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Courts & crime, 1915

5,681 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.) Board for South Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 4

The matter of the constitution of a separate board under the Food Supply and Distribution Group was, on December 11 last, allowed to stand over till after the vacation…

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Murder From the Air. Baby Killers' Raid Seven Deaths Reported. No Attack on Royal Estate. to Fight Servia. Germans Moving Southward. 170th Day of the War

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 1

The Zeppelin raid has caused the wildest delight in Germany. It is said to be the forerunner of a campaign of airship raids…

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Accused of Theft

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

Lizzie O'Brien, aged 21, was, at the Central Police Court to-day, committed for trial on a charge of stealing from the person of Emile Leonard Rein a diamond ring, valued…

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Geeman Sentenced. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

John Weiss, 38, pleaded guilty at the Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Murray, to a charge of unlawfully wounding with a knife Percy O'Flaherty, at Adelaide, on January 2…

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Sheep Stealing. Most Impudent Case

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 8

William Matthew Colbert, 17 and Christopher Reinbold Hartwig, 24, appeared at the Adelaide Criminal Court on Tuesday, before the Chief Justice…

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"Long Range" Murder

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

"At least fifty per cent, of the Red Cross workers at Aerschot were killed by Germans while moving wounded Belgian officers and men from the battle…

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Marrenup Murder Case

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 8

PERTH, Thursday.--At the Plnjurrah Court to-day, Joseph Cutay, allas Sacheri, who was presented on a charge of having murdered Jean Bell (12), the daughter of an orchardist…

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A Censor Case. Newspaper Proprietors Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 7

PERTH, Thursday.--At the Police 'Court today the proprietors of the "Dally News" were prosecuted of the Defence Department under section 6 of the War Precautions Act. 1914…

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A Forcer Sentenced. An Expert In the Crime

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

At the Adelaide Criminal Sessions, before the Chief Justice, Cecil Payne pleaded guilty to having forged the name of Thomas Keating to withdrawals on the…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday granted a transfer of the license of the Southern Cross Hotel, Devonshire-street, from Charles Robert Heap to Frederick E. Mitchell…

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Kogarah Police Court. Before Mr. Payten, S.M. Wednesday, January 20. Sunday Liquor

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

Sergeant Henderson proceeded against Sarah Bennett, the licensee of the Sea Breeze Hotel, Tom Ugly's Point, for keeping her…

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A Series of Fires. Soldier Charged. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

At the City Court George Tierney, 19, a soldier with the expeditionary force, was charged with having set fire to a dwelling house at St. Arnaud, on January 8…

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The Did Adelaide Case. Snow's Clerk also Charged

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

when Francis H. Snow, of Adelaide, was first apprehended on a charge of trading with the enemy, a clerk employed in his office, Alfred J. Coulls, was also…

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Changes in Police Rank

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 1

The New South Wales Police Force is at present undergoing a system of partial reorganisation. Changes that have already been made involve a reduction in the administration…

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Industrial Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

Industrial Courthouse, Queen's square.—Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.—At 10 a.m.: To be mentioned: Re Coal and Shale Mining (West), Group No. 1 Board for consent to appeal, and for suspension of award…

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High Court Ruling

The Land · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

Reserved judgment was delivered recently in the, appeal by the New South Wales Minister for Lands against the dtecision of the Full Court…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. The Tansley Double Shooting

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

Al the Balmain (Sydney) police court on Wednesday, Thomas Carrington Tansley was committed for trial on a charge of shooting Isaac Martin and his brother,…

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The Burglar Boom Forgery and Counterfeiting Exemplary Sentences for Sheep-stealing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

William Matthey Colbert and Christopher Reinbold Hartwig, two young men, appeared at the Adelaide Criminal Court on Tuesday before the Chief Justice, and…

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Police Courts. Motor Cyclist Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday, Otto Bheuben pleaded gu[?] to a charge of driving a motor cycle at a faster rate than six miles an hour, at the intersection of Oxford-street and Jersey-road,…

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Wednesday, January 27. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

In Equity.—Before his Honor Mr. Justice Street.—[?] [?] Jury Court.—At 10.30 a.m,: Golden Spring Mining Company and Companies Act, motion to continue injunction…

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