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Courts & crime, 1906

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The Liquor Act. How It Is Working. Some Police Opinions. Touts and Hangers-on Disappear

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 6

Although this week is the first experience the police and the hotelkeepers have had of the Liquor Act, a chat with the former, who have to administer it, goes to show that things have…

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Police Courts. Sentenced for Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 9

George Smith, seaman, who pleaded guilty at tile Water Police Court on Thursday to the theft of a suit of clothes, valued at £3, the property of John Broom, at 22 Margaret-street, was yesterday fined £3,…

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Charged with Conspiracy. a Solicitor and Others. Evidence at the Water Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 9

Further evidence was taken at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr.Wilshire, S.M., in the case in which frederick Burcher, 45, solicitor, Joseph John Rochester, 54 contractor, Alma White,…

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Liverpool Police Court. Tuesday, 2Nd January, 1906. (Before Mr. Wilshire, P.M., and Mr. Chapman, J.p.) Horse Stealing

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 7

George Clark was charged with stealing a horse valued £20, the property of Andrew Cowan, at Liverpool, on or about the 13th Decemher. (Sergeant Coates conducted the prosecution and…

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A Magistrate on the Abattoirs

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 3

At yesterday's Balmain Police Court in a charge of cruelty to sheep, the magistrate remarked that here was an instance showing the…

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Auburn. Alleged Assault on a Woman

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

About 9 o'clock on Saturday night a young married man, residing in Percy-road, Auburn, reported to Constable Eddie that at between 6 and 7 o'clock that…

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Alleged Horse Stealing. Three Man Committed for Trial

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 3

At the Liverpool Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., and Mr. F. Chapman, J.P. George Clarke, an elderly man, who…

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Balmain Police Court. Wednesday January 3rd. (Before Mr. Donaldson, S.m.) Indecent Language

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 3

Wm. Bott, 19, glass-blower, was fined 20/or 14 days for using indecent language. ASSAULT…

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The Coup that Failed. A Chase. The Proceeds of a Burglary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 11

There were exciting doings in Parramatta on Wednesday, over in the Newlands district. It appears that a week or two ago a burglary was committed at…

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Murder and Outrage. Seizure of Bombs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 11

The explosion of a bomb at Radom, Poland, tore off the legs of the chief of police, and killed his wife. Troops at Bakhmut, Southern Russia,…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, January 3. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 6

Adelaide Cook, on bail, did not appear to answer a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and her recognizance was ordered to be forwarded on for…

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Snake Calls for the Police

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 5

A man in India found a rattlesnake wedged in by a rock, which threatened its des[?] He removed the rock, releasing the snake, which showed obvious signs of gratitude…

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A Captain Charged. [By Telegraph.] Committed for Trial. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 11

George Mylius, the late master of the barquentine La Bella, which was wrecked at Warrnambool on November 10 last, was before the City Court to-day on a charge of…

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Police Courts. Alleged Attempted Chain-snatching

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 18

John Aldous (33), a laborer, and Samuel Ireland (34), a laborer, were charged at the Central Court with attempting to steal from the person of a man unknown at Sydney, on the 20th ult. Constable Robins said that…

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Matrimonial Troubles. Alleged Perjury in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 10

BRISBANE, Friday.--The Supreme Court has been engaged for nearly three weeks on a somewhat remarkable case, in which a Mrs. Collings sued for judicial separation from her…

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Fregoli's Joke. Quick-change Artist Plays a Trick on Police

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 10

Mr. Fregoli, the quick-change artist, who is performing at the Barrasford Alhambra in Paris, played an amusing joke on the public and police on a recent afternoon…

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Charge Against W. P. Crick. Postponement of the Criminal Court

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 4

OWING to a new departure from the practice of previus years there will be no sittting of the Central Criminal Court till the 12th of…

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Dramatic Court Scene. Ex-M.P. Seized with Paralysis in the Dock

The World's News · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 21

The proceedings against Mr. John Lockie, ex-M.P. for Devonport, came to a dramatic conclusion at the Newcastle Assises last month. Mr. Lockie was charged with…

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A Bank Note Comedy. Old Gentleman and the Debt. Dramatic Scene in Court

The World's News · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 16

To the curious and the enterprising Mr. Justice Phillimore's Court in London. on November 18, presented a picture…

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Parramatta Small Debts Court. Wednesday, January 3. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin. S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 6

Allen and Son v. Joseph Newling.—Verdict for 8s 3d. Same v. Edley Black.—Verdict for £2 2s 3d…

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