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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

5,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Slingsby Baby Case Uncles Re-enter Court London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 5

The courts are hearing an appeal in the Slingsby baby case, the uncles having reraised the issue that the child was a changeling…

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Mosman Burglary Three Men at Police Court Remanded Without Bail

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 5

The North Sydney Police Court was crowded this morning when James Ryan (29), a wood turner, Albert Lewis (27), a bootmaker, and Joseph Christopher…

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Police Courts. Charges of Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 10

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before [?] Macfarlane, C.S.M., William James Hill, 32, and Th[?] Cyril Hill, 31, were charged with having behaved [?] riotous manner in Liverpool-street, Sydney, on De[?]…

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Cheque Stealing Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 10

Towards the end of last year Mrs. Wilkie, a [?] of Morehead-street, Redfern, applied for assistance [?] the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund, and on the [?] [?] a cheque for £2 was forwarded to her address, but [?]…

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Police Charged with Housebreaking. Eight Constables Involved. Twenty-seven Charges

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 6

[?] the [?]…

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Mosman Masked Burglary. Three Men Arrested. Nearly £300 Seized

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 9

Three men were arrested at St. Leonards yesterday in connection with the masked and armed burglary which was committed at Mrs. Emily Kelly's house at the corner of Belmont…

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Three Men Arrested. Charged with Mosman Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 14

The police arrested three men at Willoughby yesterday and charged them with being concerbed in the robbery of Mr. Walter Kelly's house at Mosman on Monday morning…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 10

Before the Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m.: Moorehouse [?] Bayley…

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Slept in Hollow Logs. Bush Prowler Sentenced. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 14

Peter Muscor[?]te, 65, was charged at the Bathurst Police Court with having no visible lawful means of support. Constable Harper said that Muscorite had no fixed place of…

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Supreme Court Additions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 5

For some time past additions to the Supreme Court buildings in King Street have been in progress, and advantage has been taken of the present vacation to complete thorn before the…

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Military Court-martial

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 5

It is stated in District Orders that a court[?] was held at [?] Harracks on December [?]. when Private Michael Joseph [?] of the [?]…

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Dentist Charged Board's Limited Authority No Power to Compel Evidence

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 7

In 1907 the Dental Board of New South Wales passed a resolution declaring that it was infamous conduct for dentists to employ agents or canvassers on their behalf. The…

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Alleged Valueless Cheque. Ex Bank Employee Charged. New Castle

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 1

At the [?]…

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Hospital Carnival Police and Firemen's Effort

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 5

The fifth annual carnival of the Police and F[?] Brigades is being held this year on February 26 in aid of the public hospitals. Tickets for the art union have been distributed throughout the…

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Hospitals to Benefit. Police and Fire Brigades' Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 14

The object of the fifth annual carnival of the Police and Fire Brigades this year is to raise £7000 for distribution among our public hospitals. The committee is, perhaps, rather…

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In Military Uniform. Police Raid on Bendigo Publicans

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 7

BENDIGO, Tuesday.--The City Court was crowded yesterday by people eager to hear details in connection with the prosecution of a butch of publicans, who as a result of a raid…

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"O'connells Hairy Man" Arrested by the Police. [?]

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

For monthly [?]…

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Seized a Revolver Dramatic Police Arrest Randwick Bookmaker's Loss

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

At the Central Police Court today George Young, aged 20, and Charles Wynne Speechley, aged 27, were charged with breaking and entering the home of Claude Weston, at…

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Trading with Enemy. London Glove Firm in Court. Supplies From Germany. London, Tuesday Night

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 1

A charge of [?]…

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Parramatta Court. Monday, January 17. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M.) Canes Fall Through

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 1

Melinda Jane Green v. John Katen Derlaney (three cases).—The complainant when in the box expressed a wish to "withdraw the charges." Questioned by…

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