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Courts & crime, 1911

9,904 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Pfister's Pfisting. Lands Him in the Lockup. Cop Pascoe Cops a Chef. Gallivanting Gaily in Gladstone-street. Three Months' Gaol Without the Option

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 2

The ghost of Gladstone-street, whose antics have been scaring the wits out of staid matrons ard giggling maidens of late, was laid by Constable Pascoe on the night…

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The Gaol-breakers. the Tale of Their Recapture. As Told by the Arresting Detectives. the Letter to Mother. "I Never Got Over the Wall for Nothing" —"Will Shoot Myself Dead in Front of Them"—"A Wonderful Disguise with My Hair Dyed"—The Governor of Darlinghurst Gaol in the Witness-box—The flight to Freedom from Tower 20—The Knotted Prison Braces—"All Right, the Game is Up"—The Earnestness of the Escort

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 3

On Friday last, at the Water Police Court, there was quite an unusual flutter of excitement in connection with the appearance of James Mace, alias Cyril George…

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Six Jolly Sailormen Arrive by the Lumber Skip Americana And Tell a Tall Tale. of Stenchful Gaol, Irons, and Bread and Waif [?]T. Big Bother Over Captain Bensen's Bathtub. "A sailor's life is bold and free, But tis not suited to you or me."

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 10

The crew of the four-masted iron topsail schooner Americans, which arrived in Sydney on the 6th inst., after a passage of 72 days from Gray's Harbor, on the Pa[?]he…

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Old Sydney. Hoadley's Buildings—An Old City Land Mark—Erected 1842— To be Demolished—Extension of the A.J.C. Bank—A Grue-some Story — Murder and Mystery — Holloway's Pills and Ointment—Old Time Agents—Gunsmith Whit-field—An Avenger—The Half-penny Bridge—Origin of the Keck Family. No. 171

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 12

"The head office, of the Australian Bank of Commerce, formely known as the Australian Joint Stock bank, at the corner of King and George-street, is to be…

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Brothers in Trouble. Charged with Stealing Cameras

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 5

William Hon George Frankham 25 and Naharal John Frederick Frankham, 23, [?] were hared this morning before the [?] with having on or about…

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The Darlinghurst Gaol Escape

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 6

"Justice" writes.—May I ask for space in your columns for a few words on the subjects of the recent escape from Darlinghurst Gaol of two Prisoners. in an occurrence like this i…

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Police Promotions

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 4

"Justice writes:—The promotion of inspector M'Vane to the rank of full superintendent marks. It is to be hoped, the abolltion of the archaic system of appointing…

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Alleged Murder. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 23

Patrick Mangan was committed for trial on Friday on a charge of attempting to murder James Amos, in Hindley-street, on Januury 5…

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Through the Window. Stealing Cases at North Sydney

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 5

There were no fewer than six charges of stealing and one of breaking and entering against a Frenchman at the North Sydney Police Court to-day. He was described on…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 4

Before the Registrar, in No. 2 Court, at 10.30 a. m.— O'Brien v the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 6

Prank Minty, tailor, of 186 Victoria-street, Darlinghurst, having for the greater part of six months carried on business at 52 King-street, Sydney. Mr. C. F. W. Lloyd, official…

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A Puzzling Court. Acoustics Extraordinary

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 5

Experience of the Water Police Court would to amusing to those who have [?] that to if they were not actually anneying. "My heavily is [?] potal remarked a…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 23. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 4

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

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A Sharp Rebuke. Incident at North Sydney Court

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 5

H. C. Brierley, a well-known Sydney accountant, draw upon himself a sharp rebuke from Mr. Clarke, S.M., at the North Sydney Police Court this morning…

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Leg Mystery. Melbourne's Latest Horror Probability of Murder. the Vagrant Dog's Evidence. Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 4

The inquiries of the detectives into the discovery of a human leg at Carrum, the favorite camping locality for Melbourne's open-air population, indicates that a foul and…

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Brothers Charged with Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 10

William Henry George Frankham (28) and Nathaniel John Frederick Frankham (29), brothers, .were charged before Mr. Smithers, at the Water Court, yesterday, with having stolen, on or about December 3 last. 27…

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Alleged Theft of Cameras

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 7

At the Water Police Court yesterday, William Henry George Frankham, 28, and Nathaniel John Frederick Frankham, 29, were charged with having, during December last, stolen 20 photographic [?] from the…

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The Escape From Darlinghurst Gaol

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 10

Mr. B. Wurg writes:—I am quite in accord with every word "justice" wrote in the "Evening News" of Monday, and will go further, and say that it is impossible to get…

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Charge of Abduction. Case at Glebe Police Court. the Girl's Whereabouts Unknown

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 6

At the Glebe Police Court this morning, before Mr. Barnett, S.M., Solomon Grundaman, 25, was charged by warrant with unlawfully taking away a female under the age of 19…

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Police Courts. Leaving a Moving Traix

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

Before Mr. W. Clarke, S.M., yesterday, at the North Sydney Police Court, Inspector R. Davies, of the Railway Department, proceeded against H. C. Brierley for having alighted from a moving train on December 17…

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