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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

8,183 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

A Glebe Matter. Timber Was Missed. What the Police Discovered

Evening News · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 8

For some time past Messrs. S. A. Burns and Company, of George-street, Sydney, and Glebe, have missed large quantities of timber. They had the work people watched, but failed to…

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Police Courts. Friday, February 25. for the Twenty-first Time

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 22

For keeping his shop open for trade on a Sunday, Michael Chingos, of George-street, was, at the Central Court, fined £3 or two months' imprisonment. It was stated that this was the 21st occasion on which he had…

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Juvenile Offenders. Punished in Privacy. Business of the Children's Court

Evening News · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 10

There is still plenty of business for the Children's Court at Ormond House, Paddington. Last week's record of cases is as fol-lows:—…

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"The German Sword." Court Chaplain's Lament Over a Generation of Peace

The World's News · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 11

A remarkable naval address, described in the official "North German Gazette" as the crowning effort of the evening, was delivered recently by the Court chaplain, Dv. Schmidt…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. F. H. Salusbury.) Single Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 6

Re. Richard Pover Warburton. The meeting was closed and the public examination concluded. EXAMINATION UNDER SECTION 30…

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Motoring on Rocky Point-road. Doctor in the Police Trap. Policeman's Stop-watch Again Beaten

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 6

For a long time the police have been giving the motorists along the Rocky Point-road, Rockdale, a rest, as far as putting the stop-watch upon them is concerned. Within the past week or two, however, they…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Mr. H. Curry, president; Mesas. Brandis and Houston, Commissioners.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 16

Mr. Hanbury Davies appeared for the Grown. DECISIONS RESERVED. Decision was reserved in the following cases: -- A reference by the Minister for Lands in respect of…

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District Court. (Before Judge Murray.) SMITH v Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 6

Mr. Perry, instructed by Mr. P. K. White, appeared for the plaintiff, Alfred George Smith; Mr. Russell, instructed by Messrs. Kent and Gaden, appeared for the defendant, the…

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Lynch Law in Austria. Two Brothers Put to Death After Trial by Fathers' Court

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 8

An extraordinary occurrence is reported from Kisker, near Grosswarde, in Hungary. Two brothers named Frei…

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Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, Chief Judge in Equity.) SHEPPARD v WALKER

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 6

Mr. Maughan, instructed by Messrs. Norton, Smith, and Co., appeared for the plaintiff, Michael Sheppard; Mr. Loxton, instructed by Messrs. Perkins, Stevenson, and Co., appeared…

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Parramatta Court. Wednesday, February 23. (Before Mr. R. L. Maitland, S.m.) the Liquor Habit

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 5

Henry C. Barnes, for drunkenness in Church-street, Parramatta, on 23rd of February, was fined 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment. For using indecent…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Mr. H. Curry (president) and Messrs C. Brandis and H. Houston Commissioners.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 6

Mr. Hanbury Davies for the Crown. DECISIONS RESERVED. The Court reserved decision in the following cases:—…

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Failure Follows Burglary

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 27 February 1910 · page 16

In the London Bankruptcy Court last month, in the case of Leonard Courlander, who had traded es a jeweller at Ludgate Hill, under the style of Aitchison Brothers,…

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Dastardly Assault on Aged Woman

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 February 1910 · page 12

At Deaufort (Vic) a man broke into the dwelling of an aged woman, Mrs. Hudson, who resides by herself, and attempted to obtain money from her by violent means. He had…

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Murder and Cannibalism

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 February 1910 · page 12

The French steamer Pacifique, which has arrived at Sydney from the New Hebrides, brought news of another outrage perpetrated by the savage inhabitants of portions of the group…

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Mother and Daughter Sentenced for Fraud

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 February 1910 · page 12

At the Derby (Eng.) Assizes, Violet Charlesworth and her mother were found guilty of having, between 1904 and 1903, defrauded Martha Smith of £400, and Dr. Edward Jones of divers…

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Sentenced in Adelaide. Long Terms of Imprisonment. ADELAIDE

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 27 February 1910 · page 7

This morning the prisoners convicted at the February sittings of the Criminal Court were sentenced. Lewis Robert Morris, lately manager or the Gumeracha branch of the Bank of Adelaide, was sentenced to four…

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Gossip About "Sports." From Boxing Ring to Magistrate's Bench

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 February 1910 · page 18

The retiring West London magistrate, Mr. Lane. K.C., was, in his early days an expert amateur boxer, and had many a warm round with old Tom King, who beat…

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Fight in a Friary. Sentences on Two Men for Burglary. London. Jan. 20

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 February 1910 · page 20

Sentences of seven years' penal servitude and eighteen months' hard labor respectively were passed at the Old Bailey yesterday on William Jones, a fitter, and…

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Daring Robbery From Post Office. Six Men Sentenced at the Old Bailey. London, January 23

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 February 1910 · page 20

Cleverly caught in the act of trying to break upon a safe, half a dozen men, who were concerned in an audacious post-office robbery, were tried at the Old Balley…

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