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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

8,183 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Referred to in the Council. Deputation to the Inspector-General. The Police Attacked

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 10

At the meeting of the Rookwood Council on Tuesday, Alderman Kingsley asked the Mayor: "Were you a witness in a police case hoard at Parramatta recently,…

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Illegal Oil Trust. Ordered to Be Dissolved, Appeals to the Supreme Court

The Star · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 2

The United States Circuit Court of Missouri has delivered judgment absolving the Standard Oil Corporation on the ground of being un illegal combination, operating [?]…

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Law Report. Industrial Court. (Before Judge Heydon.) Grocers' Shop Assistants. Appeal Against Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 11

His Honor delivered his reserved decision in the matter of the applications on behalf of Anthony Hordern and Sons and M'llrath, Ltd., for leave to appeal from the award of the…

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The WAY of the WORLD Crime, Love, and Unusual Occurrences Sensational, True Stories and Incidents from the Life of the Hour Jewel Theft of £100,000

The Arrow · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 7

SOMEWHERE there lies hidden £100,000 worth of stolen gems, the proceeds of one of the most daring robberies that have ever occupied the attention of…

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Baulkham Hills and its Debating Society. A Hot Day in Court. "Mr. Speaker" without his Sergeant-at-Arms. The Village Hampdens as Budding Jurists

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 10

At the Parramatta Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., W. A. Kimber pleaded not guilty to a charge of using threatening [?] to…

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Navy Draughtsman Charged with Stealing Plans

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1910 · page 12

Richard Sidney Knowlden, 24, a draughtsman, was charged at the Portsmouth Police Court with stealing a wireless telegraph receiver, from the torpedo school ship Vernon. He was also charged…

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Insurance and Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1910 · page 12

A Russian engineer named Guilevitch insured his life for £10,800 in 1908, and then murdered a man resembling himself. Guilevitch afterwards f[?]ed to France, and…

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Confession of Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1910 · page 12

Interest fn the tragedy at Armidale (N.S.W.) on December 13 last year, when Hannah Kelly, a young woman, was murdered in bed, was arrived on Wednesday, a young man being arrested and…

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Alleged Murder by Radium

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1910 · page 5

What is believed to be the first criminal case in which radium figures as a death-dealing agent is engaging public attention at the University town of Liege, Belgium…

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Moustache Mystery. Man Accused of Murder Not to Shave. London, November 27

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1910 · page 20

Cornelius Howard, who has been committed for trial on the coroner's warrant, on a charge of the wilful murder of his cousin, Mr. George Henry stor[?] at Go[?]…

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A Rookwood Disturbance. Three Persons Charged. Allegations Against the Police. the Mayor Gives Evidence

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 5

A case, in which three residents of Rookwood. were called upon to answer charges preferred by the police, was concluded at the Parramatta Police Court this morning, when the magistrate…

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An Athletic Police Officer

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 4

Senior-sergeant Charles M'Hardy, of Goulburn. will in a few days take bis departure for Newcastle, having been oppointed sub-inspector (writes our correspondent) there. The…

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Secret Meetings. Tee Police Baffled

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 5

"The new Act Is all very 'well, so far as it goes," said a prominent police officer to an "Evening News" reporter this morning, "but I am losing faith in it. So far we have been…

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Lord Kitchener's Charger. Police Horses Provided

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 6

The horses to be ridden by Lord Kitchener and his staff and General Hoad to-morrow are being provided by the Commissioners of Police in New South Wales, Victoria, and…

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Assault on Suffragists. a Man Forgets Himself

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 7

Two women suffragists were being dragged from underneath the platform at Mr. Lloyd-George's meeting at Reading on Saturday, when a man in the front row…

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Sedition in India. the Jackson Murder

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.—Thirty persons, mostly Brahmins, have been arrested at Nasik and Bombay in connection with the murder of Mr. Jackson, tie Deputy Collecter…

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Tragedy at Tamworth. Murder and Attempted Suicide

The Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

A terrible tragedy occurred at Tamworth yesterday, when James Power murdered his wife, Annie Power, by cutting her throat with a butcher's knife, and then hacked his…

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The £100 Fines. Will They Be Paid. Miners Prefer Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The impression is gaining ground that the members of the delegate board who were recently fined £100 each will go to gaol rather than allow the money to…

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Parramatta District. Resisting the Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 7

At the Parramatta Police Court. Arthur Owen, a tall, powerful man, was charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and also with assaulting Senior-constable Robertson…

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Police Provident Fund the Annual Meeting

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

The second annual meeting of the contributors to the Police Provident Fund was held at Newtown Police Station. There was a good attendance, and the chair was occupied by…

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