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Courts & crime, 1916

5,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Without a Ticket. a Wounded Soldier Charged

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

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

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A Burglary Boom In City and Country Jewel Haul at Fashionable Hotel

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

Three guests at the Hotel Pacific, at the corner of North Steyne and Raglan-street, Manly, were robbed between 7 and 11.30 on Friday night of about £200 in…

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Police and Firemen's Fete

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 8

What promises to be one of the best items on the programme at the Agricultural Ground i connection with the carnival and art union of the Police and Fire Brigades on February…

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Industrial Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 6

Industrial Court House, Queen's-square.—Before Mr. Justice Edmunds—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Re Government Tramways Group, No. 3 Board, appeals to Court by Chief Commissioner for Railways and…

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Anzac to Gaol Returned Soldier Arrested Mr. Hall States Facts

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 3

According to a statement recently made by Mr. C. W. Oakes, a soldier who had returned from the front was arrested and sent to gaol for some offence he had committed…

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Bathurst- Street Shooting Policeman Committed Charge of Murder

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 6

The shooting case which occurred at 122 Bathurst- street on January 10, when it is alleged that Frederick Nathaniel Fisher, a police constable, killed his sister-in-law,…

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Dash for Liberty. Prisoner Escapes in the Scrub. Two Constables Charged with Neglect

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 6

[?] a prisoner from Rose Bay, Plain [?] had the misfortune to lost that [?]. They were accordingly…

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City Shooting. Bathurst-street Tragedy, Evidence at Inquest. Policeman Committed on Charge of Murder

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 5

Mr. H. S. Hawkins, City Coroners held an request this morning, at thr City Coroner's Court, into the circumstances surrounding the [?] of Etheline Adeline Nealon, who, it is…

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Fair Rents Court. Labor M.l.a. First Applicant

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 6

The Fair Rents Court commenced operations yesterday so far as the receipt of applications for variations in rent are concerned. "Singularly enough," remarked the…

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Barrier Strike. Minister's Appeal. "Trust the Court." Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 9

The Acting-Prime Minister (Senator Pearce) his despatched the following further telegram to the secretary of the A.M.A. at Broken Hill:—"Re my proposal of the 4th inst, for a…

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Fair Rents Court. M.l.a. the First Applicant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 8

The Fair Rents Court commenced operations yesterday. Mr. D. R. Hall, State Attorney-General, said that singularly enough the first applicant for…

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"I'll Blind You with Vitriol" Liverpool Disturbance Police Protection Sought

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 2

Martin Christiansen, a timber merchant, carrying on business at Liverpool, proceeded against Mrs. Hannah Wadsworth at the local police court, before Mr. Clegg, P. M.,…

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Law Report. Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.) Petitions for Sequestration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 6

Re William Shannon and George Field, trading as Shannon and Field, exparte Charles Joseph Winter. Mr. Moffitt (of Messrs. M'Donell and Moffitt) appeared for the…

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Tram Service. Employees Seek Increased Wages. Case Before the Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 5

The promise of the Government, made to tramway employees recently (when threats of strike and stop-work meetings were being made) to expedite the hearing of their…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Theatrical Manager's Claim. Cathro v Norwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 6

Mr. W. M. Daley appered for the plaintiff: and Mr. E. O. Prosser (of Messrs. Thomas and Prosser), for the defendant. This was an action brought by George Cathro, theatrical…

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Railway Finances. Tram Men's Wages Concerned Appeal to the Court. a Vicious Circle

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 5

A great deal of attention was devoted towards the financial conditions of the Railway and Tramway Servives in the Industrial Court this morning, when the appeals against the…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 7

Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m— For Hearing: Waugh v McKenzie (2): Burkitt v Parsons: same v jarrett: Perry v Whitehurst. At [?] a.m.: Davis v Silvester…

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Saving's Bank Episode. Depositor Charged with Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 15

At the Globe Court yesterday, before Mr. King, S.M, James Thomas Blease (34) was charged with stealing £20,. the property of the Commissioners of the Savings Bank of New…

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Alleged Shooting. Policeman Charged with Murder. Evidence at Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 7

An inquest on the victim of the Bathurststreet shooting fatality, Etheline Adelaids Nealon, was conducted yesterday by the City Coroner, Mr. H. S. Hawkins. Deceased's…

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Alleged Embezzlement Hospital Clerk Charged

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 7

At the Balmain Police Court today, before Mr., Smithers, S.M., Norman Suter Lotze, aged 85, was charged with emhezzling moneys belonging to the Balmain and District…

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