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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

8,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petition

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 8

The Australian Mutual Provident Society of Sydney v. Robert Albert Birch, of 185 Pyrmont-street, Pyrmont. Petition to be heard oil February 11…

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Hunter's Hill Police Court. Friday, January 25. (Before Messrs. E. C. Davies and W. Barret, J's.P.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 8

Charles Rolls pleaded guilty to having boon found drunk on the Great Northern road Gladesville and was fined 5s, with the alternative of 24 hours'…

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Charge of Attempted Murder. Husband Tried and Acquitted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 14

BATHURST, Friday. -- At the Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Docker and jury, Charles Arthur Jenkins, on bail, was charged with having, on December 31 last, at Hampton, attempted…

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Police Band Reunion Dinner and Concert

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 7

Members of the Metropolitan Police Band held their annual social reunion and dinner in the New Masonic Hail, Castlereagh-street, last evening. The chair was occupied by…

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Police Courts. the Elizabeth-street Raid

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 22

The hearing of the cases arising out of the raid on premises at 379A Elizabeth-street was entered upon at the Central Court yesterday. There were 15 Chinese arrested on the occasion of the raid, but three did not appear…

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Warsaw Police Chief Murdered. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 13

A band of terrorists assassinated M. Gruen, chief of the secret police, of Warsaw, while be was driving in a cab. The terrorists escaped…

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Nottingham Murder. Shooting of a Clerk. Story of the Crime

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 2

The "Daily "Mail" of 20th November has the following in reference to a sensational case at Nottingham, which was the subject of a cable message to "The…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, January 30. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, D.s.m.) Attempt at Suicide. "The Stuff That's Ruining the Country."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 5

Jessie Harvey, alias Robertson (43), was churned with attempting to commit suicide at Parramatta on January 29th. Constable James Lowe denoted that…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 4. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 9

Chamber List.—At 11.30 a.m. After Equity Matters.—Before A. H. Simpson, J., at Chancery-square; Auldjo v the Blayney Mining and Smelting Company, No Liability; the Commercial…

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German Police Blunder. Lady Doctor Arrested on a Charge of Masquerading

The World's News · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 19

Fraulein Dr. Katherine Freytag, medical assistant in the hospital attached to Bonn University, was arretted on her arrival in Famburg on a charge of being a man…

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Parramatta Small Debts Court Wednesday, January 30. (Before Mr. W. Clarke. D.S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 6

Wm. H. Austin v. G. Turner—Verdict for £12 11s 5d. Board of Water Supply v. C. Foreman. —Verdict for 5s…

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Law. Friday, February 1. Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. A. Henry.) Creditors' Petition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 22

The petition by Messrs. Briscoe and Co., Limited, of 56 York-street, Sydney, for the sequestration of the estate of Patrick Joseph Moy, of 161 Sussex-street, trading as P. J. Moy and…

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Law Report. Friday, February 1. Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. Arthur Henry.) Petition for Sequestration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 9

Briscoe and Co., Limited, of Sydney, Merchanta, versus Patrick Joseph Moy, of 161 Sussex-street, trading as P. J. Moy and Co. Mr. Knox, K.C., and Mr. R. K…

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Bank Swindler Sentenced

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday Morning.—Charles McGill has been sentenced to five years for making false returns to the Dominion Government regarding…

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A Garden in Gaol

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 4

Entering the grim gates of Darlinghurst Gaol, within the gloomy walls that seem to face the outside world with the cold stare of Justice, one is suddenly…

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Millionaire's Murder Trial

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 11

The obtaining of a jury to try Harry Thaw, a millionaire, charged with the murder of Stanford White, another millionaire, in New York, occupied several days. Owing to numbers of those…

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Court Etiquette

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 8

"Town and Country," the social weekly of New York, states that a young Irishwoman has arrived in that city to teach the American debutantes and matrons…

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Gaol and the Man Reform of Criminals—The Probation System

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 7

In the "Sunday Times" or January 6 an article was published under the heading of "For the Reform of Criminals." In this it was pointed out that reformation rather…

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Accident to Inspector-general of Police

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 11

Mr. Thomas Garvin, Inspector-General of the New South Wales Police, met with a serious accident on Tuesday morning. He was a passenger on the 8.40 tram from William-street…

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Millionaire Murder Trial. 400 Jurors Summoned. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1907 · page 7

Altogether 400 jurors have been summoned in the case in which Harry Thaw, a millionaire, is charged with murdering Stanford White, another…

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