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Courts & crime, 1916

5,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 250

Industrial Arbitration Court

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

Industrial Court House, Queen's Square.— Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.—At 10 a.m.: For Judgment, re Iron and Shipbuilding Trades Group No. 1 Board (Enginers) Board: appeals by Australasian Society of…

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Criminal Court Sentences Glebe Tragedy

The Sun · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court to-day William Charles Waters, who was charged with having murdered his father at the Globe, and was found guilty of manslaughter, was…

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Fair Rents Court. Landlord and Tenant

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 26

The opening of the Fair Rents Court on Monday was not greeted with acclamations of joy by the dailies. That was only to be expected from a press that has always…

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Law Notices. Thursday, March 18. Supreme Court

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

Banco Court, St. James's-road.—Howard v The Municipal Council of Bega (part he [?]). Notice [?] jurers: The jurors engaged in the above part-heard (case are required to attend at 10 a.m. The jurers…

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Identification Puzzle Mutiny Court-martial Two Men Discharged

The Sun · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 5

The trial was continued to-day by the general court-martial sitting in the High Court of the 13 privates of the A.I.F. who are charged with having joined in the mutiny on…

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Divorce Court. Lost a Wife, But Grabbed a [?]

Evening News · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 6

Joseph De Sayles M'Donough, licenced Victualler, asked Mr. Justice Cordon, in the Sydney Divorce Court, for a divorce from his wife Lillian Martha M'Donough, formerly Phillips,…

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Price of Gas. Appeal to the High Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 4

The Australian Gaslight Company recently applied for an injunction to restrain the Necessary Commodities Control Commission from proceeding further with its inquiry into the…

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The Continental Rubber Company. High Court Order. Melbourne

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

In the High Court to-day Mr. Justice Isaacs gave judgment in a case in which application was made for an order to vary a previous order of the Court by reducing the…

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Tram Men's Pay. Award Upheld. Judgment of the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 7

The question of the wages of employees in the Tramway Service--a matter that has been before the public for some months and that threatened recently to lead to a stoppage of…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.) Southern Collieries Appeal

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

Judgement was delivered in the appear of the Sothern Colliery Proprietors' Association against the award of the No. 4 Board, Coal-mining (South) Group…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Builder's Claim. Dunton v Waterhouse

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

A claim for work and labour done was made by John Dunton, of 63 Campbell-street, North Sydney, builder, against Alfred Waterhouse, of Paul and Alfred streets Milson's Point. The…

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Fair Rents Court. Opened at Sydney. Tenant Successful in First Case

The Australian Worker · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 17

The Fair Rents Court in N.S.W. was officially opened and proceeded to business on Monday, March 13. The Court is situated at Queen's Square, Sydney, and the…

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Fair Rents Court. Reduction in Rent Refused. the 6 Per Cent. Basis

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

Alice E. Thomson, of 6 Short-street, Darlinghurst, applied to the Court to have the present rent (14s weekly) she was paying to R. D. Shaw, Challis House, reduced. The…

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Law Report. Banco Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and a Jury of four.)

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

The case in chief for the plaintiff in the notion Howard v Bega Municipality was closed, and the defence entered upon. The case is still part heard…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Bofore Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four.)

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

The case of Waldron v the Minister, arising out of a resumption of land in connection with the Port Kembla Harbour Works, is still part heard…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir William Cullen, and juries.) Convicted of Manslaughter

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

William Charles Waters, 25, pleaded not guilty to a charge of maliciously murdering Joseph Waters, his father, at Annandale, on December 3. Mr. E. R. Abigail, appeared for…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Juctice Ferguson, without a jury.) Dispute Over Building Contract. Ryan v Harmer. Harmer v Ryan

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

Mr. A. Thomson and Mr. Fuller instructed by Mr. George A. Raves, appeared for the plaintiff, in the first action, and the defendant in the second; and Mr. Boyce and Mr. C. A…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 4

Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.— For hearing: Pickering v Napper and Co. At 10.30 a.m.: Davis v Stavralakis (3)…

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Court-martial. Thirteen Men Charged. Question of Identity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 4

At the Darlinghurst Oourthouse yesterday the General Court-martial continued the hearing of the charges preferred against 13 privates in the Expeditionary Forces of having…

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