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Courts & crime, 1908

8,880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Alleged Assault and Robbery Accused Acquitted

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 7

William Cadman, charged at the Darilnghurst Quarter Sessions yesterday with having assaulted Richard Bryant at Waterloo, and robbed him of £7, pleaded not guilty…

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Assaulting a Constable. a Month's Gaol

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

At the Balmain Police Court yesterday, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., Albert Poyitt, 22, labourer, was fined 10s, with the alternative of seven days, for being drunk and disorderly, and was sent to gaol for…

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Assaulting the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 10

Albert Poyitt was charged at the Balmain [?] violently resisting the police when being arrested for drunkenness, and with assaulting Constable Clark. Accused was drunk and creating a disturbance in…

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District Court

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

Before his Honor Judge Rogers, K.C., at 10 a.m.— Buckley v Coates, Turtle v Fawkner, Albers and another v McMurdo and another, Traynor v Calnan, Harnett v Willis…

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Seven Years After. a Major Charged with Embezzlement

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Major Heaney, [?]cial service officer, Who went to South Africa during the war and held a commission in the, Imperial Forces, receiving high testimonials for…

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Durham Court Estate

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 3

During the 80 years that the Baldwin family have been in possession of the Durham Court Krute (Manilla, N.S.W.) it has attained great fame by its live stock. The Durham Court blood stock [?] with the…

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New Police Station for Annandale

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 3

Mr. W. H. Mahony, M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister for Public Works that the tenders for the election' of the new police station at Annandale, for which a sum of £1800 was…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petition

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 3

Petersen, Boesen, and Company, Limited, warehousemen, of York-street, Sydney, versus Le Yat storekeeper, of Barraba, trading as "Le Yat and Company." Petition to be heard…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Docker and juries.) Mr. Herbert Harris prosecuted for the Crown. SENTENCED

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 10

Charles Beaton, breaking and entering the dwelling of Felix Robert Crofts, at Marrickville, on Dec. 22, 1907, and stealing therefrom certain articles, sentenced to six weeks' hard labor in Darlinghurat Gaol…

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Dublin Castle Theft Sir Arthur Vicars Declined to Relinquish Office London, Wednesday, 3.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 4

Sir Arthur Vicars, who, as a result of the mysterious robbery of Crown jewels from Dublin Castle, was lately relieved of his duties as 'Ulster King of Arms, refused at first…

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Closing Hotels Is the Act Retrospective ? Spacial Court Says Yes

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 5

The Special Court constituted under the provisions of the Licensing Amendment Act of 1905 to Inquire into and give effect to the local option vote taken at the last New South…

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A Spinster's Legacy. Claim Against a Married Man Peculiar Case in District Court

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 4

Before Judge Rogers, in the Sydney District Court -this morning, Eveleigh Buckley, spinster, of 64 Globe-road, Glebe, sought to recover from Frederick William Coates, newsagent, of 201…

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District Court. (Before Judge Rogers.) Poles for a Tramline. Fitzgerald v M'Sweeney

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

Mr. S. M. Quinlan appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. F. S. Boyce, instructed by Mr. C. M. Boyce, for the defendant. This was an action brought by Edward William Fitzgerald,…

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A Lady with Money and Her Quondam Lover Peculiar Case in the District Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 4

This morning a case presenting certain interesting features occupied the attention of Judge Rogers in the Metropolitan District Court…

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Coal Court Adjourned. Another Brief Sitting. Owners Refuse to S[?]t. "To Educate the Miners."

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

The Royal Commission arbitrating on m[?] ters in dispute on the northern coalfield re[?] sumed this morning, his Honor Judge Heydo[?] presiding, and Mr. H. S. Forsyth and Mr[?]…

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Northern Colliery Troubles Staving Off the Evil Day Will the Special Court Prove Impotent Newcastle

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 6

It was evident to the most casual observer in the Special Court this morning that the President (Judge Heydon) was considerably indignant when another stoppage of a large…

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Is the Boy to Be Boss? Another Colliery Idle. Playing with the Court. Dudley Boys in Burwood Boys Out

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The mining situation at Newcastle developed another stage this morning. A fresh complication was presented to the Court when the members of the…

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Law Report. Equity Court. Abatement of a Nuisance. the Admiral and the Wool Warehouse. Attorney-General v Pastoral Finance Association, Limited

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

Mr. Rich Instructed by Messrs. Stephen, Jaques, and Stephen, appeared on behalf of the defendant company and moved for an order setting aside the decree made heroin on July…

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Police Courts. Charges of Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 4

James Delaney, 19, a labourer, and George Tyler, 19, a bookmaker, were, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., yesterday, at the Water Police Court, charged with stealing two bicycle wheels, and one outer cover, of the…

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Gaol Bird Sentenced an Old Man's Plucky Action

The Australian Star · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 7

John Donnelly, with a record of 46 previous conviction, was found guilty at the Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge Docker and a Jury, on a charge of assaulting an…

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