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Courts & crime, 1907

8,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

Police Courts. Breach of the Explosives Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 6

At the Water Summons Court yesterday, before Mr. W. M. MacFariane, S.M., Frederick Peterson, the master of the steamship Agenora, was proceeded against by W. C. Wain, Analyst and Inspector of…

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"Murder Will Out" Condemned Man Stated to Be Innocent Dramatic Confession

The Australian Star · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 7

There was a sensational development in the Preston murder trial in Liverpool (Eng.) last month, a witness coming forward to say that a man lying under sentence of death…

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Smuggling Arms in China. Police Official's Connivance. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 9

Pootung, chief of the native police at Shanghai, has been arrested and sent to Nanking for conniving at the smuggling of arms for rebels' use in the middle…

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Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) Judicial Separation Suit

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 13

Alice Cullen applied for a decree for judicial separation from her husband, Francis Joseph Cullen. Mr. E. H. Gardner appeared for the petitioner,…

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Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) Judicial Separation. Cullen v Cullen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 6

Mr. E. H. Gardner appeared for petitioner, Alice Cullen, in support of an application for a decree of judicial separation. Mr. Bradbury (for Mr. P. K. White), instructed by Mr. E…

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W. N. Willis Alleged False Pretences Evidence Entered Upon at the Central Criminal Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 1

The trial of William Nicholas Willis on a charge of false pertences was proceeded with at the Central Criminal Court this morning, before Mr. Acting-Justice Rogers…

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The Game in Melbourne Police on the Squires-williams Contest. Champion Bill Entertained—ring Chat Generally. Melbourne

Referee · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 7

When Monty Andrews and Lyn Truscott met in Sydney some months ago the points were considered to be so evenly balanced at the end of twenty rounds that…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Monday, January 21. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, D.S.M., and Messrs. C. J. Byrnes and W. A. McDonald, J'sP.. Licensing Magistrates.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 1

William Henry Clarke, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Church-street, Parramatta, applied for the renewal of his license. The application was granted, and the…

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Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 3

Before Mr. J. L. king, D.S.M., yesterday, at the Water Police Court, Willam Mullins, 28, a labourer, was charged with stealing a pair of serge trousers, of the value of 15s 6d, the property of William Lowe…

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Stealing Shoes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 10

Catherine Levi (37), married, was brought up at the Newtown Court charged with stealing two pairs of shoes from the shop of A. G. Horton, King-street, Newtown, on January 22. She pleaded guilty, and was fined 40s; in…

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Fined for Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 10

May Clyne (22), a domestic servant, was charged at the Water Court with stealing clothing and other articles, valued at 30s, the property of Jacob Mandelberg. She pleaded guilty, and was fined £2, in default one…

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Charge of Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 3

At the Water Police Court, before Mr. J. L. King, D.S.M., yesterday, Nestor Olsen, 26, a seaman, was charged with unlawfully assaulting Robert Paterson on January 22. It was stated that the prosecutor was…

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Aleged Stealing From a Dwelling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 3

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Payten, S.M., Frank Reynolds, alias Rymill, aged 28, was charged with having stolen in the dwelling-house of Thomas Saywell, Ashbourne House,…

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Alleged Assault on a Steamer

The Australian Star · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 7

James Pyman Millington, 35, a steward, charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm upon James Isbes[?]r, on the 11th instant, was again brought before Mr…

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Etiquette of Murder

Evening News · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 5

A curious situation has arisen out of a quarrel between two prominent men of Batson Rouge, Louisiana (U.S.A.). The local judge, George Favrot, shot the principal local…

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Charge of Stealing From a Dwelling

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 10

At the Newtown Court, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., Frederick Reynolds, alias Rymitt (28), servant, was charged with stealing in the dwelling-house of Thomas Saywell, "Ashbourne," Grand-parade, Rockdale, on…

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Victoria. a Magistrate's Beer. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 8

At Campbellfield last Sunday a constable discovered a justice of the peace refreshing himself with a "long beer" in an hotel. A summons has been issued, and it is probable…

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W. N. Willis. Charged with False Pretences. Criminal Court Proceedings. Evidence of Handwriting Expert

Evening News · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court this morning. Mr. Justice Rogers continued the hearing, with a jury, of the charge of false pretences, in connection with…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 3

Before the Registrar, in No. 2 Court, at 10.30 a.m.— Nurthen v Barton…

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Police Courts. Fraudulent Appropriation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 3

Alfred Mobbs, 23, a carter, was, before Mr. King, D.S.M., yesterday, at the Water Police Court, to answer a charge of fraudulently appropriating to his own use a set of harness, of the value of £2, the property of…

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