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Courts & crime, 1908

8,880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Prison Life and Prison People a Description of Goulburn Gaol Something About the Warders No. 5

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 1

The group of buildings forming Gloulburn goal is st[?]uated about a mile from the city, but the suburb of North Gloulburn prevents it seeming l[?]lated, It occupies high ground…

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Law. Tuesday, February 4. Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 12

Henry Lascelles Traveller, agent of Hargrave-street, Paddington. Mr. C. F. W. Lloyd, official assignee. Hjalmar Boeck, wool clerk, of…

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Shadowing an Old Man. "Something to Thank the Police For."

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 6

An elderly man was on Monday night locked up on a charge of drunkenness. He was al-lowed out on bail, and when he appeared at the Water Police Court on Tuesday morning…

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Boycotting Manufactures. Liability of Labour Unions. American Supreme Court Decision. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 9

The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously decided that an employer has a right to recover damages from a labour union, amounting to thrice the loss…

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Further Coal Troubles a Harassed Court. Dudley Colliery Idle. Independent Youths. Miners Will Wheel. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 9

Dudley Colliery, which was thrown idle yesterday owing to a strike of wheelers and trappers, was again idle this morning. It was thought that the discontented youths would…

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District Court. (Before Judge Rogers.) a Circular Saw Incident. Claim for Compensation. King v Saxton and Binns, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 6

Mr. O'Reilly, instructed by Mr. J. J. Carroll, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Broomfield, Instructed by Messrs. Mark Mitchell and Forsythe, for the defendants. This was an…

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The Position Reviewed Court Treated with Contempt by Irresponsible, Hot-headed Youths Miners Not to Blame Newcastle, Tuesday Afternoon

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 6

To-day's somewhat dramatic termination of the proceedings of the Special Coal Court can hardly be said to have come as a surprise to the"local community, as it was felt…

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Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office, 4.465 P.m. Troublesome Wheelers. Newcastle Coal Strikes. Another Mine Stopped. Special Court Again Adjourned

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The miners at the Dudley Colliery having decided to do the wheeling if the lads again refused, work was resumed this morning…

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Coal Mining Crisis the Strike at Dudley Judge Heydon Vexed and Indignant Mine-owners Decline to Proceed Special Court Abruptly Adjourns His Honor Makes Strong Comments Newcastle

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 6

On the special Mining Court resuming its sittings to-day Mr. Kelynack, counsel for the proprietors, said he was very sorry indeed to have to officially inform the court that the…

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Police Courts. Stealing Phonograph Records

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 4

Before Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., yesterday, at the Water Police Court, Hector Israel, a labourer, was charged with stealing a phonograph record, the property of Nicholson and Co., Limited, of George-street…

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Police Courts. Theft of a Basket

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 10

George Timms, a laborer, appeared at the Water Police Court in answer to a charge of having stolen from Julia Cox a carry-all basket, containing clothing valued at £5. Timms was sentenced to three months' hard…

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The Suggestion of Child Murder. Infant's Father Charged. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 7

David Chard, a dairy farmer at Terang, was arrested to-day on a charge of having attempted to causo poison to be administered to a child named Janet [?]es. The accused…

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Silk Seller Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 10

William Grant, a saddler, appeared [?] at the Water Police Court on charge of having stolen a quantity of silk and silk goods, valued at £ £173. from T. Komura, between January 10 and January 18. Grant…

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Theft From a Wharf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 4

George Timms, 56, a labourer, appeared before Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday, to answer a charge of stealing a carryall basket containing clothing valued at about £5, the…

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Theft of a Phonograph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 10

James Robert Sanderson (23),laborer, was charged of the Newtown Court with fooling a property of Herbert S. Swayne, at Come, on Decemer 5…

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Assaults Upon the Police Magistrate Gives No Mercy Common-sense Talk From the Bench

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 6

"Assaults upon, the police are becoming too frequent," remarked Mr. Donaldson S.M., at the Balmain Police Court yesterday, to a youth named Albert Poyett,…

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Callous Self-murder

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 4

Is human life a cheaper and less worthy thing in this luxurious age than…

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Rats' Castle Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 7

MUDGEE, Wednesday.--The police are still' engaged sifting the Rats' Castle murder mystery, but so tar their efforts have met with little success. Rumors that a drunken man at…

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The Ballarat Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 8

In all probability the body of the woman, Madge Graham, who was murdered at Vale Park, will be exhumed. The suggestion that William [?]es had gone to Fremantle by the…

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Bathurst Sessions. Turon River Assault Case

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 5

BATHCRST, Thursday.—At the Quarter Sessions to-day, before Acting Judge Scholes, there was only one case, an aged [?] named Ah Woo being charged with assaulting a…

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