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Courts & crime, 1913

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Police Band

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 2

This evening the New South Wales Police Band, under the conductorship of Captain W. G. Bentley, will play a programme of music in Hyde park. Included in the…

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Charge of Assault. Verdict of Not Guilty

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 2

John Cammack was charged at Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions yesterday with assaulting Mary Maloney, occasioning her actual bodily harm on December 14. He was…

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Newcastle. Alleged Assault and Robbery. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 10

Herbert Horsfield, 24 a wheeler, and Wm. J. Morley, 31, a carter, who were remanded on Monday last on a charge of assaulting and robbing Geo. Wing of the sum of £3 Os 6d…

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Bussian Police Scandal. Murder of M. Stoltpin. Czar Declines to Prosecute. St. Petersburg, January 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 9

The Czar declines to confirm the recommendation of the Council of Empire that General K[?], Colonel Spiridovlteh, Colonol Verigin, and Colonel Kuljabko, bends of the secret…

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Juvenile Gang. Boys Charged with House-breaking

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 7

Roy Brown 20, and Stanley George Pearson, 17, were charged at the paddington Police Court this morning with having broken and entered the house of John Raynor…

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More Chinese in Trouble. Charged As Prohibited Immigrants

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Three Chinese arrived in Melbourne by the steamer Kumano Maru, but were refused permission to land by the Customs official. In the Practice Court…

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Police A.a.c. Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 12

The monthly sports meeting of the Police Amater[?] Athletic Club was held at Bourke-street Depot on Tuesday. W. J. Kerr won the 100yds and 440yds handicaps from scratch, and from the same mark W…

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The Czar Refuses. Russian Police Scandal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 7

ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday Evening.--The Czar declines to confirm the recommendation of the Council of the Empire to prosecute General Kurikoff, and Colonels Spiridevitch…

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Police Courts. Wednesday, January 22. Indecent Language

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 4

At the Hornsby Court, before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M., F. Martin was fined £5 and 15 costs for using indecent language in a railway carriage at Cowan on December 8. The evidence showed that some ladies…

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Eastbourne Murder. a Sensational Letter. London, Wednesday, 9.20 p.m

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 8

The solicitor who has been appearing on behalf of the man Williams, who has been condemned to death for the murder of the chief of the police at Eastbourne, an…

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Law Notices. Thursday, January 23. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 4

Prothonatary,s Office.—Before the Deputy Prothonotary: Hock9ng v Hocking, 10.15 a.m.; Cock v Cock, 10.15 a.m.; Bank of New South Wales v Mahon, 10.45 a.m.; Ellis v Firth,. 11a.m.; Gelling v Grif[?], 2.30 p.m…

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Fitzroy Murder. Charge Against "Bush" Thompson. Thirty or Forty Witnesses. Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 9

The City Court was crowded again to-day, when Harold Thompson, alolas Hobbs, was charged on remand with having, on January 7, at Fitgroy, murdered Arthur Henry Trotter…

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Raid by the Police. 'Well-established' Two-up School

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 1

Last Saturday 20 or 30 men were surprised at a "two-up school" in Wattle-street, Pyrmont, and at the Central Police Court this morning Patrick Henry Purcell, 43, a laborer,…

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Camperdown Riot ! ! State Member Calls Police ! Bullying, Bustling, Bouncing, Bluffing

Co-operator · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 4

Camperdown Labor League has been the scene of wild disorder ever since Mr. Robertson, M.L.A., introduced dissension therein in connection with…

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Two Men and a Till. Pursuit by the Police. Fugitive Bailed Up by Revolver

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 1

There was great excitement in Balmain East yesterday afternoon. Two young men, according to a story told by Mrs. Tennant, entered a confectionery shop at 75…

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Man's Jaw Broken. Constable Charged with Assault

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 12

The Burwood Police Court was crowded when Constable Henry James Harper stationed at Canterbury was proceeded against by Ambross Thomas Green for an alleged assault upon him…

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Congested Court. Magistrate Works Overtime

The Sun · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 2

The congested state of the business at Haddington Police Court kept the magistrate Mr. Clarke, busy until after half-past 4 yesterday afternoon, and even then some charge…

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Stealing Ballast

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 7

Walter Finoh (22), William Spinks (22), Tom Hardie (2[?]), and George Hardie (21) were each charged at the Redfem Court with stealing a quantity of ballast of the value of 15, the property of the Alexandria…

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Magistrate Appeals

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 7

At Darlinghurst Quarter [?]ns Arthur Little appealed against his conviction before Mr. Payton, S.M., at the Central Police Court on November 21, for attempting to steal from…

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The Trotter Murder. Accused Before the Court. Remanded for Eight Days

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At the City Court today Harold Thompson, alias Hobbs, was charged on remand with having murdered Arthur Henry Trotter on January 7, at Fitzroy…

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