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Courts & crime, 1909

7,627 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

A High Court Appeal. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 6

The High Court commenced to-day the hearing of an appeal from the decision of the Chief Justice in the matter of a trade-mark numbered 1025, and in the matter of Patent Designs…

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High Court in Hobart. Trade-mark Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 7

HOBART, Monday.--The Federal High-Court sat to-day. The Chief Justice (Sir Samuel Griffith) presided, and Mr. Justice Barton and Mr. Justice Isaacs were also on the Bench. The…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.) Certificate Application

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 5

Re Karl Osten Schauman: Adjourned to the 26th instant, the Registrar stating that in his opinion the estate had not been sufficiently administered…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, February 16. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

Term List.—Motion nisi for new trial: Feather v Rogers. Motions, etc.: Ex parte Henry A. Williams (prohibition); ex parte Henry Baxter (prohibition); ex parte Sydney G. White (prohibition). Special…

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Victorian Clerk in Trouble. Committed for Trail on a Charge of Forging. Sentenced for Embezzling. Bathurst

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 7

Harry Gordon Smyth, aged 22 years, a Victorian clerk, was at the Bathurst Police Court to-day committed for trial on a charge of forging and uttering two cheques for £4…

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Rebellion in Persia. Murder and Destruction. Ambitions of Nationalists. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 7

Particulars of the murder of the Governor of Resht, North-western Persia, by revolutionaries, show that 200 conspirators, mainly natives of the Caucasus, killed the…

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Commonwealth Electoral Rolls. and the New South Wales Police

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 6

Mr. Hughes (the Federal Attorney-General) was asked this afternoon whether he was aware, as stated in certain quarters, that the Commonwealth Government had…

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The Lotteries Act. Appeal to the Full Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 6

In the Full Court this afternoon, Mr. Ferguson (instructed by Mr. W. A. Gilder) apeared on behalf of the defendant company in the action the Attorney-General v. the…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. F. Salusbury.) Creditors' Petitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

Re John Milne Curran, ex parte F. Lassetter and Co., Limited. Mr. Dunhill appeared for petitioner, and Mr. Stinson (Pigott and Stinson) for the debtor. Petition withdrawn…

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Broken Hill Wages. Arbitration Court at Port Pirie. To-day's Proceedings

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 5

PORT PIRIE (South Australia), Tuesday.— When the Arbitration Court resumed this morning Justice Higgins intimated that be bad sent a telegram to the Chief Justice, urging, in view…

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Peel River Lands. Fixing the Values. Evidence Before the Special Court

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 7

The Arbitration Court, which is inquiring into the value of tie resumed portion (100,000 acres) of the Peel River Estate, has concluded a fortnight's sittings, and has a number of weeks yet…

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District Court. (Before Judge Murray and a jury.) Claim for Money Lent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

Mr. Blackett, instructed by Mr. E. A. Gaden, appeared for George Wall, a Customs-house agent, who sued S. J. Whittle, accountant, of Waverley, for £40, alleged to have been lent…

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Arbitration Proceedings Court Sits at Port Pirie. New Wages Plaint Rejected. Port Pirie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 7

Proceedings in connection with the arbitration case respecting the industrial dispute between the A.M.A. and the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Ltd., were continued at…

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The Industrial Dispute Court at Port Pirie. a New Scale of Wages. Rejected by Justice Higgins

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Monday.--Proceedings in connection with the arbitration case respecting the, industrial dispute between the A.M.A. and the Broken-hill Proprietary Company were,…

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Law. Monday, February 15. the State Full Court. (Before The Acting Chief Justice, Mr. G. B. Simpson, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Pring.) Was It a Lottery? Attorney-general V. Mutual Loan Agency Limited

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 10

An interesting question as to what constitutes a lottery is involved in the case before the Full Court of the Attorney-General v. the Mutual Loan Agency, Limited, in which Mr…

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Police Courts. Alleged Theft in a Davelling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 6

Margaret Sullivan, 45, married, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., with stealing in the dwelling-house of Bridget Agnes M'Goldrick, 10 Sherbrooke-street, on…

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At the Police Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 14

Dr. Foley was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm on Hourigan. Detective Fullerton asked for a further remand to…

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Cowardly Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 6

William Cou[?]ter, 29, a labourer, was yesterday at the Central Police Court sentenced to two months' imprisonment on a charge of assaulting Gladys Penfold, a young woman, on February 15. The evidence…

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Dr. Foley at the Police Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 7

John Hamilton Foley, 48, medical practitioner, was before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Police Court, this morning, on a charge of maliciously inflicting grievous…

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A Warder Charged. £5 from a Lady. Prisoner Fraser in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 2

Harold Howarth, 20, laborer, appeared before the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Friday, on a charge of having, between August 2 and 6, 1908, received certain…

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