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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

8,183 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Salmon and Milk Mystery. a Big Haul. Three Young Men Charged. and Two Committed for Trial

The Star · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 6

The mysterious disappearance of a quantity of salmon and condensed milk from the establishment of Arthur Herbert Burnett and others, trading as Burnett and…

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Law. Thursday, January 13. Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 8

Resch's, Limited, v. T. Rankin, Wrightville. Potition to be heard on January 31. VOLUNTARY SEQUESTRATION. Mrs. Jane Ann Dawson, Minmi-road,…

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Milk and Pish. City Merchants Robbed. What the Detective Saw. Three Men Smartly Arrested. Charges of Stealing and Receiving

Evening News · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 7

A series of systematic robberies from the business establishment of Arthur Herbert Burnett, trading as Burnett and Company. Limited, in Sussex-street, Sydney, vere investigated at…

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Engine-drivers and Firemen. Mr. Mitchell's Views Confidence in Federal Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 6

Mr. H. A. Mitchell, in reply to a published statement that was made by a member of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association of Australasia, said yesterday:--"I did…

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Gaol Song Code

Evening News · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 14

A man who was sent to gaol in Providence (U.S.A.) recently for three days for a small offence was greatly impressed with the precautions taken to prevent the prisoners…

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Charge of Attempted Murder. Farmer Before Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 12

At the Willauraek Police Court yesterday a well-known Stavley farmer named Alfred Frank Tilker was charged with shooting with intent to murder Thomas Taylor…

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Theft of a Ring

Evening News · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 5

At the Ashfield Court a cabinet maker named Andrew Albert Matthew Swartz, 22, was charged with stealing a diamond ring valued at £4 10s, the property of Mrs. Margaret Ann…

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Alleged Theft From Sargood Bros

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

Before Mr. Payten, S.M., yesterday, at the Water Police Court, James Joseph Butler, 20, was charged with having, between December 1 and 24 last, stolen 12 metal watches, valued at 24 8s, the property of…

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Police Enquiry

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 6

Superintendent Day, from the office of the Inispector-General of Police opened an enquiry at the police station, Rookwood, on Tuesday, at 10 a.m., into the…

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Penrith Police Court SATURDAY. Before Mr L C T[?], J.P.

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 4

Henry James, charged with being drunk and [?]ffending against decency on the Great Western Road, Springwood, plended guilty to both, and was f[?] 5[?], in default 2[?]…

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Wireless for Police

The World's News · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 13

The headquarters of the New York city police department at 300 Mulberry-street, for many years second in fame only to Scotland Yard, had been transferred to a fine new…

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Twenty Years for Attempted Wife Murder

The Arrow · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

TWENTY years' penal servitude was the sentence passed by Mr. Justice Grantham at the Central Criminal Court, London, last month, on a man named Thos…

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Police Courts. Negligent Driving

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

Before Mr. Ma[?]farlane, S.M., yesterday, at the Water Summons Court, Charles Hi[?]man was proceeded against for a breach of the Traffic Act. George Littieton Gordon, a signalman in the Tramway…

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Gambled and Lost. Postmaster Owns Up. Backed Horses on a Small Salary. No Brooklyn Burglary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

At the Hornsby Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. Mmitland S.M., and Mr. H. E. Jordan J.P., Carmel wills Gee was charged with having [?]…

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Petty Sessions Court for Manly

The Star · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 3

The buildings in course of erection for the Court of Petty Sessions at Manly are nearing completion, and Manly will be the possessor of a court within the near future. For years, past the local council have been…

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Secrets of the Russian Court

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

An amazing Insight Into a history of Intrigue, cruelty, romance, splendour, and tragedy. Stories of a scullery-maid who rose to power, of a Queen who put 20,000 of her subjects to death, and of an adventurous Marquis who attended the Court disguised as a woman…

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Young Wife's Sad Story. Locked Out All Night with Baby. Magistrate's Strong Comments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

At the Rea[?] Court, before Mr. King, S.M. Phoebe Brown, who gave her age as nearly 20, proceeded against her husband, James Patrick Brown, jun[?] aged 22, on [?] charge of desertion. Mr. J. J. Carroll…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 17. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

In Equity.—Before the Deputy Registrar.—In Equity.— At 11 a.m.: Minister for Works and Cahill, to settle minutes of order, 11.30, Taylor v Murry, to settle minutes of d[?]ree…

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Police Courts. Friday, January 14. Called Him a "Scab."

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 22

Thomas Wallace sued Tom Mullens in the Balmain Court for assault, and Mullens returned with a similar charge. Wallace's story, supported by several witnesses, was…

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Lawyer's Downfall at Eighty. Pathetic Scene in Court

The Star · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 6

During the last few years several members, of the legal profession have occupied a place in the dock of the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh for breach of tras[?]. and on…

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