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Courts & crime, 1914

7,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

An Open Letter. To Major Cahill, C.M.G., Commissioner of Police for Queensland

The International Socialist · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 3

Dear Major,—In addressing this letter to you, I do so with a feeling of great sympathy fur you in your position as Police Head of Queensland. Although this free…

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St. Ives Tragedy. Re-trial of Thomas Brown. Full Court Refuses Bail

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 11

During last term of the High Court of Australia an application for a new trial of the charge of murder of Sergeant Hickey against Thomas Edwin Brown was granted on the…

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Liverpool Court. Wednesday, February 18. (Before Mr. T. B. Glegg, P.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 5

William Gallagher pleaded guilty to being drunk in Scott-street, Liverpool, and was fined 5/-, with costs of Court 6/-, in default three days' imprisonment…

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"Court of Kindly Eyes." Woman Appointed As a Judge to Help Erring Girls

The World's News · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 18

A WOMAN judge has been appointed in Chicago to preside over "a court of kindly eyes." Her mission is to listen to the sad tales told…

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Grim Murder. Man Clubbed to Death. Discovery at Rose Bay. Terrible Injuries Inflicted. Murderer Uses a Sapling. an Early Morning Horror

Evening News · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 11

One of the most brutal murders committed in recent years in Sydney was brought to light at Rose Bay at half-past 8 this morning. When the almost naked body of a man who had…

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Russian Spies in Europe. How the Czar's Police Is Organised in Paris and London. Paris. February 13

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 8

At the present moment Paris is [?] overtime with agents of the Russian secret Police. Every time the "Nord Express" from St. Petersburg arrives in Paris at…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Lease of a Cremorne Bungalow. Quist v Brown and another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 19

Judgment was delivered in the case in which Alice Henrietta Quist, widow, of Cremorne-road, Mosman, claimed £50 compensation from Alexander Brown, of the Ritz,…

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Parramatta Court. Wednesday, February 18. (Before Mr. M.H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.) The Two D's

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 9

James Byrnes, 62, labourer, for drunkenness and disorderly conduct outside the Park, Gate, Hotel, was fined 5s, or 24 hours imprisonment…

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Law. Friday, February 20. High Court of Australia. (Before Mr. Justice Rich.) Land Tax Appeal Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 11

Addresses by counsel in the matter of their appeals under the Commonwealth Land Tax Act against assessments for land tax purposes of the Strand Arcade, Camden Building, and…

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Court of Criminal Appeal. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Gordon.) REX v Alfred Wilson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 19

Mr. Beavan appeared for the Crown. Mr. Mack, instructed by Messrs. Kershaw, Matthews, and Lane (Sydney and Narrandera), appeared for the prisoner in support of the…

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Criminal Appeal Court. (Before Sir William Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Gordon.) REX V. Alfred Wilson

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 11

Mr. Bevan appeared for the Crown. Mr. Mack (instructed by Messrs. Kershaw, Matthews, and Lane) appealed, on behalf of Alfred Wilson, from the verdict of Judge…

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Supreme Court. in Banco. (Bofore the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) the St. Ives Tragedy. Re Thomas Edwin Brown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 19

The applicant, Brown, appeared in person. Mr. Walter Bevan, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, appeared on behalf of the Crown. This was an appeal by Thomas Edwin Brown…

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Hornsby Court. Tuesday, February 17. (Before Mr. M. Fitzhardinge, S.M., and Messrs. H. Brigg and H. E. Jordan, J's.P.) A Christmas Jollification

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 8

James Goodwin pleaded not guilty to having behaved in a riotous manner on Beecroft railway station on 25th December. He also denied charge of having…

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The Meat Depots. Police Hard at Work

The Sun · Sunday 22 February 1914 · page 4

Great crowds assembled at the meat depots yesterday. It was found necessary to call out a large body of police to keep order outside' Silvester's shop, Brickfield Hill. Over…

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The Value of Pain. Should Animals Be Punished? Magistrate Says Yes. Jockeys and Their Horses

The Sun · Sunday 22 February 1914 · page 11

Should dumb animals be punished? This interesting problem in the psychology of pain is aroused by the opinion expressed by one of the metropolitan stipendiary…

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Trouble in Melbourne Federal Court May Intervene

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1914 · page 9

The secretary of the Meat Industry Employees' Union has received a telegram from the Melbourne branch that a deadlock has been reached in the dispute there, and suggesting…

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Search for Murderer. Rose Bay Tragedy. The Man the Police Want

The Sun · Sunday 22 February 1914 · page 7

Up to a late hour last night the murderer of the man who is supposed to be Edward Dixon, formerly a hand at Keycah Station, near Moree, was still at large. Dixon was…

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Is Justice Blind? Peculiar Parramatta Case First Offender Gets Nine Months a Surprised Court

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1914 · page 8

A most peculiar case is now causing much interest in the district around Parramatta up as far as Wentworth Falls. At the recent Quarter, Sessions at Parramatta a youth was charged…

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Liverpool Murder. Eltoft Withdraws His Appeal Parents' House Raided by Police. London [?]

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 5

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Motor Bandit Sentenced. Paris, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 10

Duvignon, the Belgian, who was arrested in May last charged with the murder of M. Dardene, manager of motor works near Senlis, has been sentenced to 20 years' penal…

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