A Woman's Death. Religious Differences Prevent Marriage. Three Persons Committed. Charge of Murder
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 4
An inquest was held yesterday into the circumstances attending the death of Emily May Pilgrim, aged 10, single woman, which took place at Sydney Hospital on January 12…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Barrack Life Its Advantages and Disadvantages. Living and Its Cost
Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 6
While that recruit who after joining the police force is obliged to go into quarters provided by the Government may miss the companionship of the members of his family, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Overturns. with Serious Results. Police Sergeant's Skull Fractured. Bowral
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 7
A sprious motor cay accident occurred yesterday evening at the Bong Bong Bridge, between Bowral and Moss Vale, as the result of which three Sydney residents are inmates…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Law Report. Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Acting Registrar, Mr. F. H. Salusbury.) Motion for Release
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 3
Re Alfred Ernest Hyndes. Mr. F. Ash, for bankrupt, asked for an adjournment to answer report. The matter was adjourned till February 5…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Retiring Magistrate
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8
Before the rising of the Glebe Court yesterday, Mr. Isaacs, S.M., received a warm tribute from those whose business has lain in that court…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 10
At the Paddington Court, Arthur Jennings was fined £3 or one month's hard labor for stealing the sum of £1 6s from the person of Ernest Mountney. at Bondi on January 17…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Impounding Officers' Troubles. a Botany Demonstration. Police Court Proceedings
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 3
The establishment of a pound in the monicipallty of North Botany has caused a commotion in that quiet little suburb. Many owners of horses and cattle have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Trial Sensation Extraordinary Court Scenes Remarkable Outburst of Public Feeling
The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5
In previous correspondence and the cable messages references have been made to the Dimmock murder case (says a London correspondent, writing on December 20). The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sent to Gaol. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 7
The bogus baronet. Sir John Marwick, was before the City Court to-day, on a charge of having obtained gooda by means of false verbal representation. Ho was sentenced to a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Durham Court
The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8
The subdivision mile 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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District Court
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 3
Before the Registrar, in No. 2 Court, st 10 a.m. Harris v Scott…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Prosecutions Magisterial Comments
The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8
The persistence of the police in pushing cases to an issue in the small courts when there has been pronounced disinclination on the part of a prosecutor to appear formed the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bankruptcy Court. Voluntry Sequestration
Evening News · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5
Peter roach of Darllinghurst road sydney, and carring on business at 87 YORK-street sydney under the style of Hosegood brothers warehouseman Mr.W.H. palmer official…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Got It on the Roof. the Wily Chinee. Bendigo Gold-stealing Cases
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 7
MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Three of the Chinese recently arrested at Bendigo on a charge of having unlawfully purchased gold, appeared before the Court to day. Only one case was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Courts. Trouble Over a Cow
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 10
John O'Riordon, residing at North Botany, pleaded guilty at the Redfern Police Court to having on January 9 rescued a cow, which had been lawfully seized for the purpose of being impounded at North Botany…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Berlin Scandals. Court-martial in Camera
Evening News · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4
LONDON, Thursday Evening.—The court martial at Berlin upon Count Hohenhau and Count Lynar, upon charges of scandalous conduct, is proceeding in camera…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Courts. an Immigrant's Lapse. Without Food or Money
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 3
At the North Sydney Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Love, D.S.M., Arthur Leigh, a recent immigrant who on Monday last was convicted of theft from a camp at Chatswood, was presented for sentence. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"I Was Tempted and I Fell!" "Sir John Marwick, Bart." Story of Astounding Impudence. Sentenced to a Month's Imprisonment
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 7
MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- The story of the rise and fall of Mr. George Croft, 39, alias "Sir John Marwick," the impostor who, at the beginning of the week, ingratiated himself with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Before the Melbourne Court a Month's Hard Labour. Melbourne
The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 7
George Croft was before the City Court today charged with imposition. He had described himself as "Sir John Marwick, baronet," and had said he had a motor-car in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lord Thurlow a Lord Chancellor's Start in Life Laughing a Case Out of Court
The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 4
Of only one Lord Chancellor can it be said that he began his forensic career by laughing a case out of court. This was Lord Thurlow, and the story (according to a…
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