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Courts & crime, 1914

7,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250

Man and Wife. Attempted Murder Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 9

BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--John Thomas Leo was further remanded to-day on a charge of attempting to murder his wife during December by cutting her throat…

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Police Inspector Charged. Assault on a Prisoner. Officer Sent for Trial. London, Friday Morning

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 8

Police Inspector Potter was before one of the London Courts to-day charged with having assaulted Robert Atkinson, a suffragist. Evidence was given that after having…

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Alleged Theft by Finding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

Patrick Phillip M'Gough was fined £10, with the alternative of two months' imprisonment, on a charge of stealing by finding a gold mounted black opal brooch, valued at £10 10s, the property of Mrs. Wallace…

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Increase in Garrotting. a Magistrate's Comment

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 1

"Some years ago garrotting was prevalent in Sydney, and had to be suppressed by very drastic treatment. The police tell me that garrotting is on the increase again."…

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Liverpool Murder. London, Jan. 7

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

The inquest rognrdlng the murder of Miss Bradfield, whose body was found in a sack in the canal at Liverpool, yvas opened to-day. The prosecution called Samuel Eltoft (a…

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The Liverpool Murder. Coroner's Verdict

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.--Counsel for the prosecution in the inquest concerning the death of Miss Bradfield, whose body was found, in a sack, in the Liverpool canal, called Samuel Eltoft,…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

The following transfers of publicans' licenses [?] granted at Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—From Peter Alexander Page to Charles William Cupit, Cosford Club Hotel, Castlereagh-street,…

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Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

Industrial Courthouse, Queen's-square.—At 10 a.m.: For Hearing: Re Iron and Shipbuilding Trades Group, No. 7 Board re Building Trades No. 1 Group (Country Carpenters Award); re Shipping Group…

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Bad Language on Sunday. Man Fined for Assault

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 1

John Dwyer, of 5 Durham-street, Stanmore, proceeded against Alexander Aiken, at the Newtown-police Court to-day on a charge of assault. Dwyer said that on Sunday he…

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Motor Fatality. Pastoralist Charged with Manslaugter. Melbourne

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

As the result of the fatality whichh occurred on the Sydney road on December 20, when Gordon Campbell Murch, 19, wool-classer, of Ascotvale, was knocked off a blcycle by a…

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A Woman Police-chief

The Land · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 14

Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, is credited by the newspapers with the intention of appointing Mrs. Gertrude Howe Britton, Chief of Police, to…

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The Old Gaol. Teagic History Memories of Early Days

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 7

"Half-past 1 o'clock... All's well.. Number one." The sentry at the gate haa spoken. "Half-past 1 o'clock... All's well…

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Kogarah Police Court. Before Mr. King, S.M. Wednesday, January 7, 1914. a Christmas Ducking

The Propeller · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

Thomas Migley proceeded against Woodworth Francis Cosgrove for assault. Mr. Clive Teece, instructed by Mr. Abigail,…

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Court of Industrial Arbitration

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

Industrial Courthouse, Queen's-square.--(Before Judge Edmunds.) At 10 a.m.: For hearing--Re Iron and Shipbuilding Trades Group No. 7 (Board; re Building Trades No. 1 Group (Country Carpenters' award): re Shipping…

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Moss Vale Land Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 6

MOSS VALE.—A. E. Cordeaux claimed from Edith Handley £53 as contribution to the cost ot erecting a rabbit-proof fence between their respective holdings at Wanganderry. This…

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Liverpool Murder. the Jury's Verdict. London. Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

The inquest regarding the murder of Miss Bradfield, whose body was found in a sack in the canal at Liverpool was opened to-day. The prosecution called Samuel Eliott in…

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Police Courts. Alleged Breaking and Entering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

Leslic Alton Johnson, 17, Frederick Hush Moore, 38 and Arthur John Butler, 17, were charged at the North Sydney Police Court yesterday with breaking and entering a tobacconist's shop at Willoughby, and…

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Zabern Trial. Judgment Reserved. Gaol for Von Reuter Urged. London, Firday Morning

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 9

The trial at Strasburg of Colonel Von Reuter and Lieutenant Schad for the unwarranted assumption of public functions at Zabern has concluded…

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Police Courts. Thursday, January 8. Embezzlement Admitted

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

Charles Wheatley was charged, at the Paddington Court, with embezzling the sum of 31, the property of his employer, Arthur Reginal Warlcigh, a laundry proprietor. It was stated by the prosecutor that…

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Advice on Legal Points. Court Procedure

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

Mudgee asks if it is illegal for a police magistrate to take the witnesses's evidence before taking the evidence of the complainant…

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