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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

5,681 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Penrith District Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 5

A deputation from the Penrith district waited on the Attorney general yesterday with a request that District Court sittings should be re–established there, and that litigants should…

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Law Report. Supreme Court. Banco Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of four.) Architect's Claim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

Eaton and another v Commercial Travellers" Association. This case is still part hoard…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Judgment Reserved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

His Honor had before him the application by the chairman of the Leather Trades Group (No. 9 Board) that the award should be reopened with a view of granting moulders in…

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Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before Mr. Justice Powers.) Waterside Workers' Agreement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

An application was made by the Waterside Workers' Federation for an amendment of the award, so as to include Scott Fell and Co., and also for an interpretation of clause 3 of…

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Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice Gordon.) O'GRADY v O'GRADY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

Frederick James O'Grady applied for a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights by his wife, Mary Gertrude O'Grady, formerly Page. Mr. Fraser appeared for the petitioner…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) a Mascot Cottage. Morgan v Jarvis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

Richard Morgan, labourer, of Wellingston-street. Mascot, claimed £360 from James Jarvis, contractor, of 308 Trafalgar-street, Annandale, alleged to be the amount of a…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before the Chief Justice and a jury.) Charge of Conspiracy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

The trial of Louis Phillips, Henry Woolf, Joshua Phillips, Isaac Solomon, William Blank, Louis Samuels, and Sydney Robertson on a charge of conspiring together and with…

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Enemy Aliens. War Status in British Courts. Judgement of the Court of Appeal

Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 10

Court of Appeal.—The Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Raila, and Lords Justice Buckley, Swinfea Bady, Phillimore, and Pickford. The following law report from the London…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and a jury of four.) BREEN v TULLY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

It was stated that this case, which was a suit for breach of promise, had been settled out of court. POULTRY FOR RESTAURANT…

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Spooks in Court. a Claim for Slander. Psychology and the Inner Self. Phremnologist Sues Father-in-law

Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

A steamer case in which the [?] described himself as a carpenter, and the defendant an [?], was heard in the District Court the [?] before Judge Rogers…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four.) a Deal in Sheep. Thatcher v Strickland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

Mr. Windeyer, instructed by Messrs. McLachlan and Murray, appeared for the plaintiff. Defendant did not appear. This was an action brought, by Thomas Leslic…

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Bailee Charged with Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

J. Donlan (or Walter Howard) was charged at the Paddington Police Court with the larceny as a bailee of a quantity of household goods, valued at £21, the property of Mildred…

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Military Men Charged. Alleged Stealing of Stores. Sergeant-majors Commit

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

John Gribble, William Poole, William Hamey, and Josiah Chivers, the first-named two being sergeant-majors in the Military Forces, were charged at the Water Police Court, before Mr…

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Fraud and Theft An Officer's False Step Six Months Gaol for False Pretences

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 4

A [?] named William Richard Evans, des[?] military officer and [?]ing [?] said was the uniform of a captain of the welsh Fusiliers, was at…

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Theft From a Church

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

St. Augustine's Church, Shell Coveroad, Neutral Bay, was broken into between last Sunday and yesterday. A collection box was forced open, and about three…

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Alleged Theft of Flour

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions to-day Joseph Frederick Ikin and William Paul Conrad were charged before Judge Docker on three counts of stealing and receiving flour…

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Getting His Own Back. Australian Farmer in Gaol

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

An Australian farmer, writing to the "Daily Mail," says that his clothes hung loosely after his experiences in German gaols…

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Central Criminal Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

Thomas Carrington Tansley, wounding with intent to murder; James Finn, wounding with intent to murder…

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A Strange Assault. Man Who Asked for a Drink. Young

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

A mysterious assault has been reported to the local police from Spring Creek, a little over a mile from town. The police report is that an unknown man went to the residence of…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Judgment Reserved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 4

A reference by Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the No. 9 Board, Leather Trades (Makers and Repairers of Agricultural Implements, etc.), was made on Wednesday. The question was…

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