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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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 Wilson Withdrawn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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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:--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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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