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Courts & crime, 1911

9,904 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Bolts for Liberty. Some Thrilling Gaol Escapes. Desperate Schemes of Desperate Men

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 7

Stonewalls do not a prison make Nor iron bars a cage. The gaol-breakers who, since the days of [?] redoubtable Jack Sheppard, have…

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Bankruptcy Court. CREdITORS PETITION

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 3

Dalgety and Company, Limited vertus No drew Peter cunning of Germanion between Petition to heard on January 23…

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Harboring a Prisoner. Warning From the Police

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 7

THe Inspector General of Police [?] Day) this afternoon issued a warming to the public against harboring the two men. The peculties for assisting a prisoner to escape [?]…

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Law Report. in Chambees. (Before Mr. Justice Street.) Appeals From Magistrate. Trebilcock v Lemon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 7

Mr. Pickbburn, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, appeared for Benjamin Trebilcock, senior constable of police, in support of an appeal from the decision of Mr. G. B. Helm,…

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Out of Gaol. Two Prisoners Escape From Darlinghurst. in Broad Daylight. Daring Plan Carried Out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 9

Two prisoners yesterday, in broad daylight, escaped from Darlinghurst Gaol. There is no impenetrable veil of mystery, surroundlng the affair. It is a simple story…

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Law Notices. Thursday, January 12. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 7

In Equity.—Before the Deputy Registrar in Equity.— At noon: Parker v Younger, to tax costs; same v same, to tax costs; same v same, to tax costs. Probate Jurisdiction.—The following accounts will be…

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Rough on Reporters. a Leaky Court Roof

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 6

The magistrate [?]fled. HE could afford to for a heavy oak canopy protected his head from the elements. The roof of the Central Police Court alone would probably have been…

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Farce in French Court. Posing and Buffoonery

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 1

The most amusing farce of the season was, performed recently in the Paris law courts when a man named Lucien Lacour, one of the "Camedots of the King," was tried for an…

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Fire Brigades Inquiry. to Be an Open Court

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 6

Acting-Judge Edmunds, who has been appointed a Royal Commissioner to inquire into charges made against the Board of Fire Commissioner's, will open his inquiry early next…

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Anarchists in Munich. Twenty-three Captured by Police. London

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 1

At Munich to-day a gang of 23 supposed anarchists was captured while holding a meeting. A large number of incriminating papers…

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Still at Large No Trace of Escaped Prisoners. a Knotty-problem for the Police

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 5

Seen this morning the Comptroller-General of Prisons said there was not a word to be added to the complete story, published by "The Sun", yesterday, covering the escape of…

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Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice Street.) Sequel to an Action. the Wollongong Gas Company's Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 7

Mr. Rich, instructed by Messrs. Norton Smith and Co., appeared for the Wollongong Gaslight Company, Limited, and stated that, by consent, the injunction to restrain respondent…

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Mace and Denmead. Police Still Looking for Them. What Mr. Macfarlane Says. Why the Ahmed Warders Were Withdrawn. Comptroller-general's Determination

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 7

In connections with the sensational escape of the two young men. James Mace, alias Cyril George Pegg [?] and Joseph Henry Denmead, 20, from Darlinghurst Gaol on Wednesday…

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Vice-admiralty Court. (Before Mr. Justice Street, Deputy Judge Commissary.) Suit for Compensation Drown v Lighter No. 6 and Steamer Britannia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 7

Dr. Brissendon, instructed by Messrs. Sparke and Willard, of Newcastle (by their agent, Mr. A. P. Sparke), appeared for John Brown, owner of the steam tag Stormcock, in a suit…

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Alleged Murder. Chinaman Charged. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 7

At the City Court to-day Ah Kow was called for trial on a charge of having feloniously attempted at Melbourne, on December 26 last, to administer poison to Rose Lacy and Ah…

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Assault and Robbery. Theft of £14. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 6

Charles Astley, a metal plate worker, of Brunswick, withdrew a sum of £14 10s from the bank, and went into a lavatory at the corner of Royal-lane and Little Collins-street…

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The Berlin Riots. Lenient Sentences. Court Mildly Censures the Police. Berlin, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 7

Thirty-five, men who took part in the Moabit riots in this city at the end of September have been sentenced. One was sentenced to 3½ years' imprisonment for…

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Berlin Rioters Sentenced. the Moabit Disturbances. No "Sheer Brutality."

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 7

BERLIN, Thursday.--Thirty-five of the rioters who took part in the disturbances in the Moabit district of the city recently, have been found guilty and sentenced…

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The Lille Murder. Execution of Favier

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 7

PARIS, Wednesday Night.--Antoine Favier, at whose house in Lille, M. Thain, the cashier of the local branch of the Bank of France, was murdered in February of last…

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Pistols for London Police

Evening News · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 8

LONDON. Thursday Evening.— Mr. Winston Churchill, Home Secretary, and Sir E. R. Henry, chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan police, to-day witnessed the testing of 30 types of…

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