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Courts & crime, 1907

8,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250

Theft by a Clerk

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 8

John Henderson [31] a clerk Was charged at the Newtown Court with stealing at the property of C. G. Hatte, Limited, Newtown, on December 22. Accused had been in the employ of the above from. and it was shown…

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Charge of Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 6

The City Coroner to-day continued the inquiry into the death of Mrs. Annie Hill, which occurred in Fitzroy on December 15. He found that death was the result of an injury inflicted by…

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Police Constable Assaulted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 6

Just as the old year was rung out a number of young men became boisterous at the foot of Duke-street, Woolloomooloo, and endeavored to put a boat on a bonfire. Senior-constable…

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The Lascars and the Engineer What Happened in the Guthrie's Stokehole. Told in the Police Court

Evening News · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

A Bengalese seaman, named Abbas Alli, appeared before the Water Police Court yesterday on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm. upon Martin M'Gilvray…

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Police Courts. Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 7

More was heard concerning the disturbance on the steamer Gathric at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M. Abbas Alli, a coloured seaman, was presented on a charge of…

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Police Promotions. City and Country

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 8

Mr. Thomas Garvin. Inspector-General of Police, has approved of the following promotions in the police force, with increased pay, to take effect from February 1, 1907:--…

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Police Courts. Under the Liquor Act

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 8

At the Paddington Court, Joseph Tierney, an elderly man. pleaded guilty to drinking liquor in the bar of the Queen's Hotel, Queen-street, Woollahra, on the morning of Christmas Day, and was fined 10s, in default 48…

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Police Promotions. Metropolitan and Country Districts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 7

In consequence of the retirements in the police force, facilitated by the recent legislation, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Thomas Garvin, has approved of the following promotions in the police…

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In Male Attire "Bertie Victor" Again Before the Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 1

The woman Bertha Rostly alias Berth victor, described on the charge sheet as a German or Hebrew, and a barber by profession 19 years of age. was again brought up…

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Bird Butchers. Are Pigeon Potters Punishable? a N.z. Supreme Court Decision. a Legitimate Game for Gentlemen Now — But "An Advanced State of Society Will Say It Is an Unmanly Sport."

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 2

The pigeon potting fraternity will doubtless be pleased of a New Zealand Supreme Court decision in regard to their pet sport. The bulk of the people, however, who look…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petition

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 5

Toohey's Limited, v. Margaret Curtin, widow, lately carrying on business at the Fountains Hotel, George-street West Sydney. Petition to be heard on January 4…

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Late Cable News. Received This Morning. Russia. Another Murder Plot

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday, 3.10 p.m.—A plot to murder the members of the Imperial Financial Council at St. Petersburg was accidentally discovered, and an intended meeting…

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Wholesale Murder Plot Why the Meeting Was Postponed London, Tuesday, 3.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 1

A plot to murder the members of the Imperial Financial Council at St. Petersburg Was accidentally discovered. The intended meeting was postponed…

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Police, Public, and Holidays Good Order in Sydney and Suburbs Superintendent Larkin Interviewed

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 1

Superintendent Larkin, when seen by a "Star" representative this morning, said that, from the police point of view, the Christmas and New Year season had been…

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Youth Sent to Gaol for Three Months a Cowardly Assault

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon a woman living in Kent-street, named Mclinda Violet Swinson, was struck on her house with a stick by…

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Burglary at a Mercer's Shop

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 7

Priddy's mercery shop in Pitt-street, was on Tuesday night entered by burglars. When the attendants arrived next morning to open the shop they found it in a state of confusion…

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Theft of Bags

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 11

At the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Love, S.M., two furniture-makers, John Stokeld and George Mackay, were sentenced to six months' imprisonment for stealing 12…

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Pathetic Story of Domestic Misery Ex-gaol Governor Sentenced Lost His Pension and Home

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 8

A sentence of three years' penal servitude was passed by Mr. Justice Lawrence, at the Hertford Assizes, on William Henry Oxley, the ex-Governor of St. Albans Gaol, for…

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Big Theft of Jewellery

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 7

An extensive robbery, which took place in Adelaide on December 27, has, just been made known. This morning the Sydney police were notified that between 7.30 and 10 p.m. on the…

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Impersonating a Constable. a Cingalese Sentenced. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 8

Before Mr. Arnott at Tweed Heads to-day, George Silva, a Cingalese, was charged that he told N. G. Brazil, public school teacher of Brisbane, that he was a coloured constable…

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