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Courts & crime, 1911

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Berlin Police and Hatpins

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 23

The Berlin police president. Herr von Jagow, has opened a campaign against ladies who wear long hatpins. He promulgated an official decree last month…

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Bauser and Beer. Cur-r-rsed Dr-r-rink Again. What Happened in that back Street? Two Men and a Woman Charged With Stealing From The Person

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 4

George Bauser. John Dale and Millie Williams were charged at the Central Police Court last Thursday with stealing from the person, The case was…

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The Latest News. Only One Inmate Shot. the Police Explanation. Suspects Before the Court. Wild Demonstration of Hatred. London

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 7

At the inquest upon the bodies of the outlaws found in the Sydney-street house which had been raided by the police, medical evidence showed that the autopsy…

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A Shooting Charge. Edward Fielding Before the Court. Committed for Trial

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 11

At the Central Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Love, S.M. Edward Alfred Fielding, aged 28, was arraigned on the charge of shooting at Frederick Reardon,…

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The Week's Miscellany Compilation of the News of the World Fight Between Police and Anarchists

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 14

On Tuesday seven hundred police surrounded the buildings behind the Anarchist Club in Jubilee, street and Commercial-road, London. It was believed that "Peter the Painter" and…

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Denis Dumbfounded. Christmas Morn in the Cooler. Flinty Cop Hueston's Frisky Freak. Tram Troubs' Evidence Taken No Notice Of. "Not Prepared to Say the Police Had Perjured Themselves."

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 10

A well-fought case was that which came before Mr. Smithers, S.M. at the Redfern Police Court on Tuesday, when a stalwart young fellow named Dems Brown, of…

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"The Pirate Gang" And the Police "Luggers." Safe Anchorage at the Water. Barber Boy Bridges Boobed by the Bobbies. Consternation of the Cuff and Collar Crew. How Fellows that Fascinate Fairies May Fall In. Hugo Rothery's Honk of Humorisity

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 8

Mr. Clarke, S.M., occupied the dais in the Dazzling Halls of Justice, to wit, tho Water Police Court on Wednesday last, when he had before him a bright specimen…

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Latest Cable News. the London " Anarchists." Their "Club House" Besieged. Sensational Attack by Police and Military. Suspects Penned Up, Riddled with Machine Guns, and Burnt Up. The Most Remarkable "Little Battle" of the Century. An Odious Military Outrage on the People of London. LONDON

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 7

By a fortunate concatanation of circumstances, which commenced at the commission of the Houndsditch burglary, in which three policemen and a supposed. Anarchist lost…

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The Assault on Grace

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

An [?] was reported in Thursday's Evening News which was attamded with very serious results A man named [?] Grace who was turning the [?] of Parker and…

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The Riley-street Assault

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 1

There appears to be something lacking in the story of a man admitted to Sydney Hospital last night with an injury to the head, Which he said he had sustained in the…

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Police Court Proceedings. Extraordinary Precautions. London, Jan. 6

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

Extraordinary precautions were observed at the Guildhall Police Court this morning, when three men, Osef Federof, Jacob Peters, and Yourka Dubof, were charged…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

Before his Honor Judge Backhouse, at noon.—O'Brient v the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage (for judgment). Before the Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m.: Englehardt, ats…

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Clapham Common Murder. the Missing "S."

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 6

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—The police are searching for the murderer of M. Beros, the Jew Miser, who was murdered on Clapham Common, The desperado, the initial of whose…

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Bankruptcy Court. Creditors' Petition

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 4

Edward Ellis and Harry Neville Kite (trading as Ellis' and Co.), of Parramatta-road, Homebush, timber merchants, v George Bunyan, of Liverpool-road, Bankstown, builder…

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A Break-gaol. Tunnelling in Buenos Ayres. Buenos Ayres, Jan. 8

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

Thirteen men, including annarchist assailants of Presidents Quintana and Alcorta, escaped by boring a tunnel under the prison wall. Several sentinels have been…

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On the Road to Mosman. the Powers of Tram Conductors. a Magistrate's Decision

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 5

A case which bore in interesting fashion upon the powers of tramway conductors to deal with passengers who may be acting in an offensive fashion was heard at the North…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 9 Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

In Equity.—Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 11 a.m. Commissioner for Railways and Pendergast, to tax exists. At noon: Marks v Marks, to settle minutes of order. 2.15 p.m.: Leith v Attorney-General, to…

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Wireless Brings Police. Reported Robbery at Sea. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 10

Wireless telegraphy has at last been put in operation in Victoria for the purposes of summoning the police. Early on Saturday Morning Detectives Bannon and Jones quietly…

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News of the Night. Events reported after "The Sun" went to press yesterday. a Brutal Assault

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 2

Cyril Logman, a young chauffour, had a startling statement to make after he was taken to the Sydney Hospital last night suffering from injuries to the head. He said…

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A Contractor's Claim. Against Water and Sewerage Board. District Court Judgment

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 1

In the Metropolitan District Court to-day. Judge Backhouse delivered his reserved Judgment in the action in which William O'Brien, contractor, of Kingston-road, Camperdown…

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