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Courts & crime, 1909

7,627 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Russian Terrorlsts. an Astounding Arrest. [?] Chief of Police a Revolutionary. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 7

M. Lopukhin, formerly chief of the Russian detective service, and a member of one of the oldest and distinguished Russian families, has been arrested in St…

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Marine Court Mystery. the Naval Disaster Finding. Vice-admiralty Judgment Compared

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 9

Doubly unfortunate is Captain Hansen in that no appeal can lie from the decision of the Marine Court, and no civil action will be raised as in the case of the Hero-Suva collision, when…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. F. H. Salusbury.) Petitions for Sequestration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 10

H. M'Kenzie, Limited, versus Jack Lenn. Petition not served, and hearing fixed for the 8th instant. Edward E. Hawthorne and Edward Hughes,…

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Metropolitan District Court. Defended List of Causes. Before his Honor Judge Murray. February Sittings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 10

Page v Munn, Brown v McMillan, Blake v Thorpe, Bettles v Newman, Jury v Abbott, Thompson v Cameron, Williams and another v Doyle, Kean v Reid, Keam v Curry, Jackson v Waterhouse, White v Osborne…

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Law Report. Marine Court. (Before Judge Fitzhardinge and Captains Taylor and Mackenzie, assessors.) Grounding of the Karuah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 10

An inquiry was opened yesterday into the grounding of the steamer Karuah on Stockton beach, on January 13. Mr. Curtis, of the Crown Law…

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Captain Hansen's Misfortune. Sympathy in Nautical Circles, Was the Marine Court's Decision Just? the Encounter Coxswains Punishment

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 7

No' decision of tho Marine Court ever caused so much Interest In maritime circles and around tho water front, as that of a Jew days ago, In which the certificate of…

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Minister Charged with Murder. the Case Dismissed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 9

THURSDAY ISLAND, Tuesday.--Rev. E. Baxter Kiley was charged before Judge Murray on January 28 with unlawfully killing one Dick. The evidence of the lad's parents disclosed…

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Fined for Stealing

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 6

Charles Block, 53, a steward, who was convicted. yesterday at the Water Police Court on a charge of stealing clothes valued at £4 10s. the property of Leonard Macgregor. was…

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Broken Hill Trouble Assault in Company, Shepley Sentenced to Six Months. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 7

Vivian Shepley, who was charged with having, in company with others, assaulted Reginald Grain, an employee of the Proprietary mine, was to-day convicted by Mr…

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Bogus Diamond-maker. Sentenced to Ten Years

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Lemoine, the French engineer, who pretended that he could make diamonds, and thereby contrived to defraud the South African merchant, Sir Julius…

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"Not a Sportsman." Magistrate Fines a Grocer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 6

John Joseph Kavanagh, a grocer, residing at Riley-street, Woolloomooloo, was proceeded against at the Water Summons Court yesterday upon an information alleging that on January 18 last he used bad…

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Engineer and Fireman. Assault on a Steamer

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 6

Before Mr, Macfarlane, M the Water Police! Court this afternoon Norman Charles Petrie was charged with unlawfully. assaulting Frederick Fuicher on January 3…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 6

Before his Honor Judge Murray.—Not before 2 p.m.: Ke[?]n v Reid, Page v Munn…

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Parramatta Police Court. Monday, February 1. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.m.) the Liquor Act

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

William Williams, for drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, or an hour's imprisonment. Herbert Vigors was charged with…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petition

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 5

Walter Clement Garlick and Charles Edward Perry, of Sydney, stock agents, trading as Garlick and Perry. Frank Ireland, merchant, of 7 Moore-street, Sydney, and…

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Court of Marine Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 6

Before his Honor Judge Murray, with Assessers, in No. 1 District Court, at 10 a.m.: Re the Iverna and the Advance (part heard)…

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The Jundah Murder. Blacktracker's Confession. Longreach (Brisbane)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 9

In connection with the trial of Bismarck for the wilful murder of Mrs. Evitts at Jundah, Bismarck made the following confession:—"I took some sheep of Tomkins off the reserve,…

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Broken Hill Situation. Ministerial Association's Sympathy. Cheering the Men in Gaol

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—At a meeting of the Barrier District Ministerial Association. the following resolution was unanimously agreed to:…

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Boxing. GRIMM V. Reeder. the Police Interfere

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

There was a packed house at the Gaiety club on Tuesday night, when Joe Grimm and "Props" Reeder boxed the best of 20 rounds. It is extremely doubtful whether boxers higher up in…

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Broken-hill Strike. "The Manhood of the Barrier." a Magistrate's Opinion. Another Heavy Sentence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 10

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--At the Police Court this morning the case against Vivian Shepley for assaulting Reginald Grain was continued. Andrew Kain said Shepley was on the…

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