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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

7,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

Murder. Rose Buy Sensation. Man's Head Battered

Evening News · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 8

About nine o'clock this morning, word was sent to the police at Paddington Station that a man had been found is a tent at Rosr Bay with his skull battered in…

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Police Court MONDAY. (Before Messrs T B Clegg, P.M., and T D Clissold, J.P.)

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 7

John Furber and William Hallon were each fined 5s or " the rising" for being drunk on the Great Western Road, Springwood, on Saturday…

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Court of Industrial Arbitration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 19
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Industrial Court house Queen's-square.—Before Mr. Justice Heydon.—At 10 a.m.: For Hearing: Re Gas Employees' Union Special Demarcation Boar. For nomination of chairman and members; re…

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African Troubles. New Industrial Laws. Agitators Charged with Sedition. Capetown, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 2

Speaking in the Union Parliament on the second reading of the Indemnity Bill, General Do Wet, Minister for Justice, stated that if the proclamation of martial law was justified…

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Convicts of Note. Celebrated Criminals in Parkhurst Gaol. the Case of Jabez Balfour

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 8

A report—which so far to rest upon but slight foundation—that jabez balfour is on the point of being released has again directed attention to Parkhurst…

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Rose Bay Murder the Victim Identified. a Finger Print Record

Evening News · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 9

The police have made a little further progress is solving the mystery surrounding the tragedy which occurred at Rose Bay this morning, details of which appear on page 11…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 11

The Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association and the Scottish Australian Mining Company, Limited, applied for consent to appeal in respect of the Coal Mining…

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Linemen's Claims. Before the Arbitration Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- In the Arbitration Court yesterday, the hearing of the plaint of the Australian Telegraph and Telephone Construction and Maintenance Union for increased…

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Small Debts Court a Cow in Dispute

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 7

At the Small Debts Court on Monday, "before Mr T B Clegg, P.M Isabella McEntyre claimed the sum of £5 10s from Charles Adams, butcher…

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Jack Johnson's Case in Court of Appeals

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 4

The United States Court of Appeals on January 7, at Chicago, took under advertisement arguments for a reversal of the conviction of Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, under…

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A Lifetime at Court: Lord Suffield's "Memories."

The World's News · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 17

IT was to Lord Suffield that Queen Victoria thus simply gave the command that he was to leave her service for that of her son. King Edward VII. (then…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 23. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 19

Term List.—Motions generally.—New trial motion Cash more v Chief Commissioner for Ruilwlays and Tramways (part heard). Demurrer: Railway Workers and General Labourers' Association v United…

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Wages Board. a Case for the Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 22

The Ironworkers' Assistants' Wages Board met again yesterday afternoon. After a short discussion the chairman agreed to state a apee ial case for an Industrial Court…

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Leather Trade Employees. Plaint in the Arbitration Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The plaint of the Federated Tanners and Leather Dressers' Employees' Union was before Mr. Justice Powers in the Arbitration Court to-day. Leather…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Leave to Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 19

An application was made by the Hunter River District' Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association and the Scottish Australian Mining Company, Limited, for consent to appeal…

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Wharfmen. Majority for Resumption. Case in Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 23

The dispute between the Waterside Workers' Federation and the Commonwealth Steamship Owners and others was mentioned in the Arbitration Court to-day to Mr. Justice…

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Theatrical Court. Gaoled for Fiddling. Tuckers Bad and Good Luck

Evening News · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 3

Tucker, the rag-time violiniet, who opens at the Tivoll Theatre to-day, has many pleasant experiences, and at the same time some unpleasant ones. Probably the most…

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Must Assist the Police. Instructions to Tram Men. Information to Be Supplied

The Sun · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 1

A peculiar conflict between the police and tramway officials occurred at North Sydney a few days ago, when an 18-months-old child was run over by a tram. When the police…

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Law Report. High Court. (Before Mr. Justice Rich.) Land Tax Assessment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 19

The hearing was concluded of the appeals ot William M'Donald Matthews, and of F. W. Alchin, and W. M. Matthews, trustees of the will of the late William M'Donald, in…

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