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Courts & crime, 1906

8,464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Arbitration Court. (Before Judge Heydon, President, and Messrs J. P. Wright and E. Riley, members.) the Coal-lumpers' Dispute. Variation of the Award. Coal-lumpers' Union v Sydney Steam Collier Owners and Coal Stevedores' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 7

Mr. A. J. Kolynack (instructed by Messrs. Curtlss and Barry) appeared for the respondent union (the applicants); and Mr. G. S. Beeby, for the claimant union (respondents)…

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Burglar's Gaol Record

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Charles Stevens, otherwise Walter Cotton, who was seen leaving a hotel which had been broken into, and was fired at by Constable Bunting, was, at the City…

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Alleged Gilding Plant. Italian Charged with Uttering. What the Police Found

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 6

Noto Lodaveich, an Italian ice- cream maker, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with uttering to Mary Allen a gilt sixpenny- piece resembling a…

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Theft of a Watch and Chain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 8

A woman whose name was given as Kate Dary or Stafford (87), a widow, pleaded not guilty, at tho Central Court, with stealing a watch and chain, valued at £2, belonging to T. J. Earl, She was convicted, and…

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Police Ammunition

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 4

A peaceful American citizen once remarked, in justifying the practice of going, what in the metaphor of his country is termed "heeled," that he very seldom shot, but when he did…

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Another Murder in Fiji

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 3

A report from Fiji to-day states that another murder had been committed in the group. The victim was an Indian, whose body was found between Vuni Uka and Labassa. The murderer…

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Tale of a Horse and Sulky. Told at the Police Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 8

Harold Stanley Green (19), described as a newsboy, and Peter M'Donald (19), described as a French polisher, were charged at the Central Court with the theft of a brown mare, sulky, and harness, valued in all at £20,…

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Ineffective Police Raids

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 4

A couple of years ago raids made by the police on betting shops and "two-up" schools were always successful, but latterly most of them have been dismal failures. No matter how…

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Children's Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 3

At Parramatta Court on Wednesday the S.M., Mr. Murphy, was engaged till after 6 p.m. healing a case, in which a youth, Ernest Cowell, and a brother and a cousin of his,…

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Police and Pistol Practice

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 4

The Coroner, in his finding at the inquest with reference to the Newtown tragedy, very properly commended the pluck exhibited by the police. The constables who tried to…

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That Row in the Markets. Austin Fined for Assault

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 7

A case arising out of the recent fight in the Belmore Markets, when George Austin, a young man, received a wound in the right breast as the result of the alleged use of a…

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Marine Court Inquiries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 8

To-day the circumstances surrounding the groundiang of the Newcastle and Hunter River S.S Company's steamer Sydney on Long Reef on December 24 last will be investigated by a Court of Marine Inquiry…

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Mesmerism in Court

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 6

An extraordinary scene was witnessed before a judge at St. Quentin, France, recently. Mile Bar, a girl of 22, who is being prosecuted for illegally practising as a doctor, was placed…

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District Court. (Before the Registrar, in No. 2 Court.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 4

Palmer v Caldwell, 10.30 a.m; Premier finance Company, Ltd., v White, 10.45 am; Holiday ats Brown and another, 10.55 a.m.; Langley ats M'Cullough, 11,20 a.m…

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Police Courts. Alleged Robbery From a Dwelling

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 8

At the Newtown Court, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., George Frederick Hulme (18), a carpenter, was charged with having, on December 25, stolen from the dwelling-house of John Francis Hawthorne, New…

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Revolutionary Russia. a Savings Bank Raided. Political Murder and Robbery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Death without trial has been decreed in the greater part of Russia against the would-be assassins of officials…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Rogers.) Mr. T. R. Bavin prosecuted for the Crown, Charge of Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 8

Rose Taylor was charged with stealing a purse, containing £35, from the person of Henry Erikson, at Sydney, on December 8. She pleaded not guilty, and was defended by…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Rogers.) Mr. T. R. Bavin, Crown Prosecutor. Alleged Stealing From the Person

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 4

Rose Taylor plended not guilty to a charge of stealing £35 from the person of Hoary Erickson. at Sydney on December 8. Mr. Nil and appeared for the accused, who it was…

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Marine Court Inquiries. Victoria—carbella Harbour Collision

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 5

The Court of Marine Inquiry (Judge Backhouse presiding, with Captains Bracegirdle and M'Gibbon assessors), sat today and took evidence in reference to the collision between the…

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Grounding of the Sydney. Marine Court Inquiry

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 4

An inquiry was held today by the Marine Court into the circumstances attending the grounding of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steam Navigation Company's steamer Sydney at…

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