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Courts & crime, 1907

8,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Late Cable News. Received This Morning. Another Russian Murder. Raiding Revolutionaries. the Tables Turned

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—M. Breshesniovski, Chief of the Police of Daghestan and the Caspian Provinces, has been murdered The murderer escaped…

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Desperate Encounter Between Revolutionaries and Police London Sunday, 2, p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 1

A strong force of police raided the Ok[?]a quarter of St. Petersburg at night in order to endeavour to capture three revolutionaries…

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Charged with Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 10

Eulah Downes, or Amy Day (35), was sentenced at the Water Police Court to a month's imprisonment on a charge of stealing several articles of clothing, valued at £2, belonging to Nathali Sealpa and Clara Walford…

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Newcastle Police Court. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 7

At the Newcastle Police Court to-day, before Mr. Love, S.M., Ambrose Rose, labourer, was fined £30, or two months, for selling liquor, not being the holder of a license or…

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Another Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 7

M. Breshesniovsk[?] chief of police at Daghestan, on the Caspian Sea, has been murdered. The assassin escaped…

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Assault on a Woman

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 10

At the Newtown Court, before Mr. J. L. King, D.S.M., William Williams was summoned for assaulting Mary Ann Kerslake. Complainant raid she was a married woman, living at Petersham. On December 26 she was…

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Police Courts. Assaulting the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 10

At the North Sydney Police Court, Andrew Anderson (27) was charged with assaulting Constable Stalling in Mount-street, North Sydney, on Saturday night, whilst the officer was executing his duly. The latter was struck…

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Police Strategy

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

There is a good deal of sameness about the strategy used by the Sydney police in detecting what is called "sly grog-selling. " This is said without any condemnation of…

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Charged with Abduction. Accused Found Guilty Parramatta

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 7

At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day an elderly man named Thomas Levins was charged with having at Penrlth on November 3 abducted a girl 15 years and five…

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Anarchist Plot. to Murder Count Witte

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 1

In connection with the raid by a strong force of police upon the Okhta quarter of St. Petersburg, with the object of capturing three revolutionaries, It now transpires that…

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He Had But Fourpence. But Increased It by Theft

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

Peter Brown, described as a cook, was charged by Constable Surridge at the Central Police Court to-day with having stolen the sum of £1 12s, the property of Michael…

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In the Genoa-Paris Train. Murderous Assault Amp Robbery

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.— Miss Susan Lowe, an English lady, travelling from Genoa to Paris, was murderously attacked and robbed in the train before it reached…

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Burwood Court Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 10

The following returns of matters transacted at the Burwood Court have been prepared by Mr. H. S. Beveridge, Clerk of Petty Session and are for the complete year up to December 31 last. In the Petty Sessions…

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Glebe Court Returns

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 8

The following is the return of all business transacted by the Clerk of Petty Sessions, etc. (Mr. G. A. Lloyd), Glebe, and of moneys received by him in all capacities for the year…

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Bankruptcy Court. [?]Luntary Sequestration

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 6

Alfred Brown, carter, of Narellan. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee…

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Police Courts. Sly Grog-selling. a Heavy Fine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., Henry Lewis Roberts, 59, a caterer, appeared to answer a charge of selling liquor without a license in premises situated at St…

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Railway Outrage. a Murderous Assault on a Lady Traveller. London, Monday, 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 1

Miss Susan Lowe, an Englishwoman, whilst travelling from Genoa to Paris, was murderously assaulted before reaching the Mon Cenis Tunnel…

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Murder in a Wood. a Great Master of Crime Execution in Berlin

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 5

The convict H[?]nnlg, who exactly a year ago, murdered the waiter Glernoth, in the Grunewald, outside Berlin, was be[?]oaded in the Plotzcnseo prison on December 6…

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Parramatta Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Docker.) Mr. A. P. Dawson acted as Crown Prosecutor. Sheep-stealing at Flemington

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 10

William Murphy, a young man, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing one sheep Ave owes and four lambs, at Flemington saleyards on October 22, the property of Oldham and another…

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Special City. "Evening News" Office, 4.5 P.m. a Serious Charge. Alleged Assault at Botany. Young Man Committed for Trial

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 5

At Redfern Police Court this morning, before Mr. King, D.S.M., William Close, 26, woolwasher, was charged with having, on 4th instant assaulted Caroline Schumacher, 18,at…

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