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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

8,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Small Debts Court

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 4

F. Murray obtained a verdict for £3 15s 6d, and 5s costs, for rent due. George E. Young summoned E…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, February 27. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, D.s.m.) No License

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

George Pringle was charged with carrying on a second hand dealer's business without having first obtained a license. The defendant stated that be erred in…

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Liverpool Police Court. Wednesday, Feb. 25Th, 1907. (Before Messrs. Chapman and Christiansen, J'sP.)

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 6

THOMAS Bullvant was charged with stealing a parrot, valued at £2, the property of Thomas Robson, at Fairfield, on the 22nd instant. Accused pleaded not guilty…

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Treatment of Inebriates. Hawkesbury Scheme Abandoned. Darlinghurst Gaol to Be Utilised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 11

The Gevernment have decided to set apart portion of Darlinghurst Gaol as an institution under the Inebriates Act for the treatment of habitual drunkards. "It may be asked," the…

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Penrith Police Court MONDAY. Before Messrs F R Wilshire, P.M., and J H R Noble, J.P.

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 2

Robert Abraham Chee[?]ham was charged with attempting to commit suicide at Mount Druitt on February 24. Alfred George Green[?]algh, sworu, stated:…

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Police Courts. Cruelty to a Horse

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 18

George Shepherd (27), carter, was, at the Central Court, fined £1, in default seven days' imprisonment, for cruelty ill-treating a horse by working it whilst it was suffering from a sore hoof…

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The Bradford Murder Charge. Alleged Threatening of a Witness

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 18

At the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., Molly Smith, otherwise called Allen (38), a native of Victoria, was charged that on February 22 at Sydney she did…

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Habitual Drunkards. New Form of Treatment Darlinghurst Gaol to Be Used. Under Special Conditions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 9

The question of dealing with habitual drunkards has been under consideration for some time. The Comptroller-General of Prisons Captain Neitenstein, has referred to the…

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Police Courts. Alleged Prombited Immigrants. the Sonoma Incident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 11

Mr. M. S. Love, D.S.M., yesterday, at the Water Police Court, continued the hearing of charges preferred against live seamen of the steamer Sonomn of being prohibited immigrants found within the…

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Law Notices. Monday, March 4. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 11

Term List.—Motions generally. Motions, etc.: In re Andrew Brown, ex paric the Attorney General (attuchment for contempt); in re E. R. Abigail and J. J. Kiely, gent., etc., ex parte Incorporated Law…

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Murder of Stanford White. Mrs. Thaw's Cross-examination. Reference to Her Mother

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The trial of Harry Thaw, the millionaire, for the murder at Stanford White, another millionaire, was continued in New York…

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Court of Arbitration. Before the President and Members

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 11

At 10 a.m.—For judgment: The Amalgamated Miners' Association, Wrightville, claimant, and the Great Cobar Copper-mining Syndicate, respondent; same v Mount Boppy Gold-mining Compiny, Limited. For…

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The Police Arrangements Three-card Men at Work Penrith

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 5

Sixty Sydney police, under Superintendent Day and inspector Mitchell, arrived this morning. Bands were playing in the streets, and occasional groups of three-card men were…

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District Court. (Before Judge Murray.) Claim Under a Contract. Booth V Cook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 11

Mr. Warren (Atkinson and Warren) appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Mocatta, instructed by Messrs. Perkins and Fosbery, for the defendant. This was an action brought by…

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Parramatta Small Debts Court Wednesday, February 27. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, D.S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 7

A. E. Marsdon v. M. A. Hilliard.— Verdict for £7 4s 6d. A FAIR EXCHANGE. W. Ashley v. H. H. Jones.—Goods sold…

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Girl's Amazing Story. "Court-martial" Held on Her Alleged Betrayer. The Letter of Summons

The World's News · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 13

AN extraordinary story was related in the Kilkenny Police Court recently in connection with the attack on John Fleming, a Waterford engineer, who…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before the President, Mr. H. A. G. Curry, and Commissioners C. Brandis and W. Houston.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 11

Sarah Anne Leetham appealed against the decision of the local land board in respeet of claim by Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., for contribution towards cost of crocting…

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Solicitors Cited. Case Before the Full Court. in Re E. R. Abigail and J. J. Kiely. Addresses of Counsel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 18

The case of Ernest Robert Abigail and John Joseph Kiely, who were called upon to show cause why they should not be struck off the roll of solicitors, was again before the State…

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Equity Court. (Before the Chief Judge in Equity, Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) Schweppes, Limited, v the Foreign Agency

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 11

Mr. Leverrier, instructed by Messrs. Norton, Smith, and Co., appeared for the Plaintiffs; and Mr. Loxton, instructed by Mr. S. J. Bull, for the defendants, Felix…

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Arbitration Court. (Before the President, Judge Heydon, and Messrs. J. P. Wright and E. Riley, members.) Cancellation of a Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 11

Mr. Stephen, of the Crown Solicitor's Office, appeared on behalf of the Registrar in support of an application for the cancellation of the registration of the Colliery…

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