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Courts & crime, 1911

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A Daring Burglary. Dynamiting a Safe

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 14

A daring burglary took place at the offices of the Union Steamship Company, in Morrison and Ellzabeth streets, Hobart. between 2 and 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning. The office…

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Theft at Railway Station

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 14

At the Central Court John Smith (17) was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge of stealing 10 in copper, the property of the New South Wales Government. Accused put his hand in through a…

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Theft of a Watch

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 14

Frances Culley, 33. was converted Cetral Police Court on a that of silver Watch valued at £1. the dun George Coke, on December [?]…

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Assault on a Constable

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 8

At the Water Police Court this morning Wiliam Trewin. 21, was charged with assaulting Constable Owers in the execution of his duty on January 3. The case for the prosecution was that last…

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Clapham Common Murder

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday—A man believed to be the foreign East End miser Beron, who was wound stabbed to death a Clapham Common on Sunday was driven with a forsigner and…

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Western Australia. Alleged Stealing. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

Robert Buckland late secretary of the Meekatharra Board of Health, has been committed for trial at Cup on a charge of having stolen £154 6s 3d, the property of the board. The…

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Moving Pictures in Gaol. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 9

What is probably a unique incident In prison history in this State took place in the local gaol yesterday, when the prisoners were allowed to witness a cinematograph…

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The Woolloomooloo Assault Case. Mrs. Munday Improving

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

The recent wounding of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Monday, of Woolloornooloo, was referred to in the Water Police Court, before Mr. Clarke, S.M., this morning…

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The Moving Picture Show Pictures in Gaol

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

The introduction of the biograph into the Goulburn Gaol is a great scheme. But why, if it is desired to make the inmates happy, show them such pictures as…

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"The Police Blister."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 14

Denis Brown (26), a wool-washer, was charged at the Redfern Court with having med indecent language in Botany-road, Botany, on Christmas Eve. Defendant pleaded not guilty…

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Clapham Common Murder. the Victim Identified

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The foreigner whose dead body was found on Clapham Common has been identified as Beron, a French few, who had been living…

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Theft From a Booking Office. Checked by Finger Prints

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

John Smith, 47, was on Tuesday charged at the Central Police Court with Iming stolen 10s in Copper money, the property of the Chief Railway Commissioner, on the 2nd inst. T. G. Kendrick, who was…

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Police Courts. Alleged Bigamy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 13

Before "Mr love S. M., at the Central Police Court on Tuesday Alfred Kimber Wilkins was charted by warrant with tuning on November 20, 1908, at Sydney, married Kathleen Concannon Calder, whilst Anna…

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Assaulting the Police. Exemplary Punishment

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 8

"I will ask for a severe penalty in this instance, your Worship," said Sergeant Mankey at the Central Police Court this morning, when Herbert Pinkerton was charged…

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Clapham Common Murder. Victim Identified. London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 9

The foreign East End miser who was found stabbed to death on Clapham Common yesterday has been identified as Beron, a French Jew, who had been living at a…

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He Was Sentenced to Death Thomas Brown's Case. Fresh Evidence Discovered. Miss Wilmot's Character. High-kicking and Other Pastimes Inquiry at the Central Court

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 7

It is alleged that some convincing fresh, if not startling, facts have come to light in connection with the case of Thomas Brown, a boundary rider, convicted and sentenced to…

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Tuesday, January 3. (Before Mr. G. Addison, C.P.S., Chamber Magistrate.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

Cyril Smith (19) was charged with disobeying an order of the Court for the maintenance of a child. He was remanded till January 4…

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Assaulting the Police. an Exemplary Fine

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 14

Constable Strong told the magistrate at the Crotral P the Court that about 10.30 p.m. on December 4. he was called into the Glasgow Arms Hotel. Ultimo. to quell a disturbance…

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Confession in Court. Convictions Quashed

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

A most desmatic development of an appeal by two convicted prisoners occurred on November 21, in the Court of Criminal Appeal, London, consisting on the Lord Chief Justice,…

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The Wagga Assault Case. Fresh Evidence Taken in Sydney. the Reprieved Man Brown

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 9

Owing to the statement that some fresh facts had come to light is connection with the case of Thomas Brows. who was convicted at Wagga Circuit Court, recently, and sentenced to death…

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