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Courts & crime, 1906

8,464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Two Bad Characters. Severely Dealt With. the Police Congratulated

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 1

Two young men, named Henry Archbold and Valentine Eagar, who had been found guilty of stealing from the person, were dealt with by Judge Docker at the Quarter Sessions…

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No Jurisdiction. Arbitration Court's Decision. in the Fellmongering Dispute

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 5

The dispute between the Wool and Basil Workers' Association (claimants) and the New South Wales Fellmongering Employers' Association (respondents), in connection with…

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France and Germany. at the Moroccan Conference. Who Will Control the Police?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Germany, through her representatives at the conference at Algiers, has proposed to the Sultan of Morocco that he should cither choose the foreign…

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In the Interest of Justice. Willis Should Be Examined Here. Full Court Judgment

Evening News · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 4

The Full Court to-day delivered judgment in the appeal against the order of the Chief Judge in Equity that the evidence of W. N. Willis, in the suit of Trequair v. Willis and others, should…

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W. N. Willis. Question of His Return. What Mrs. Willis Believes. an Equity Court Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 3

In the Full Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Walker and Mr. Justice Pring, an appeal was hoard against the order of the Chief Judge in Equity that the evidence…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before the president, Mr. H. A. G. Curry and Commissioners Brandis and Houston.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 3

Mr. F. L. V. Coffey appeared for the Minister, instructed by the Crown Solicitor. APPEALS AND REFERENCES. J. E. Meynink, appealed against the…

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W. N. Willis. Commission Set Aside. Appeal to the Full Court. Remarks by the Chief Justice

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 5

In the Full Court to-day the appeal of the plaintiff in the case of Trequair v. Willis and others against the order of Mr. Justice. A. H. Simpson for a commission to examine W. N…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse and juries of four.) a Railway Accident. Claim for Compensation. Sheppard v Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 3

Mr. G. C. King, instructed by Messrs. Colquhoun and Bennett, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Scholes, instructed by the Solicitor for Railways, appeared for the…

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Arbitration Court. (Before Judge Heydon, President, and Messrs. J. P. Wright and E. Riley, members.) the Question of Jurisdiction. Disputes with Associations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 3

Wool and Basil Workers' Association v WoolScouring and Fellmongering Employers' Association. Mr. G. S. Beeby (Messrs. Brown and Beeby)…

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Sent to Gaol for Stealing

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 6

James Smith, alias Daniel Kelly, was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour at Glebe Police Court yesterday by Mr. Smithers, S.M., on a charge of…

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Police Courts. Theft of Pig Iron

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 13

At the Central Court, James Boyce (10), a carter, and Joseph Lucey (20), a laborer, pleaded not guilty to stealing about 2ewt. of pig iron, valued at 8', the property of Davis and Fehon, Limited, on the Kith inst…

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Trades-unionists Arrested. Charged with Dynamiting and Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 9

LONDON. Monday Afternoon.--Mayer, the president of the Western Federation of United States Miners; Hayward, the secretary; and Pettilione, an ex-member of the…

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Boys' Alleged Burglary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 9

Three boys, from 15 to 17 years, burglariously entered a shop at Newtown early this morning. They were surprised, and two of them were captured on the spot, while the…

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"Ada" Before the Court. Twelve Months' Gaol

Evening News · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 3

Kate Bloomfield, better known as "Ada," the young woman who has achieved notoriety in the Melbourne suburbs by victimising children, as reported in Saturday's "Evening News,"…

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Alleged Assault

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 1

John Blake, a man over middle age, appatenly, was charged with indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 14, to wit of 11 years of age…

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The Newtown Murder

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 9

The inquest on the bodies of Constable John Wallace and Willie Yass, or Tanna, the victims of Sunday morning's double tragedy at Newtown, was concluded at the Coroner's Court,…

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Jumping on Trams. Two Young Men at the Police Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 4

Mr. W. S. Wigg, an inspector of the Tramway Department, was the prosecutor in the Summons Division of the Central Police Court to-day…

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Stolen Pig Iron Two Men Charged

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 7

At the Central Police Court yesterday James Boyce, 40, a carter, James Mills, 15, a dealer, and Joseph Lacey, 20, a labourer, were charged with stealing about 2cwt. of pig iron,…

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Parramatta Police Court. Monday, February 19. (Before Mr. S. Murphy, S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 2

In the case of Edward Moore (in which the Granville Inspector of Nuisances was the complainant) an order was made for the payment of 16s.3d and costs, 3s 6d;…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 6

The following matters were dealt with yesterday before the Registrar in Bankruptcy:— SINGLE MEETINGS AND PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS…

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