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Courts & crime, 1911

9,904 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Theft at Randwick

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7

At the Padddington Court this morning, Richard M'Dougall, 25 and Jas. Thomas, 20, were charged with stealing a gun-metal watch and silver chain, a silver match box and a razer…

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Burglary in the City. Explosives Used

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7

A burglary occurred at the premises of the Frankfurt Saueage Company, Pitt-street, near Circular Quay, on Sunday night, and an fron safe was removed, and explosives used in an…

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Collector Charged with Embezzlement

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 5

A collector, Arthur Cox, 57, was charged at the Water Police Court this morning with having committed a series of embezzlements while in the employ of James O'Reilly, piano…

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Gaol at Threepence a Day

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7

A young man named William Patterson was charged at the Paddington Police Court this morning with refusing to pay Henry Gordon licensee of the Sussex Arms Hotel…

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American Trusts. Millionaire's Flirting with Gaol Washington

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 1

A high legal authority declares that the steel magnates, who at a dinner at New York recently made a "gentlemen's agreement" to keep up the prices, are flirting with…

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A Charge of Murder. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 9

At an inquest hold at Bacchus Marsh into the death of Countable Jones, the Coronor found that on January 4 Jones died from a blow wilfully, feloniously, and maliciously…

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A Verdict of Murder. Edinburgh Gardens Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The inquiry into the circumstances of the death of the young man named Archibald Victor Stean, who was found dead in Edinburgh Gardens, North…

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Schooner Emma H. Supposed Murder of Captain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7

VANCOUVER, Saturday. -- On arrival of the schooner Emma H., at Halifax, Nova Scotia, the crow reported that owing to the heavy gales they had been obliged to…

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North Sydney Court Returns

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

The returns compiled by the C.P.S. at North Sydney show that during last year 438 cases of vagrancy and drunkenness occurred. The number of cases in which…

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Murder of a Miser. Search for Hidden Treasure

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7

VANCOUVER, Saturday. -- Frank Lobinski, a miser, has been murdered at Wesley, Ontario, his head having been beaten in with a hammer…

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Three Horses Poisoned. the Police Investigating

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7

WAGGA, Monday.—Three valuable horses were poisoned with strychnine in a yard attached to the Royal Hotel on Saturday night. under circumstances that point to a diabolical…

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A Captainless Schooner. Supposed Murder Plot. Vancouver, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 9

The schooner Emma H. has arrived at Halifax. The crew reports that gales obliged them to abandon the voyage to Victoria, British Columbia, and that the captain was…

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Three Horses Poisoned. Police Investigating. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 10

Three valuable draught horses were poisoned last night under circumstances suggestive that the act was wilful. The horses were owned by T. W. Green, and leased to…

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Alleged Poisoning. Application by Police. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 10

The Secretary of the Crown Law Department yesterday received from the Chief Commissionor of Police an application for an order for the exhumation of the body of the lata…

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Bankruptcy Court. Hearing of Creditors' Petitions

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 5
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Maurice Neustadt v. Lavinia Mary Esther Turner. Adjourned to February 6, pending a settlement. August Louis Balhausen v. Rose…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 16. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 5

In Equity —Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 11 a.m.: Lupton v Koberts, to tax costs; same v same, ditto. At 2.15 p.m.: Perpetual Trustee Co. v Williams, to tax costs…

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News of the World by Our Independent Cable Service. Charged with Poisoning. Millionaire's Wife on Trial. Vancouver

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 1

Astonishing evidence has been tendered at the trial at Wheeling, Virginia, of Mrs. Schenck, on a charge of administering poison to her millionaire husband…

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Panic on a Ferry Boat. Man Killed with Dynamite. Murder Oh Suicide? Vancouver, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 9

An unidentified man boarded a San Francisco ferry-boat and, entering a lavatory, an explosion of dynamite, followed, dismembering him…

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The Police Growl. Petition to the Chief Secretary. to Amend Retirement Clause

Evening News · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 5

The police growl reported in last Thursday's Evening News" has reached a more serious stage, and grave discontent exists in the service concerning the elasticity of section 9, Act…

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