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Courts & crime, 1908

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Burglary at Auburn

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The residence of John-Richard O"Leary, of Kihillah-road, Auburn, was entered by burglars on Saturday evening, between the hours of 7.30 and 9.30, when the family were absent from home…

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Brickfield Hill Burglary at Anthony Hordern's Fifth Man Before the Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

At the Central Police Court this morning another man, the fifth, alleged to have been concerned in the burglary at Anthony Hordern and Sons', George-street, on the 1st of…

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Charges of Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Barnett, S.M., Patrick Hegarty, 36, a bootmaker, was fined £3, with the alternative of six months' goal, on a charge of stealing a pint pewter pot, of the…

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Stealing From an Employer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 10

At the North Sydney Court, Charles Leslie Lee (19) pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing, at Mosman, on January 5, a postal note for 5s, and 4s 6d in money, the property of his employer, Charles Roberts. When…

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Theft of Carpenter's Tools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 10

At the Water Police Court, William Durham Castry (19) was sent to gaol for two months, on a charge of stealing some carpenter's tools, and other sundries, valued at £10, the property of Robert St. Ansell…

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The Alleged Rookwood Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 10

The man Tidswell is still in the Auburn Hospital, and his condition is now improving. On Monday the detectives again visited him, but the injured man is not able to give any…

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Thirty Years in Gaol

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 7

William Marshall, an old man of 70, was convicted at the Central Police Court of stealing a pair of trousers that were hanging outside the door of a secondhand dealer's…

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Alleged Theft at Bondi Beach

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

Arthur Harris, a young clerk, was yesterday charged at the Paddington Police Court with stealing a gun-metal watch, pair of cold sleeve links, and £1 18s 6d, the property of Frank Fitz, at Bondi, on December…

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A Strange Murder

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 5

A petition, which has already been signed by 60,000 people at Portsmouth, is to be presented to the Home Secretary in favour of the reprieve of Harry Finch Southliffe, the…

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An Assault at Wyong. Man Arrested

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 7

Mrs. William Beales, who resides with her husband at Wyong, was brutally assaulted on I Friday cist, and an arrest has been made in connection with the affair. Her condition was…

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An Exasperated Magistrate . Noise at the Water

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 6

There never was such a noisy court as the Water Police Court yesterday; all the sounds from the four winds of heaven seemed to have been collected by Diabolian…

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Robbery at Anthony Horderns'. Four Men Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

Four men were charged yesterday at the Central Police Station in connection with the robbery which took place at Mesrs. Anthony Hordern and…

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New Year's Eve Incident Italian Sent to Gaol

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 6

Giovanni Morsillo (34) pleaded not guilty at the Water Court yesterday to a charge of being found with intent to steal in the dwelling-house of Michael Moranato,…

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After Three Years Confession of Murder

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 5

Three years ago a Tyrone farmer mimed Daniel Mallon was stubbed to death by a man who met him as he was returning from a local fair. Though a number of his…

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A Savage Assault. Man Attacked and Robbed. George-street

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 8

John Ainsworth, a Resident of Forbes-street, Darlingburst, had an unpleasant experience in the city last night. While walking along George-street, between Liverpool and Goulburn…

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Robbery at, Hordern's. Fifth Man Charged. Accused Allowed Bail

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 8

A fifth man who so the police allege, was concerned in the robbery at Horderns', was brought before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Central Police Court this morning…

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Acquitted of Murder. the Boise City Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--G. A. Pettibone, a member of the Western Federation of Miners' committee; has been acquitted at Boise City, Idaho, of the murder of Frank…

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Police Courts. an Old Offender

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 4

Giovannic Morsillo, 43, a fisherman, was at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Barnett, S.M., charged with being found for an unlawful purpose in the dwelling-house of Michael Maranato, 160…

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Police Courts. Under the Liquor Act

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 10

At the Parramatta Court yesterday, before Mr. W. Clarke, D.S.M., Thomas Loughre, licensee of the Railway Hotel, Auburn, was proceeded against on a charge of permitting liquor to be consumed on his premises during…

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