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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

5,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

Court-martial. Question of Identity. Accused's Defence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 8

Rex Brady, alleged to be a member of the A.I.F., was again before the District Court-martial at Victoria Barracks yesterday, on a charge of having committed the following…

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Strikers. No Sympathy From Court. a Warning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 6

A warning that "strikers" would receive no sympathy from the Court when they sought arbitration was uttered by Mr. Justice Heydon In the Industrial Court yesterday, in…

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Law Notices. Thursday, March 2. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

Term Lists.—To be taken in Banco Court.—Motions generally. Motions: Ex parte Samuel Bowen, ouster; ex parte Richard W. Richards, re Vernon, ouater; ex parte Richard W. Richards, re Jacobsen, ouster. New…

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Marine Court Inquiry. Sinking of a River Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

Before Judge Backhouse and Captains Chudleigh and Taylor as assessors, an inquiry was held into the circumstances connected with the sinking…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Suspension Granted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

Judgment was delivered in the case of the Application by the Master Printers and Connected Trades' Association for the suspension of certain parts of the award of the Printing…

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Married Woman's Death Case at Coroner's Court Dying Depositions

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 5

An inquest was held at the City Coroner's Court to-day into the circumstances surrounding the death of a married woman, Charlotte Eva Harper, aged 2[?], who died…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Bicycle and Motor Car Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

Victor Emanuel Romeo, 19 years of age, by his next friend, Albert Leo Romeo, sued Richard Brady, shutter manufacturer, for £75 damages, the result of a collision…

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Election of a Mayor. Application to the Court. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 7

In the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. T. M. Clegg, P.M., Keiran Ryan, solicitor, applied, on behalf of David Hyam, an alderman of Nowra Municipality, for a…

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Railway and Tramway Gratuity Fund the Gratuities Case. to Go to the High Court

Co-operator · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

From time to time reports of the endeavour to recover at law from the Government, gratuitlesalleged to be due to railway men, Under a…

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Court of Marine Inquiry. (Before Judge Backhouse and Captains Chudleigh and Taylor, assessors.) Sinking of the Captain Thomas Fenwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

The Court held an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the sinking of the steamer Captain Thomas Fenwick. Mr. H. E. Moore, of the Crown Law Department, in…

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Heidelberg Murder Discovery by Police Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 5

The police have discovered a bag containing false whiskers and false motor car numbers near the scene of the Heidelberg motor murder…

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Charge of Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--A lance corporal and a private of the Australian Army Service Corps were charged at Uxbridge with stealing three cases of cigarettes and tobacco to the value of…

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Contractor Convicted of Stealing

The Land · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 6

(Q.).—The sanitary contract expires in June next. The contractor has been convicted of stealing a pair of boots from a hotel premises; householders…

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Breaking and Entering Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 8

Donald Fraser for M'Pherson) was charged at the Paddington Court with breaking Court entering the dwellinghouse of Margaret Kermode, Coolong Road, Vancluse, on October 12 last,…

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A Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 8

BRISBANE, Thursday.--As a sequel to a stabbing affray at Spring Hill last night Els[?]c Shaw (26), described as a servant, was charged at the police court to-day with wilful murder…

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Gaol Warders. Superannuation and Wages

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

The Comptroller-General of Prisons, in the course of his annual-report, laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly last night, expressed regret that a superannuation fund was…

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Charge of Theft. Australians in Trouble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 7

A lance-corporal and private in the Australian Army Service were charged at Uxbridge with stealing three cases of cigarettes and tobacco, value £24, the…

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Alleged Murder. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 8

As a sequel to a stabbing affray at Spring Hill last night, in which a soldier named William Peter Nellson met his death, Els[?]e Shaw, a servant, appeared in the City Police…

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Said He Was a German. Etacey-Duke Sentenced

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

Private Norman Stacey-Duke, alias C. C. Morris, who was recently found guilty by court-martial in Sydney of desertion and escaping from confinement…

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Motor Car Murder. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 7

The police are still busy in connection with the murder of William Patrick Haines, a chauffeur, on Bulleen-road, Heidelberg, on Tuesday last…

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