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Courts & crime, 1914

7,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Parramatta Court. Wednesday, January 7. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M.) Lurid Language

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

Charles G. Hadley v. J. Donnellan.—No appearance on the part of the defendant. The complainant deposed that he was the licensee of the White Hart Hotel…

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Liverpool Court. Wednesday, January 7. (Before Mr. T. B. Clegg, P.M.) The Strays

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

The following were each fined 5/-, with 6/- costs of court, for permitting stock to stray in the streets of the municipality of Liverpool: William Sinclair, Matthow…

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And Murder in Germany Twelve Deaths in Two Families. Berlin, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 9

'A builder named Bratz, together with his wife and sister, committed suicide at Soldau by gas-poisoning. The bodies of five children and a dog were…

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Series of Lectures That Didn't. the Police Intervene. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 2

A series of lectures, were to have been delivered here next week by Mr. W. J. Chidley in a local hall, including a "Lecture to Women Only." The police, however, made a…

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Magistrate Fines Himself. Canadian Court Episode. Ottawa

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 1

Mr. J, H. .Campbell, a police magistrate of St. Catharine's, Ontario, found his own name on the charge-sheet when he opened his court yesterday. The police laid the information…

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New Year's Eve Prank. Police Court Development

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 9

"It was only a New Year's Eve joke, your Worship. We only nailed a tin to his door, and took his bed down and upended the furniture, and hung a pair of boots to the front…

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Magistrate and Solicitor Warm Passage in Court. Warning From the Bench

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 9

The weather was not the only sultry thing about the North Sydney Police Court this morning. One conflict between the magistrate and a solicitor was pretty hot…

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Beggar Sent to Gaol

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 9

At the Central Police Court to-day John Bell,an old man, a Seventh Day Adventist, who spoke with amazing rapidity, and whose eloquence inundated the court, answered a…

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Puffs in Court. Magistrate and Solicitor Disagree. Warm Exchanges at North Sydney

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 7

The prevailing [?] conditions seemed to affect many of the persons whose business look them to the North Sydney Court this morning. The court barometer…

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Paris Fiz-gigs. Anarchist Spies Arrested. Charged with Coining. Police Connivance Alleged. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 8

Pierre Jacob and Charlotte Hulot were charged at the Seine Assizes yesterday with coining counterfeit money. The accused said that they had been…

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Shoreditch Murder. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 10

The seven-years-old boy who was found strangled under the seat of a railway carriage at Sbored[?]tch has been identified as William Starchfleld, son of Mr. John…

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Zabern Court-martial. Colonel Von Reuter Acquitted. Blame Falls on Police. Berlin, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 9

Colonel Von Reuter has been acquitted by the court-martial inquiring into the Zabern affair. The Court held that the Colonel was…

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Shoreditch Murder Mystery. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 1

No fresh developments are reported in connection with the mysterious murder of the boy William Starch-field, who was strangled in a railway…

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Speech to Special Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 7

JOHANNESBURG, Friday Afternoon.— General Smuts, addressing a corps of special constables, formed in anticipation of trouble with the strikers, said he honed that, they…

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Impertinent Witness. Magistrate's Ignored Advice a Fine and a Remission

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 7

For being impertinent in the witness-box Percival Butler Woodberry, was fined £1 at the North Sydney. Police Court this morning. As the representative of the agents for an…

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"Somewhat Absent-minded." Theft at White City. Four Persons Convicted

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 9

Four persons--Robert Thompson (30), his wife, Emily Thompson (27), Marie. O'Brien (20), and May Williams (18)--appeared before Mr. King at Paddington Court to-day…

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Ordered Out. Soldiers and Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 7

BLOEMFONTEIN, Saturday.--All the available members of the defence force at Bloemfontein, also the available police, have been ordered to Jagersfontein by special…

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Police Protection. Situation at Capetown

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 7

CAPETOWN, Saturday.—A few trains are running to Bloemfontein, the drivers being under police prelection. The workshops are deserted…

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Not Serious. a Police Report

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 7

CAPETOWN, Saturday.—The unlive trouble at the Jagersfontein mine compound is not denied, but the police declare it to be not serious…

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Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestration

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 7

Charles Joseph Arrowsmith, of Graham-street, Aubura, tailor; order made, Mr. V. F. W. Lloyd, official assignee…

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