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Courts & crime, 1908

8,880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

City Street Signs the Municipal By-laws Appeal Case Before the Full Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 7

The Full Court, consisting of Justice Cohen, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Sly, heard further argument yesterday in the adjourned test case, regarding the legality…

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Street Signs Municipal By-law 641 Held to Be Reasonable Judgment of the Full Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 5

This morning the Full Court--Mr. Justice Cohen, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Sly--delivered judgment in the test case which was submitted for decision in regard to…

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Betting and Gaming Act. a Case From the Country. Full Court Decision. a Quarry Is Not a Place

Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 5

The Foil Court (Mr. Justice Cohen, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Sty) was engaged this afternoon In dealing with an application by George Shute, to make absolute a rule nisi…

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A Traveller Charged with Stealing Leather

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 8

At the Water Police Court yesterday Charles Cardwell, 27, traveller, was charged with having stolen about £264 12s 11d worth of sole leather, the property of Alfred…

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Police Courts. a Charge of Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 10

William Poliett (18), a steward, was charged at the Central Office Court, before Mr. Love, D.S.M., with having [?] an electroplated teapot and a plate, valued at [?] property of Jacob Johnson. The evidence for…

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After Seven Years' Gaol Re-arrested As a Suspect. Magistrate Gives Another Chance

Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 4

Charles King, 42, described as a tailor, teas charged at the Water Police Court this morning with being a suspected person frequenting York-street, Sydney, with intent to commit a…

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Alleged Extensive Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 4

The hearing of the charge of theft preferred against Charles Cardwell—stealikng a quantity of sole leather, valued at £264 2s 11d, the property of Alfred Norman was continued yesterday at the Water Police…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 2
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The charge against Benjamin M'Donald, 28, Geo. Robinson, 24, and Wm. Robinson, 22, of assaulting Oswald Waterhouse on February 15, and robbing him of a gold…

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Murder and Sacrilege

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 25

The cold-blooded murder of the Rev. Father Heinrichs by an Italian anarchist at Denver City, Colorado, was attended by circumstances which brand the murderer as on a level with…

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The Diamond Murder. a Startllng Coincidence. Melbourne Murder Recalled. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 7

The Commissioner of Police states that after the arrest of the man William Anderson, who ia charged with attempted murder at Landrowna-terrace, members of the force were…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 4

Before his Boner Judge Rogers, K.C.—At 10 a.m.: Llewellyn v Perrigo, Lancaster v Dairymkple and others, Furness v Davies…

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Local Option Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 4

The Local Option Court, consisting of Judge Backhouse (President), and Messrs. Smithers and Macfarlane, S.Ms., at Darlinghurst continued the hearing yesterday of evidence…

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District Court Sittings

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 4

LISMORE, Wednesday.--The District Court was concluded to-day. The appeal of Bernard Conaghan against his conviction for serving a drunken man was upheld. The decision in…

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Court of Arbitration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 4

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

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Broken-hill Murder. Kirk Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 8

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--Alfred Kirk, who has already been committed to stand his trial on a charge of murdering his wife, Rosa Ann Kirk at South Broken-hill, on February 17,…

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Suicide at Marrickville Ex-gaol Warder Cuts His Thr[?]at

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 5

An ex-gaol warder named John Burnett Kitte[?]ty, 45 years of age, was found dead with his throat out in the garden of the residence of Mr. George Brear in Liverpool-road…

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Police Courts. Fight Promoter Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 4

Clarice Lillian Rowe, a single woman, living at Liverpool-street, on Tuesday night just after 11 o'clock saw a man named Harry Gillard in Hyde Park, who approached, and, using very bad language, informed her…

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Humors of the Licensing Court

Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 2

During the hearing ef evidence at Derlinghurst in connection with the classification of hotels and wine shops in the Glebe electorate, an Italian witness who holds a wise licence…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 10

William Minehan, found guilty of attempting to break and enter the shop of John Alexander Smithers, at Sydney, was brought up for sentence. "Give me a chance, your Honor," said the prisoner; "I'll…

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