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Courts & crime, 1912

9,832 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. Acting-Justice Rich.). Hearing of Creditor's Petition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 15

Re Arthur Stephenson; exparte James Megan Maclean, An order sequestrating the estate was granted. Mr. W. H. Palmer was appointed official assignee…

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Liverpool Court. Wesnesday, January 17.. (Before Messrs. T. B. Clegg,P.M., and ?.Bossley,J.? Sunday Trading

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 5

Frederick Henry Harris pleaded guilty to a charge of keeping his fruit and soft drinks shop at Cabramatta open on sunday 31st December last, for the purpose…

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Parramatta Court. Wednesday, January 17. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.) The Moth and the Canals

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 8

John Smith (who should have figured as a witness In a case on Monday) was fined 1h, or Imprisonment till the rising of the Court for drunkenness-on the…

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Hornsby Court. Tuesday, January 16. (Before Mr. M. F. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M., and Messrs. G. P.Morris,H.A.Brigg,and H.E.Jordan,J's.P.) A Ponnant Hills Family Affair

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 4

Frances Swinney sued her , husband, Prank Samuel Swinney, for maintenance. Frances Swinney stated that defendant, her husband, bad left her without support…

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Burglary Heard on Telephone

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 17

A burglary in the early hours of morning was frustrated in an extraordinary manner in London, recently. About 1.30 a telephone operator in the local…

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Gaol for Wife-beaters

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 6

It is gratifying to find a magistrate give a man gaol without the option for beating his wife, and it is almost a pity that a whipping could not be thrown in. Too many…

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The Murder of M. Stolypin

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 17

After three evenings' debate on the Government statement in reply to the interpellation regarding the murder of M. Stolypin, the Duma adopted by 141 votes to 101 a resolution…

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Chinese Killed in Street. Young Man Charged

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 7

Before Mr. King, S.M., yesterday morning, at the Central Police Court, William O'Riley (21), was charged with feloniously killing Sen Gong at Sydney on January 19…

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Alleged Receiving. Robertson and the Restaurateurs. Cornwell and Kerslake Charged. Both Sent to Sessions

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 10

A couple of restaurant-keepers were before Mr. Maitland, S.M., at the Water Summons Court on Tuesday, to answer charges of receiving stolen flour, well knowing it to…

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A Beak's Blather. Maunderings of a Maitland Magistrate. Cheery Chat on Cigars and Street Strolling. Industrial Act inspectors Lectured

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 6

Almost invariably those who are entrusted with the exercise of judicial powers are most careful not to intrude their personal opinions either upon litigants or upon the…

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Seidel Sentenced. Three Months Imprisonment. "You Fought Like a Man," says the the Beak. Coffey is Congratulated on His Conduct

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 9

At the Glebe Court on Monday, before Mr. Barnett, S.M., the adjourned case, in which Ernest Seidel was charged with various offences, was heard. Seidel's case…

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Picture Show Partners. Brothers of the Craft. Peterson Says He Was Plucked. White and Willey Charged with Conspiracy

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 2

A couple of theatrical-looking men, one young and the other middle-aged, named Thomas White and Sidney James Henry Willey, carrying on business as the Empire…

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Blubbering Blanche Leonard Lumbers a Lassie. Is She Hounded Down by the Police?

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 9

A gaily-apparelled young woman, with flaunting white ostrich feathers and a well-fitting costume of light silky material, protested her innocence in tears…

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Ikey's Inquisition. the A.W.U. Reign of Terror. Workers to Starve or Go to Gaol. If They Won't Pay for the Labor Bible

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 9

The following correspondence has been sent us for insertion. As the writer appears to have other mediums closed to him, we publish it, so that readers may judge…

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The Police Force. Undermanned and Underpaid. Immigrants Jump at the Job. with Bad Results to the Public

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 3

"Hope deferred maketh the heart grow sick;" in other words, the members of the New South Wales police service, as a whole, are surely disappointed that the…

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Indian Prince As Corespondent. Gaekwar of Baroda Claims Privilege in Divorce Court Case. Beyond the English Law. London, December 15

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 22

The question whether a ruling prince of an Indian State, the Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda, is beyond the jurisdiction of the English courts, and as such cannot be cited as co-respondent in…

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Badges and Badger. Yankee Yobs and Yakker. Brisbane Boys of the Big Buck. At Years of Tramway Tyranny. Trams Practically Hung Up. The Police the Only Disorderly Persons BRISBANE

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 12

The Brisbane tramways are practically sung up owing to the trouble with the Yankee-bossed foreign company, which has been brewing for months. The men have…

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Another Spy Sentenced

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 5

BERLIN, Sunday.—Max Hob[?], a native of Sohwerin, has been sentenced to four years' penal [?]erritude at Leipaig for a[?]ving offered Russia, France, and Britain, plans of Kiel…

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Starvation Cure. Wealthy Victorian Sisters. Experiences in America. One Girl Dies. Woman Charged with Murder

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 8

SEATTLE, Sunday.—Mrs. Hazzard, a "starvation doctor," the keeper of a sanstorian in Washington State, has been placed on trial, accused with having caused the death of Claire…

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Fines As Deterrents. Magistrate on Assaults

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 5

"There is no necessity on assault people for nothing," remarked Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Central Police Court this morning in refusing the application of John Galloway, 20 for time…

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