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Courts & crime, 1914

7,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Wrong Evidence. Police Punished. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 9

The Chief Commissioner of Police announced his decision to-day in the case of Plain-clothes Constables J. D. Grant, C. H. Green, and J. A. Grieve, who were reported for having sworn…

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Island Murder. Woman Hacked to Death. Suva, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 10

On the 20th instant, there was committed pt Ba a murder which had all the characteristics of the crimes so often perpetrated by indentured coolie immigrants against the…

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Sedition in India. Murder of Inspector Ghose. Calcutta, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 9

In regard to the assassination of Inspector Ghose, one of the men arrested has boen released. He proved to be only a drunken fellow, who was captured by an over-zealous…

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Reeks Murder Mystery. Liner Communicated With. Wireless Messages. London, Friday Morning

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 7

It is stated in Liverpool that wireless messages have, been sent to the Grampian, the vessel on, which, the person, who is suspected of being Implicated in the murder of young…

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Scientist's Close Call. Timely Intervention of Police Boy

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 12

Passengers by the German steamer Coblenz, which arrived in Sydney last evening, were unable to supply much additional information in connection with the native attack upon two…

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"Hands Up, I'll Shoot." Playing with a Revolver. Bullet in Girl's Cheek. Magistrate Suggests Lunacy

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 5

At the Globe Pollcp Court this morning Court Edward Tyers, 21, was charged with having maliciously shot Lillian Haddrell, of Bridge-road, with intent to do grievous…

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Police Courts. Thursday, January 22. Cheap Line of Postcards

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

Constable Thornley was in the parlor of the New York Hotel yesterday afternoon when George Wallace walked in with a parcel of postcards. He got to business straight away, offering the lot to the constable for half…

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The Plot to Murder Cherif. France Looking for Azim Bey. Constantinople, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 9

France has demanded the extradition of Azim Bey, on the ground of his complicity in the attempt on Cherif Pasha's life in Paris recently…

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Sydney Engineer. Found Dead in England. Evidence Points to Murder. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 9

The body of Thomas Reeks, a native, of Sydney, fourth engineer on the steamer Secolia, was found in a disused pit near Wolverhampton, with a buller wound in the forehead…

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Murder in Train. the Shoreditch Grime. Sensation at the Inquest. London. Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 1

An inquest was opened to-day into the death of William [?] aged 7. who on January a was found strangled in a compartment of a train at [?]. The dead child was the…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 23. Industrial Arbitration Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

Before Judge Edmunds. -- At 10 a.m.; Re Domestic Group, No. 3 Board, by Hairdressers and Wigmakers' Employees' Union, for content to variation or amendment; re Food Supply and Distribution, No. 1 Group,…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 23. Court of Industrial Arbitration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

Industrial Court-house, Queen's-square,—before [?] Honor Judge Edmunds.—At 10 a.m.—For [?] Re-Domestic Group, No 3 Board, by [?] and Wigmakers Employees' Union, tor consent [?]…

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The Gayundah. Transformation Process. First Flagship. How She Faced the Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 8

H.M.A.S. Gayundah is being transformed. Some days ago sho went into Cockatoo Dock with the same little low snub bow by which Australians have known her for nearly 30…

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Hosing of Dr. Bowie. Details of the Incident. Told by an Eye-witness. "These People Are Stealing Us." Where Are the Refugees Now?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 9

In yesterday's issue of "The Daily Telegraph" was published an article dealing with the unfortunate conflict which occurred between the French authorities in the New Hebrides and…

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Woman's Strange Story. Told to West Australian Police. Account of a Train Journey

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 10

FREMANTLE, Thursday. -- Minnie Thomas, a married woman, told an astounding tale to the Fremantle police early this morning. She said that she left Fremantle for Perth…

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The Sentence of the Court. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter XXXIX.—Continued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

"Oh, yes you do. And you are going to admit [?], or, by Heavens, I'll have the whole thing out in court, with you standing in the dock. Now, none of your nonsense. I know…

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"A Ferocious Murder" Mr. Reeks's Tragic Fate. Opening of the Inquest. the Coroner's Comment. London, Friday Morning

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 8

The inquest into the mysterious, death of the young Sydney engineer Reeks, whose body, with two bullet wounds in the head, was found in a disused pit near Wolverhampton,…

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Hurrying Back. South African Workers. Railway Men's Position. Labor Leaders in Court. Capetown, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 1

The situation has improved at Pretoria and Durban, which are the only remaining railway strikes centres. Men are rushing back to Pretoria workshops,…

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Supreme Court. in Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice Harvey.) an Injunction Application. Goldman v Oxford and another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

Mr. W. Halse Rogers appeared on behalf of Israel Goldman, retired storekeeper, of Boyeestreet. Glebe, and applied for an injunction to restrain Alfred Gayford Oxford and Woolf…

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Law. Thursday, January 22. High Court of Australia. in Chambers. (Before Sir Samuel Griffith, C.j.). Master Builders V. Federated Laborers. Application for Prohibition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

An application was made by Mr. G. S. Beeby and Mr. H. N. Maclaurin (Instructed by Mr. H. C. Ellison Rich) on behalf of the Master Builders' Associations of New South Wales,…

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