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Courts & crime, 1909

7,627 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

The Court. Return Journey in Severe Weather. King Decidedly Better

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The King and Queen Alexandra have started on their return journey, to London, after being the guests of the Kaiser and Kaiserin in Berlin…

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Narrabri Quarter Sessions. Man Sentenced for Stealing. Narrabri

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 6

The Narrabri Quarter Sessions opened today before Judge Docker. Only one criminal case was down for hearing John Christie a middle-aged man, pleaded guilty to stealing…

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Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 10

Joseph Cluney (29), a clerk, was charged before M. King, D.S.M., at the Newtown Court with unlawfully assaulting Henry Thomas Kent at Enmore on February 12. After Evidence accused was committed and fined £2…

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At the Police Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 5

The two men William Gill, 23, salesman, and Matthew Hayes, 27, draper, were brought before the Central Police Court this morning and charged with stealing a quantity of…

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Theft of Postcards

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 6

The office of Messrs. Harding and Billing, fine art publishers, 250 Pitt-street, city, was broken into during the night, and about 20 gross of colored postcards, valued at £5 were stolen…

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Assault Case Dismissed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 10

Before Mr. King, D.S.M., at the Newtown Police Court, John Ryan, 40, a laborer, was charged with assaulting Thomas Luke Lifechild, and robbing him of 76, at Newtown, on February 2. For the defence,…

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Six Months' Gaol

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 7

George Toohey, 42, a laborer, was charged before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Police Court to-day with stealing eight dozen straw hats, valued at £8 4s, the property of…

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Charged with Embezzlement

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 7

An old man, John Everest, canvasser, on remand from the Central Police Court, was brought up at the North Sydney Police Court, this morning, before Mr. L. S…

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Bose Sentenced to Death

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.—The Bengali student Boss, who shot the Public Prosecutor at Alipur, has beep sentenced to death. [Bose, a native of Barisal, fired three times…

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Grazier Sent to Gaol

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

Lawrence Stack, a Tenterfield grazier, was sentenced to six months in Goulburn Gaol for causing actual bodily harm to John Joseph Donohue…

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Lads Charged with Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 8

On Friday night the premises of Messrs. Wright and Fendwick, James-street, were broken into, and an unsuccessful attempt made to burst the safe open. Investigations made…

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Broaching Cargo. Two Wharf Laborers Sentenced

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 6

Edward Maher, 28, and Thomas Anderson, 32, Wharf labourers, were charged before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Police Court this morning with stealing three ladies'…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

Before His Honor Judge Murray, at 10 a.m.—Cooper v Loder (part heard with a jury); Petty v The German-Australian Steamship Company. Before the Registrar in No. 2 Court, at 10.30 a.m.—…

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Supreme Court Bench

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 6

The retirement of Sir Frederick Darley has reduced the number of the Supreme Court Bench, while the elevation of Mr. Justice Simpson to the position of Acting-Chief Justice will no…

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A Charge That Failed. Laborer Accused of Assault and Robbery

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 7

At the Newtown Police Court to-day, John Ryan, of 30 Enmore-rond, Newtown, was charged with assaulting Thomas Luke Life-child, and robbing him of the sum of 7s 6d,…

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Breach of Court Etiquette

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 6

Sitting in Bankruptcy Jurisdiction this morning, Mr. Justice Street had occasion to reprove a certain firm of solicitors for lack of courtesy to the Court. His Honor was informed that…

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District Court. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 10

At the District Court to-day, before Judge Scholes, Thomas Pullman claimed £50 from C. J. Britten, brewer, for alleged breach of covenant. Plaintiff said that defendant held…

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Police Courts. a Deal in Hats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

George Toohey, 42, a dealer, was, before Mr. Smithers S.M., yesterday, at the Water Police Court, charged with stealing eight dozen straw [?], valued at £8 4s, the property of Roger Spence, on February 6. The…

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Police Stop Boxing Contest. Yerranderie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 8

Two hundred people witnessed a boxing contest in the recreation reserve on Saturday, when John King defeated T. Karkoe. The police stopped the contest at 16 rounds. The…

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Police Courts. Monday, February 15. Cargo Thieves

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 10

At the Water Police Court Edward Maker (28), wharf-laborer, and Thos. Anderson (32), wharf-laborer, were changed with stealing three ladies' jackets from the steamer Friederich der Crosse. Mr. J. W. Abigail…

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