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Courts & crime, 1910

8,183 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Coal for Sydney. Expected To-day. Police Making Protective Preparations. "Mechanical Coal-lumpers" Secured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 10

The first shipload of the 50,000 tons of coal ordered from abroad by the New South Wales Government will, it is expected, roach Sydney to-day. No official information is available on…

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Parramatta Court. Monday January 10. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.m.) the Drink

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 1

Thomas Conway, for drunkenness, was lined 5s, or the rising. For behaving in a riotous manner, John Larkin, a swagman, was fined 10s, or 48 hours…

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Law. Tuesday, January 11. District Court. (Before Judge Murray.) the Shire Council and the Board

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 14

The Warringah Shire Council were the plaintiffs and the City Mutual Life Assurance Society, Limited, the defendants in a case which had been stated in writing for his Honor's…

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Law Report. District Court. (Before Judge Murray.) a Question of Costs. Warringah Shir[?] v City Mutual Life Assurance Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 4

Mr. Tayler (Messrs. Dowling and Tay1er) appeared for the plaintiffs: and Mr. Lenehan for the defendants. This was a cla[?]m for costs in co[?]ction with a bond. The society were the…

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Police Courts. Alleged Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 8

Henry Lofblad, 31, seamon, was, at the Central Police Court, charged with stealing from the dwelling-house of John Ramsay Garrow, on January 4, three bro[?]ches, four rings neckchain and pendant,…

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Burglary in a Brewery. Thieves Leave No Clue

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Early this morning Mr. Britten, manager of the Macclesfield Brewing Company, Kent Town, reported that the brewery office had been burglariously entered…

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Police Presentation

The Star · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 3

Constable E. J. Martin, who was for some time stationed at Kogarah, has been presented with a gold medal by his comrades of No. 12 Division, as a mark of the sincere…

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Industrial Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

Industrial Registrar's Office, Queen's-square.—Before the Industrial Registrar, at 10.[?] a.m.—For hearing: Re Shop Assistants' (Metropolitan Drapers') award, appeal under clause [?] by Minnie Leek…

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The Shaftesbury Reformatory Alleded Theft by an Inmate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

Naom[?] Allingham, 19, was charged at the Water Police Court, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., with stealing from the Shaftesbury Reformatory, Watson's Bay, a gold Watch, three rings, two brooches,…

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The Children's Court

The Star · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 1

The record of business transited at the Children's Court, Paddington, for the week ended on Saturday last is as follows:-- Two boys, aged 13, for stealing money from a produce store; two boys (10 and 7), for…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Seo[?]

Evening News · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 3

Jane Ann Dawson, of Minmi-road, Plattsburg. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee…

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Charge of Attempted Murder. Sons' Struggle with Father

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The trial of Richard Fraser Lambden, charged with attempting to kill his wife, was continued at Port Wakefield yesterday…

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Poisonous Wallpaper: Police Seizure in Vienna

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 13

The "Daily Chronicle" correspondent in vicnna wires:—The wallpaper, which accicrated if it did not cause the death of Herr von Taussie, owing to its arsenical…

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Parramatta. Licensing Court. Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

At a meeting of the Parramatta Licensing Court presided over by Mr. E. L. Ma[?]tland, S.M., and Mr. C. J. Byrnes L.M., on Wednesday, William Gregory applied for a colonial…

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Berlin Murder Mystery. Woman's Mutilated Body Found in the River

The Star · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

The sensation of the hour (reports a Berlin telegram of December 7) is the finding of the terribly mutilated trunk of a woman yesterday in the Spree. A reward of £150 offered by the police has stimulated public…

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The Children's Court. a Week's Transactions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 8

The following is a record of business transacted at the Children's Court, Paddington, for the week cn[?]ed January 8:--Released on probation: Two boys, aged 13, for…

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Police Courts. Wednesday, January 12. Took the Wine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 8

Martin Needham (19) and Charles Edward Swanson (21) were charged at the Central Court with having, on Saturday night, stolen a bottle of wine from Mrs. M'Carron. The evidence showed that Mr. and Mrs. M'Carron were…

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Law Notices. Thursday, January 13. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Chief Clerk.—Dent v the Commissioner for Stamp Duties (High Court), 10.30 a.m. Probate Jurisdiction.—The following accounts will be…

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Wreck of the Waikare. the Marine Court's Decision

Evening News · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Thursday.—The Marine Court, sitting at Dunedin, gave its decision to-day regarding the inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Waikare at Dusky Sound…

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The Dungog Murder. Little Hope of Gerlach's Extradition. Will Probably Be Dealt with in Germany

Evening News · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

Immediately upon his arrival at Suez, Wilhelm Gerlach, the German suspected of the murder of Frank Coleman at Hook's Hill Camp, Dungog, on October 25 last, was arrested…

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