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Courts & crime, 1912

9,832 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Rich.) Petition for Sequestration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 13

Re Charles Alexander Murray and Thomas Bernard Murray,trading as C. A. Murray and Sons: ex parte Alexander Samuel Speers and Benjamin Joseph Ball (petitioners). Mr. A…

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Parramatta Court. Wednesday, January 10. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 12

Thomas Fraser, 51, for using indecent language in George-street, Parramatta, on Tuesday, was fined 40s, or a month's imprisonment…

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Shot in Court. Negro Wounded by Brother of the Man He Murdered

The Arrow · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 3

In Washington, Georgia, last month, Thomas Walker, a negro, was sentenced to be hanged at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. Just before the judge concluded passing…

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Lady Abdy's Brooch. Notable London Prosecution Sidelights on Smary Set Customs. Brushing Hair at 2 A.m. Astonishing Story of a Select Dinner Party. Charge of Theft Collapses

The Sun · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 6

The case against Clairmont Jocelyn Austin Arnot, who was accused of stealing a brooch worth £295 from Lady Florence Abdy, the widow of the late Sir William Abdy, after a…

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"George's Court Most English Ever Known." Lady Tronbridge Declares Prodigal and Plutocrat will be conspicuous by Thier Absence

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 3

A high [?] is paid by Lady Troubridge to the Court of King George in an introductory note to a story in the recent number of…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Henry Lucy.) The Lords and the Reform Bill—Home Rule in Peril—Diplomatic Interviews—Glimpses of Nelson and Goldsmith—An English Court of Quarter Sesions. Dec. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 7

Like the poet, Mr. Asquith shot an arrow into the air and it has fallen to earth at an undesigned spot. His announcement of intention to add a comprehensive Reform Bill to…

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Girl's Throat Cut. Lover Charged with Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 14

At the Ipswich Court (Q.) John Gottlieb Jenner was charged with having, at Ipswich, on December 23, 1911, wilfully murdered Annie Holzwart. Acting-sergeant Power said that he saw defendant…

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Charged with Killing His Wife

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 14

An investigation was made by the Kerang (Vic.) Coroner, on Friday, into the circumstances surrounding the death of Margaret Swift, which occurred on January 4. Her husband, Alfred thomas Swift, who is…

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Poisoned His Sweetheart—clergyman Sentenced to Death

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 14

The Rev. C. Richeson, who pleaded guilty at Boston (U.S.A.) to poisoning his sweetheart Avia Linnell, was sentenced to death…

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Throat Cut in Court. Charged with Libelling His Son, Old Man Suicides. London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 7

Thomas Stephens, a barrister, aged 78, and an ex-candidate for the Plymouth seat in the House of Commons, charged with maliciously libelling his son, cut his throat just as his…

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Judges and Politicians in Gaol Boston

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 2

A Bill has been introduced into the Massachusetts House, which provides for judges and legislators to spend five nights in goal, and one month in the slums of…

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Poisoned the Bread. Rejected Suitor Kills Family of Ten. Suicides in Gaol

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 7

CETINJE (Montenegro), Friday Night. Makovac, a master baker, fatally poisoned a family of ten at Podgorica. He delivered to them rolls containing cyanide…

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Latest Mail News Countess in Trouble About Bills. Judge Suggests Blackmail in Sensational Case. Police Court Sequel London, December 9

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 22

Two actions, in one of which Anna Comtesse De Hamel de Martin made remarkable allegations of fraud and duress, were heard before Mr. justice Barling and a special jury…

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British Subject Charged As "Spy." Nine Months in Prison Awaiting Trial in Germany. Leipsig, Dec. 9

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 22

The trial of Mr. Max Schulz, a British subject, who was arrested at Hamburg last March on a charge of espionage, and four other accused, began this week…

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Exhumation and Murder Charge. Insurance Official Accused of Poisoning Spinster. London. Dec. 9

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 22

When a fortnight ago an inquest was opened on the exhumed body of Miss Eljza Mary Barrow, a woman of 49, with an income of nearly £200 a year, the inquiry was adjourned in…

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Gibson's Grief. Buys Into a Business, and Is Hocussed for £100. Business-Agent Neville Charged with Conspiracy. Transaction Appears Fraudulent, but No Prima-Facie Case Established

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 3

An elderly man, of wiry build, named Stanley Frederick Neville, carrying on business as an agent in Post Office Chambers, Pitt-street, was before Mr. Payton, S.M.,…

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More Dental Doings. Costa Haled to Court. Badgering a British Dentist. "Class Bias," Says Costa

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 10

There was something doing when Horace Taylor, the registrar of the Dental Board, proceeded against a dentist named Josiah Paxton Costa for carrying on business…

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Conflicting Testimony. How Was Seidel Injured? He Alleges the Police Broke His Leg. They Say He Hurt It Kicking in the Cell

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 8

The Glebe Police Court was crowded all day Thursday during the hearing of what has been termed the Norton-street assault case, wherein a German named Ernest…

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Pinched in the Park. Trainer Bell and Deniehy Taken. Mister James Roams at Midnight. Curious Chap from Canada. Protected from Prowlers by the Police

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 8

A couple of strongly-built young fellows, named Thomas Deniehy, 28, and George Bell, 31, were before Mr. Wilkinson, S.M., at the Water Police Court, on Thursday,…

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Lights O' London. Gleanings in the Gilded Gomorrah. Whiffs From West End and Squiffs From Squalid East. the Week, the Weak, & the Wicked. in the World's Metropolis—and Little England. Stories of Sin, Shame, Suffering, Scandal, and Sensation in Synopsis. Divorce Court Disclosures English Morals a La Mode—mrs. Baggs's Achilles and the Telegram. Bill—uncle Johnny, the Wicked Waiter, and "The Real Old Friend." a Walk Where a Woman Went Wrong—love in a Graveyard. London, December 8

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1912 · page 9

When the proud barnyard rooster struts among his feathered harem and clucks to his pet hens to come and share the fat juicy worm he has just…

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