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Courts & crime, 1908

8,880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

A Critical Situation. the Coal Trouble. Mining Court Paralysed. Costing £500 a Week

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Work was resumed this morning at the Burwood Colliery, where a strike of wheelers had occurred. The Neath Colliery, in the South Maitalnd district, is still…

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Law Report. District Court. (Before Judge Rogers.) a Strange Case. Buckley v Coates

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

Mr. W. Park3r (of E. R. Ab[?]gall) appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. A. B. Blackmore, for the defendant. This was an action brought by Eveleigh Buckley, of Glebe-road, Glebe,…

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The Arbitration Court Expires in June Next Should Parliament Be Called Together? Industrial Upheaval Predicted

The Australian Star · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 1

Much interest is manifested in labour circles at the present lime owing to the fact that the Arbitration Court expires by effluxion of time in June next, and the announcement…

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Charge of Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 8

Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., yesterday, at the Central Police Court, Le[?]lie M'Cabe was fined £8, or in default two months' imprisonment, upon a charge of unlawfully assaulting Edward Hanna…

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Theft From the Brundah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 8

Before Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., yesterday, at the Water Police Court, Leo Swinson, 29, winch-driver, and Sydney Swinson, 25, winch-driver, were charged with stealing a gladstone bag and other articles, valued at…

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Police Promotions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 9
Also in The Australian Star

The following promotions in the police force, to take effect from February 1, have been "Gazetted":-- John Ross, Ryde, sergeant, second class, to be sergeant, first-class; Alexander…

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Prevention of Child Murder

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4

The shocking revelations which came to us through the week from Victoria as to a nest of dying children in the care of…

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Influx of Criminals Act. an Offender Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 10

At the Water Police Court, before Mr. Isaacs, Charles Cunie, alias Banger Cunie, alias Marcus Charles Lavelle, a jeweller, was charged, with having been convicted of an offence against the Influx of Criminals Act, 1903, and…

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New Police Orders. Police as Domestic Servants

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 1

The new police orders calling all available city men to the Sydney and Redfern Barracks, there to reside and go…

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Used His Umbrella. As Ashfield Assault Case

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 8

At the Ashfield Court, on Friday, Henry James Ayling was charged with Inflicting grievous bodily harm on one Henry James Stewart, at Ashfield, on January 25. Steyart was admitted…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 8

Before his Honor Judge Rogers, K.C., and a jury.—At 10 a.m.: Williams v Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways. Before the Registrar, in No. 2 Court.—At 10 a.m.: D[?]ry, [?] Williams. At 10.80…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, February 5. (before Mr. W. Clarke, A.S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 5

James Thomas Delancy. J. R. Faulder and H. E. Jones applied for collectors' licenses.—Granted. A LICENSING CASE…

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Cowardly Assault on a Boy. Wholesale Injuries Inflicted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- A farmer, Patrick Keating, residing at Campbell's Forest, was fined £10 at Eaglehawk Police Court, to-day, for having unlawfully assaulted Thos. Gunning,…

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Murder at Fiji. Woman's Head Chopped Off

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 13

Another brutal coolie murder is reported from Penang, in Fiji. An Indian Sirdar, Salaru, who had been acting as night watchman at Ellington, chopped off a woman's' head on the 6th…

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Penrith Police Court MONDAY. Before Mr. Jamison, P.M., and Mr T D Clissold, J.P.

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4

William Henry Pearce v Edward Truscott, for wilfully impeding an officer of the Chief Railway Commissioner in the execution of his duty upon the railway on 9th December,…

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Ryde Police Court. Tuesday, February 4. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, A.s.m.) the Elections.—not the Lobster

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 10

Stephen Young, on summons, pleaded guilty to having been found drunk in Church-street, Ryde, on the 1st February. He blamed the municipal elections for it…

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Police Courts. a Series of Charges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 8

William Davis, 36, a wharf-labourer, waS charged at the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., with using improper language in Goulburn-street on January 31 last. He was…

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"The Court of Philip IV."

The World's News · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 29

This is a carefully-written history of Spain during the reign of the bigoted and incapable Philip IV., son and grandson of two other Philips, equally intolerant but more capable. It…

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"He Had His Picnic" Assaulting the Police

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 15

"He has had his picnic, and now he must foot the bill," said Mr. Donaldson, S.M. at the Central Police Court yesterday to William Davis, 30, a wharf labourer, who…

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