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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

5,681 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Alleged Assault. Appeal to High Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 8

In the High Court to-day argument was heard in a special case stated by Judge Murray in respect to the conviction of George Bornasconi, who was sentenced at Port Moresby, New…

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Fraud and Theft a Brisbane Lady's Diamonds Police Chase a Stolen Motor-car

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

Six men, named Percy Dalton, aged 18, James Ryan, 26, Henry Drewed Moore, 36, Walter Smith, 19, Jeremiah O'Connor, 19, and Henry Archibald, 41…

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District Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 5

(Before Judge Rogers, K. C.) in Chambers, in No. 2 Court, at 10 a.m. Examination of judgment debtors: Donato v. Holloway, M'Millan v. Hill, Farmer and Company, Limited, v. Hunting, Motions generally in…

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A Brutal Assault. Wharf Laborer Attacks a Woman

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

At the Newcastle police court on Tuesday, William Fitzgerald, a wharf laborer, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for assaulting Lena Elsie Campbell…

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Charge of Theft. Large Sum Involved. Cairns (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 8

In the police court to-day Duncan Cameren Miller, formerly shipping manager at the Cairns branch of Burns, Philp, and Co., and James Joseph Lynch and James Christie…

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German Prize Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 7

ROTTERDAM, Thursday. -- The Prize Court at Hamburg has requested Dutch shippers interested in the cargo of the Durward to notify particulars of their claims,…

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The M'cann Triple Murder. Rottman Hanged

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

Rottman, a young German, who was found guilty of the murder of the three M'Canns on their farm some months ago, was executed on Monday morning. On…

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A Murder in Fiji. Chinese Storekeepers Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

The Fiji "Times" states that a mysterious disappearance is reported from Kadavu, which seems to point to a crime of a particularly horrible character having…

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Kogarah Police Court. Before Mr. King, S.M. Wednesday, March 10. Trouble Over a Penny Fare

The Propeller · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 3

William Johnson, a Railway Inspector, charged Joseph Schnieder with not paying his railway fare and with endeavouring to…

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Police Courts. Alleged Spurious Coins

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

Further evidence was heard at the General Police Court yesterday against Henry Scrogginga, aged 46; Frank Usher, 31; and Samuel Sealy, 37, who were charged that they did, on or about February 10,…

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Court of Industrial Arbitration

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 5

Court-room lately occupied by Master, in Equity. -- (Before Judge Edmunds.) At 10 a.m.: For Judgment -- Re Manufacturing No. 2 Group, No. 5 Board, appeal by Cycle, Motor, and Electroplating Employers'…

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"Keep to the Right." Police Warning

The Sun · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 3

Superintendent Tait, head of the metropolitan police, desires tho public to observe tho now traffic ordinance, by which pedestrians in the city are required to keep to the…

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Murder in Papua. a White Man Clubbed to Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

Natives at a point thirty-five miles behind Port Moresby brutally murdered Harry Ballot, a white settler. They watched him leave his house, lay in wait…

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Musicians' Union. Court Cancels Registration

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

The registration of the Musicians' Union of New South Wales as an industrial body was yesterday cancelled by Judge Edmunds in the Industrial Arbitration Court…

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In Lorraine. Devastated Villages. Murder and Pillage. London, Thursday Evening

The Sun · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 1

A special Danish correspondent who has been permitted to make a tour along the front in Larraine declares that the French occupy a large part of the province. The…

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Suspects Fired At. Early Morning Pursuits. Police Outdistanced

The Sun · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 5

Constable Good, of Regent-street division, had an exciting chase early this morning after a man, who was suspected of having robbed Harold Ryan, of Stanley-street, city…

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Indian Fanatics. Conflict with Police. Madras, March 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 7

Some fanatics at Calicut, concerned in an attempt on the life of an official, took refuge in a temple, and resisted arrest for two hours…

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Police Pay. Weekly Rise of 3-. LONDON, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 5

Mr. M'Kenna announced in the House of Commons to-day that in consequence of the extra services required of them, rind the increased cost of living, the pay of metropolitan…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Lambton Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

This was an application of the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association and the Scottish Australian Mining Company, Ltd., for the variation or amendment of…

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Censor and Newspaper. Government Appeal to High Court

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

The Commonwealth has obtained leave from the High Court to appeal to that tribunal against a decision of the police magistrate at Perth (W.A.) in the case of…

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