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Courts & crime, 1907

8,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Law Notices. District Court. Monday, January 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 10

Before the Registrar, in No. 2 Court—At 10 a.m.: Landau v Broun, Morgan v De Lissa, Rodd v Haynes…

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Robbery on the High Seas a Steamboat's Gold. Arrested Man Before the Court

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 6

Patrick Morning, seaman, 26, was brought before Mr. King, D.S.M., at the Water Police Court, at the morning to answer a charge of having stolen 1000 sovereigns, the property of…

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Society Murder Trial

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 12

The trial of Harry Thaw, a New York millionaire, for the murder of Stanford White, another millionaire, has begun in New York. White had paid attentions to Thaw's wife, and…

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Alleged Assault. Two Brothers Arrested

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 7

At about 8.30 last night an altercation took place between a number of men outside an hotel in Camperdown, during the course of which. It is alleged, a German…

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Alleged Murder Charge Dismissed

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 12

At the Newcastle Police Court, James Robert Jeffrey, 41 chief engineer, and John Black, second engineer on the steamer Ardmount, on remand, were charged with feloniously slaying, in…

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Man Charged with Firing a Dwelling

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 12

At the North Sydney Court Charles McCullum (77) was charged with maliciously setting fire to the dwelling-house of Maria Johnston, at Boulevard-street, North Sydney, on January 12…

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Retiring Police Officers

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 7

Our Bathurst correspondent wired last night:—Sub-Inspector Morris, who retires on January 31, after 32 years' service, was presented with a silver-mounted…

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Trail of Blood. Extraordinary Murder Trial

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 5

At Belfast Assizes last month Thomas R. Mason (43), a storekeeper, was charged with the murder of James) Morris (25), car driver, by shooting him near Kady, co…

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Brutal Murder. a Plucky Woman. Hong Kong, December 21

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 11

Mr. Craik, Chief Clerk of the Kowloon Docks, was brutally murdered by a Chinese, armed with a chopper, at his residence last Thursday night…

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Murder of Whiteley Murderer Not a Son. London, Friday. Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 7

The man who murdered Mr. Whiteley is named Rayner. He was well-dressed. The murderer is unknown to the…

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Encounter with the Police a Wyanora Sensation BRISBANE

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 27 January 1907 · page 3

A sensation was caused at Wyanora today, when a man who was wanted by the Charleville police for an offence alleged to have been committed at Comongin fought…

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The Justice and the Police Magistrate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 6

The curious spectacle was presented in the Inglewood Court (Vic.) on Saturday of a police magistrate defending a charge against himself, and being severely reprimanded from the bench…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 7

About midnight on Saturday Senior-constable Barnes and Constable Carmody, when in the vicinity or Meagher-street, Chippendale, heard cries of "Police!" and saw two…

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Police Widows' Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 5

The seventeenth annual meeting of the New South Wales Police Widows' Fund took place a few days ago, at the Newtown Police Station. Sergeant Hogg presided. There was a large attendance. The…

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Swimming. Police Life-saving Class

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 10

The members of the Police Life Saving Class of the Royal Life Saving Society were examined by Mr. H. G. Williams, instructor in chief, assisted by Mr. C. T. Trickett, of the Drummoyne Baths, with the…

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Police Courts. Alleged Gold Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 5

At the Water Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. J. L. king, D.S.M., Patrick Manning, 26. a [?] man, was presented on a charge of having stolen 1060 sovereigns, the property of Lever Bros., Ltd., from…

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W. N. Willis. Charged with False Pretences. Reinhardt's Evidence Continued

Evening News · Monday 28 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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News by Cable. the Murder of Mr. Whiteley

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.—Rayner, the murderer of Mr. Whiteley, the London "Universal Provider," is 29 years of age. He was born to wedlock, and his parents are respectable. The…

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Tuesday, January 20. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 5

Probate Jurisdiction.—Before his Honor Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, at Equity Court, Chancery-square.— Motion to pass accounts and for commission: Re George Kiss, deceased. The following accounts will…

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Law Notices. District Court. Monday, January 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 5

Before the Registrar, in No. 2 Court.—At 10 a.m.: Landan v Broun, Morgan v De Lissa, Rodd v Haynes…

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