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Courts & crime, 1909

7,627 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Parramatta Small Debts Court Wednesday, December 30. (Before Mr. M.S. Love, S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 2

Hart, Hitcheoock and Co.v. John Scott.—Verdict for £3 4s 1d. Little and Co. v. Fredrick Morris.— Verdict for £7 6s 6d…

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Rockefeller as a Witness. Nervous Before the Court. How he became the Richest Man

The World's News · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 16

"JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER," shouted the usher at the Federal Court in New York on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 18. during the progress of the…

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Dramatic Turn in Murder Mystery Gruel Plot Confessed by Strangled Artist's Widow Accused Valet Innocent Mme. Steinheil, Her Daughter, and Two Servants Arrested

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 15

Fow things have so stirred Paris as the happenings on November 26 in connection with what is now known as the Studio murder inystery. On the accusation of Mme…

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Murder in Court. Leipzig. November 25

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 12

A sensational finish to a will case was Witnessed in the Imperial High Court here to-day, when the unsuccessful plaintiff raw a revolver and fired at the judge…

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More Police Ready

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 1

It is understood that arrangements have been made in Sydney whereby another batch of police are held in readiness to start for Broken Hill immediately after the notice is…

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Anarchist Fights Police Single-handed

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 12

The police at Moscow attempted to arrest a man suspected of being an anarchist. The man took refuge in the second storey of a villa, which he barricaded, and from which he field with a…

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Consistory Court of London

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 7

In the Consistory Court of London, before Dr. Tristram, last month, a petition by the vicar and churchwardens of St. Michael's, Bromley, Middlesex, for a…

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A Water Court Function Magistrate Congratulated by Profession and Police

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 1

When Mr, .John L. King, S.M., took his seat for the first time at the Water police Court. this morning, [?] of his promotion to the position of [?] Magistrate of the Metropolitan District, he was…

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Refractory Prisoners. in Pentridge Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--On New Year's Eve a number of prisoners in A division at Pentridge Gaol created a disturbance by singing and exchanging the compliments of the season…

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The City Shooting Case. a Florist Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8

In connection with the shooting case reported in the "Herald" on Saturday in which a man named John Burns received a bullet wound in the chest and had his injuries…

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The Ah Wong Murder. an Arrest Made

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Saturday.--The police yesterday captured at Eudunda a man who was wanted in connection with the death of Ah Wong, Chinese cabinet-maker, and who along with a man…

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More Police for Port Pirie

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Owing to the unrest and the wages trouble in connection with the Proprietary Company's works, several plain clothes constables have been sent from…

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Police Courts. Discourteous Tram Passenger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

John Ryan, 18, labourer, was on Saturday, at the Central Police Court, charged with having used insulting words in a tram car. An inspector in the tramwayu service stated that defendant, when asked to…

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Law Notice. Monday. January 4. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Deputy Registrar of the High Court.—MacNamara v Martin (to settle order), 11 a.m…

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Spendthrift's Despair Inquest Story of Murder and Suicide in a Taxi-Car

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8

The murder, and suicide in a London taxi-cab formed the subject of an inquest by Dr. Danlord Thomas in the St. Giles's Coroner's Court on November 21. The dead man was…

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Arbitration Court Proceedings Attempting a Temporary Agreement. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 7

Yesterday Mr. Stewart, Registrar of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, went to Dromana to see the president, Mr. Justice Higgins, with regard to the mining…

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Telegrams to the Inspector-general of Police. More Constables to Be Sent From Sydney

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 5

This morning the Inspector-General of Police received the following telegram from Broken Hill:—"The points of the Silverton train line, leading to the Proprietary Mine, were blown up…

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Chinese Raided. Strategy of Police. Struggle in Dark. Opium and Fan-tan. Arrest of 34 Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 6

"There's six of [?]em—seven"—said a gentleman hanging on the outside of a certain Botany tram late on Saturday night. He craned his neck so as to see through the glass…

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Newtown Police Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 8

Extensive alterations have been made in the Newtown Police Courthouse, and they will serve to greatly facilitate business. In the court-room the public gallery, which…

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Alleged Theft of Cement

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 7

Joseph Alfred Buchan Everitt, 31, carter, and John James Lynch, 34, contractor, appeared at the Paddington Police Count this morning on two charges of having stolen…

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