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Courts & crime, 1908

8,880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Constables Before the Court. Misconduct Alleged. Countrymen Complain of Rough Treatment

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 5

At the Central Summons Court this afternoon Ernest E. Evans and Henry J. Shailer were i proceeded against by Superintendent Mitchell on an information alleging misconduct as…

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Stealing Sugar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 10

Stephen Corbett, 43, a labourer, was before Mr. Love, D.S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday, chanted with stealing a quantity of sugar, of the value of £2, the property of Gibbs, Bright, and…

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Good-bye to a Magistrate. Women at the Police Court Appeal to Mr. Isaacs

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

Several of the women at the Central Police Court this morning had 'by some means made themselves acquainted with the fact that Mr. Isaacs. S.M., was about to retire from the…

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Convicted of Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 10

Annie Wilson, married, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday with having stolen jewellery and clothing valued at about £4 from Mrs. Marion Geeriz, of Bourke-street. The evidence showed that accused was…

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Stealing From a Wharf

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 6

Late on the night of the 3rd inst. Constable Miller, who was on duty at Cowper's Wharf Woolloomooloo, saw a man carrying a bag of sugar. It was hardly a usual thing at so…

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Theft of a Skirt

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 10

George Parker, alias Webb, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday with stealing a serge skirt from Mrs. M'Cathie's, Ltd., on January 8. Jennie Vorise, an employee of the firm, stated that on…

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Horrible Jungle Murder

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

A murder case of an extraordinary character is reported from Burma. The four accused are Krerup, Roum, Tap, and Tarp, and the deceased is Ker, all Siamese,…

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A Charge of Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 8

At the Cunnamulla Police Court to-day William Riley again appeared, on remand, charged with unlawfully burning the Coongoola woolshed in 1894. He was committed…

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Fists and Batons Saturday Night in Pitt-street Two Constables in Court Charges of Assault Dismissed

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday had a case to deal With which involved "misconduct" on the part of two well-known constables, the charge being…

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Policemen on Trial. Charge of Assault Dismissed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 10

In the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., two constables, Ernest Evans and Henry J. Shaller,. were charged, at the instance of James Mitchell,…

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Alleged Misconduct. Charge Against Two Constables. Police Court Inquiry. the Case Dismissed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 9

A charge of alleged misconduct on the part [?] Ernest E. Evans and Henry J. Shailer, two constables, was heard yesterday at the Central Police Court, before Mr. Smithers, S.M. The…

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Police Band Concert

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 2

Members of the New South Wales Police Band will give a concert, weather permitting, in the Botanic Gardens, to-morrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The following…

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Western Australia. Alleged Gold-stealing. Detectives Active. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

This afternoon the premises of George Hughes, of Boulder, were raided by detectives engaged in the suppression of goldstealing, and a quantity of smelted and…

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Methylated Spirits and Sunday Camps Remarks by a Magistrate

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 6

Isabel King (32), a married woman, was at the Paddington Police Court yesterday, committed for trial to the Quarter Sessions on a charge of assaulting Hugh…

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New Use for a Gaol. a Technical School. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

When in Cooma recently the Premier, Mr. Wade, was approached about granting a portion of the large gaol buildings, formerly used as a lands office, for use in connection with…

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Monday at the Police Courts

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 6

There is undoubtedly an increase in the number of small offences which come before the police courts daily, and which, on a Monday, after the Sunday interval, are…

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Police Courts. a £50 Fine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 10

At the Central Police Court yesterday Ethel Monaghen, 23, married, was charged with the unauthorised sale of liquor in Riley-street. Sergeant Dane said that on Sunday morning the accused sold…

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Court of Marine Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 9

Before his Honor Judge Backhouse and Assessors, in No. 1 District Court.—At 11 a.m.: Re the Euryalus and the Warung…

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Curious Revision Court Evidence

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 6

"Another Council Clerk" writes:—The slipshod manner in which some justices of the peace have signed declarations of claimants for inclusion in the municipal lists, as evidenced…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestration

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 5

William Duncan, of Wyalong, miner. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee…

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