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Courts & crime, 1911

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Police Courts. Wednesday, December 4. Assaulting the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 10

Herberton Pinkerton (20) wan fined £13, with the alternative of three months' imprisonment, at the Central Court on a charge of assaulting George Strong on December 21. The evidence was to the effort, that…

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Fast-following Punishment. Theft and Conviction Within an Hour

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 8

Shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday Constable Wilson was called to the shop of Edward William Esdaile, optician, of 54 Hunter-street. and asked to take a young woman,…

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Would Not Go Home. Cowardly Assault on a Constable

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 3

A sturdy young fellow, William Trewin, 21, was brought before Mr. Clarke, S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday on a charge of asasulting a constable in the…

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Newsboys' Strike. Police Settle Demonstrations

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The strike of newsboys has not yet been declared off, but tonight, when the youngsters, to the number of about 20, gathered in front of the chief…

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Dublin Police Scandal. Crime Manufacture

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 7

In the House of Commons recently Mr. Brady asked whether the following order had been is ued in the "B" Division of the Dublin Metropolitan Police District:—…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrntion

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 7

Joseph Gardiner Mosgrove, of [?]main, miner Mr. W. H Painer, official arrogance. HEARING OF CREMTORS' PETITION. The Registrar was engaged hearing a petition…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestration

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 6

Joseph Gardiner Musgrove, of Abermain, miner. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee. HEARING OF CREDITORS' PETITION. The Registrar was engaged to-day with the…

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Murder of Ethel Harris. Evidence at the Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

PERTH, Wednesday.--The inquest on Ethel Harris was resumed to-day. Detective-Sergeant Mann deposed that he found in Smart's house two boxes of clothing,…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.) Creditors' Petitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

Percy James Aylward v Prank Hull. Adjourned to January l6. Sahail Singh v Laboo Tally. Adjourned to January 16…

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Law Notices. Thursday, January 5. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

In Equity.—Before the Deputy Registrar, at, 11 a.m.— Egan v West, to settle minutes of order. 11.30 a.m.: Everingham v Everingham, to settle minutes of order…

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Alleged Murder. Death of a Constable. Skull Fractured with a Bottle. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 7

The police this morning arrested a young man named James M'Cormick, a labourer, in connection with the death of Constable Jones, who had his skull fractured by a blow from…

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Melbourne Mystery. Fynch Before the Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 9

At the City Court to-day Percy Fynch was charged with the wilful murder, in Edinburgh Gardens on New Year's morning, of Archibald Steane…

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Tracing the Suspects. Police in Many Disguises. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 7

The police were convinced throughout that the assassins were in hiding in the neighbourhood of the lodging of Morountzeff, the anarchist who was shot in the…

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More Bops Notes. City Hotelkeepers Victim­ised. Warning From the Police

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

Following closely upon the successful passing of the two bogus £3 notes on Monday evening. on the licensee of the Temple Bar Hotel. George-street, city. and on a teller of the City…

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Shot in the Chest. Supposed Attempted Suicide. Man Walks From Task to Police Station

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 10

Alfred Murton, 13, a blacksmith's striker, residing at St Liverpool-street, City, was found by Constable Sehsiler this morning wallens across Hyde Park with a bullet wound in his…

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A Death Sentence. the Case of Thomas Brown. Inquiry at Central Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 8

An inquiry into the case of Thomas Brown, a boundary rider, who was convicted at the Wagga Circuit Court in September last, for a capital offence on a young woman, was held at…

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A Widow's Death. the Paddington Case. Continuation of the Inquest. Dr. Brownless Committed for Trial. on a Charge of Murder

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 6

The inquest into the death of Annie Theresa King, 38 years of age, lately living at Paddington, Which took place in the Royal Hospital for Women on Boxing Bay, in…

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Federai Public Service. to Come Under Arbitration Court. Appeal From Commissioner, Minister, or Parliament. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 6

A deputation from the Letter-carriers' Association waited on the Postmastor-General today. and placed several grievances before him. Mr. Thomas said he was trying to arrange…

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Latest Cables. the Anarchist Raid. Three Women Arrested. Former High Police-officer's Criticism. of Working of Aliens' Act. London

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 5

Three women were associated with the anarchists now in custody. They were arrested in the lower part of the besieged house. The police are striving to establish that…

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Anarchist Battle. Furious Rifle Fire. Besieged House in Flames. Police Charge Disallowed. Desperate Final Volley. Criminals Commit Suicide. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 7

The siege of the anarchist tenement in Sidney-street, at the back of the Anarchist Club, in Commercial-road and Jubilecstreet, finished early this afternoon in the…

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