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Courts & crime, 1909

7,627 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

At Broken Hill. Harry Holland Arrested. Charged with Inciting to Riot. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 13

A mild sensation wits created this morning when it became known that Harry Holland had been arrested by a posse of police, who went between 6 and 7 o'clock to-the…

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Matches and Medicine. a Young Woman Charged. with Intent to Injure. the Case Dismissed

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 15

Millicent Frances Long, 21, a domestic, was charged before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Police Court to-day with maliciously causing to be taken by Olive Jessie Kemp,…

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Peel River Estate. Arbitration Court Evidence. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 9

At the Arbitration Court to-day, in connection with the resumed area on the Peel River estate. Mr. Cardale, farmer, Nemingha, was further cross-examined by Mr. Campbell for…

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A Morning at the Chlldren's Court. (Margaret L Holliday.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 7

Just beyond the city stands Ormond House— the children's court. In its homelike appearance is no hint of criminal association or corrupting companionship. [?]t manifests…

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The Berlin Fiend. Five More Jack the Ripper Crimes Theory of the Police. London, Friday, 3 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 1

Five more Jack-the-Ripper outrages were perpetrated in Berlin yesterday. No fewer than fifty men were arrested on suspicion, tout, all were subsequently,…

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Law Report. in Banco. Before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr Justice Pring.) the Auburn Murder. Appeal in an Action for Libel. Jackson v Haynes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 6

Mr. W. A. Walker instructed by Messrs. Buchanan and Smithers appeared for the de fendant and moved for a rule nisi calling upon plaintiff to show cause why the verdict found…

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Liverpool Small Debts Court Wednesday, February 17. (Before Mr. H. S. Hawkins, P.M., and Mr. J. R. Fergerson, J.P.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 3

H. Serivener v. P. O'Grady, claim for £2 17s 9d, goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff for amount claimed, with 6s costs. Amount to be paid by…

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Law. Friday, February 19. the State Courts. Banco. (Before, the Acting Chief Justice Mr. G. B. Simpson, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Pring.) the Auburn Murder. and the "Newsletter" Libel Case. Rule Nisi for New Trial Granted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 18

The "Newsletter" libel case came before the Court in the form of a motion on behalf of the defendant Charles J. Haynes, proprietor of the "Newsletter," for a rule nisi to set aside the…

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Doctor Charged with Manslaughter

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1909 · page 12

The City Coroner on Wednesday concluded the taking of evidence concerning the death of John Hourigan (36), a clerk, who died on January 31, at St. Paul-street, Randwick…

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The Murder of Miss Duffy

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1909 · page 12

A further confession by Billy Wilson, in connection with the Carpentaria Downs (Q.) murder, has been made to inspector Byrne. It reads as follows:—…

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Anarchist Kills Police Officials

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1909 · page 12

Sciliger, a Russian anarchist, was approached by police in his lodging in Client, but before he was arrested he shot and killed a commission of police and a policemen…

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Night-riders Sentenced. an Entire State Terrorised. New York, January 8

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1909 · page 12

The trial ended at Union City, Tennee-see, last evening of the notorious "nightriders," who, after having terrorised the entire State, were captured as the result…

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Secrets of a Court

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1909 · page 10

In the first place, this article is not an interview; it is not even a series of indiscreet utterances of an undiplomatic diplomat nor "the glowing imagery" of…

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Murderous Assault in Busy Street. Unknown Assailant Escapes Melbourne,. Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1909 · page 7

A murderous assault was committed in the busy part of Bourke-street at ten o'clock to-night. The victim, who was removed to Melbourne Hospital, is…

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Broken Hill Crisis. Harry Holland Arrested. Charged with Seditious Utterances. Situation Gloomy. Broken Hill, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1909 · page 7

This morning Harry Holland, the Sydney Socialist, was arrested on a charge of seditious utterances. Holland, who came to the Hill on the invitation of the…

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Bomb Throwing in Belgium. Accusation Against the Police London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1909 · page 7

Belgian anarchists state that Selliger's bomb-throwing was organised by agents provocateurs in order to give an excuse to the Belgian…

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The Beulah Flats Case. Norquay Sentenced. Twelve Months in Goulburn Gaol

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 5

William Stewart Norway, who was found guilty on Friday last at the Darlinghurst Sessions of having obtained money by false pretences, came before the Court this afternoon for…

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Fined for Stealing

The Australian Star · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 5

At the Central Police Court this morning, before Mr. Payten, S.M. William Margetts, 38, a manufacturer, was fined £1 with four months' hard labor as alternative, on a…

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Arrest of Holland. Alleged Seditious Words. Police Court Proceedings. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 7

Harry E. Holland, of Sydney, was arrested this morning at the residence of E. H. Gray, a loading local socialist, on a charge of uttering seditious words. The warrant was…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1909 · page 10

Before his Honor Judge Murray and juries.—At [?] a.m.: Cahill v French, O'Brein v Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways. Note.—The list will be called over punctually at 10…

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