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Courts & crime, 1912

9,832 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

A Cowardly Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

Alfred Kyneur, 30, was charged at the Water Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. Wilkinson, D.S.M., with having assaulted Margaret Roche, a domestic employed at the Clippers' Arms Hotel, Woolloomooloo,…

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Serious Assault Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Ralph Nelson, a painter and glazier, was yesterday committed for trial on a charge of attempting a serious offence against a young woman. The…

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Charges and Convictions. Melbourne's Police Court Record

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--An official return of the number of cases dealt with by the city and district courts during the last quarter of 1911 shows there were 8015 arrests, but only…

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Alleged Assault and Robbert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 12

At the Parramatta Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. E. L. Maitland S.M., Thomas John Hume, William Henry Cook, and Albert James Barnes on remand were charged with…

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Not M'lachlan. an Impostor Sentenced

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 1

William Barker was brought before Mr. D Clarke at the Central Police Court to-day for sentence. Barker had been convicted on the previous day of having obtained £3 from…

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Murder of an Infant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 12

At the City Coroner's Court yesterday an inquiry was held into the death of John Nolan, a newly-born infant, who was found on Thursday last in a cutting off…

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Missing Postal Note. Letter-carrier Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

At Newtown Police Court yesterday, Michael William Carroll (31), a postman, employed at the Newtown Post-office, was charged with stealing a letter, sent by post, the property of the Postmaster-General, at Newtown on…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 1

Mr. Acting-Justice Rich, sitting in Bankruptcy Jurisdiction to-day, had before him the hearing of the creditors' petition re Charles Alexander Murray and Thomas…

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Industrial Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

At the Industrial Registrar's Office, Queen's-square.— Before the Acting Industrial Registrar—At 10 a.m.: Application by Federated Millers and Mill Employees' Association of Australasia, for variation of…

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Syndicalists Fail. Encounter with Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 9

PARIS, Thursday.--The Union of Syndicalists declared a 24-hours' strike yesterday, as a protest against the trial of three of their members on charges of inciting soldiers to desert…

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Police Discontent. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 14

Sir,--In your issue of the 6th inst. I saw a heading "Police Discontent." After reading the article I could come to no other conclusion than that every word of that article was true. I drew the attention of a…

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Charge of Murder. a Chiswick Tragedy. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 12

William Ward (otherwise George Smith), a labourer, 39. appeared at the City Court today on a charge of having murdered Ernest Nixon Smith at Chiswick, England, on…

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Prudish Iowa. Dancers and the Police

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 7

DES MOINES (IOWA), Thursday Evening.—In consequence of the agitation by ministers and others, in the vanguard of the social purlty movement, certain dances which they…

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Hoaxing the Police. Motorist Fooled. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 10

A party travelling in a motor car at Bendigo to-night passed what appeared to be a man lying in the centre of the M'lvor-road at a rather dark spot. Hastening to his hotol…

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R.A.S. court of Appeal

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 3

In the matter of the Royal Agricultural Society acting as a Court of Appeal in respect of disqualifications, the secretary said that he had notified the…

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Police Courts. Other Confidence Scheme. New Arrival's Experience

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

William Barker, 26, pleaded guilty yesterday, at the Central Police Court, before Mr. Clarke, S.M., to a charge of having obtained £3 from William Graham Montgomerie, by means of a false pretence,…

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Police Courts. Thursday, January 11. a Suspicious Character

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

Richard Henry Webking (20) was charged at the Central Court with having been found, for an unlawful purpose, in the yard of John Hart, Ralmoyne, E[?]street, Kensington, on December 4. The evidence was…

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The Court of St. Simon. Chapter Xv

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 4

Valentin stood before the tall, open windows of his bedroom in the hotel at the top of the Champs Eylsees. It was night-time, and Paris stretched at his foot like a carpet brilliant with…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 12. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

In Chambers.—Before Mr. Acting Justice Rich, at Chancery-square—At 10 a.m.: Lee Chun v Shannon, for stay of execution. Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Chief Clerk: Richards…

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Exciting Arrest. Prisoner's Surprising Strength. Squad of Police Engaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 9

In the course of a case heard at the Central Police Court yesterday remarkable statements were made by the prosecuting police regarding the physical strength exhibited by an…

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