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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

5,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

£14,000,000 in Bond Evidence in Theft Case

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 5

In a case at the Water Police Court this morning, in which William Maloney, carter, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for having stolen a case of salmon, valued…

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Robbery at Liverpool. Soldiers Charged with Breaking and Entering

Evening News · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 1

The branch premises of Messrs. Gowing Brothers at Liverpool Camp were broken into on Wednesday night, one of the windows being forced. Goods valued at £40 were stolen…

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Wilful Murder Verdict Against Kaiser London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 1

At the inquests held to- day in Leicestershire on the victims of the Zeppelin raid, the local authorities expressed their sympathy with the relatives and deplored the fiendish…

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Gambling Frauds How to Back "Grts" Clever Man and Son Sent to Gaol

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

George Edward Neal and Norman George Neal, father and son, pleaded guilty at the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, to a charge of having at…

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Law Notices. Friday, February 4. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 7

[?] Before the Prothonotary.—Roach v Bickle, 11 a.m. Before the Deputy Prothonotary. —Withers v Withers, 10.15 a.m.; Stephens v Stephens, 10 a.m.; Tout v Tout, 11 a.m…

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The Arbitration Court. Tramway Men Propose its Abolition

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

Several motions dealing with the N.S.W. Arbitration Court, have been listed for discussion at the annual conference of the Amalgamated Railway and…

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Holding Back The Great Army of Shirkers Recruiters Want Police Assistance

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 3

The allegations that numbers of laborers employed at the Small Arms Factory at Lithgow are posing as skilled munition workers to provide themselves with…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse). an Accountant's Claim. Turner v RELPH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 7

Mr. Davidson, instructed by Messrs. Salwey and Primrose, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. E. M. Mitchell, instructed by Messrs. Baxter Bruce, and Ebsworth, for…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 10

P[?]illip-street.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, At 10 a.m.: For hearing, Durpack v [?]r (3), Roe v Z[?]f (2), Johnstone v Collingwood (2), same v Allen, Duncan v Inchan, same v Walters,…

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Magistrate Pays Fine

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 2

A returned wounded soldier named [?] was charged of the [?] Police Court on Friday with travelling on [?] without a ticket. It was stated that [?]…

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A Barefaced Theft

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 8

On Christmas eve, a bay golding, sulky and harness, valued at £40, the property of Mr. Albert John Sach, were stolen from the owner a premises in Ryde. The…

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Theft From Bond Proprietor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 18

William Maloney, 28, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment (the sentence being suspended under the first offenders' provisions of the Crimes Act) at the Water Police Court…

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Kicked Policeman Brutally Soldier Sent to Gaol

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

Constable Charles Williams met with a serious injury yesterday when arresting a soldier, Joseph Hurley, aged 35, in Liverpool- street, near George- street. He had hold of…

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Probate Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 10

The following probates and letters of administration were granted by the Registrar of Probates during the past week:- Probates: Margaret Cronin, M. D. Sutton,…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 10

Before his Honor Judge [?]ackhouse.—At 10 a.m.: Cathro v Norwood (part heard), Dadley v the Pacific Phosphate Company, Ltd., Dyke v Boylan, Vigars and another v Ferguson, Saxton and Binus, Ltd., v…

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Liverpool Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

Before Mr. Gates. P.M., and various J's.P.,…

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Without a Ticket. Wounded Soldier Charged. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 18

A wounded returned soldier, named Oswald, while proceeding from Sydney to Melbourne, was ordered off the train for travelling without a ticket. It appears that Oswald was…

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St. George Police Court. Wednesday, February 1. BEFORE Mr. J. L. KING, S.M.

The St George Call · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 6

There's a thing (it's what me boy Patrick who's learning Euclid, calls a definition) that's been puzzling me most of the week," said P.C. Flanbranigan,…

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Inquests on Victims. Wilful Murder Verdict

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- Further details concerning the air raid over the Eastern and Midland counties, have been revealed at the inquests on the victims, and fresh narratives…

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Industrial Aquitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 10

Industrial Courthouse, Queen's-square.—Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.—t 12 noon: For hearing Re Government Tramways Gro[?], No. 3 Board, appeal by the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways and…

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