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Courts & crime, 1908

8,880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

The Day Dawn Murder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 8

Sub-Inspector Mitchell, of Cue, has received instructions to proceed against Potter and Bloomer as accessories before the fact in connection with the murder of Wm. John Clinton,…

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Alleged Horse- Stealing Was the Business Paying

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 7

Before his Honor Judge Docker and a Jury, at the Court of Quarter Sessions, yesterday, Alfred Cox was arraigned on a charge of horse- stealing. The case for the…

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Adulterated Milk Magistrate's Remarks About Slipshod Prosecutions

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 7

Before Mr. Burnett S.M., at the Paddington Police Court yesterday, Allah Carmichael, sanitary Inspector for the Paddington Council, proceeded against Martha Staples on an…

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Motiveless Murder. Brewer Kills Four Women

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Mr. F. Holmes, a well-known brewery director, living at Henley-on-Thames, shot with a revolver his wife, daughter, and two maid…

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Milk and Water. a Magistrate Complains. Half-hearted Prosecutions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 10

Mrs. Martha Staples, a shopkeeper in Dowling-street, Paddington, was proceeded against at the local court yesterday, on an information laid by the local inspector of nuisances,…

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The Court's Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 8

The record of the Court to date is one interim decision in case of Teralba miners, the hearing of part of the evidence in machine rates and conditions, and inspection…

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Arbitration Court Troubles

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 6

The Special Mining Court at Newcastle yesterday encountered another of those snags which of late have so persistently threatened its existence. In this instance it was not the boys…

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Local Option Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Local Option Court, consisting of Judge Backhouse (President), Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., and Mr. W. M. Macfarlane, S.M., which sat at Darlinghurst yesterday, was engaged in…

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Food Adulteration. Milk As a Food. Inexpert Evidence. a Magistrate Protests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 4

Allan D. Carmichael (inspector of nuisances for the municipality of Paddington) yesterday at the Paddington Polilce Court, before Mr. Barnett, S.M., proceeded against Martha Staples, of Dowling-street,…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors Petition

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 3

Hyman Lobel Friedman. of 6 Castlegeagh street, Sydney, financier,versus Thomas Peel, of Booth and Annandale streets.Annandale,and carrying on business at O'Connell-street,…

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The Windsor Survivors. Refused Blankets by Police

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 8

PERTH, Monday.--When the steamer Penguin with the Chinese survivors of the Windsor wreck arrived at Geraldton she was not allowed to moor to the wharf, but was obliged to…

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Fewer Warrants a Hint to the Police

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 8

At the conclusion of a case at the Water Police Court yesterday, wherein a young fellow was charged with having made use of bad language, and was discharged, Mr…

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Local Option Court. Another Legal Point

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 4

The Court appointed to inquire into and give effect to the local option vote taken at the last New South Wales general election, continued its sittings at Darlinghurst this morning…

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Police Courts. "Where Did You Get That Hat?"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 10

A Leichhardt greengrocer, Horace Simpson, told Mr. Payten, S.M., at the Newtown Police Court yesterday that when he went into the Petersham Inn Hotel on Saturday night, someone took his hat, a brown felt, and…

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Closing Hotels Special Court Sitting Certificates of Conviction

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 1

The Special Local Option Court appointed under the provisions of the Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1905, to inquire into and give effect to the local option vote taken at…

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Arbitration Court or Wages Boards? Prolonged Discussion Probable

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 6

As pointed out a few days since, the Arbitration Court will expire by effluxion of time on June 30 next. Mr. Wade has given his assurance that Parliament will be called…

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Neath Colliery Disputes. an Industrial Deadlock. Court's Existence Imperilled

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--When the special mining tribunal resumed its sittings under the presidency of Judge Heydon this morning. Mr. Lewis, advocate for the miners, referred…

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Closing Hotels Special Court Sitting the Electorate of Leichhardt

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 7

The Special Court appointed under the provisions of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1905, to inquire into and give effect to the local option vote taken at the last general…

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The Coal Court. Neath Colliery Idle. Nearly a Deadlock. Miners to Resume Unconditionally. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 8

The Royal Commission appointed to arbitrate on matters in dispute between the miners and proprietors on the northern coalfields, resumed its sittings at the Newcastle…

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