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Courts & crime, 1908

8,880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

The Brighton Case. a Full Court Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5

Yesterday, before the Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Shand, K.C., and Mr. Broomfield, instructed by…

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Arbitration Court. Cold Storage Work and Wages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5

Mr. Beeby appeared for the claimant union; and Mr. Broomfield, instructed by Mr. J. R. Baxter Bruce, appeared for the respondent in each of the cases by the Cold Storage…

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Not Dead Application to the Full Court

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

Yesterday the Full Court was asked to grant a rule nisi for a mandamus directing the Registrar-General to summon Henry Philip Miller to bring in a grant for the…

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Cold Storage Work. Dispute in Arbitration Court

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5

The bearing of the disputes between the Cold Storage Employees' Union (claimants) and the Pastoral Finance Association, N.S.W. Fresh Food and Ice Company, Sandown Freezing Works…

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Law Notices. Friday, February 21. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5

Term List.—Crown case: Rex v Malcolm. Motions, etc.: Ex parte Owen J. Johnson, prohibition; ex parte Richard C. Hagon, prohibition; ex parte William Condon, prohibition; ex parte George Shute,…

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[All Rights Reserved.] the Murder in the Night Express Chapter Vii.--the Proposal

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 8

She brought a little parcel on a plated salver, from which most of the plating had gone. "A groom brought it over from Knightons…

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The Cancelled Leases. Appeal to the Equity Court

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

In the equity court on Friday last, Hugh Strahorn, pastoralist, applied for an injunction to restrain the crown from throwing open to selection…

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"The Times." the Partnership Assets. Court to Consider Proposals

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--Though the Court has directed the sale of "The Times" partnership assets it has not yet directed the mode of the sale, but will shortly consider…

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Is the Arbitration Court a Failure? to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 8

Sir,--Mr. Beeby's letter on the above subject in your Tuesday's issue, appears to be one long whine of the grievances that Labor unions have suffered under the maladministration of the Arbitration Court…

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Newcastle. Coal-mining Court. Evidence of Mine Managers. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 10

The Royal Commission arbitrating on disputes between the miners and collicry proprietors on the northern coalfields resumed its work at the Newcastle Courthouse to-day,…

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Laundry Employees. a Question of Jurisdiction. Appeal to the Full Court

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 6

An application was made to the Full Court yesterday by Hugh M'Ghee, of Crown-street, laundry proprietor, for a rule nisi for a prohibition directed to the Deputy President and…

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The Solicitor and the Cheque. an Appeal to the Full Court

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 4

The appeal of ex-solicitor John Knox Malcolm against bis conviction on a charge of forging and uttering a cheque for the nun of £3 10b. came before the Full Court this morning, when…

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Ships' Officers Demands. North Coast Company's Trouble Case for Arbitration Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

On February 6 forty-four officers employed in the North Coast Shipping served a notice, through the secretary of the Merchant Service Guild of Australasia, on their employers,…

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Must Go to Court. Manager's Answer. to Helensburgh Wheelers Helensburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

The district president, Mr. Thomas Druery, and the district treasurer, Mr. Andrew Waugh, of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association, visited Helensburgh and requested the…

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"The Times" for Sale. by Order of the Court. London, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

In reference to "The Times" the following statement is issued:- Though the Court has directed the sale of "The Times" partnership and assets,…

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Publishing Racing News. Offence Against the Lotteries Act Victorian Dailies in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In the District Court to-day summonses were returnable against the publishers of the "Age" and the "Argus" respectively, in which they were…

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Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) Ownership of Land Near Lismore. Green v Cooke and others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 5

Mr. Leverrier, instructed by Mr. W. F. Brennan, appeared for the plaintiff; Dr. Coghlan, instructed by Mr. W. F. Flynn, for defendant Arthur Whipps; Mr. Mann,…

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Ex-solicitor J. K. Malcolm Appeal to the Full Court Against His Conviction on a Charge of Forging and Uttering

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 1

The appeal of John Knox Malcolm, an ex- solicitor, against his conviction on a charge of forging and uttering a cheque for the sum of £3 10s, was before the Full Court this…

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Shoplifter Sentenced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 8

At the Central Police Court on Thursday, Isabel Brooks, 59, the widow of a well-known squatter, was charged with hating stolen artichs valued at £3 17s 4d, the proper of Anthony Hordern and Sons…

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Stoessel Sentenced to Death

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 5

The Court Martial at St. Petersburg on Generals Stoessel, Fock, Reiss, and Smirnoff, on charges connected with the surrender of Port Arthur to the Japanese, has concluded…

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