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Courts & crime, 1908

8,880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Charged with Embezzlement

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 10

Alfred Chisholm Lawrence (40), an accountant, employed by the Castlemaine District Council of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows, at Castlemaine (Vic.), appeared at the Water Police Court to answer a charge of embezzlement. The sum involved was £300, which…

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An Accountant Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 4

Alfred Chisholm Lawrence, 46, an accountant, was at the Water Police Court yesterday charged, before Mr. Barnett, S.M., with having embezled £306, the property of his misters the Castlemaine District…

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Brussels Child Murder

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

A child murder has been perpetrated in Brussels. On December 1 a little girl of six, while walking with her brother, a lad of nine, in one of the suburbs of Brussels, was…

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Durham Court

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 6

The 'subdivision sale of the above estate on March 9th will be a noteworthy event, followed as it will be by the sale of the blood stock and the stud herd. About 19,300 acres have been cut up…

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Burglary at a Railway Station. Safe Opened with Dynamite. Amusing Incident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Bowden railway station was broken into by burglars early on Thursday morning. The iron safe was blown open by dynamite, the door being shattered to…

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Police Courts. Shop-lifting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 4

Ellen Nicholson, 44, a married woman, was before Mr. Barnett, S.M., yesterday, at the Water Police Court, charged with stealing a muslin blouse, of the value of 12s 11d, the property of Mrs. M. Cathie, Ltd.,…

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Landlady and Servant Charge of Assault. a Broken Dish

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 5

NARRABRI, Friday.—A case of considerable interest occupied a lengthy sitting of the local police court to-day. A domestic servant, aged 16, proceeded…

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The "Professor" And His Landlady. an Assault at Marsfield

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 6

At the Ryde Police Court, James William Bull describing himself as a professor of medicine, holding a "British-Canadian diploma," but not registered by the New South Wales Medical…

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Redfern Revision Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 9

Mr. Hawkins, appointed to revise the municipal lists in connection with the Redfern district, hold a court ot revision in the local council-chambers on Wednesday. A number of applications were made to have names…

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Special Mining Court

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Owing to heavy rain, the Special Mining Court's inspection of the Rhondda Colliery has been postponed till Monday…

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Durham Court Sale

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 11

In our issue of 31st ult. it was stated that the sale of the Durham Court Estate would take place early in February. We are now informed…

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The Push Revival. Disturbances at Redfern. Magistrate Threatens the Lash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 7

At the Redfern Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Love, D.S.M., James Gleeson, aged 18, and Edward Gleeson, aged 21, were charged with having maliciously damaged four glasses,…

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Larrikinism in the Suburbs. Disturbance at Redfern. Another Magistrate Speaks Out

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 4

James Gleeson and Edward Gleeson, young men, were charged at the Redfern Police Court on Thursday afternoon with mallciously damaging four glass tumblers, two panes of…

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Italian Makes a Court Laugh

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

A smiling Neapolitan, who beamed upon Judge Willis and everyone else in the Southwark (London) county court on December 3, was sued for 5s, the amount of damage done…

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Cavilling Question at Teralba. the Court's Judgment

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The president of the Special Mining Court (Judge Heydon) in delivering judgment on the first dispute brought before the Court said:--…

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Mr. Thomas in Reply. "Go to the Arbitration Court." Company Cannot Pay the Increase

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 7

In conversation with an "Evening News" representative this afternoon, Sir. F. J. Thomas, manager of the Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company, Limited, replied to the statements of…

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Police Courts. a Mean Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 15

Maxwell Hancock, 23, a baker, appeared at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Barnett[?] S.M., to answer a charge of stealing a post-card album and a number of post-cards, of the value of…

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Fined for Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 17

John Coleman, laborer, was fined £5 or two months' gaol at the Central Court for unlawfully assaulting Henry Wall…

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Charge of Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 15

Yesterday, at the Central Police Court, John Coleman, a young labourer, was charged with an unlawful assault upon Henry Wall, on January 4. Police evidence was given to the effect that when…

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A Strike Leader Charged with Murder London, Friday, 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 1

The police in Johannesburg have arrested a strike leader, one Sheridan, on a charge of murder, arising out of the strike that occurred at the mines last summer…

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