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Courts & crime, 1913

9,727 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Unguarded North Sydney. Mayor Walker Eulogises Local Police

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 6

The Mayor of North Sydney (Alderman C. A. Walker) expressed [?]onishment at the figures concerning the police in the North Sydney district revealed by the "Evening News"…

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Law Notices. Friday, February 21. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 5

Term List.—To be taken in Banco Court, at 10 a.m.— New trial motion: Cornish v Kanematsu (part heard). Demurrer: Plowman v Maybury and another. To be taken in No. 1 Court, at 10 a.m.—New trial motion:…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.) Creditors' Petitions

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 7

Arthur Kemp, Charles Kemp, and Kemps, Limited, v. Michael Cosgrove. Leave was given to withdraw the petition. Donald Alexander. M'Gruer v. Frederick W…

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Oxford-street Explosion. Accused Before the Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 11

As a sequel to the explosion which occurred in Oxford-street, at a chemist's shop, on Wednesday night, Edgar Albert Edmunds, 30, was brought before Mr. Smithers, S.M, at…

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Tea-house Burnt. the Suffragettes Again. Outrage in Kew Gardens. Two Women Chased and Captured. Violent Police Court Scene. London, Thursday, 8.25 p.m

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 9

The suffragettes have entered in real earnest upon their campaign of aggravated crime. The burning of Mr. Lloyd George's country…

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Sugar Inquiry. Supreme Court Appeal. Governor-general's Powers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 5

Argument was continued before the State Supreme Court yesterday, consisting of Mr. Justice Street and Mr. Justice Sly, in the appeal by a director of the Colonial Sugar…

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What Is a Public Servant? Problem for Full Court

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 5

The question whether the employees of the Board of Health are public [?] the meaning of the Public Service Act was discussed in the Supreme Court this morning, Mr…

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The Brundah. Crashed Into the Rocks. Marine Court Inquiry

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 7

The stranding and subsequent striking of [?]ugarical Point by the North Coast Steamship Company's steamer Brundah, on January 21, was the subject of a marine inquiry this…

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Government House. Application on Monday. Special Court to Be Constituted

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 6

Mr. Wilfred Blacket, K.C., who appeared on behalf of the State Government, again mentioned to the Full Court, to-day the matter of the application for an injunction, on…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Brickmaking Industry. Two Boards Constituted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 5

An application was made to the Court by Mr. Dreyer, of Messrs. Pigott and Stinson, on behalf of Messrs. Goodlet and Smith, Ltd., to vary the constitution of the wages board…

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Russian Motor Bandits. Gang That Terrorised a City Wholesale Robbery and Murder. London, Thursday, 11.30 p.m

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 7

The police in Moscow have just succeeded in running down three notorious motor bandits who have been terrorising the city for some time past…

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Struck a Rock. Accident to the Brundah. Inquiry by the Marine Court

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 7

An inquiry into the striking of a rock off Sugarloaf Point on January 21 by the North Coast Co.'s steamer Brundah, while on a voyage from Sydney to Richmond River, was…

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Defaming Cadets. Taken Away in Waggons. Court Parade in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 7

There was an unusual scene at the Law Courts to-day. A detachment of the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery stood in the quadrangle, and a crowd of people…

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Contempt of Court. Editor and Publisher of "Age" Fined. Paragraph About Fingerprints

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Additional interest was imparted to the proceedings of the Supreme Court in connection with the trial of Harold Thompson, for the Fitzroy murder, by…

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Law. Thursday, February 20. the State Courts. Banco. (Before Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Justice Street, and Mr. Justice Sly.) Sir Normand Maclaurin's Conviction. Magistrate's Decision Challenged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 4

Argument was concluded on the amended special case prepared by Mr. Payten, S.M., at the direction of the Full Court, covering additional evidence submitted and points taken at…

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Law Report. Supreme Court. in Banco. (Before Sir William Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) Admission of Solicitor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 5

Mr. Edward Irvine Hopkins was admitted as a solicitor in the State Supreme Court, on the motion of Mr. J. A. Ferguson. CASE AGAINST A SOLICITOR…

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Child Found Drowned. Woman Charged with Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 14

TOOWOOMBA, Friday. -- A message from Pittsworth states that the body of a young child was found to-day, floating in the reservoir. The police subsequently arrested a young…

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Unlawful Assault

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 3

On Monday last., at the Penith Police Court, before the P.M., (Mr Clegg), and Mr T D Clissold, J.P., Samel Proutest Brown was charged…

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Stealing Electrical Appliances

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 11

William Oxenham (19), at the Central Count, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., was charged with obtaining electric hells and wire, of the value of £126, the property of W. G. Watson and Co.. and other electrical appliances,…

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A Daring Theft

Globe · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 3

At Ballarat (Vic.) railway station last week a jewellery traveller named Alexander Weir asked a youth to carry his bag containing £1000 worth of jewellery and precious stones. Weir…

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