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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

5,681 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Landlord and Tenants Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

Goulston v S. J. Hale and Co., Ltd. This was a case under the Landlord and Tenants Act, in which the plaintiff was Solomon Joseph Goulston, of 25 Toxteth-road,…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before the Chief Justice.) Conspiracy Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

Louis Phillips, Henry Woolf, Joshua Phillips, Isaac Solomon, William Blank, Louis Samuels, and Sidney Robertson appeared to answer a charge of conspiring on November…

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The Bushrangers Charles, White's Great Stories the Mounted Police and Their Duties

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 6

This part of the subject should not be closed without reference to the Mounted Police—the force specially charged with the suppression of convict outrages, which…

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Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before Mr. Justice Powers.) VESTEY v A.W.U. and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

The matter is reportod elsewhere…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Butchers' Shops. Question of Working Hours. Interesting Point

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

His Honor delivered Judgment in the stated case, Waters v Bailey. It appeared that the respondent, who carried on business as a butcher at Singleton, was prosecuted for…

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Law Report. Banco Court. (Before, Mr. Justice Pring, without a jury.) Compensation for Libel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

Campbell v "Daily Telegraph" Newspaper Company, Ltd. Mr. A. Thomson, instructed by Messrs. Priddle and Gosling, appeared for the…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and a jury of four.) Hastings V Hastings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

It was stated that this action had been settled out of court. CLERGYMAN CLAIMS DAMAGES. William Meredith Holliday, rector of St…

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Drainage Law Obstructing the Flow of Water an Appeal Case in the N.S.W. Banco Court

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 3

The Banco Court, presided over by the Chief Justice, on Friday delivered judgmem on appeal by the defendant in the Equity suit brought by Frederick…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four.) ADJOURNED. Louis and another v Grigg

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

Mr. Claude Manning appeared for the plalntiff, and on his application the case was adjourned generally, as a settlement was probable…

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Chief Industrial, Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 10

Next Water Police Court. Phillip-street.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, at 10 a.m.—For hearing Rowland v Veper; same v Blacker; Parroe v Turner, M'Evoy v Schleiman; same v Blackwell (2);…

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Street Orators. Amusing Police Court Case. a Fine Imposed

Evening News · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 1

Alfred Rees, 26, was charged at the Central Police Court with attracting a crowd, by speaking in Market-street, to the inconvenience or pedestrians. Ress was aldo charged with…

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Charge of Assault. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 14

The High Court of Australia to-day dismissed the appeal on a special case stated by Judge Murray, of Papua, in the case of George Bornasconi, manager of a station on the south…

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Valueless Cheque. Alleged Military Officer Sentenced. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 14

On Monday morning, shortly after the steamer Miltiades arrived from England, via Brisbane, a man, dressed in the uniform of a British military officer, and wearing two rows…

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Chicago's Women Police

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 4

Chicago is so satisfied with its experiment with police women, ten of whom were appointed recently to assist in reforming the morals and manners of the…

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Federal Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 10

Before the Deputy President, Mr. Justice Powers, at Darlinghurt Court house, at 10.30 a.m.—For hearing: Ex parte Killen and the Australian Workers Union (part heard)…

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Central, Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 10

Louis Phillips, Henry Woolf, Joshna Phillips, l[?]e Solomon, William Black, Louis Samuels, and Sidney Robertson, conspiracy (part heard). Notice.—The jurors summoned for to-day (other than…

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Prize Court Appeals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 14

The Premier is informod by the Governor that the imperial Government has had under consideration the question of the proper procedure to be pursued in regard to appeals…

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Trading with the Enemy. High Court Judgment

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 13

Mr. Justice Burton, in the High Court, delivered Judgment on the application made by the Minister for trade and Customs for the appointment of a controller of the…

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No. 2 Jury Court. Clergyman Gets £150 Damages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 10

The case was concluded in which William Meredith Holiday, rector of St. Thomas' Anglican Church at Mulgon, sued Mary Ann Hewitt, owner of the Winbourne Estate, of…

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Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice Gordon.) Curtis V Curtis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 10

Mary Ellen Constantine Curtis (formerly Lambrose) sourht a dissolution of her marriage with Robert Curtis on the ground of desertion. Mr. Thornton appeared for the…

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