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Courts & crime, 1909

7,627 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Attempted Murder and Suicide

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

GLEN INNES, Thursday.—Mr. C. D. Hogan, an old resident of Reddestone, eight miles from Glen Innes, and his wife, were attacked by an Indian named Frederick Baswell, who had…

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Big Firms Robbed. Two Employees Charged

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 6

At Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions this morning Judge Backhouse had to deal with a couple of young men who had gone a[?]ay. John Shulz, a well- dressed,…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 5

Before his Honor Judge Murray.—At 10 a.m.: Page v Munn (part heard), Brown v McMillan, Blake v Thorpe, Bettles v Newman, Williams and another v Doyle…

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Bomb Throwers Sentenced. London, Wednesday, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 1

A Calcutta telegram reports that the authors of the Midnapore bomb outrage have been tried, convicted, and sentenced, some to seven and others to ten years'…

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Police Courts. a Suspected Person

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 5

William Burke, 51, a gardener, was yesterday, at the Central Police Court sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of being a suspected person found in the vicinity of the central railway…

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Ashfield Court to Be Closed

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 8

Some few months ago a committee of the Ashfield Council recommended to that body that the Department of Justice be notified that; the council chamber be no longer…

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"Police Fairly Orderly." Message to Socialists' Club

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 5

Mr. H. E. Holland, secretary of the International Socialists' Club, received a telegram from Broken Hill last night as follows:--…

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Murder and Suicide. the Portland Tragedy. Evidence at the Inquest

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 6

The inquest on the bodies of Mrs. Shankland and John Edward James Curtis was concluded on Tuesday afternoon, before Mr. E. P. Richards, District Coroner…

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"Hanky-panky" Charged. Aldermen on Politicians. "A Bit Out of It, As Usual."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 6

The Mayor of Newtown, at the meeting of the council on Tuesday, moved that the fees for a hoarding license be 1d a square yard yearly…

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A Stir in Society. New Zealand Episode. Young Woman Charged. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 8

A young woman of prepossessing appearance created a considerable stir in social circles. She represented herself as a niece of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, and was received…

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Three Men in a Bar. The Maid and the Money. Alleged Theft of a Sovereign

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 7

Before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., at the Water Police Court to-day, a barmaid named May Catterall, 29, was charged with stealing a sovereign, the property of James Adams, on…

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Law Notices. Thursday, February 4. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 5

Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Prothonotary.—Ex parte James Moran (prohibition), 11 a.m.; Dunne v Broughton, 11.30 a.m.; Beeby v Dance, 2.30 p.m. Before the Chief Clerk.—Loughlin v Loughlin, 10.15…

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Bankruptcy Court (Before the Registrar.) Voluntary Sequestrations

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 7

Richard Spowart, of Abermain, miner. Mr. C. F. W. Lloyd, official assignee, Charles Frederick Green, of South Grafton, engine-driver. Mr. W. H. Palmer,…

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Police Courts. Wednesday, February 3. Three Months' Hard Labor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 10

Before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., at the Water Police Court James Watson, 17, ship's steward, was charged with stealing on January 21, certain articles of clothing, the property of O. Skiellern, E. Shepherd, V. Smith. J…

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The A.w.u. Preparing for the Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 10

The Australian Workers' Union is making preparations for its next appeal to the Arbitration Court, when the present award runs out…

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Tuesday's Court Proceedings. Excited Press Comments. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 7

Matters, generally speaking, are quiet, but the local Labor organ is apparently disinclined to permit them to remain so. Today the "Daily Truth" came out with some…

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Jam Industry. the Court Crowded. Case for Employers. Southern Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 10

The Central Police Court, set apart for the use of the Wages Board taking evidence in connection with the jam industry, was packed last night with spectators, who showed a keen…

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Quarantining Gaming Houses What the Act Provides For. Police Power and Penalties

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 6

The premises lately occupied by the Oxford Reading Rooms, in Oxford-street, Darlinghurst, have been quarantined by the police under the Gaming and Betting Act,…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Attempted Murder. of the Sultan of Morocco. Criminals Flogged to Death

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—A French officer, by seizing the dagger of a would-be assassin, saved the life of the Sultan Mulai Hafid of Morocco…

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