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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

5,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Probate Court. (Before Mr. Justice Street.) Contest Over Revocation of a Will. Walsh v Battis and others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. Loxton, K.C., and Mr. Monahan, instructed by Messrs. McEvilly and McEvilly, appeared for the plaintiff: and Mr. O'Re[?]y, instructed by Mr. P. J. Clines, for defendant,…

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Petty Stealing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

An epidemic of pretty stealing by young lads is apparently just now prevailing in Toowoomba. On Monday morning no fewer than five different charges were…

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Fraud and Theft Crimes Against Property a Collector Charged with Embezzlement

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

Harold Matthewman. from Sydney, was arrested on Monday in Melbourne, on a charge of embezzlement £7.10 the moneys of the Metropolitan bag Company…

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Sentenced—enemy Trading

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

In the enemy trading case, in which Fownes Bros, and Co., London, the glove manufacturing firm, were defendants, a plea of guilty was entered…

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Man in Uniform Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 9

Frank William Grey (26), dressed as a soldier, was charged at the North Sydney Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Love, S. M., with unlawfully obtaining 3s from Muriel Wait, at…

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Licensing Court

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

At Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—Woolpack Hotel,Castlereagh-street, Redfern,from Patrick James M'Grath to Walter…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 3

Before his Honor judge Backhouse. — At 10 a.m. — In, Chambers, in No. 2 Court.—Examination of judment debtors: Perry v Lowell, Frederick Steams and Company V Vickery. In open Court:— Motions…

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Lane Cove Robbery. Deaf and Dumb Man Charged

Evening News · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 7

Jack Andrew Theodore [?] who is deaf and dumb, was charged North Sydney Police Court with breaking [?] the shop of Arch[?]baid [?]…

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Industrial Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 3

Industrial Courthouse, Queen's.square,—Before Mr. Justice Heydon.— At 10 a.m.—For hearing:Re Government Railways Group, No. 12 Board. for consent to appeal by Carrington Coal and Coke Shipping Union;…

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Soldiers Court-martialled

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 3

It is stated in N.S.W. district military orders that the undermentioned members of the A.I. Force have been tried by District Court-martial at Victoria Barracks,…

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Kogarah Court House

The Propeller · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 1

Since the establishment of a Court of Petty Sessions at Kogarah the business has increased at such an alarming rate that the…

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A Callipoli Hero's Pay. Woman Charged With Forging Orders

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

Margaret Mary Josephine Johnson, aged thirty-five years, was charged at the Parramatta court with forging the name of Grace F. Thompson to a money order…

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Lovers Fall Out Suicide and Attempted Murder

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

After wounding Aileen Ruth Davies, 17 years, at Deaton and Spencer's printing factory, Douglas -street, on February 9, Unick Head, 19, a printer, of Granville, turned the…

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A Riot Leader. Sent to Gaol. Only 14 Days in Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 8

Patrick Murphy, a dungaree-clad recruit, was charged at Liverpool Court yesterday with being drunk and disorderly in Scott-street, Liverpool, on Monday last. He was…

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Veritable Failure Enemy Assault in West British Regain Ground London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 1

M. Marcel Hutin, writing in the Echo de Paris, declares that the British have already regained several sections of trenches on the western front which the Germans, under…

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Liverpool Mutiny Court of Inquiry

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

The Minister for Defence has directed a court of inquiry to report upon the causes, indirect or otherwise, of insubordination at Liverpool and Casula camps on February 11…

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High Court. Judgments Delivered. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 8

The High Court delivered its Judgment in matters in which the Waterside Workers' Federation appealed against the decisions of the Supreme Court in two cases in which…

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A Diabolic Plot Anarchy in America Murder Plots Against the Clergy

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

A Chicago message states that a search began on tuesday for the principals of what is believed by the police to be a plot to destroy the church buildings and kill…

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Workman's Passage Money Jewellers' Claim in Court

Evening News · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 3

Julse [?] the [?] delivered his [?] judgement in the [?] Court this meaning in a [?] under [?] Limited…

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