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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

7,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

District Court' (Before Judge Backhouse and juries.) a Father's Claim. Ryan v Sydney Ferries, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 5

This was an action brought by Patrick Vincent Ryan, of Cremorne House, Cremorne, on behalf of his infant son, Patrick, aged 7 years, claiming £50 compensation from the…

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State Courts. Full Court. (Before Sir William Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Sly.) M'SWEENEY V. Railway Commissioner. Rozelle Resumption Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 4

This was a new trial motion, the application being, in effect, to add to the amount of compensation awarded to the plaintiff, Justin M'Sweeney, a sum of £1450, which was specially…

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Supreme Court. in Banco. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Sly.) Resumption Case. Appeal for Additional Compensation. M'Sweeny v Chief Hallway Commissioner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 5

Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., Mr. E. M. Mitchell, and Mr. L. S. Abrahams, instructed by Messrs. Boyce and Magncy, appeared for the plaintif in support of the appeal; and Mr. Lamb,…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 14

(Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate). At 11 a.m.: Perry v. Delaney (3), same v. Lee, some v. Hodge, some v. Barbier (3), same v. Walker, same v. Consell, same v. Canard, same v. Chaplin, Lonergan v. Molloy…

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Bank Cashier Sentenced. Eighteen Months' Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 10

LONDON, Monday Evening. -- Walter Robson, formerly cashier in the London office of the Commercial Bank of Australia, who was committed for trial on a charge of appropriating…

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Police Court Reports

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 2

Night and day we continue to receive requests to omit persons' names from the reports of the Police Court. We have already intimated dozens of times that…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Struck Out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 9

Twelve cases were set down for hearing against various employers and employees in the butchering industry, charging them with breaches of the Butchering (Metropolitan…

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Gaol Prisoner's Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 10

BATHURST, Tuesday. -- Following instructions from the Minister for Justice a life-sentence prisoner was yesterday tried at the local gaol by two magistrates, on a charge of stabbing…

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Assault in a Train

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 1

Frank Duncan was charged at Hornsby Police Court yesterday with having committed an unprovoked assault on a railway passenger…

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Engine Derailed. Young Man Sentenced. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 12

At the Quarter Sessions to-night, before Judge Scholes, Charles Howard, a young man, was sentenced to two years' hard labour for placing two stones on the Marangaroo loop,…

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Prohibited Immigrant. From Hospital to Gaol

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 10

Carlo de Polo, a young Swiss with an Italian name, and a German tongue, was a seaman aboard the French 4-masted barque Vereengetorix, and when the vessel reached…

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Lady's Bangle. Financier's Appeal. Magistrate's Decision Upheld

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 1

Mr. Justice Ferguson, sitting in Chambers to-day, again had before him the application by Mr. Mack (instructed by Mr. Levlen) on behalf of Mark Abel Grace, financier, of…

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Bathurst Gaol Outbreak. Violent Prisoner Dealt with

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 10

The prisoner undergoing a life sentence at Bathurst Gaol who was guilty of a serious assault upon a warder has been dealt with by the visiting magistrate. The warder has…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Before his Honor Judge Backhouse, in No. 1 Court.—At 10 a.m.—Townsend v Townsend and others, Holmes v Napier, Terrill v Burgess. Before his Honor Judge Docker, in No. 2 Court.—At…

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Supreme Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 14
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Term List. -- Mottons, etc., ex parle James Collins, prohibition (part heard), ex parte New South Wales Mont de Piete Deposit and Investment Co., Ltd., prohibition. Special case: Armitage v. Ashbury…

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Young Man Committed. Charged with Breaking and Entering

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- There was a large number of spectators at the police court, to hear charges against James Haldane Taylor (20), who is accused on information with having…

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The Reeks Murder. a New Clue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Evening. -- The police are investigating the theft of an automatic pistol from the wireless operator's room on the steamer Empress of Ireland, the vessel on which the…

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Starting a Home. Story of a Lady Philan—thropist. Strange Case at City Police Court

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 4

A singular case was beard at the Central police Court. Percy Dopald, 28, appeared on a charge of having between December 20 ao4 24, [?]…

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