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Courts & crime, 1908

8,880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Stealing Passengers' Luggage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 10

Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., at the Redfern Police Court yesterday, Charles L. Fennell (28), laborer, was charged with stealing from Ruby Lavinia Bonney, on the 28th ult., a carry-all basket, containing an amount…

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Stealing at Grace Bros

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 10

Janet, or Jennet, Darderi was charged, at the Glebe Court, with stealing three pieces of ribbon at Grace Bros.' establishment on the 14th inst. She was seen by a constable to handle a number of articles exposed for…

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Sentenced at the Sessions

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 1

Frank Willmot, a young man, who pleaded guilty to an accusation of demanding money, with menace and by force, from William Henry Cordeaux, at Sydney, on November 1[?]…

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Alleged Theft of a Deed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5

Julia Cotter, or Solomon, 47, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Payten, S.M., with having stolen at Sydney, on or about April 18, 1907, a certain valuable security, the property of…

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A Sheep Stealing Case. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 8

At the Supreme Court to-day, Thomas Groves, farmer, of Gladstone, was convicted of having stolen 35 ewes and 23 lambs, the property of Messrs, Fitzgerald Brothers, of…

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Durham Court

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 8

It is not often buyers come across a deceased estate like the well-known Durham Court property, where not only the land, but the whole of an intact breeding station, mud cattle, blood horses, sheep, station…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5

Before his Honor Judge Rosers, K.C.—At 10 a.m.: Examination of judgment debtors (in Chambers, in No. 2 Court)—Sweepall Broom and Brush Company. Ltd., v Armstrong, Lyons v Lean. Motions…

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Revolting Cruelty. Guilty of Child-murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday.--In the Supreme Court to-day, before the Chief Justice, Ellen Elizabeth Smith and Arthur William Smith were found guilty of unlawfully killing their child, aged 2…

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Court of Arbitration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5

No. 2 Jury Court, Supreme Courthouse, Sydney.- Before the Deputy President and Members.—At 10 a.m.: For hearing: Cold Storage Employees' Union, claimant, and Pastoral Finance Association,…

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Local Option Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Court, Judge Backhouse (President) and Messrs. Smithers and Macfarlane, S.M's., resumed yesterday at Darlinghurst. With reference to the reduction which was…

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Sisters in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 10

Rose Jackson, or Teasdale (33), was charged yesterday, at the Redfern Police Court, with maliciously damaging, on the 19th instant, a quantity of crockery, valued at 4s, the property of Alice Taylor, her sister…

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A Tramp in the Country. Seamen Sent to Gaol

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 3

At the Water Police Court this morning, Donald Fraser, 28, and Thomas Meryweather, 26. seamen, were charged With deserting from the sailing ship Port Jackson on the 17th instant,…

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Railway Station Larcenies Lady Passengers Victimised Young Man Charged

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 6

Towards the end of last month a plainclothes constable of Redfern became suspicious of the actions of a young man named Charles Leslie Fennell, and ultimately…

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Larrikinism Punished. the Lithgow Disturbance. a Firm Magistrate. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 8

At the Police Court, before the Police Magist[?], Waller Mills pleaded guilty to indecent behaviour, obscene language, and unlawfully assaulting Constable Hart on Saturday night…

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Closing Hotels Special Court Sitting

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

The special court appointed under the provisions of the Licensing Act Amendment Act, 1905, continued its sittings at Darlinghurst yesterday. The Bench comprised Judge…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 10

Laura Beveridge, who was found guilty of keeping a disorderly house, but whom the jury gave a strong recommendation to mercy, was sentenced to imprisonment for one year with light labor…

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Tasmanian Supreme Court Bench. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 8

Ministers have again been urged to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court Bench created by the death of the late Mr. Justice Clark. To-day a deputation from the Southern Law…

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Police Courts. Demolition of Premises. a Faulty Notice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5

At the Paddington Court yesterday, before M. Barnett, S.M., Charles H. Bamber was proceeds against by William L. Richards, charging him w[?] preventing the owner of the premises he occupi[?]…

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Again the Druce Case. Mary Robinson Charged. "The Duke's Beloved." Admits Letters Are False

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--The hearing of the charge of perjury preferred against Mary Robinson, a witness in the Druce case, was continued at Bow-street Police Court…

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