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Courts & crime, 1915

5,681 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

District Court. (Before Judge Rogers.) Knocked Down by Motor Car. Dwyer v Aylward

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 11

John Dwyer, of 343 Sussex-street, Sydney, sued Percy James Aylward, of Castlereagh and Park streets, Sydney, for the recovery of £100 compensation for injuries occasioned…

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Smuggler Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 7

COPENHAGEN, Wednesday.-- Albert Jonson, the ringleader in the recent copper smuggling, has been sentenced to 60days' imprisonment…

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Woman Shot Dead. the Darlinghurst Tragedy. Man Charged with Murder

The Sun · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 6

To live, after lying at death's door for over a week with a bullet in his head, and then be sent for trial by the City Coroner on a charge of murder, has been the fate of Joseph…

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Charge of Sheep Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 4

WAGGA, Wednesday,--Before Mr. Helm, P.M., at the Wagga Police Court, Alian Power, farmer and grazier, residing at Tarcutta, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing four stud…

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Brothers Sent to Gaol. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 10

Mr. Justice Gordon se[?]tenced John Mickelson to five years' penal servitude on each of two informations for burglary. He was similarly dealt with on three informations for breaking,…

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Another Police Raid

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 5

Inspector Kelly, with Senior-sergeants Allen, O'Day, Hamilton, and Young, and other members of the police, made a raid at half-past 9 this morning upon a house in Little…

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Police Sergeant Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 4

BATHURST, Wednesday.--Sergeant Shee[?]y was, at the local Court to-day, fined Is, with 6s costs, for having used inputting words to Charles Henry Hall, owner of a motor car for…

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Murder as a Profession. a New York Industry

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 5

In a great city like New York, into which has poured the off-scourings of Europe, it is not to be wondered that some forms of crime, which are supposed to be peculiar to certain…

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Torture and Murder. German Outrages on Belgian Priests

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 12

The Belgian Legation in London has pub­lished the following official report on the cruelty and murder practised on the Catholic clergy in Belgium by the Germans:—…

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Thou Shalt Do Murder Honor the Uniform. an Address to Soldiers

People · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 3

A small congregation, which included seven men in uniform attended a service yesterday afternoon in the soldiers' tent at St. Paul's Cathedral. In the course of a short address…

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Question of Power. Full Court Argument. Is Industrial Court Supreme? the King and the Privy Council

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 3

There was further argument in the Full Court this morning on the question of the powers of the State industrial Arbitration Court…

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Darlinghurst Tragedy. Woman Shot Dead. Inquest on Mrs. Sullivan. Verdict of Murder

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 5

The shooting in a back bedroom at 49 Burton-street, Darlinghurst, on the morning of February 11, which resulted in the death of Sarah Ann Sullivan, 40, had its sequel at the City…

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The Wheat Seizure. Case Stated for High Court

The Australian Worker · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 10

The Interstate Commission has stated a case for the High Court in the matter of the appeal of the State of New South Wales against the decision of the…

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The Troops. Police Enlisting. Medical Tests. Strictness Required in the Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 9

Six policemen from the North Const, all over six feet in height, were included in the fine lot of recruits paraded at the Barracks yesterday. Warrant-Officer Muckleston, who…

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The Airship Raid on Norfolk. Inquest on the Victims. "Nothing Short of Murder." First Bomb Dropped at Ormesby

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 4

The inquest upon the two victims of the German air raid over Yarmouth was held on January 21, at the Town Hall by the Borough's Coroner (Mr. J. T. Waters). The names on…

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Distrtict Court. (Before Judge Rogers.) Ownership of a Pony. Lennon v Heuston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 4

Francis Joseph Lennon, chemist, of Atchison-street, St. Leonards, proceeded against Horace Yeomans Heuston, horse-trainer, of Houston-road, South Kensington, for the…

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Diary of the War Attacked by Zeppelins. Bombs From Starlit Sky. Attempt to Murder King. Aerial Torpedoes Fired. London, Wednesday, January 20

The Sun · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 7

"It Is a terribly slack night," said the news editor as he toasted his feet at the fire and wondered how he was going to window-dress his paper when there was nothing new to…

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Alien Enemies. the Law Of Britain. Can Be Sued, But Cannot Sue. Appeal Court Judgment

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 6

A specially constituted Court of Appeal, consisting of the Lord Chief Justice the Master of the Rolls, and Lords Justice Buckley, sw[?] E[?]dy, Phillimore, and Pickford, gave…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Mr. H. A. G. Curry, President, and Messrs. W. Houston and C. E. Rennie, Commissioners). Decision Reserved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 4

The Court had under further consideration a number of references by the Minister for Lands for determination of the capital value of the land in the Parkes district…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 4

Next Water Police Court, Phillip-street.—Before the Chief industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.: For hearing—Dunleavy v Carrie (2). At 11 a.m.: Durack v Perdrian Rubber Co., Ltd. (3). At 12 noon: Durack…

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