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Courts & crime, 1913

9,727 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 250

The Question of Police Aid. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 10

Sir,--I notice in your paper this morning, that the Government were railing in a detachment of police from the country to do duty in Sydney during the gas strike…

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Law Notices. Wednesday, March 5. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 9

Term List.—To be taken in Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.: For judgment—Green v Green. At 10.30 a.m.: New trial motion—Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd., v the Minister (part heard)…

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Smuggled Goods. Aboard the Steamer Mongolian Revolver Duel with Police

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 10

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday.--The police raided the liner Mongolian, and found large quantities of smuggled goods aboard. In an endeavor to arrest members of the crew…

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Shipping Dispute. Merchant Service Guild. High Court Case. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 9

The matter in which the Merchant Service Guild of Australasia was claimant, and the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association, the Colonial Sugar Refining Company,…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Plethora of Boards Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 9

The fact that there are 37 wages boards in connection with the northern collieries was responsible for an application for the formation of a general board…

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The Meeting. Lord Mayor Howled Down. Police-officer Attacked. Wild Scenes of Confusion

The Sun · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 7

The Lord Mayor's appearance on the platform was the "signal for a wild demonstration of applause and hooting. His voice was lifted to tones of thunder, and could Just be…

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At the Works. One Hundred Free Labourers Taken On. Strong Detachment of Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 13

About 20 free labourers applied to the Gas Company for work on Monday evening and were accommodated with beds and were also fed while waiting to start work on the [?]…

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Volunteers. a Citizens' Strike Meeting. a Noisy Minority. Uproar in Town Hall. Police Use Batons

Evening News · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 9

It was a curiously composite [?] which met at noon at the Town Hall this afternoon. A block of University students in one of the galleries, bodies of working men in…

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NO. 1 Full Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Justice Street, and Mr. Justice Gordon.) Darling Harbor Resumption

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 7

P.F.A., LTD., V. MINISTER: FOR WORKS. Argument was continued on a motion to have made absolute a rule nisi to set aside a verdict, grant a new trial, or reduce the amount…

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Equity Court. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. A. H. Simpson.) Partnership in a Mining Property. Magnesite Proposition at Fifield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 9

Thomas William Ward was the plaintiff in a suit instituted against Charles Jersey Hemery in regard to a mining property at Fifield. Mr. Maughan, with Mr. C. Manning,…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Messrs. H. A. G. Curry, president, W. Houston, C.M.G., and C. E. Rennie, commissioners)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 7

Mr Hanbury Davies represented the Minister. QUESTION OF HOME MAINTENANCE. J. J. Bergin appealed against the recommendation of the Murwillumbah land board in respect of his…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Messrs. H. A. G. Curry (President), W. Harrison, C.M.G., and C. E. Rennie (Commissioners)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 9

Mr. Hanbury Davies represented the Minister. APPEAL DISMISSED. J. J. Bergin appealed against the…

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"To Save Mother." the Shellharbor Tragedy. Girl Charged with Murder. Pathetic Domestic' Story

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 8

KIAMA, Wednesday.--At the local Courthouse this morning, before the district coroner (Mr. C. W. Craig), the adjourned inquiry into the death of Walter Stely, who met his death…

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Daring Theft at Randwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 14

Mr. and Mrs. Hart, of Greet, Arthur-street, Randwick, were the victims of an audacious robbery on Sunday night. A thief entered their bedroom. A…

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Murder While Insane

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The trial of Frederick William Ruskin (51), on a charge of murdering George Hillburn, at Gilles Plains, on…

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Punchbowl Tragedy. a Murderous Assault

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 7

As the result of the post-mortem examination on the body of Esther Porter, who was murdered at Punchbowl on Monday, there is no evidence that there was any…

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New Police Development

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 26

In these days of specialisation it is good to know that the police keep abreast of the times. A section of the Parisian force is being trained to bark. Each night the…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 5

Before his Honor Judge Murry.—At 10 a.m., Fisher v Cooper and another (part heard). Appeals against assessments of rateable property within the city of Sydney…

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Police Station to Let

Evening News · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 12

Or the Bridewell Police Station—oxe of the few station within the London area—notice has been fixed advertising the fact that the promises are to be let. The building will…

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Police Courts. False Pretences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 5

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. King, S.M., a neatly-dressed young man named JusWallace Dann, described on the charge-sheet as hailing from England, was charged with having, between…

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