in breaking and…

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Tragedy at Hillston. Attempted Murder and Suicide. a Police Magistrate Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 9

HILLSTN, Tuesday.--A tragedy occurred here this morning, when Robert Shannon fired three shots from a revolver at Mr. Mathew Boland, police magistrate, wounding him in the…

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Country Sensation. Police Magistrate Shot. His Assailant Commits Suicide

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 5

HILLSTON, Wednesday.—Intense excitement has ben caused here by an attempt to murder the police magistrate, Mr. Boland, and the suicide of his assailant…

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Alleged Horse-stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 12

George Clarke (50) and Charles Edward Clarke (26) were arrainged at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday on a charge of stealing a gelding on the night of December 13 last, at Liverpool, the property of Andrew…

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