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Courts & crime, 1908

8,880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

King of the Belgians Law Court Revelations

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 14

Through an action brought in a Paris court by a countryman against a chauffeur it has been discovered that King Leopold of Belgium,now in his 73rd year, is again a…

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In Chambers. (Before Mr. JusticE Pring.) Destruction of Rabbits. Magistrate's Decision Set Aside. Dulhunty v Pridham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 8

Mr. Gaden, instructed by Messrs. Busby and Booth, of Dubbo (by their agents, Messrs. (Colquhoun and Bassett), appeared for the (complainant, Robert George Dulhunty, in…

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[All Rights Reserved.] the Murder in the Night Express Chapter Viii.--the Conflagration

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 12

It was days before Claudia could shake from her mind the hideous impression Harrington's wooing had made on her. It made her shudder only to recall it, and she would…

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The Widow Upheld. High Court Decision. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 13

The High Court to-day delivered its reserved judgment in Cairns v the Tasmania Gold Mining Campany. The Court held that there was sufficient evidence to go to the jury upon,…

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Hornsby Police Court. Tuesday, February 18. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, P.M., and Messrs. H. E. Jordan and J. R. Colis, J's.P.) Indecent Language

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 5

Arthur Edward Deagon and Edward Dreis appeared in answer to summonses, issued on the information of Robert Davis, of the Railway Department…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 24. Supreme Court. Term List

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 8

Bankruptcy, Lunacy and Divorce Appeals.—Re Donald Gillespie, ex parte official assignee; D. J. Maxwell, respondent (bankruptcy appeal); in re John J. Dempsey, Annie Maria Dempsey respondent (Lunacy…

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Mrs. Cairns's Thousand. Tasmania Company's Appeal. Dismissed by the High Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 10

HOBART, Friday. -- The Federal High Court decided to-day against the appeal of the Tasmania Gold Mining Company, who applied to have set aside the verdict of the jury for £1000…

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Newcastle. the Coal-mining Court. Shooting and Filling of Coal. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 10

The Royal Commission arbitrating on matters in dispute on the northern coalfields resumed its work at the Newcastle courthouse to-day, Judge Haydon presiding…

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Sensational Shooting. in Adelaide Boarding-house. American Fires at Police. Detective Respond with Five Shots

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Shortly before, 11 o'clock this morning revolver shots, followed by screams, were heard in the boarding-house kept by Mm. Margaret Johnson, Lansdown-terrace,…

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A Sign of the Times. the City Council's Bylaws. Appeal to the Full Court

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 5

An appeal was made to the Full Court yesterday on behalf of Richard Charles Hagon, a merchant tailor, of 129 King-street. Sydney, against an order made by Mr. Smithers. S.M…

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City Street Signs. Test Case Before Full Court. Municipal Bylaw Attacked. Is It Ultra Vires?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 8

Yesterday the Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Cohen, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Sly, heard argument in a test case which was submitted for decision in regard to the…

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Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) an Arbitration Award. Woolcott v Zachariah and Craig

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 8

Mr. Mason, instructed by Messrs. A. J. Taylor and C. G. Greenwell, appeared for the plaintiff, Wm. Charles Woolcott, and asked for an order directing that an award, dated…

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Police and Terrorists Exciting Affray in St. Petersburg a Plot That Was Nipped in the Bud London, Friday, 2.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 1

The St. Petersburg police have had an exciting encounter with a gang connected with the Viborg Terrorists. Discovering that the members of this gang…

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The Inferno of Dante Alighieri. Literally translated into english verse in the measure of the original, By the Right Honourable Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, G.C.M.G., M.A., Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia

L'Italo-Australiano = The Italo-Australian · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 2

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Parents Sentenced for Manslaughter

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 February 1908 · page 12

The trill it Brisbane of Ellen Elizabeth Smith and Arthur William Smith, a young married couple, upon an indictment charging them with manslaughter, the victim being their child Ellen…

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Stoessel Sentenced to Death

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 February 1908 · page 12

The Court Martial at St. Petersburg on Generals Stoessel. Fock. Reiss. and Smirnoff, on charges connected with the surrender of Port Arthur to the Japanese, has concluded…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 February 1908 · page 12

A sensational shooting affray occurred at Adelaide on Friday morning, when a man unknown is supposed to have run amok. He attacked a married woman hording in the same house, one…

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"Limerick" Court Case

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 February 1908 · page 12

In the Small Debts division of the Central Police Court on Tuesday, F. W. Hulme proceeded against the Australian Newspaper Company for the recovery of £22 14s 6d, half the unallowed…

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Police and Terrorists Russian Plot Frustrated. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 February 1908 · page 7

The St. Petersburg police discovered the names of a gang connected with the Viborg terrorists, who intended to assassinate high personages in Russia…

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3rd Edition Serious Rioting in Philadelphia. Police and Unemployed Conflict. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 February 1908 · page 7

An Anarenist girl, named Voltairine Clegre, at Philadelphia, incited a thousand unemployed, consisting of Italians, Russians, and…

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