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Courts & crime, 1907

8,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Loiterers in Court

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 5

In the Summons Division at the Central Police Court yesterdays twenty-four persons were fined in sums from the 10s 60s for loitering on the footways in King, Pitt…

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Liverpool Police Court. Wednesday, January 2. (Before Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.m.) Drunks, Etc

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 3

John Holloway (52) was charged with being drunk in Moore-street, and pleading guilty was lined 2s 6d, or 24 hours' imprisonment…

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A Visit to the Gaol. The Result of Classification. Numbers Dropping Off.—The Gaol Languishing for Prisoners.—A Humane Policy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 11

On Friday last, when visiting the Parramatta Gaol to attend the preliminary healing of the charge against the prisoner Harris, for the murderous attack on…

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Police Courts. Sly Grog-selling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 11

Before Mr. J. L. King, D.S.M., yesterday, at the Central Police Court Florence Elliert, 6S, a widow was charged that on January 3, she, not being the agent or servant of the holder of a license authorising…

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In the Divorce Court

The Arrow · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

Judge (to Fair Respondent): "So, Madam, you cruelly deceived your husband?" Fair Respondent: "No, your Honor; it was he who basely deceived me. He told…

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Compliments at the Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

On the last day of the old year, word (of which there had been previous faint rumours) reached Parramatta to the effect that Sergeant P. J. N[?]s, of…

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Larrikinism in Waterloo. More Police Wanted

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Waterloo Council the inspector presented a report on the alarming increase of larrikinism in the district. Special attention was drawn to the corner of…

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The Rockdale Incident and the Police

People · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 1

As the readers of "The People" will remember, the S.L P. held an election meeting on December 2 last at Rockdale, when the police took a hand and tried…

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How a Juror Feels. Serving on a Murder Trial

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

"To my mind," remarked a business man to an "Evening News" reporter recently. the citizen who has once sat on a jury to try a fellow citizen on a charge of murder should be…

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The Poor Woman in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

At the Liverpool Police Court on Friday, before Messrs. F. Chapman and M. Christiansen, J's.P., Laura Ana Dean, a married woman, residing at Canley…

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Russian Police Methods. Torturing a Likely Witness

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Nicholas Schmidt, the owner of an art furniture factory in Moscow, is undergoing trial on a charge of conspiracy against the Czar…

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The Guildford Shooting. Skafte and Wins at the Police Court. The Intercepted Letter. Wilkins Released on Bail.—Greetings from His Friends

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 8

At the Parramatta Police Court on Saturday. The charge against Henry Eugene Wilkins, of shooting, one Ska[?]lte, with intent…

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Gendarmes' Revenge for the Murder of Comrades London, Friday, 2.55 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 1

More bloodshed is reported from Warsaw. During yesterday a gang of revolutionaries killed two gendarmes in one of the streets of the city…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen.) Petition for Sequestration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 11

Tooheys, Limited, v Margaret Curtin. On the application of Mr. F. B. Freehill, who appeared for the petitioning creditors, and order of sequestration was made against…

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Police Courts. Pills, Panamas, and Polish. Two Men Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 17

At the Water Court yesterday, Frederick Collins, 38. wharf laborer, and Charles Henry Jennings, 31, butcher, were charged with stealing a case containing 200 boxes of pills, valued at £96, the property of the…

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The Terrorists. Murder at a Consecration. Serious Crisis in Lodz. Bankers to Demand a Moratorium

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Router's Agency reports that General von der Launitz, Prefect of St. Petersburg, has been assassinated. He was shot dead during the…

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Horrors in Russia. St. Petersburg Murder. Prefect Shot Dead. Suicide of the Assassin. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 13

Reuter's correspondent telegraphs that General von der Launits, Prefect of St. Petersburg, was assassinated yesterday morning…

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Parramatta Small Debts Court Wednesday, January 2. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, D.S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 8

James R. Dellow v. Charles Michael.— The defendant did not appear. The plaintiff said that the amount owing was £5 15s 6d, balance of account as…

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Law Report. Friday, January, 4. Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen.) Motion to Continue Injunction. New South Wales Fresh Food and Ice Company v Russell and others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 11

Mr. Peden, instructed by Messrs. Dowling and Tayler, appeared for the New South Wales Fresh Food and Ice Company in support of a motion to continue an ex parte…

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Woman Charged with Murder of Her Family. Killing for Insurance Money. New York, November 28

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1907 · page 11

A howling mob surrounded the Police Court at Philadelphia this afternoon, when Mrs. Mary Carey, a frail-looking but very pretty widow, was charged with poisoning…

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