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Courts & crime, 1906

8,464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Stealing a Pair of Trousers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 4

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Vi. Macfarlane, S.M., Joseph Johnston, alias Heapy, was charged with stealing a pair of trousers, valued at 5s 6d, the property of Marcus Clark and…

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Burglary at Ballarat. Jeweller's Shop Entered. Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 6

The shop of Henry Riegel Buth, jeweller, of Ballarat, was burgled this morning. A quantity of precious stones and some gold watches were stolen…

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Murder by Snake Bite

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 35

The official reports for a recent, year gave the number of deaths from snake bite throughout India as 23,000. Occasionally a reported death from this cause is in reality a case of…

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Police Chief Executed

The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 7

A profound impression has been caused here by a terrible incident, which has been communicated by telephone from Moscow today (says a St. Petersburg message to the…

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Murder in Tiflis. a Bomb Outrage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 9

A bomb was thrown in Tif[?]s at General Gr[?]aznoff, the chief of staff of the Viceroy and its explosion killed him. The assassin has been arrested…

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A Brutal Murder. Morphia Fiend's Crime

The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 7

Dr. Oliver B. Hart, former St. Louis physician, and scion of a prominent family of that city, was sentenced to-day to serve 43 years in the penitentiary on his recent plea…

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Milk and Law. Was the Magistrate Right About Them?

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 5

Sitting in Chambers to-day, the attention of Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson was engaged in bearing an appeal from the determination of Mr. Donaldson, S.M., in which Alfred Bennet,…

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Parramatta Police Court. Saturday, January 27. (Before Mr. T. K. MacNevin. S.m.) "Wetting It."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 1

Maggie Kerr (who had been convicted at the Quarter Sessions on a charge of arson, at Granville was charged with being drunk in Marsden-street, Parramatta, on…

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Police Courts. Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 4

Harry Thompson, alias Peterson, alias Poulson, 36, a labourer, was charged that he did, at Sydney, an December 1, 1905, before, Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., wilfully make on oath a false statement, well knowing it…

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An Island Murder. Trader Killed by the Natives

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

Our New Britain correspondent writes: -- "A trader, named 'Slowney,' trading for a New Britain firm, Messrs, Hernheim and Co., was murdered in the Admiralties during…

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Victorian Police Commission. Leakage of Information. a Kelly Gang Episode. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 9

Mr. Gaunson figured as a witness for about half an hour at to-day's sitting of tbe Police Commission. His "evidence" consisted in the main of adverse comments upon the…

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A Country Arbitration Case. Mr. Justice Simpson on Court Etiquette. Theeat EsT the Matter of Costs

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 4

Before Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson, sitting in Chambers to-day, Mr. Cohen (instructed by Mr. D. Cowan) appeared for H. E. Dee; and Mr. Cowan (instructed by Mr. B. Keith Cohen) for…

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Alleged Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 8

At the Newtown Court, before Mr. F. S. Isaacs. S.M. John William Doyle (26), laborer, was charged with stealing a blanket, a pillow slip, and a revolver, the property of Andrew Doyle, and a watch and chain and…

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Charges of Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 8

Two young women, well-known residents of Parramatta, named Emma Laura Ashby and Catherine Green, were before the Parramatta Police Court on 13 separate charges of stealing goods from various business houses…

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Discriminating Police

Evening News · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—At a recent sitting of the Police Commission complaints were made on behalf of the Cabmen's Union that the police, in dealing with persons breaking traffic…

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Air Court, Katoomba

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 11

Katoomba is generally regarded as one of the most popular holiday resorts and year after year the number of visitor to the pretty little town…

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"Language in Court."

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 6

At 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon Joseph Egan was one of a crowd at the rear of the Central Charge Court, and because of his noisy behaviour Constable Martin put him…

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Two Women Charged. Well-known Parramatta Residents. Parramatta

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 6

To-day, at the Parramatta Police Court, before Mr. MacNevin, S.M., Emma Laura Ashby and Catherine Green (two well-known residents) appeared before the Bench…

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Oil Launch for Water Police

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 6

The Water Police, at Newcastle have been provided with a comparatively new launch, the Gwendoline, which arrived yesterday from Sydney. This vessel, which has duplex engines of 12 horse-power, will take up the…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petitions

Evening News · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 5

Thomas West, of Roselle, Balmain, coal merchant, and James Jones and David Jones, trading as coal merchants, of Bathurst-street, Sydney, versus Archibald Wilson, of "St. Mar."…

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