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Courts & crime, 1907

8,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Stealing From a Shop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 6

At the Globe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., Thomas Valentine Hynard, aged 21, was charged with having on February 9 stolen six sticks of ehocolate, a packet of sweets, and six cunces of…

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Sentenced at the Sessions

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 7

At the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday afternoon his Honor Judge Backhouse Imposed the following sentences : -- William Morris, found guilty of breaking…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 6

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., Sydney Hatton, 25, a dealer, was committed for trial on charges of having assaulted Mrs. Upton and Maggie Waddell, and robbed them of…

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Murder of a Chinese

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 12

An old Chinese, Ah long, was brutally murdered on Saturday night at a lonely place between Chewton and Spring Gully, near the Eureka mine. Bloodstains and signs of a struggle…

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District Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 13
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Before His Honor Judge Murray and a jury.--At 10 a.m.: M'Kenzic v. Grace (part heard). Note: Jurors other than those engaged in the above case need not attend until Thursday, the 14th inst., at 16 a.m…

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Parramatta Police Court. Monday, February 11. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, D.s.m.) Wages

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 1

Ethel Whitehall v. Wolfgang Schmidt. I -Wages. Mr. H. A. Richardson for the complainant, Mr. J. E. Bowden for the defendant…

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Murder Will Out. a Clerk's Confession

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Alfred Land, a clerk at Essen, Prussia, has surrendered himself to the authorities for murdering Miss Lake, an Englishwoman, in a wood…

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Confession of Murder. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 9

Alfred Land, a clerk at Essen, has surrendered himself to the police, having confessed to murdering Miss Lake, an Englishwoman, in a wood near Esseu in…

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Court of Arbitration

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 13
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Probate Courthouse, Chancery-square. (Before the President and Members.) At 10 a.m.: For hearing--Arnalgamated Miners' Association, Wrightville, claimant, and the Great Cobar Copper-mining Syndicate, respondent…

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A Street Mendicant Sent to Gaol for a Month

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 1

An old man named John Vincent Waters was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with begging. Constable Newall said he saw the accused…

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Court-melrosek Dramatic Co

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 2

The company appeared in the Parramatta Town Hall last Friday evening, and they were accorded a splendid reception, having a packed house. The part…

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"Got Them in the Newtown Fire" a Theft of Tinned Fish

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 1

A young man named Henry Field was brought before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Police Court this morning charged with stealing three dozen tins of sardines…

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Police Changes in City and Country

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 415

In "The sydney Mail" of bravery 23rd appeared a set of portraits of prominent members of the New South Wales police force. Who had recently received promotion. on after lengthy periods of service, had been retired from the…

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A Fiendish Crime. Outrage and Murder. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 9

Solielland, a workman in Paris, was allowed to take a neighbour's child named Marthe Erbelding, aged 12, to an entertainment, as he said his wife was…

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Godfrey Divorce Suit. Wife Charged with Mist Conduct. Allegations Against the Husband

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 4

The hearing of a suit in which Edwin God frey of Hansard street, Waterloo contractor is petitioning for a dissolution of his marriage with Janet Godfrey, formerly Webb, on…

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New York Murder Case. Revolting Details. President Roosevelt Takes Action

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Revolting disclosures are being made at the trial of Harry Thaw, the millionaire, for the murder of Stanford White, in New York…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.) Certificate Application

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 5

Re Murdock M'Pherson : The Registrar found that the bankrupt handed over no books to the official assignee, continued to trade knowing himself to be insolvent, contracted…

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A Missing Man Police and Civilians Searching Penrith

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 6

Thomas Morehead, an old and well-known resident of the district who resides at Ravenswood, between Penrith and Camden, on the Nepean River, and who some time ago…

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