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Courts & crime, 1908

8,880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Euryalus-warung Collision Marine Court Inquiry Decision of the Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 5

The attention of the Marine Court--Judge Backhouse, Captains John Vine Hall and John James Simpson, assessors--was occupied this morning with the inquiry into the…

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Police Courts. Cruelty to a Horse

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 10

At the North Sydney Court, Norman Glass wax convicted on a charge of cruelly treating a horse at North Sydney on December 31. For the prosecution it was staled that the animal was in a poor condition and unfit…

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Outrage in India Attempt to Murder Bengal's Lieutenant-governor

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 3

An attempt (writes a Calcutta correspondent) was made on December 6 to wreck a special train, in which Sir Andrew Fraser, Lieutenant-Governor of [?]enga[?], and Lady…

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For Cruelty Solicitor's Wife Sent to Gaol London, Monday. 4.25 a.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

The wife of Charles Rushworth, solicitor, of York, has been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for cruelty to, and neglect of two adopted girls, one aged 14, and the other…

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Continental Socialism. Conflicts with Berlin Police. One Hundred Casualties

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Thirty thousand Socialists joined in holding ten simultaneous processions in Berlin yesterday in support of the movement for universal…

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A York Horror. Shocking Cruelty to Girls. Solicitor and Wife Punished. the Woman Sent to Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--The wife of Mr. Charles Rushworth, a solicitor at York, has been sentenced to a term of nine months' imprisonment for cruelty to and neglect of…

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Socialists in Berlin. Monster Demonstration. Police Use Sabres. London, Jan. 13

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

A great socialist demonstration was made in Berlin yesterday in favour of universal suffrage. Thirty thousand socialists, divided into ten processions, marched…

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Decision to Resume Work. More Conundrums for the Special Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

KURRI KURRI, Monday.--At the meeting held this evening, Mr. Brennan reported the result of the deputation to the manager, who had said that he wanted no new conditions at all; he only…

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Collision in Darling Harbor. Euryalus and Warung. Marine Court Inquiry

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 4

The circumstances attending the collision between the steamer Euryalus and the tug Warung, which occurred in Darling Harbor on November 9 last, were investigated this morning…

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A Harbor Pirate. How He Looted Yachts. the Police Chase and Capture

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 5

At the Water Police Court William Jones, 39, laborer, was charged with stealing from the yacht Colarmi, lying at Rushcutter's Bay, 2 overcoats, a dustcoat, 3 pairs of pants, 3 coats,…

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Bushman and Blackfellow Hadn't Shouted All Night for Nothing the Police and the "Jays"

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

Before Mr. Love, at the Water Court, yesterday, John Byrne, 37, labourer, was charged with being a suspected person, frequenting Barton-street, on December 30 last,…

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Five Men Charged the Anthony Hordern Case at the Central Police Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 7

Yesterday in the Central Police Court, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., Inspector Roche proceeded with the charge against the five men who were arrested in connection with…

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North Sydney Police Court Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 13

The annual returns in connection with the North Sydney Police Court show a decrease of 123 in the number of persons arrested by the police. The number of arrests under the Vagrancy Act and drunkards' punishment…

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Burglary at a Bowling Club

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 10

During the early hours of yesterday morning the premises of the Adelaide Bowling Club, situated near the military parade ground, were broken into. All the private boxes (to the…

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Stealing From the Wharf

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 7

Thomas Abberton, 36, carter, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday with having stolen a case containing four dozen tins of salmon, of the value of 30s, on January…

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Stealing From a Shop

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 7

Sarah Bond, 49, widow, and Mary Bond, 17, saleswoman, were charged at the Water Court yesterday with the theft of a black collarette, a tie, and a piece of lace, valued…

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Remarkable Theft and Recovery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 10

The theft and recovery of a box containing £200 worth of jewellery, £81 in gold, and several suits of clothes, are reported from South Melbourne…

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A Milk-and-water Magistrate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

For selling rotten oysters, Barnett, S.M., fined a bad man a whole £2, saying: "You are not ignorant of the fact that people have died through eating those…

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Police Promotion

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 5

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to approve the promotion of Senior-sergeant Thomas Crawley, of Nowra, to the rank of…

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Newtown Murder the Inquest Opened Prince Before the Court "I Must Be Mad"

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 5

The death of Henry Sullivan (60), lately residing at Cambridge-street, Enmore, who was shot in a grocer's shop at Newtown on New Year's Day, was this morning the…

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