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Courts & crime, 1907

8,293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

The Police Band

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 6

This evening, at Elizabeth Bay, the New South Wales Police Band will play a first-class programme, commencing at 8 o'clock. The programme will consist of half…

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Police Band Concert

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 7

The New South Wales Police Band will (weather permitting) perform the following programme of music in the Elizabeth Bay Reserve this evening at 8 o'clock:-- March…

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The Police Changes

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 4

Inspector Mitchell, who has been, in charge of No. 3 (Darlinghurst) Police Station, has been transferred to No. 1 (Metropolitan) Division. Sub-inspector Spence will succeed…

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Glebe Revision Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 10

A court for revision of electoral rolls was hold at Glebe yesterday morning, The rolls for the divisions of Annandale, Camperdown, Globe, and Leichhardt were revised and passed. The…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

At the meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers of publicans' licenses Were granted:—Annie Delaney to Arthur Holmes, Bayswater Hotel, Rushcutter Bay; Hugh G…

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Arbitration Court Judge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 8

Mr. W. A. Sim, barrister, of Dunedin, has been appointed Judge of the Arbitration Court, in succession to Judge Chapman,…

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Ju Jitsu for the Police

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

The spectacle of a burly policeman dragging an unwilling prisoner to the lockup by brute force promises to be a thing, of the past. A knowledge of the art of ju jitsu enables a…

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Police Courts. Illegally on Premises

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

At the Water Police Court yesterday, Frederick Thompson, 28, storeman, was charged with having been found in the enclosed yard of the Sacred Heart Church, Victoria and Oxford streets, for the purpose…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

Emily Jane Burns, of West Narrabri, widow: Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee. Henry Arthur M'Leod, of Milsop-street, Bexley, carpenter: Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official…

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Police Courts. Assaulting an Old Woman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 10

John Arthur Glover, a hatter, was proceeded against at the Water Police Court, on a charge of assaulting Mary King, on January 9. The prosecutrix stated that Glover approached her, and asked her about another…

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Affray on a Steamer Early This Morning Third Officer Badly Injured a Steward Arrested and Charged

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 1

About 7 o'clock this morning there was some trouble between the third officer and one of the stewards of the steamer Cape Corrientes. Which was lying in Mort's Dock…

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Mosman Bomb Case. a Man Before the Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

William bingham, 56, a gardener, was before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., yesterday, at the North Sydney Police Court, in connection with the finding of a tin containing explosives' at a…

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Mr. Nicholas Larkins Tribute of Citizens to Retired Police Superintendent

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Thomas Hughes) was the chairman of a meeting of citizens which was held yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall to consider…

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Late Cable News. Received This Morning. The Terrorists Again. Another Assassination, General Pavloff's Murder

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday Evening.— Colonel Andreiff, Chief of the Gendarmes at has been shot dead in the street. The assassin escaped…

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A Self-styled Widow Comes Into a Big Fortune But Is Sentenced for Bigamy . LONDON, Thursday. 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 1

The trial of Mrs. Wagstaffe on a charge of bigamy has been concluded. The accused, was sentenced to-three days imprisonment…

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Who Is the Higher Authority? Privy Council or High Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 7

LAUNCESTON, Thursday.--As the result of the appeal to the Privy Council in. the case of Webb v. Outtrim, Federal servants in Tasmania have received a notification from the…

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North Sydney Sensation a Serious Charge Three Persons Before the Court

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 7

At the North Sydney Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Donaldson, S.M. Annie Best, widow, 34, was charged with unlawfully using an instrument on one Lily Ismay at…

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The Bankruptcy Act. Alleged Breach by a Butcher. Seaton Before the Court

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 5

Francis William Seaton, 50, a butcher, was at the "Water Police Court this afternoon charged with a breach of tie Insolvency Act. The information set out that Seaton, on August…

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Surry Hills Stabbing Case Three Persons Before the Court Another Remand Granted

The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 1

John Bowsher, Mary Drew, and Cissie Drew, again appeared at the Water Police Court, this morning, before Mr, G. H. Smithers, S.M., charged with maliciously…

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Police Courts. Charge of Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 10

Chas. Turner, 27, a seaman, was at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., charged with stealing a suit of clothes and a pawn ticket, of the values of £2 2s 6d. the property of…

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