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Courts & crime, 1906

8,464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Law Notices. Monday, January 29. High Court of Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 14

Before the Chief Justice of Australia, at Darlinghurst Court-house.—At 10.30 a.m.: Markell and another [?] Wollaston. Gentlemen who have been recently appointed to the…

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Parramatta District Court. Wednesday, January 24. (Before Judge Docker.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3

Hart, Hitchcock and Co. v. Geo. Lohman and John Thomas Saunders (trading as Messrs. Lohman and Saunders)—Claim for [?] 14s 1d. Verdict for plaintiffs…

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What Australians Fought For a Land of Murder and Outrage. the Promised Paradise an Inferno

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 5

A few more Chinese outrages from one issue of a Durban newspaper:—On December 11 a band of Chinese attacked the residence of Mil and Mrs. Kruger, about six miles…

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Powers of the Police. Under the Liquor Act. Serious Flaw Alleged to Exist

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 5

Critics of the police, who complain of their' alleged laxness in .the administration of the' liquor laws, overlook the fact that under the "old" Act (still in operation) the force was…

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The Liverpool Horse Stealing Case. A Long Day at the Sessions. A Funny Witness Bluffs Counsel.—Jury Locked Up all Night. One of the Prisoners Found Guilty

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 8

At the Parrmatta Quarter Sessions on Tuesday before judge Docker. George Clarke and Charles Edward Clarke (who were defended respectively…

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Boy's Thrilling Adventure. Swept Down a Storm-water Sewer. Safely at Home Whilst the Police Drag for his Body

The World's News · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 16

To be whirled for over a mile through the surging waters of an open drain which a sudden thunderstorm had swollen…

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Licensing Court MONDAY. Before Mr F B Wilshire, L.M., Dr. Barber and Mr W C Fulton. Js.P

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 4

The quarterly report made by Sen-Sergeant, Peterawald, Licensing Inspector, was presented and accepted. The inspector said as this was the first…

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Lash for an Assault

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 8

At the Parramatta Court of Quarter Sessions on Tuesday Judge Docker sentenced a prisoner named Thomas Ridey, who had been convicted of assaulted a little girl, to two years'…

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Sea Captain Charged with Manslaughter

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 8

An inquiry has been held at Auckland (N.Z.) into the deaths of persons who were killed in the collision between the steamers Claymore and Kapanui…

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A Country Tragedy. Pensioner Shoots Magistrate and Suicides

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 8

A tragedy occurred at Hillston (New South Wales). Robert Shannon fired three shots from a revolver at Mr. Mathew Boland, police magistrate, wounding him in the wrist and shoulder,…

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Anarchists in America. Plot to Murder State Governors

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 8

The police, while investigating the murder of an Italian near Pittsburg, discovered documents proving an Anarchist plot to kill the Governors of the States of Pennsylvania and Ohio…

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Parramatta Assault Case Judge Docker Extends Sentence and Cancels the Lash

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 5

At the Parramatta Sessions yesterday the sentence of two years and 25 lashes passed upon Thomas Ridley for a criminal assault upon a little girl was altered…

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A Detective's Life. Criminals and Police. How They Treat Each Other

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 4

In the course of a chat with ex-Detective-Inspector Ward, who has just quitted the Victorian Criminal Investigation Department, with which he had been connected for…

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Revolutionaries' Mistake. How will it be Rectified? Grim Message to a Police Official. London, Saturday. 6.55 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 1

The revolutionaries at Penza, Eastern Russia, have informed M. Prosorovski, Chief of the gendarmerie, that M. Lisovsky, who was recently assassinated, was killed by mistake…

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A Defaulter Sentenced. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 7

M. Jaluzot, who has been convicted of misappropriating the funds of the Printemps Emporium, Paris, of which he was principal proprietor and manager, has been…

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Hell Gate Disaster. Waster Sentenced for Neglect of Duty

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday, 2 p.m.—Captain Vanschaick, who commanded the steamer General Slocum at the time of the terrible disaster in New York Harbour on June 15, 1904,…

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Fighting in Morocco. Brigands Murder Travellers

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday, 2 p.m.—There is friction between the Moor brigand chief Raisula and the Anjera tribe in Morocco, leading to frequent murders and other reprisals…

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Law. Saturday, January 27. Parramatta Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Docker.) SENTENCED

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 9

John Fitzgerald, alias Charles James Parker, who was found guilty of stealing a horse at Springwood, the properly of Albert Gardiner. M.L.A., had a previous conviction recorded…

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Belated Punishment. the General Slocum Disaster. Captain Sentenced to Ten Years. London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 1

Captain Vanschaick, who was master of the New York excursion steamer General Slocum at the time of the appalling disaster by which that vessel was overtaken in June…

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Willis Extradition. an Unsuccessful Appeal. to the Durban Circuit Court. Durban (Natal), Dec. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 6

At the Durban Circuit Court on December 19, W. N. Willis appealed against the decision of the first criminal magistrate who had made an order for handing him over to the…

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