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Courts & crime, 1909

7,627 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 250

Mr. Bottomley's Application. High Court Refusal. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 7

The High Court has refused Mr. Horatio Bottomley's application for a rehearing of the case against him of alleged conspiracy to defraud, because of the substitution of…

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Accident in the Harbor. Demurrer-case in Full Court

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 7

In the Full Court this afternoon judgment was given on the point raised in the case James William Russell v. A. Jorgensen, an action in which the plaintiff, by his next of…

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North Queensland Murder. Billy Wilson on Trial. Jury Disagree. Mrs. Fanny Wilson Discharged. Townsville

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

The trial of Billy Wilson on a charge of murdering Miss. Nellie Duffy, at the Carpontairan Downs station, was concluded this morning…

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The Newnes Strike. Cable From the Managing Director. Police at Unionist Meetings

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 8

LITHGOW, Thursday.—The strike at Newnes continues unaltered. At a public meeting held a couple of days ago, it was unanimously agreed that all hands should return to work. In…

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The Murder of Miss Duffy. Trial of Billy Wilson. Jury Disagree. Charge Against Mrs. Wilson Withdrawn

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 4

TOWNSVILLE (Q.), Thursday.—The case in which Billy Wilson, aboriginal, was charged with the wilful murder of Nellie Duffy, governess, at Carpentaria Downs Station, on…

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The Kooyong Bump. Finding of the Marine Court. Second Engineer to Show Cause

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 3

Judge Murray presided at a Court of Marine Inquiry in the Sydney District Court, this morning, with Captain Bracegirdle and Mr. R. Cromack as assessors, and concluded the…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Messrs. H. A. G. Currie, President, and C. Brandis and W. Houston, members.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 3

Mr. [?]anbury Davies appeared for Lire Milliliter, DECISIONS RESERVED. The Court reserved their decisions in the following matters:--…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Messrs. H. A. G. Curry, President, and C. Brandis and W. Houston, members.)

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

Mr. Hanbury Davles appeared for the Minister. J. S. Whittaker appealed against the appraised annual rental of his settlement lease,…

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Stealing Souvenirs

The Australian Star · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 7

The yearly loss through petty pilfering by kleptomaniacs at the A.B.C, is enormous. The list for February will give an [?]ea of the wholesale larcen[?]that are daily being committed. During last month…

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Unprovoked Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

William Owens, 21, seaman, was charged at the Water Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. L. King, S.M., with assaulting Mary Walsh on March 2. The evidence of the prosecutrix was that she was…

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Wellington Court-house. Minister Charged with Evasion. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 10

Some time ago the municipal council wrote to the Public Works Department asking if a sum of money had been placed on the estimates for the erection of a new court-house…

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Stealing From a Shop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

At the Redfern Police Court, Nellie Geoghegan, 1[?], tailoress, and Elizabeth Parker, 25, were charged with stealing in company. The evidence for the proseention was that Noor Mahomet, who keeps a store in…

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Theft by a Visitor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

At the Redfern Court, before Mr. Payten, S.M., Emma Westermark, 18, domestic servant, was fined £3 for stealing jewellery from Mrs. Lillian Jones. The accused, who pleaded guilty, was on a visit to Mrs…

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Assault on a Ketch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

At the Water Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. L. King, S.M., Gottiried Jansson, 40, a Swedish seaman, was c[?]ged wtih, being a law[?]y engaged seaman on the Ketch Wave, that he did assault…

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Assault on a Wife

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

At the Redfern Court, John Brookham, 48, was sent to gaol for 14 days for having assaulted his wife. He came home drunk, and struck her in the eye with his fist, breaking the glasses she was wearing, and…

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A Legatee's Experiences. Evidence in the Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

William Thos. Foreman, 32, a traveller, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. King. S.M., with having, on May 6, 1908, obtained from Wm. Murdock Wesslink the sum of £14 10s…

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Agistment Charged on Loaned Stook

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 16

Gunnedah writes:—I lent a neighbor A helfer some time ago for milking purpose. She has had three calves and he has had her milk all along, the calves remaining on his run. Can…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

Before his Honor Judge Murray.—At 10 a.m.—Examinations of judgment debtors (in Chambers, in No. 2 Court): Lawes v Simpson, Booker v Patrick, Commissioners of Taxation v Black. Motions generally (in…

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Industrial Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

Probate Court-house, Queen's-square.—Before his Honor Judge Heydon.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Re Shop Assistants (Pharmaceutical) Board, for nomination without election (part heard); Coal Miners' Mutual…

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Police Courts. Unjust Weights

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 8

Annie Brander, shopkeeper, at Little Bay, was charged, at the Paddington Court, on an information by Charles Degotardi, inspector in the Weights and Measures Department with having an unjust weighing machine to…

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