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Courts & crime, 1911

9,904 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Alleged Gaol-breaking. Mace and Denmead. Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 8

James Mace, alias Cyril George Pegg, 18, and Joseph Henry Denmead, 20. who recently gained a good deal of notoriety by breaking out of Darlinghurst Gaol, were presented at…

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Law Report. Probate Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 8

The following probates and letters of administration have been granted during the wock:—B. Williamson, V.C.L. Arthur. J. clayton, W. H. Milton, J.S.A. Vance, S…

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Was it a Russian police plot?

People · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 1

IT does not seem to have occurred to anyone here to connect the siege of Sidney street, the frantic melodramatic hunting and shooting down of alleged…

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To Murder the Mikado. Socialists Convicted. Seizure of Bombs

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 11

In the spring of the year a number of arrests were made in Japan. It was given out that the prisoners were socialists, charged with plotting to assassinate "some high…

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A Walking Typhoid Factory. Woodsman Found to Be Charged with the Germs

The World's News · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 19

NOTHER case, to match that of the famous "Typhoid Mary," has been run to earth in New York State,…

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Charged by a "Rogue" Elephant the True Stout of a Thrilling Adventure

The World's News · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 7

N the current number of the "Scout." Surgeon-General Lloyd, principal medical officer at Pretoria, South Africa, details a…

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Police Courts. Friday, January 20. Milk Prosecution

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 22

An interesting point was raised in a case brought by Inspector Arthur Kench, an officer of the Board of Health, against Francis Hrrick, a dairyman, residing at the Glebe. The Defendant was proceeded against…

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Steamer Cufic's Mishap. Marine Court to Sit

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Friday.--It was reported some time ago that the White Star liner Cufic struck a sunken object when clearing Port Phillip Heads for Capetown and London…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 23. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 8

In Equity.—Before the Deputy Registrar, at 11 a.m.: Re caveat of Phillips and others and R. F. Act, to tax costs. 12: Carbine v Dean, to settle minutes of order…

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To Prevent Duels. Court of Honor in Portugal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 13

LISBON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Government has established a Court of Honor for the settling of disputes tending to duels. Persons engaging in a duel are liable to be…

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Murder Will Out. Parallels of the Crippen Crime. When Graves Give Up Their Dead. I

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 4

The sensational discovery of the mutilated body of Mrs. Cora Crippen in the [?] of a house in Camden Town. London, some five months or sp after she was…

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Reform in Portugal. Prevention of Duels. a Court of Honour Appointed. Lisbon, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 15

The Government has established a Court of Honour for settlement of personal disputes tending to [?]ls. Persons found guilty are liable to fines…

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Parramatta Court. Wednesday, January 18. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, D.s.m.) Sent Along

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 4

William Fowler Maddox, described as draughtsman, pleaded guilty to a charge of having no visible lawful mentis of support. The man had been convicted…

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Airmen Penalise Gaol and Compensation

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 7

PARIS, Friday Afternoon. Herovel, an aviator, has been convicted of manslaughter for [?] a woman on a footpath at Issy…

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A Naval Court-material

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 11

A naval court-martial was held on board the Pioneer, on Tuesday, for the trial of First-class Stoker Kecble, on a charge of assaulting his superior officer…

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THE WEEK's Miscellany Compilation of the News of the World Sensational Sheep Stealing Charge

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 14

At Millicent (S.A.) Robert Charles Edmondson was charged that, on or about and between September 3 and December 31, 1910, in the hundred of Benara, he killed, with intent to…

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Riot in a Workhouse Over Food. 79 Inmates Sentenced to Hare Labor. Officials Assaulted. London, December 16

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 22

The disorderly scenes which occurred on Wednesday night at the Belmont Workhouse, near Sutton, Surrey, had a sequel at Sutton Police Court yesterday,…

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He Drank Mit 'Em. Loyalty to the Sovereign Smith Sentenced to a Sixer. Tell-tale Finger-prints Again

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 8

Joseph Miranda, an Italian, a cook, had a tale to tell in the Water Police Court, before Magistrate Smithers, on Tuesday, when Thomas Smith, a young…

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The Mystery of a Boms-thrower. Was an Innocent Man Gaoled ? a Siberian Gaol Horror. Paris, December 16

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 22

From St. Petersburg has come a telegram announcing tho death in the Zarantui convict establishment in Siberia of Sazonoff, the man who threw the bomb…

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Our Letter-bok. Professional Men and Police Magistrates. (To the Editor.)

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 3

Sir,—Your sub-leader on the above subject, in last week's "Truth" was eminently seasonable. It was needed. As a matter of fact, you did not say half enough. It is a…

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