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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

9,832 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 9

James Donsidson, of Casino, storekeeper, Mr. W. H. Palmer official pasi[?]. Savary Trebartha Rodd, of [?] Pitt-street, Sydney estate agant, residing at [?]rent Tor"…

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Court of Quarter Sessions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 7

The Court of Quarter Sessions sat at Newcastle yesterday. Judge Fitzhardinge presiding. Peter Lane pleaded guilty to a serious offence at Waratah on January 1[?], and he was sent to Grafton Gaol…

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Police Courts. Breach of Dentists' Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 15

Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., yesterday, at the Water Summons Court, Horace Taylor, Registrar of the Dental Board of New South Wales, proceeded against Josiah Paxton Costa, under the provisions of the…

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Theory of a Crime. Man Hypnotised to Commit a Murder

Globe · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 8

The Paris "Temps" last month published a sensational story from his Berlin correspondent relating to the mysterious murder of the English governess, Miss Lake, who was found dead…

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Law Notices. Wednesday, January [?] Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 15

Probate Jurisdiction.—The following accounts will be taken at the Probate Office:—10.15, William Small, j[?]; 11.45, Robert Byrne; 12, Patrick McKeon. Before the Registrar.—At 11 a.m.: Peter Newland,…

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Police Courts. Tuesday, January 30. Found with Opium

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 14

At the Redfern Court, Mue Chow and Yee Sing (40) were charged with having, at M'Evoy-street, Waterloo, on the 11th inst., a quantity of opium suitable for smoking in their possession, not being the…

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The Court of St. Simon. Chapter Xii

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 17

It was a room within a room, lighted only from a root light, malodorous, furnished only with a tawdry sofa and one or two articles of discarded bedroom furniture. At first it was…

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Latest Cables. Life in Mukden. Terror-stricken Inhabitants. Plunder and Murder. Pekin

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 11

With their homes being raided and plundered, and with the risk of being put to death as suspected revolutionaries, the inhabitants of Mukden are in a state of terror…

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Infuriated. Mob Attacks Gaol. Five Persons Torn From Cells Bodies Dragged Through Streets. Burnt in the Cemetery

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 9

GUAYAQUIL (ECUADOR), Monday Afternoon.--The mob at Quite has lynched five of the revolutionary generals, including General Alfare…

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Crime at Newtown. Lack of Police Protection. "The Public Endangered."

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 12

At the meeting or the Newtown Council last evening Alderman Lewis moved, "That a letter be sent to the Inspector-General requesting that additional police protection…

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Moir Convicted. Glebe Murder. Death Sentence. Jury's Rider. Recommendation to Mercy. Relations with Trevascus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 15

The trial of Campbell Nairn Moir, who was charged with the murder of Henry Trevascus, at No. 1 Glebe-road, Glebe, on October 31, was concluded before Mr. Acting Justice Ferguson…

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More Police Wanted. Newtown Alderman Complains. a Neglected Suburb. What Might Happen

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 8

Alderman Lewis, a the meeting of the Newtown Council last night, complained that the police protection for the district was inadequate…

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Tram Cars Wrecked. American Strike Riot. Police Provoke Trouble. New York

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 11

While a tram strikers parade was in progress at Lawrence, Massachusetts, yesterday, the police attempted to force a passage through the procession for a number of…

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Woman's Remains Found in Ashes. Smart Work by the Police. Husband Arrested

Globe · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 3

William Ball. who had prevously been in Australia returned to New South Wales recently, accompanied by his young wife to whom he had been married during his stay in England…

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East End Murder. Restaurant Keeper and his Wife Found Dead in a Burning Room. Alien's Admission

Globe · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 7

A man named Myer Abrahamowitz was charged at Old-street Police Court (London) last month in connection with a terrible double murder which occurred in Hanbury-street…

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Only Two Years. Sequel to the Dungog Tragedy. Gerlach's Sentence Surprises Sydney Police

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 8

Great dissatisfaction and surprise are felt among the Sydney Police and detectives at the light sentence of two years' imposed in Germany on Wilh[?] Gariach (or Rho[?]hols), for…

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Law Report. Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.) Hearing of Creditor's Petition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 15

Re Eva A. Ashcroft; ex parte B. Richards and Sons, Ltd. This matter was adjourned to Friday. VOLUNTARY SEQUESTRATIONS…

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Parramatta Court. Monday, January 29 (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 2

Thomas Connors (38), on ball, for drunkonness in Railway-street, Rookwood, on January 25, was lined 20s, or 14 days' imprisonment…

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A Ghastly Crime. Glen Moan Murder. Burning of Una Cover's Body Mother Shot Through the Eye. Boundary Rider on Trial

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 1

Lawrence Lawless, a man of about 36 years, was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Acting-Justice Ferguson and a jury of twelve, on a charge of…

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A Boy Worshipped. a Half-starved Child set up as a Sun God by Chicago Religious Fanatics. Police Raid Temple

Globe · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 7

"Sun worshippers" of Chicago have their earthy god"—a boy worth £200,000. This lad who is the son of a millionaire contractor lately dead was being brought up by a weird…

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