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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

5,681 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 250

District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Claim Against Campsie Baker. Reed v Sandvoss

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 9

This was a case in which Frederick Reed, flour merchant, of 395 Kent-street, Sydney, sued August Sandvoss, baker, of Beamish-street, Campsie, for the recovery of £131 13s…

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Parramatta Court. "Wednesday, March 17th. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 10

Wm. Brown, an old man 69 years of ago, for drunkenness in Church-street, Parramatta, was fined 1/-; alternative imprisonment till the rising of the Court…

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Parramatta Small Debts Court. "Wednesday, March 17th. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M.) Late Wm. Austin's Estate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 5

Public Trustee Co., Ltd. (in connection with the estate of the late Wm. Austin) v. Frederick James. James pleaded "not indebted," and stated that the account…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir William Cullen, and juries.) M. H. Harris, Crown Prosecutor. Wounding with Intent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 9

James Finn, 30, pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to murder Phyllis Hume, and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. He was convicted on the second count,…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four.) Litigation Over a Poultry Farm. M'Crea v Mar[?]den

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 9

Mr. H. H. Mason and Mr. Weston, instructed by Mr. Harry L. Brown, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. P[?]burn, instructed by Messrs. Perkins, Stevenson, and Co. (agents…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and a jury of four.) Alleged Storekeeping Partnership. D. Mitchell and Co. v Glaser and Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 9

The case was continued in which Messrs. D. Mitchell and Co., sued William Urben and W. B. Dark, of Urbenville, near the Queensland border, claiming £343 13s 1d, alleged to…

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Gaol Inmates Want to Fight Mr. Hall Approached Bathurst

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 March 1915 · page 9

Mr. D. R. Hall (Attorney-General) made his annual inspection or Bathurst gaol to-day. He was accompanied by Mr. S. McCauley, Comp-troller of Prisons. The Minister received a…

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In or Out of Gaol Matter of Luck. Mr. Hall's Statement. Bathurst

The Sun · Sunday 21 March 1915 · page 4

Mr. Hall. Attorney-General, accompanied by Mr. Macauley, Comptroller of Prisons, made his annual inspection of Bathurst Gaol today. Mr. Hall gave every prisoner who so…

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Burglary Hoax. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 11

In connection with an alleged burglary under arms, reported to the police at Cumnock on Wednesday, it now transpires that the affair was a hoax…

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"Winging" a Zeppelin How Lz19 Was Captured. Aircraft Crew Charged with Murder

Evening News · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 6

The story of the capture of the German Zeppelin LZ19 in more like a chapter from a romance of adventure than a record of sober fact (Writes a London correspondent). Early…

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Charged with Manslaughter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 8

HOBART, Saturday.--John Moore has been committed for trial, charged with the manslaughter of George Thorne, who died as the result of injuries to his head…

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Conspiring to Escape. German Reservist Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 8

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Richard Stegler, a German reservist, has been sentenced to 60 days' gaol, and his accomplices, Richard Maden and Gustay Cook, to 10…

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Passport Conspriracy. Germans Sentenced. New York, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 10

Richard Stegler, a German reservist, has been sentenced to sixty days' imprisonment His accomplices—Richard Noddon and Gustav Cook—were each sentenced to ten…

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Heavy Bail in Murder Case

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 8

DALBY, Q., Saturday.--Emil Howard Thonemann, charged with the murder of Alfred William Cooper, at Kuyura, on March 9, has been released on bail, himself in £5000, and one…

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Earle Hermann. Sentenced This Morning. Three Years Hard Labor. Judos Docker's Remarks on the Trial

Evening News · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 5

Joseph Earle hermann was again before Judge Docker, at the Darlinghurst Sessions this morning. Two fresh indictments had been filed against…

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Fatal Fight. the Kent-street Affray. Dunn Before the Court

Evening News · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 3

William Richard Victor Dunn, 45, a wharf laborer, was charged at the Water Police Court before Mr. Clarke, S.M., this morning, with causing the death of Charles Oliver Olsen in…

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Strike Aftermath. Colliery Appeal Cases. Full Court's Judgment. Mr. Justice Heydon's Powers

Evening News · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 5

The Full Court. Sir William Cullen (Chief Justice). Mr. Justice Pring and Mr. Justice Sly, delivered judgment this morning in the Banco Court in the appeals on behalf of William…

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Commercial Travellers' Club. The Proposed New Building. A Big Court Action. Some Remarkable Evidence

Construction and Local Government Journal · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 5

A case of considerable interest and importance to the building fraternity was heard in the Banco Court last week. Jt was an action brought by George Thomas Eaton and Albert Edmund Bales, architects, carrying on…

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Fraud and Theft Earle Hermann's Sentence Three Years in Goulburn Gaol

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 4

Joseph Earle Bermann, who has been found guilty of uttering in connection with three promissory notes, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by…

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Assault at Newtown

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 8

John Walsh (33), at the Newtown Court, was fined £5, in default two months' gaol, for assaulting Constable W. C. Smith whilst in the execution of his duty. Walsh, on being arrested…

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