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Courts & crime, 1916

5,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon) Appeal Dismissed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 8

Judgment was delivered in the appeal by way of a case stated from a decision of the Chief Industrial Magistrate. His Honor said that the Question raised was…

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Panama Exposition. Sale of Australian Court. Meldourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 12

The imposing building erected at San Francisco to house the Australian exhibits in the recent Panama Exposition has been dismantled nnd it, and the furnishings, etc., have…

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Fair Rents Court. Cases Before Mr. Jamieson. Small Tenements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 11

Priscella Webster applied for a reduction in the rent paid (7s 6d weekly) to Samuel Sims, for a 2-roomed dwelling at James-street, Surry Hills. The evidence was that the building…

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Miners' Lodge Day Appeal Against Award Industrial Court Judgment

The Sun · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 3

The fixing of a day for the bona fide lodge business of coal minors was the subject of a Judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Edmunds in the industrial Court to-day. The matter…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Commission Case. Edwards v Easson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 8

Ernest Edwards, commission agent, of 83 Union-street, North Sydney, sued Alfred Easson, chemist, of Parker-street, Sydney, for £14, being balance of £30 commission on…

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Court-martialled Fifteen Privates on Trial Two Accused Men Discharged

The Sun · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 5

Upon the resumption to-day of the proceedings of the general court-martial sitting in the High Court, the trial of 15 privates, members of the A.I.F., upon charges of…

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War Conditions. Value of Money. Influence on Wages. Industrial Court Judgment

Evening News · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 5

Judgment was delivered this morning in the Industrial Court in the appeal by the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia [?] Trades Group, No. 17…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir William Cullen, and jury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 8

Mr. Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. Owen Patrick M'Mahon, 25, was charged with having, at Pymble, on December 13, feloniously…

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POLICE & Firemen's Matinee at Sydney Tivoli All Theatricial Management Helping to Make Big Addition to Hospital Fund

Referee · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 15

A big combined matinee performance in aid of the Police and Firemen's Hospital Carnival Fund will be given in the Tivoli Theatre on Monday next, March 20. The whole proceeds…

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Parramatta Court. Wednesday, March 8. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.h.) a Granville Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 4

Emily Hannah Gambrill sued Robert Wagner for the detention, on March 3, 1916, of one suite of wicker furniture, one single bedstead, carpet and oilcloth, two…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Sly and a Jury of four.) Claim for Resumption. Waldron v The Ministor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 8

The jury was occupied during the day inspecting the land, resumed, and the case is still part heard…

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Law Report. Banco Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of four.) Action for a Nuisance. Howard v Bega Municipality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 8

This action is still part heard…

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Victorian Murder. Two Men Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--John Williamson (48), mechanic, and Leslie Taylor (27) dealer, were charged this afternoon by Detectives Sergeant Bannon and Detectives Clugston…

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Heldelberg Murder. Two Men Charged. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 9

John Williamson, 42, a mechanic, and Lesile Taylor, 27, a dealer, were charged this afternoon with having murdered William Patrick Haines, Chauffeur, on Bullen-road, Heidelberg,…

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Court-martials. Alleged Mutiny. Fifteen Privates Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 5

The general court-martial, comprising Lieutenant-Colonel Kyngdon (president), Lieutenant-Colonel Luscombe, and Majors Chaseling, M'Mahon, and Storey, again sat at…

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Recent Mutiny. Fifteen Soldiers Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 3

The General Court-martial, convened to inquire into a series of cases arising out of the recent riots, continued hearing evidence yesterday morning. The Court was constituted as…

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Police Raid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 10

Last night a number of police, under Inspector, Branston and Sergeant Allen, raided premises, 37 Foster-street, Haymarket, where it was suspected a Chinese "Fan-Tan" school…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 4

Before His Honor Judge Backhouse.—At 10 a.m.:Levinson v The White City, Limited; Drake v New South Wales Grocera and Storekeepers Co-operative Society, Limited Downing v Allan. Note.—The list will be…

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