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Courts & crime, 1914

7,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Police Courts. "Unfit for Human Habitation."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 6

In June last Edward Casey was served with a [?] by the Randwick Municipal Council to cease to inhabit a house of which he was the tenant, at the corner of Houston-road and Borrodale-street, Randwick,…

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Secret Code. New York Police Graft

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 7

Continued investigation of the alleged graft arrangement between police and the syndicate of "wireless tappers," which is said to have [?] victims in New York of more than…

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Police Courts. Friday, January 23. Cheque Transactions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 10

At the Water Police Court, Frederick Dutton, alias L. Frost ([?]6), commercial traveller, appeared on a charge of stealing £900, the properly of the National bank of Australasian, Ltd…

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A General Court-martial. [?] Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 8

It is understood that a general court martial, with General Lukin as the president, will be convened for the summary trial of the four men, Drake, Steyn, [?] and Oliver, who…

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Ghastly Crime. Woman's Mutilated Body. Fiendish Murder in Shanghai London

The Sun · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 8

Mrs. Richard Newman, wife of a wealthy German butcher in Shanghai, was found in her bedroom yesterday morning horribly mutilated…

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Inspector Ghose. Murder Trial in Camera. a Sensational Case. Calcutta, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 21

Nirmolkanto Roy has been charged with the murder of inspector Ghose. The trial is being conducted in camera, as the evidence is sensational…

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The Pit Tragedy. Latest Police Theory. London, Saturday Morning

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 11

A medical examination has proved conclusively that the wounds which caused the death of Reeks, the engineer, whose body was found in a pit at Wolverhampton, were not…

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South Africa. Labor Leader's Trial. Mr. Cresswell Sent to Gaol. Concerning a Pamphlet. Capetown, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 8

Mr. Creswell, the leader of the Labor party in the Transvaal Parliament, was put on trial to-day in connection with the recent outbreaks of strike violence…

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Mystery Deepens. Wolverhampton Murder. No Clue Yet Discovered. Mr. Reeks's Movements. London

The Sun · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 8

The mystery surrounding the death of Thomas Kent Reeks, who with two bullet wounds in his head, was found dead in a disused pit near Wolverhampton, has…

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The Great Wind How Abnormal Weather bred Murder in the Hearts of Men

Globe · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 9

Than William Lloyd and Harry MacLeod two more steadiast companions never roamed Western Queensland. The one was of Welsh, and the other of…

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Quarter Sessions. Before Judge Docker and a jury.) Mr. Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor. Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 6

James Gordon, a young man, pleaded not guilty t a charge of having assaulted Daniel Snow, at North Sydney, on December 19, and with having robbed him of £6…

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Late Mr. Reeks. Murder of a Sydney Man. Teacestg a Suspect. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 21

The inquest regarding the death of Thomas Reeks, son of Mr. Walter Reeks, the well-known naval architect of Sydney, whose body wan found in a disused pit with several…

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The Pit Mystery. Police Investigations. Reeks' Scarf Pin Found. London, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 1

All the newspapers continue to give prominence to what [?] now come to be called the "Rocks' Mystery." The Staffordshire police allege that as a…

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Seven-hoar Siege on a Roof. Seaman with Revolver Resists Police and Detectives

The World's News · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 6

FOR SEVEN HOURS one Saturday last month a young seaman armed with a revolver kept a body of Newcastle, Eng., police at bay. He shot at policemen and detectives,…

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The Sentence of the Court. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter XL.--Continued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

"Now it happened sometimes that my friends went too far. Then came the moment when they could not redeem their valuables, and they had to sell outright…

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Industrial Arbitration Court. (Before his Honor Judge Edmunds.) Meat Industry Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 6

The matter of the appeals on behalf of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union, New South Wales branch, and the Master Butchers' Association of New South…

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Parramatta Court. Wednesday, January 21. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

Leslie Hayes, 18, butcher, on bail, was charged with, on January 19, in a public place, to wit, Geo. Nelson's billiard room, Auburn, using indecent language. The…

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Law Report. Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice Haryey, in Chambers.) Olympia Boxing Contest. Application for Injuction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 6

Mr. Power, instructed by Mr. W. H. Drew, applied on behalf of Reginald Leslie Baker, of Baker's Stadiums, for an injunctiion to restrain James Hill, sometimes called Jimmy…

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Liverpool Court. Wednesday, January 21. (Before Messrs. T. B. Clegg, P.M., and B. Drinan, J.P.) On Crown Lands

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 5

John Whaley, William Neville, and John Charles Burton pleaded guilty to a charge of cutting timber on Crown lands at Beuera, near Liverpool, on 3rd…

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Shoreditch Murder. Railway Carriage Horror. The Father's Story. LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 5

In an interview yesterday John Starchfield, the news vendor whose six-year-old boy Willie was found strangled under the seat of a railway carriage at Shoreditch last week…

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