Stealing From the Person
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 3
At the Balmain Police Court on friday, before Mr. M. S. Lore, S.M., Mary Elizabeth kileen alias Baker, 2s, was convicted on a charge of stealing from the person of Peter M'Carthy £1 11s 6d. A fine of £5…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stealing in George-street
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 11
A showcase outside the shop of Robert Jeffery, 637 George-street, Haymarket, was wrenched open on Tuesday, and some ladies' handbags and pocketknives were stolen to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Carried Off Tee Safe Burglary at Hay. Arrest of a Suspect
Evening News · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 3
MAY, Monday.—A daring burglary was effected here on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning, when George Horton's butcher's shop was broken into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Courts. Sunday Selling
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 3
At the Balmain Police Court on Friday, before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., Edward Hallam, licensee of the Waverley Hotel, Darling-street, was convicted on a charge of selling liquor on Sunday, 12th instant. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Notes. Assaulting the Police
Evening News · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 4
Gentlemen who wish to indulge in the luxuries of drunkenness and assaulting the police will be gratified to hear that the market rates are low, at all events at the Water Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After the Druce Case. Witness Charged with Perjury Perjury
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 7
LONDON, Saturday Afternoon. -- Mrs. Mary Robinson, one of the witnesses in the Druce perjury case, appeared on remand at the Bow-street Police Court, yesterday, on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Conducted to the Frontier. Russians Who Were Charged with Robbery
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 7
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Russians who were recently arrested in Paris in connection with the robbery from the Treasury, at Tiflis, Russia, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Surf-bathing at Coogee. Police-superintendents Suggestion
Evening News · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 4
Police-Superintendent Sherwood, officer in charge of the metropolitan police district, when seen this morning by an "Evening News" reporter, said that he had visited Coogee yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Man's Sudden End Death in Police Cells
The Australian Star · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 5
Edward Hobson, a young man, who was awaiting the hearing of a charge or stealing preferred against him, died suddenly in the cells at the Central Police Station this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death Cheats tho Law. a Police Station Incident
Evening News · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 4
Edward Hobson, 45, a prisoner, died suddenly this morning, at the Central Police Station. Hobson was arrested on Saturday afternoon by Sergeant O'Dea, and locked up on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scene in Court. Police Magistrate and Solicitor
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 8
MELBOURNE, Monday.--A scene occurred at Seymour Court to-day during the hearing of a charge against a publican of having supplied liquor to a man against whom a prohibition…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland. a Murderous Assault. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7
A murderous assault, was made on a Chinaman in Flinders-lane. Townsville, about 11 o'clock last night. It appears that Ah See, a cook at the Raliway Hotel, visited some of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Daring Burglary. Safe Opened with Explosives. Coom[?] Monday[?]
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7
A burglary of a daring nature is reported from Nimitybelle. A few nights ago Mr. Wilson's store was broken into and the safe blown open. About £20 in cash and a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bankruptcy Court
Evening News · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 5
VOLUNTARY SEQUESTRATIONS. Ernest Gilham Cook, of 42 Boyce-street, Glebe. Point, formerly of Mount-street, North Sydney, butcher. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death at a Police Station
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7
Edward Hobson, 40, a draper, was looked up at the Central Police Station on Saturday on a charge of stealing from a warehouse. At 7.15 a.m. yesterday he said that he felt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Her Violent Love Divorced Wife Displays Her Warm Affection by Assault
The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 1
Divorced long ago, 18 times imprisoned for assaulting him, yet still professing violent love for the husband from whom the law had parted her, Mrs. Eliza Sandals, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Firing on Police. a Constable Injured
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7
Sergeant O'Leary and Constable Fitzroy while on duty at Summerhill, Wicklow, were fired at at night time. Nine pellets struck Constable Fitzroy's head, one of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charge of Assault a Lively Incident in a Potts Point Boarding-house
The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 4
Before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Police Court to-day, Thomas Kennedy, 35, accountant, was charged with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on Marlon Dawbarn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prison Life and Prison People. Memoirs of a Model Gaol Half-rations on Sundays and Holidays No. 1
The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 1
"Twelve months' hard labour in Goulburn gaol" With these words ringing in my ears I descended the steps to the cell beneath the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Murder and Treason" at Bendigo. Maldon Miners and Rew. H. Worrall. the Duty of the Church
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Monday.--At the half-yearly meeting of the Maldon branch of the A.M.A. on Saturday night. it was resolved:--That this meeting sympathises with the Bendigo miners…
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