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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

7,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

False Alarm. Police Surround Building

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 9

A watchman in King-street, city, last night noticed suspicious movements of a man near the building of Messrs. Hooper and Harrison, importers, at the corner of King…

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Federal Powers and the High Court

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 6

The inclination of many members of the Labor party to blame the High Court for the restrictive limits on Federal legislation begins from an utterly false basis. The High Court exists neither to make laws nor to destroy laws, but simply lo decide, after a cold aud impartial examination of the legal meaning of words in the…

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Murder in a Train Trial of John Starchfield. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 10

At the trial to-day of John Starchfield, who is charged with the murder of his son, aged 7, in a railway carriage at Shoreditch, a timber porter, named Moore, gave evidence…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 9. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 4

Probate Jurisdiction.—The following accounts will be taken at the Probate Office:—M. Perry, 10.30; E. A. Whittard. 10.45; J. V. Hinton. II; M. E. Cheshire, 11.40; P. G. Smith, 12; E. Schofield, 12.15…

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Deported. Austrian Journalist. Turkish Police Methods. Constantinople, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 1

The [?] without consulting the Austro-Hungarian Consulate, have expelled Herr the Conste[?]tinople correspondent of the Vienna [?] in the ground con…

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Chidley's Papers. Impounded by Police. Raid on His Lodgings

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 1

Mr. W. 'J. Chldley has addressed to the "Sun" a complaint that the police, who conducted a raid on his lodgings, on Saturday, when they seized all the copies of his…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 5

Next Water Police Court, Phillip-street.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, at 10 a.m.: For hearing, Durack v Villigrinon (2); Fluegge v Moore; Durack v Thompson; same v Harwood, same v Ireland (2);…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate.) a Union Matter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 5

William James Corbitt, of the Trades Hall, Goulburn-Btreet, district delegate of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Jolners' Industrial Union, proceeded against Thomas…

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Charge of Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 5

Kenneth Falkner, 17, was charged at the North Sydney Police Court yesterday with stealing a sovereign, the property of Sam Faulkner. The latter, a greengrocer, stated that he engaged accused at…

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Daring Burglary Kent-street Establishment Ransacked

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 9

Experienced burglars entered the premises of Messrs. Welsh Brothers, brassfounders, at the corner of Kent-street and Gas-lane, Sydney the drawers in the office and prising open all…

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Darlinghurst School. Passing of the Gaol

The Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 7

Matters in connection with the conversion of Darlinghurst Gaol into a school are well forward, Mr. Hall, Attorney-General, and Mr. Carmichael, Minister for Education,…

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Bank President Charged. New York

The Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 8

C. H. Raine, president of the Mercantile Bank in Tennessee, has been charged with the embezzlement of between 700,000 and 1,000,000 dols…

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Two Buck Eyes. Husband Fined for Assault

The Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 4

Minnie Bradley proceeded against her husband, Herbert Bradley, at the Redfern Summons Court to-day on a charge of assault. Mrs. Bradley stated that a row occurred…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 5

Before His Honor Judge Backhouse, in No 1 Court — At 10 a.m: Motions, King and another v Hesselton, Moran v O'Donnell Causes, Rogers and another v Shackell, Buzacott v autographic Register, Limited,…

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A Newcastle Baby Farm. Severe Strictures by a Magistrate

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 3

In sentencing a woman to imprisonment for neglecting four children confided to her care the magistrate at Newcastle on Friday said he did not think…

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Commonwealth Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 5

At the Royal Society's Rooms, Elizabeth-street, at 10 a.m.—Before the Deputy Industrial Registrar: [?] hearing, application for registration of the Federated Masters and Engineers' Association of Australasia,…

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Mysterious Murder. Fortune-Teller provides a Clue

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 3

About a month ago M. Paul Cabiou, manager of an engineering factory at Brest, disappeared, and although every, effort was made to discover his…

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New Guinea. Murderers Break Gaol. (By Wireless.) Port Moresby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 10

Three of the Dubuna murderers were sentenced to death. Two broke gaol, notwithstanding that they were heavily ironed, and escaped, leaving one behind. Police patrols…

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Railway Murder. Case Against Starchfield. Lonodon, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 1

The heating was resumed to-day at the Old-street police Court of the Charge against John Starchfeld of having murdered his son, whose body was found in a [?] carriage at the…

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Alleged Bogus Firm. a Silk Deal. Man Charged with False Pretences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 5

At the Central Police Court yesterday. Edwin Percy Liddle, 37, was charged with having falsely pretended in advertisements published in certain news papers throughout the Commonwealth that he carried…

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