Price-fixing. Court in Quandary. Sydney
The question of the wholesale and retail price of coal was discussed before the Necessary Commodities Commission to-day. Justice Edmunds said the crisis in…
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Courts & crime, 1916
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Exemption Court. Grafton Sitting. Some Amusing Cases. Very Few Exemptions
The Grafton sittings of the Military Exemption Court commenced yesterday, Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., on the Bench. Lieutenant Nott attended in the interests…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Preference to Unionists. Court Should Not Increase Lawereakers. Judge's Comments. Sydney
Mr. Justice Edmunds, in the Industrial Court to-day, expressed his view that preference to unionists should be refused when the union had broken the law and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exemption Court. Proceedings at Ulmarra
The Exemption Court opened at Ulmarra yesterday before Mr. Shropshire P.M. The military authorities were represented by Lieut. Knott. Considerable interest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Defaulters. Mr. Hughes' Request to Police. Melbourne
Mr. Hughes has made a request to the Victorian Government that the civil police should arrest men who have not registered. The Cabinet considered the request, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exemption Court. Proceedings at Copmanhurst. Big Percentage Granted
The Exemption Court Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., presiding, sat at Copmanhurst yesterday, when the following claims were heard:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany Bound Down. Police Given Wholesale Orders "To Frighten Britain." London
The closing of the Reichstag means that the Government has abolished the last national safety valve, and is completely controlling the freedom of speech…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assaulting the Police
At the Coramba Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs. H. E. Hindmarsh and A. Pryor, Js.P., Arthur (Larry) Eddington was charged with…
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Following on a case dealt with an Byron Bay, the following letter appears in Wednesday's "Northern Star":--Sir,--I have need to complain of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Friday, November 10. Before Messrs. F. Vaughan and A. Thompson, Js.P
John Maroney, for drunkenness at South Grafton, was fined 26 or 24 hours. He was warned not to come near the Court again, to which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exemption Court. Proceedings at Lawrence. Some Humorous Incdents
At Lawrence yesterday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Andrew Flatley, farmer, Woodford Dale, claimed to be exempted on grounds…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grafton Police Court. Friday, November 10, 1916
Before Messrs. Vaughan, Thompson and McFarlane, Js.P. John Maroney pleaded guilty to drunkenness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder Will Out
It is an old saying, and if not universally true, yet with enough truth in it to give the phrase a place in axiomatic philosophy. A remarkable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exemption Court. Maclean Hearing. Friday, Nov. 10
Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., Lieutenant Knott appeared for the Military Authorities. Colin W. Mulvey applied for exemption…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prohibited Immigrants. Fifteen Maltese Charged. Sydney
Fifteen Maltese were charged at the Police Court with being prohibited immigrants. The police stated the men were some of the Maltese who had been refused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton Police Court Saturday, 11th NOVEMBER. (Before Mr. E. A. May, J.P.)
Timothy Quinlan, for drunkenness, was fined 1s or one hour in the cells. Patrick Maher, charged with drunkenness and using indecent language, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Police Court. Saturday, November 11. Before Mr. E. A. May, J.P. Drunkenness and Language
Clarence Matthews for drunkenness, was fined 5- or 24 hours; and Timothy Quinlan, for a similar offence, was fined 1- or one hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court and Quarter Sessions
The District Court will open to-day at. 2 p.m., and the Quarter Sessions at 10 a.m. to-morrow. Judge Hamilton will be presiding and Mr. A. Thompson, J.P., is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exemption Court. Maclean, Saturday, November 11. Before the P.m
Robert Eglington, farmer, applied to have his case referred to the Medical Referee Board. Referred to Medical Referee Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Murder. Result of Police Investigations Sydney
Adolph Zink was charged at the Police Court with the alleged killing of Hliton Cardwell. He was remanded from the Coroner's Court, bail being refused…
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