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Courts & crime, 1910

8,183 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Police Courts. Horse with Sore Shoulder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

John Wearne, 25, a butcher, was charged with cruelly ill-treating a horse by working it whilst it was suffering from a sore shoulder. The case was heard at the Central Police Court, before Mr. Love, S.M…

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Leichhardt Council. Action for Assault. Hastings V Treadgold. Verdict for a Shilling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

In the District Court yesterday, before Judge Backhouse, Mr. D. G. Fergusson, instructed by Mr. Henry Davis, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. James, instructed by…

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Police Courts. Tuesday, February 8. Leniency Unrewarded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 14

Edith Selby was charged, at the Glebe Court, with stealing two pieces of calico and one piece of lace, an Grace Brothers' shop, on February 7. Constable Hollis saw accused take the calico off a…

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A Rowdy Election Meeting. Police Sent For

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 2

The services of the police had to be requisitioned to keep order at a meeting held on Tuesday evening at Paddington Town Hall, and addressed by Senator Neild. The…

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City Coroner's Court. Wharf Labourer's Fall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

An Inquiry was held at the City Coroner's Court into the death of Stafford Simpson, who fell on February 4 from a plank between the steamship Den of Airlie and Walker's Wharf, Dawes Point, while…

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The Lismore Mystery. Murder and Suicide. a Drunken Quarrel. Lismore

The Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 8

A message from Eureka, a small settlement about 35 miles from Lismore, stated that two men, named respectively Hugh Clarke and William Keys, had been shot…

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Safes Blown Open. Police Wound a Robber. Adelaide

The Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 6

During the early, hours of this morning Alberton railway station, between Adelaide and Port Adelaide, was entered, and the safe blown open. A small sum of money was…

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The Stranded Eden. Marine Court Inquiry. "Rocks Ahead!"

The Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 1

The stranding of the Illawarra S.N. Co.'s Eden, which occurred on the morning of Sunday, the 19th December, occupied the attention of a Marine Court of Inquiry,…

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Law. District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Alderman and Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 14

Thomas Hastings, an alderman ot the municipality of Leichhardt, sued Aid. Treadgold, Mayor of Leichhardt, claiming £400 damages. The plaintiff alleged that he was a member of…

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Senator Neild at Paddington. a Rowdy Meeting. Candidate Asks for Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 11

Senator Neild opened his campaign last night at the Paddington Town Hall, the Mayor of Paddington (Alderman Meacle) presiding. Senator Neild said he appeared before the…

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Rounding Up Natives. Woman Shot by Police. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

An inquest was held at Lawler's on the body of a native woman named Annie. The jury returned a verdict that deceased met her death through a bullet wound…

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Law Report. District Court. Action to Recover Deposit. Dynan v Smith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

Mr. Hammond, instructed by Mr. A. J. R. Yabsley, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. C. A. Coghlan for the defendant. This was an action brought by Francis James Dynan, of…

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Parramatta Court. Saturday, February 5. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.m.) a Trunk Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 1

George Roach, a young man, was charged with stealing, at Harris Park about May 12, 1909, a steel trunk, the property of Arthur Stanley Cowper, and…

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The Red Flag. Sequel to Yesterday's Procession. Leaders Before the Court. a Loaded Revolver. the Men Remanded

The Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

The invitation of the International Industrialists to all and sundry to take part in a Red Flag procession yesterday afternoon did not provide for, the attendance of well-wishers…

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The Accident to the Eden. Ran Ashore at Cape St. George. Marine Court Inquiry. Master Held to Blame

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

The Marine Court—Judge Backhouse, with Captains C. Taylor and J. B. Carpenter as assessors—commenced an inquiry in the Sydney District Court this morning into the…

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Tuesday's Street, Procession Seven Men Before the Court. a Loaded Revolver, the Condition of Bail. Good Behaviour, Required

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 6

Proceedings arising out of the procession and demonstration which took place in the streets of Sydney on Tuesday afternoon in connection with the Socialistic movement against recent…

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The Mittagong Assault. Blacker Before the Court

Evening News · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 4

At the Central Police Court this morning, Detective Gallagher stated that, in company with Detective Jordan, and Constables Gray and Nicholls, he arrested a man named Robert…

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A Magistrate's Deeision. Witness Arrested in Court. Incident at Paddington

Evening News · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 5

There was a scene at the Faddington Police Court this morning, at the conclusion of a case in which Charles Thompson was charged with having used indecent language on a tram on…

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Red Flaggers Charged. More About Tuesday's Procession. Flags and Revolver in Court

The Star · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 5

The leaders of the International Industrial procession which promenaded the streets of the city on Tuesday afternoon with a red flag, demanding the release of the strike…

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The Lille Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Antoine Favier, owner of the house in Lille in which the cashier, M. Thain, was robbed and murdered, bas been arrested at Nancy…

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