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Courts & crime, 1911

9,904 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

The Gaol Breakers. Are Armed Warders Necessary. £10 Reward Offered

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 8

The question as to whether armed warders are necessary on the walls of Darlinghurst Gaol possesses enhanced interest in view of the daring escape of the prisoners Dunmead and…

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Police Courts. Applied the Brake

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 5

Inspector Wigg, of the Tramway Department, proceeded on Wednesday, at the Central Summons Court, against a young man named F. J. May for having without authority interfered with a mechanical appliance—…

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Hobble Skirt in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 6

Considerable amusement was caused in the Adelaide Police Court on Wednesday by a dispute as to the cut of a "hobble dress." A barmaid claimed £3 from a dressmaker, as the…

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The Police Arrangements. Fifty Men in Reserve

Evening News · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 6

Inquiry at the police headquarters this morning found that no parade is to be made which might incense the strikers to take exception at the calling out of the police. Those…

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Execution in France. Murder of a Cashier. Paris, Jan. 11

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

Antonie Favier, the owner of a house at which M. Thain, cashier of the Lille branch of the Bank of France, called to receive 4000 frances (£160), and was robbed and…

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"Holy Rollers" at Tacoma. the Police Contemplate Action

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 7

VANCOUVER, Thursday.--The "Holy Rollers," an eccentric religious sect, have settled at Tacoma, in Washington State. The police consequent upon complaints…

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Police Courts. Thursday, January 12. Charge of Embezzlement

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 10

Alfred Miller M'Clure, 24, grocer, was charged at the Glebe Court with having, while in the employ of Edmund Joseph Healy, grocer, Norton-street, Leichhardt, received sums of money, amounting in all to £10676,…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 13. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 5

Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Prothonotary—Fish and another v Stanton, 11. Probate Jurisdiction.—The following accounts will be taken at the Probate Office:—10.15, H. J. B. Foster;…

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An Eccentric Sect. Police May Interfere. Vancouver, Jan. 12

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

The Holy Rollers, an eccentric religious sect, have settled at Tacoma, Washington State. The police, consequent on complaints of the uproar which prevails in…

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Anarchists in Bavaria. Raid by Police. Compromising Papers Seized

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 7

MUNICH, Thursday.--The police yesterday broke up a meeting of anarchists in this city, and arrested 22 persons, whose ages range from 20 to 30 years'…

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South Wales Labor Troubles. Strike-breakers Attacked. on the Eve of Police Departure

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--On the eve of the departure of the London police the miners who are on strike in the Gilfachgich district of Glamorganshire resolved at a mass…

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The Deserted Hive. Union Picket and Police Cordon. a Lynx-eyed Watchman. "Stop, or Ill Shoot!"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 7

What a change had been brought about in a few hours. When a reporter visited the Kentstreet gas works shortly after 10 o'clock last night, a death-like stillness had replaced the…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 5

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

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Charge of Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 6

Minnie Smith, 42, was charged, before Mr. Clarke, S.M. at the Water Police Court, on Wednesday, with having on or about October 27 last, stolen two brooches, valued at £4, the property of Eva Dunlea…

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Daring Jewel Theft

The World's News · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

A former waiter named Elorduy. with his family in San Francisco, was arrested recently in New York and charged with stealing from Otto Koch, Court Jeweller in…

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Serious Assault Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 6

Robert Slattery, 30, was on Thursday, at the Central Police Court, committed for trial on a charge of having on December 20 assaulted Thomas Grace, occasioning him actual bodily harm. The assault was…

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An Assault Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 15

Herbert Britton wan charged before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., at the Redfern Court, with having, on December 24, at Redfern, assaulted Mary Jane Gordon, thereby occasioning her actual bodily harm. Mr. D. F[?]aly…

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Pictures in Gaol

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 11

An oc[?] that [?] unique in the history of Australia took place at the Goulburn Gaol on New Year's morning when a…

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Japanese Socialists Sentenced to Death

The International Socialist · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 3

LAST week's mails brought word that Dr. Denjiro Kotoku and his wife and 24 others had been found guilty by the courts of Japan of "plotting against the imperial family,"…

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Stowaway's Adventures. Attempted Murder

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 14

In England, on Saturday, December 3, George Fleck, alias Emil Wenter, was charted before the Dover magistrates with the attempted murder on the high seas of Carl Vogt…

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