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Courts & crime, 1916

5,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Licensing Court

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

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—Forest Lodge Hotel, Forest and Arundel streets, Glebe, from Thomas Condon to…

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Industrial Court

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

Before Mr. Justice Heydon.—At 2 p.m.: For hearing— Re Labourers' Group, No. 1 (railway, etc., construction, State), application for consent to appeal by Neuchatel Asphalte Co., Ltd…

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District Court

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

Before Judge Backhouse, at 10 a.m., in Chambers, in No. 2 Court.—Examination of judgment debtors: Nock and Kirby, Limited, v Parish, Douglass v Everitt, Foley Brothers, Limited, v Premberton,…

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State Prisoners. Fewer Gaol Entries. Increased Industrial Output

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 8

The outstanding features of the year, as set forth in the annual report of the Prisons Department, were the decreased gaol entries and prison, punishments, and the increased…

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Fair Rents Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 6

"Scotia."--See "The Daily Telegraph," February 5 and 7…

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The Mysterious Passenger. Victorian Murder Still Unsolved

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The mystery surrounding the murder of William Haines, the chauffeur found shot in his taxi-ccb near Heidelberg on Tuesday, remains unsolved…

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Jack Johnson's Debts Damages for Assault Printer's Account Unpaid London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 5

Jack du Maurier, the boxer, sued the ex-champion Jack Johnson for damages for assault The evidence showed that du Maurier was employed as Johnson's boxing partner…

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A Warning From the Court

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

In dismissing an appeal by the Coke workers' Association, against the recent award, Mr. Justice Heydun, in the N.S.W. Industrial Court, on Wednesday issued a…

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Highway Robbers. the St. Peters Cases. Senior and Ausun Sentenced. What Judge Docker Said

Evening News · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 5

Judge Docker, at the Darlinghurst Sessions this morning passed sentence on Athol Roy Senior, 16, and David William Austin, 24, who were responsible for [?] are known as the…

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[?]Ly Cro[?] Selling. a Melbourne Police Scoop

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

Evidence of heavy drinking and illicit liquor trading in the Melbourne slums was obtained on Sunday by two constables, who, on looking through a fence in an…

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Milson Island Murder. "A Curtain of Silence." Coroner's Severe Remarks

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 4

At the City Coroner's Court yesterday Mr. H. Richardson Clark, the Coroner for Parramatta, concluded the inquest on the death of Henry Joseph Brown, a soldier who was killed…

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Law Notices. Friday, March 3. Supreme Court

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

Term Lista,—To be taken in Banco Court.—New trial motion: Hogan v Martin and another. Criminal appeal: Rex v Evensen. To be taken in No. 1 Court. —Equity appeal: Albert Grego[?]y, Ltd., v A. Ni[?]ol,…

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Crimes of Violence Melbourne Murder Tragedy a Chauffeur Found Shot in His Car

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

William Haines. a chauffeur, who was employed by the Globe Motor and Taxi Company, of South Melbourne, was found dead in an abandoned motor-car on the…

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Late City Elections. Ouster Motions Before Full Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 8

Two of the three ouster motions arising out or the recent city municipal, elections have been settled. It was mentioned to Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Justice Sly, and Mr. Justice Ferguson…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Commission Claim Fails

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

Reserved judgment was given in the case in which John Arthur Campbell and Edmond Randolph Broughton, trading as Campbell and Broughton, of Mosman, claimed £50…

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Barrier Miners. Case Before Arbitration Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 5

When the case of the Barrier Branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association was called on before Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Arbitration Court yesterday, Mr. Schutt, on…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 10

Phillip-stree, before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, at 10 a.m.:—To be adjourned:—Durack v Fra[?] ([?]). For hearing: Campbell v Cumberland Argus, Ltd., Dunleavy v Tads Mineral Water Company, Ltd…

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Criminal. Recruit Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 19

Judge Docker sentenced a number of prisoners, who had admitted, or had been found guilty of various offences, at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions…

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Severfole Murder

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 16

According to a telegram from Munich, a fearful tragedy was enacted recently in the village of Derfl where the wife of a man named Schutzenhoefer, aged forty-three years, strangled…

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Sheep-stealing Charge Parkes

The Sun · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

Early in February a number of sheep were stolen from Mr. J. W. Miller's farm at Yarra-wondalle, near Yeoval. The missing animals included a long-tailed ram and a pet…

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