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Courts & crime, 1913

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Labor Dynamiters Sentenced

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 4

Sentences varying from one to seven years have been imposed on the labor leaders in America convicted of complicity in dynamite outrages, includ-…

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Charged with Misappropriation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 6

Christopher Joseph Ward, 23, was charged at the Water Police Court, before Mr. A. N. Barnett, S.M., on Thursday, that while acting as an agent of the Vaucluse Municipal Council, misappropriated cheq[?]…

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Clerk's Embezzlement. Advice From Magistrate

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 4

William Colin Mo[?]r, 25, appeared at the Water Police Court this morning, before Mr. Barnett, S.M., to answer a charge of having on October 3 last, at Sydney, while he was…

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A Boxing Day Assault Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 6

At the Burwood Police Court yesterday,before Mr. D. S. Maitland. S.M., Mark Burton and Arthur P[?]tice were charged with assaulting Frederick Lane. Constable Pemberton stated that at Enfield on Boxing…

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Picture Show in Gaol. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 9

A cinematograph show was given to the prisoners yesterday in the local gaol. This prison is reserved for first offenders, who are given greater privileges than other gaol…

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Constable Hit and Kicked. a Lively Assault

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 7

Constable Weatherall, of the Newtown police, had a lively time in George-street, Camperdown, on December 18. He had to warn three men about their conduct. Two…

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Assaulting the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 5

John Carle (19), at the Redfern Court, was charged with having, on different occasions, assaulted two constables whilst in the execution of their duty, and also with having been drunk and disorderly…

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Magistrate and Defendant. "A Week in Darlinghurst" Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 3

Charles Thomas was charged at the Paddington Police Court with using indecent language, and with assaulting Constable Clement L. Gavin, whilst in the execution of his duty, at Waverley, on December 30…

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Betting But Not Paying. a Welsher Sent to Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 6

PERTH, Thursday.--As a sequel to the Cup meeting, the Perth Police Court this morning dealt with a welshing case. John Hanson (42) was charged with being, an…

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Court of Marine Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 6

Before his Honor Judge Backhouse, with assessers.—At noon: Re the [?]rilla (part heard)…

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The Two Shooting Affairs Condition of the Women. Man Arrested and Charged

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 1

The women victims of the two shooting affairs--one at Corona-avenue, Waverley, and the other in Eve-street, Erskineville-- are still in hospital…

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Scene in Theatre. More Trouble at the Adelphi. Boo-hoos and Shouts. Youth Man Arrested. Fined at the Police Court

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 7

Following on the protest made at the Adelphi Theatre, opposite Belmore Park, last week, by a man in the stalls against the play "The Monk and the Woman," a further…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 3. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 6

Before the Prothonotary.—Nowland v Nowland, Griffin, co-respondent, 11 a.m. Chamber List.—Before Mr. Justice Rich, at 10 a.m. in No. 3 Jury Coury.—Wilkinson and another v Thomas,…

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Police Courts. Thursday, January 2. a Stone-thrower Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 5

A young man, Samuel King, a packer, appeared at the Water Court, charged with throwing a stone, to the danger of passers-by. According to the evidence, firemen were extinguishing…

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Dynamiters in Gaol. Musical Reception. "Won't You Take Me Back to Dixie?" New York

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 1

Ryan, president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, with 32 other labor leaders, who were convicted at the recent dynamite trials at…

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Police Courts. Alleged Theft of Jewellery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 17

John Lee Tindall, 24, was charged with stealing a quantity of jewellery and £4 in money, valed at £30, the property of Catherine Byrne, the licensee of the York Hotel…

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Alleged Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 11

Frank Gillet (64), who carries on a crockery and hardware business at 101 George-street West, was admitted to Sydney Hospital last night under somewhat peculiar circumstances…

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Peculiar Assault

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 7

A peculiar case of assault came under the notice of the police on Friday night. Constable Gambell, of the traffic office, was doing duty in George-street West when he…

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Girl's Pocket Lamp. Accused of Burglary

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 11

Only 17 years of age, a girt was-accused of burglary at Marlborough-street, London. A tailoress named Jasmine Marcus was charred with breaking into a house, Sackville-street, W., the…

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Stealing Oysters. Railway Employers Detected

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 7

Petty thieving of goods consigned per medium of the railway is an evil which has grown to an enormous extent of late, and on several occasions railway servants have been proved to…

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