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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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

Tried by Court-martial Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 4

Private Patrick Kennedy has been tried by court-martial on the charge that on December 3 he used insubordinate language to a superior officer, Assistant Provost-Marshal…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 5

Phillip-street.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, at 11.30 a.m.: For hearing, Kypriopoullous v Kalisperis…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 5

Before the Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m.: Keats [?]. Mackellar. At 10.55 a.m.: Irvine and another v Donald…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 10. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 5

Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Deputy Prothonotary. —Whitney v Whitney, 10.15 a.m.; Abbott v Deputy Federal Commissioner of Land Tax, 10.45 a.m.: M'Donald v Duputy Federal Commissioner of Land…

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Andrew Johnson's Death. Evidence for the Police. Remarks by the Coroner

Evening News · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 3

The [?] Mr. [?]…

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Alleged Murder Bathurst- Street Tragedy Policeman Charged

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 3

The policeman Frederick Nathaniel Fisher, who was concerned in the shooting tragedy in Bathurst- street last night, was brought up at the Central Police Court this morning…

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MISDEMEANORS Grimes of Fraud and Theft Charity Art Union in a Police Court

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

An interesting case was before the Melbourne City Court on Friday, in which Rabbi Adolf Treitel Chadowski prosecuted Abraham Samuel Gordon, organiser, on a…

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City Shooting Sister-in-law Killed. Wife Wounded and in Hospital. Constable Charged with Murder

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

After four shots had been fired in the Loretto Tea Rooms in Bathurst-street, between Elizabeth and Castlereagh streets, City, at about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Traffic Constable…

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Soldiers and Revolvers. Three Man Charged

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Friday, three members of the expeditionary forces were separately charged with having shot at different persons with…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

Before the Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m.: Rossiter v Coles…

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Death at Long Bay Gaol. City Coroner's Finding

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 3

Death from natural causes was to [?] returned in the adjourned inquiry concerning the death of Andrew Johnston (53). a laborer, who died at the Long Bay Penitentiary on…

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Trouble on Ferry Steamer Man Charged with Wounding

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 3

Henry Hayes, aged 49, a laborer, was before the North Sydney Police Court this morning, and remanded until Monday next, on a charge of having maliciously wounded…

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Tho Sari Bair Fight Great Assault by the New Zealanders

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

"During the afternoon of the 7th, re­connalssances were carried out at Sari Bair, and the troops prepared for a fresh advance by three columns. In the early…

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Cruelty to Stock. Buyer Fined at Burwood. What the Magistrate Said

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

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Chief Industrial Magistrates Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

Phillip-street.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate. —At 10 a.m.—For hearing: King v Gray; same v Krawshaar; same v Black; same v Kemp (2); same v Comino (2); Burkitt v Ferns (2); same v Arens…

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Trouble Aecut a Railway Ticket. Magistrate Says There Was Deli[?]rate Fraud

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 7

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Law Notices. Tuesday, January 11. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Deputy Prothonotary.—Abbott v Deputy Federal Commissioner of Land Tax, 10.30 a.m. In Equity.—Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 11 a.m.—…

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Law Report. Bankruptcy Court. (Before the Registrar.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 5

HEARING OF CREDITORS' PETITIONS. Re Fred. Bolton; ex parte M. L. McCrae. Adjourned to January 17. Re Bernard Ferry, ex parte Owen Smith…

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The Pirates' Protest Huns Charge the Navy with Murder. the Baralong Case

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 1

"Satan reproving sin" would be a hitting title for the memorandum on what is known as the Baralong case that the German Government has forwarded to the…

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Alleged Murder. Police Constable Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 9

At the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Macfarlane, C.S.M., Frederick Nathanlel Fisher, 28, a police constable, was charged with having, at Sydney on the 10th inst.,…

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