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Courts & crime, 1913

9,727 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Bankruptcy Court. Creditor's Petition

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 7

Re Hector Eustace Cooper, of Repton, Bellinger River, saw[?]ill hand, ex-parte the North Coast, Steam Navigation Company, Limited, steamship owners. Petition to be…

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Court of Industrial Arbitration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 3

Supreme Court House. King street.—Before his Honor Mr. Justice Feogispm.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Referencd by Minister under section 31 (a), re James Russell…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 3

Esaias Jacobus Meyer, share farmer, Boggabrl. Mr. C. Lloyd, official assignee. William Noble, seedsman, of Kendall-street, Cowra. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee…

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Youthful Traitor Sentenced. Attempted Sale of Plans. London, Friday, 12.5 a.m

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 9

A boy of 17 was yesterday sentenced in Leipsic, Germany, to four years' imprisonment, for having attempted to sell plans of the fortifications at Strassburg to the French…

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Police Force at Bay. Desperado with Dynamite

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 3

One of the most remarkable photographs ever taken is reproduced in the London "Ex-pres." It shows Carl Reidelbach, a Californian desperado, in mask and goggles, holding…

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Parrott's Perfidy. Four Years' Gaol Tee Woman in Tee Case. London, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 8

George Charles Parrot, a dismissed gunner,formerly attached to H.M.S. Pombroke, who was last month committed on a charge of convoying official secrete to a foreign Fower, was…

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The Fitzroy Murder. Detectives Busy. Mrs. Trotter Fails to Identify Thompson

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Mrs. Trotter, widow of Arthur Trotter, who was murdered at Fitzroy on January 7, was brought face to face with Harold (alias "Bush") Thompson (alias…

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Police Courts. Thursday, January 16. Reckless Driver Penalised

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 5

For driving past a stationary tramcar at the comer of Pitt and Park streets at more than four miles an hour Sydney Arthur Greathead was fined £5 by Mr. Clarke, S.M., at the Central Court…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 17. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 3

Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Prothonotary.—The King [?] Smithers and Sarridge, ex parte John Benson, 11 a.m. Before the Deputy Prothonotary.—Fergusson Mackinnon, 10.30 a.m…

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Police Courts. a Systematic Shop-lifter. Six Months' Sentence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 3

At the Central Court yesterday Annie Dowling was charged with stealing from Mark Foys' establishment a lace tunie valued at 6s 4d. She was further charged with having goods in her possession reasonably…

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Poisoned Millionaire. the Murder of Col Swope Dr. Hyde Again on Trial. New York

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 7

The new trial granted in the sensational case of Dr. Bennett Clarke Hyde, charge[?] with the murder of his wife's uncle, Colonel Swope, was commenced to-day in Kansas…

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Chinese in Court. Sequel to Raid. Alleged Secret Societies. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 10

A sequel to the raids on the Chinese shops in the metropolitan area took place in the police court to-day. Chow Pan and Chan Bung were charged with sly grog-selling…

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Put Him Out! Camperdown Labor League Row. Police Called In. Mr. Stuart Robertson's Threat

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 5

A lively discussion took place at the meeting of the Ca[?]perdown political Labor League, which was held in the John Cough Hall. George-street, Campordown…

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Russell's Dismissal Arbitration Court Case. Should He Be Reinstated? Reference From the Mnister

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 6

Mr. Justice Forguson, sitting in industrial Arbitration Jurisdiction, opened the inquiry in the Bance Court this morning into the circumstances connected with the dismissal of…

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Law Report. Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson, the Chief Judge.) Leather Company's Affairs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 3

An application was made for an interim injunction to restrain Franklin Russo Kron from interfering with the business of the Commercial Leather Process Company, Ltd…

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An Innocent Magistrate

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 8

"They were acting the goat, your Worship," said a policeman giving evidence this morning at the Central Police Court, "and one of them picked up a stone --"…

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Opium in Gaol

Globe · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 3

Wong Sang, who, according to the Crown, is a regular retailer of opium, though a carpenter by trade, was fined £100. or three months, at Perth, for being in possession of…

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Theft of Panama Hats

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 11

A [?]nd, four months over the age of 17, William Thomas Harvey, appeared before Mr. Love, S.M., at the Glebe Court, charged with having stolen, on December 13, six Panama hats, value £3 18s, the property of…

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Alleged Theft of a Ring

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 10

At the North Sydney Police Court, before Mr. Barnett, S.M., Robert Elsmere Brown, 20, was charged with stealing in the dwelling-house of Thomas E[?]merson, Mosman, en January 3, a diamond ring valued at…

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An Atrocious Assault. Drover Hits Policeman

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 7

Michael Murphy, 30, a drover, appeared before Mr. Maitland, at the Burwood Court, to answer a charge of having assaulted Constable Andrew Travers, while in the execution of his…

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