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Courts & crime, 1913

9,727 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

Final Edition. Ia Portion of This Afternoon's News Will Be Found on Pages 4 and of This [?] Cowardly Coolies. Tribesmen Attack Police. Baggage Carriers' Panic. Calcutta, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 9

Some further details are now to hand of the attack by the naga tribesmen on a body of police who were inquiring into the murder of three men, when a transporters and 4 sepoys…

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Law. Tuesday, February 26. State Full Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Justice Sly, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) a Local Option Matter. Hotel at Murrumburrah

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 18

Mr. Norris (Instructed by Mr. F. R. Cowper, agent for Messrs. Dibbs and Farrell, of Temora) appeared for George Anderson, of Harden, farmer, and moved to make absolute a rule nisi…

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Sentenced for Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 4

Arthur Buchanan, a middle-aged man was sentenced at the Balmain Court to six months' imprisonment for stealing a purse, a money-order, and about 8s in cash from Wilfred Marsh on February 7, and stealing 13s…

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Stealing Jewellery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 4

Irene M'Bell (25), at the Central Court, was sentenced to three months on each of two charges--one of having stolen a gold watch valued at £10, the property of Mrs. E. Mu[?]all, and a gold brooch and a gold watch, value…

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Steamer Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 12

No. 2 cabin on board the steamer Mindaro, lying at Lime-street wharf, was robbed some time between 11 p.m. on Monday and 2 p.m. yesterday. Mrs. Carlea, of 10 Barrack-street,…

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Good Looking Man. Fined at Police Court

Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 5

Oscar Pepetio, 22, was before Mr. Smithers at the Central Police Court this morning on a charge of unlawfully assaulting an elderly woman named Mary Gorden. One of her eyes…

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Assault on a Girl

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 4

A young girl was on her way to her home, Ben Boyd-road, Neutral Bay, on Tuesday night, between 9.30 and 10 o'clock, when she was followed right from the city, by a man of about 25…

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Attempted Robbery. Six Months' Gaol

The Sun · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 7

Thomas O'Keefe, a laborer, came down from Culcairn yesterday with £9 4s in his pocket. He had a trip round the town, and by some means or other wandered into…

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Woman Fined for Stealing. Hard-working Man's Adversity

The Sun · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 8

A case presenting pitiable features was brought to a conclusion at the Paddington Police Court to-day. Daisy Grace Lee a young married woman…

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Pak-a-pu Tickets. Sellers Sent to Gaol

The Sun · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 3

According to Sub-inspector Kelly, the selling of pak-a-pu tickets in houses in Sussex-street is as common as the selling of lottery tickets in the streets of Sydney…

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Land Appeal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 7

(Mr. H. A. G. Currle, president: Messrs. W. Houston and C. E. Rennic, commissioners.) Mr. Hanbury Davies appeared for the Crown. REFERENCE BY MINISTER…

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Police Raid. Alleged Gaming-house

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 7

Police from the Regent-street station--Sub-Inspector Kelly, Senior-sergeant O'Dea, and Constable Hooper--raided, an alleged gaming-house in Sussex-street at 7 o'clock last…

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Bankruptcy Court. Motion for Relase

Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 7

He Henry [?] in order was made for the estate to be released from sequestration. SINGLE MEETINGS AND PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. Re William Flaming, Bankrupt having died,…

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High Court. a Constitutional Question. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 10

The possibility of the High Court Bench dealing with various matters referred to it from the Arbitration Court was further considered to-day before the Chief Justice. Mr…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.) Creditors' Petition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 7

James Watson and Co. v C. W. Edwards, of Freshwater. Manly, and lately of the Hotel Chamberlain, Pitt-street, Sydney. Petition te be heard on March 7…

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Constitutionality. High Court's Powers. "Like a Comic Opera."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The possibility of the High Court Bench dealing with various matters referred to it from the Arbitration Court was further considered today before the…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.) Motion for Release

The Sun · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 3

Re Henry Maundrell Cansdell. An order was made releasing the estate from sequestration. MEETING AND EXAMINATION…

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Terrified Coolies. Cling to Sepoy Police. Recent Indian Frontier Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 7

CALCUTTA, Tuesday Evening.--Further details are to hand of the collision between the Indian military police and the Naga tribesmen of the north-east frontier, in which the…

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Phantom Aircraft. Above Marine Barracks. What Police and Others Saw

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.--Police and others at Portsmouth state that an airship which carried a powerful search-light hovered high above the marine barracks and then…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Hoydon.) Board for Billposters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 7

An application was made on behalf of the Licensed Billposters' Employees' Association for the constitution of a wages board under the Miscellaneous Group to inquire into the…

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