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Courts & crime, 1910

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

THE Rewsletter. a Paper for the People. The New Strike Prosecutions. Gaol—the New Political Science

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 1

The Government, in view of their past three-year attitude, their belief in the power of legal remedies to suppress, and their warrant from…

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Court Etiquette. the Kaiser Rescues a British Ambassador

The World's News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

The recent Palace festivities in Berlin on the s occasion of the confirmation of the Kaisor's youngest child and only daughter, the Prinerss Victoria Louise, were enlivened by an incident of…

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Armidale Murder. Henry Casey's Confession. His Story of the Crime. Is He the Culprit?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 18

ARMIDALE, Friday.—The case against the man Henry Casey, who was remanded to Armidale from the Grenfell Police Court on the strength of a confession made by him that he…

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International Prize Court. Operation in Peace. London, Jan. 7

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

Mr. P. C. Knox, United States Secretary of State, has addressed a Note to the Powers suggesting that the International Prize Court should be vested with the functions…

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Police Courts. Series of Ci[?]arges. Young Man Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 16

At the Newtown Court, before Mr. King, a youth, named leslie Gordon, was charged with having stolen £3 Ss and 27 railway tickets, of the total value of £4 15[?]…

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City Coroner's Court. Fatal Gas-explosion. the Leic[?]hardt Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 16

The City Coroner (Mr. Stephen Murphy). held an inquest yesterday on the body of Thomas Leslie Smith, of 93 Johnston-street, A[?]nandale, bachelor, aged 34, a painter by trade, but former a bicycle…

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First Infantry Brigade. Fine Piece of Tactical Work. All Arms Engaged To-day. the Assault on Harris Island. Howitzer Battery in Action

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 5

LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—Probably the most interesting and valuable work yet undertaken by troops was executed to-day by the 1st Infantry Bridage, under the command of Colonel…

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Girl's Peculiar Freak. on the Brink of a Cliff. Exciting Rescue by the Police

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

KATOOMBA. Saturday.—Some excitement was caused in Katoomba on Friday when it was reported that a young woman had thrown herself over Katoomba Falls. From…

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In Peace and War. International Prize Court. Mr. P. C. Knox's Suggestion

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 13

LONDON, Friday.—Mr. P. C. Knox, United States Secretary of State, has addressed a communication to the Powers, suggesting that the International Prize…

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Parramatta Court. Wednesday, January 5. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.m.) Drunk

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 10

John White was fined 5s, or the rising of the Court, for drunkenness. STRAYS. Edward James Love v. Charles Veron…

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Liverpool Court. Wednesday, January 5. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.m.) Riotous Behaviour

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 5

Herford Herbert Hodges and Henry Small were charged with riotous behaviour in Liverpool-road, Smithfield. They pleaded guilty…

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Tammany-hall. an Australian at the Court of "Boss" Murphy. the Remarkable Organisation, Which Governs New York

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 20

"When I called at the City-hall, New York, to pay my respects to Mr. Murphy, the "boss" of Tammany. I naturally expected to find him there. I was mistaken. After all Tammany…

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Ryde Court. Tuesday, January 4. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.; and Messrs. H. A. Brigg and H. St. John Tucker, J's.P.) Christmas Finance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 9

Mas Juger Huber, described as a clerk and a native of Dollar land, was charged with the larceny as a bailee of cash and articles valued at £1 18s, the property…

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Daring Insurance Fraud. Engineer's Way of Paying His Debts. a Russian engineer named Guilevitch insured his life in 1906 for £10,000. He then murdered a man resembling himself, and fled to France. An accomplice in due course claimed the insurance money. The police attempted to arrest Guilevitch in Paris, but he committed suicide.—Cable item

The World's News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 7

THE story of this remarkable fraud as re-constructed by the Russian police whilst searching for…

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Acquitted of Murder on Grounds of Insanity

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 12

At the Central Criminal Court on Thursday, before Judge Docker and a Jury of 12, Harry Ainsworth was charged for that, on October 24 last, at Leichhardt, be did solicit Amy Catchpole…

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At Liverpool. Howitzer Battery in Action Assault on Harris Island

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 7

Under command of Colonel Ranclaud, the 1st Infantry Brigade at Liverpool yesterday attacked an imaginary force, which was supposed to have entrenched upon…

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Perth News. Ex-lands Minister Charged with Fraud. Mining Registrar's Death. Perth, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 5

J. M. Hopkins, M.L.A., an ex-Minister for Lands, was arrested to-day on a warrant charging him with fraud. The inquest on the body of George…

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Harried While Awaiting Trial for Murder. Bride Who Refused to Break Her Engagement Geneva. November 29

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 20

A wedding took place under pathetic circumstances at St. Julien, a French town a few miles from Geneva. The bridegroom was an Italian named…

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Death at a Trial. Sudden Seizure of a Clergyman in Court. London December 2

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1910 · page 20

A manor murder at me Leeds Assizes Was tragically interrupted by the sudden illness, rapidly followed by death, of the Rev. Bramwell Dutton, a well-known…

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Accountant Charged with Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 8

Albert David Bullas, accountant at Millar's Karri and Jarrah Company's Yalgoop branch, reported that the safe had been robbed of £36 19s during Thursday night last…

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