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Courts & crime, 1909

7,627 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Another Explosion. at Block Ten Mine. Water Supply Pipe Blown Up. Police Investigations

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 4

BROKEN HILL, Friday Morning.—The explosion at Block 10 Mine last night was the most daring and audacious yet committed, as it was carried out almost under the very noses of the…

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Barrier Quiet. Crowd Well in Hand. Order Nisi Granted. Magistrate's Sensible Advice. Story of a Bomb. (By Our Special Reporter.) Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 7

Outwardly all was peaceful on the Barrier again to-day, though it would take a prophet indeed to say what is going to happen before morning. The Block 10 mine…

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A Curious Request to Protect the People From the Police Unions Want the Militia a Legislator's Offer Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 7

The combined unions at it meeting last night carried the following,resolution:--"That the Prime Minister and the Minister for Defence be wired to asking them to call out…

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What Is a Lock-out? a Legal Conundrum. for the Federal Arbitration Court. a Little Light on a Dark Subject

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 9

What is a lock-out? The question has become one of material public interest, in view of the accusation which the labor unions at the Barrier have levelled at the Broken-hill…

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A Sydney Burglary. a Sailor Arrested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 11

A sailor was arrested to-day by Detective M'Hattie and Ramsay, and charged with being implicated in the robbery of jewellery from Mr. Spiers' house at Hunter's Hill on Sunday…

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Motes. Trading and Theft

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 8

Mr. Lore, D.S.M. thinks it ridiculous that petty fines should be imposed on the users of Unjust weights. He does not see why the offence should not be visited with, a £50 or…

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Assault on Aw Apprentice

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 10

William Wilson was proceeded against at Glebe Police Court for assaulting Norman Anthony Cholson on January 7. Wilson pleaded not guilty…

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Assault on a Blind Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 8

Annie Guinivan, 40, a married woman, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. King, S.M., with assaulting William Jefirey, a blind mat-maker, residing at Brisbane-street. The…

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Penrith Police Court MONDAY. Before Mr Maitland, P.M. INDECENCY

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 6

Lew's Schwariz, charged with Indecency, was fined 20s, in default 14 days. THE WOODFORD ASSAULT CASE, David Warner v George Haynes—Assault…

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Court Gases Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, January 13. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 6

Joseph Bergin was for drunkenness, fined 2s 6d, with 2 6d costs, or 24 hours. NO LIGHTS. George Sadaey Cook was fined for…

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More Mounted Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9

The Chief Secretary received a telegram from Broken-hill yesterday intimating that an additional 10 mounted police arrived there that morning. These men, it was added, would be…

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The Police Force

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9

Affairs at Broken Hill were, up to this morning, reported to the Chief Secretary as being quiet, and anticipated trouble over the dosing of Block 10 has as yet proved a myth…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 8

Before the Registrar, in No. 2 Court.—At 10.30 a.m.: Bryant v Alli and another…

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Conviction for Corruption. London, Merchant Sentenced. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 13

Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Samuel Harris, a general merchant in the Barbican, London, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for offering a…

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Unparalleled Tragedy. The Namol River Murder

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 4

The commital for trial at Wee Waa of Stanley Williams on a charge of murdering Harry Johnson, and then placing his body in…

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Marine Court Inquiry

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 4

The Marine Court — Judge Backhouse and Messrs. J. H. Berry and G. Cromack (assessors) — held an inquiry in the Sydney District Court yesterday…

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Court of Marine Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 8

Before the Judge, with Assessors, at 10 a.m.—Re the Dunmore and a sailing pinnace in tow of a steam launch…

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Supposed Murder. a Woman the Victim. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 13

The Commissioner of Police received information from Longreach to-night stating that, it was reported, a woman had been murdered at Jundah. Longreach police have left…

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Police Courts Ill-using a Horse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 8

Yesterday Michael Cruise, 42, a carter, was fined 20s, or two weeks' imprisonment, for having cruclly ill-treted a house by working it whilst it was suffering from a sore knee on January 17. Constable H. J…

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Sevenfold Murder. Negro Desperado Shoots Besiegers of His Hut

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 8

A racial riot has been averted in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, U.S.A., through the timely intervention of the militia, who restored order at…

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