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Courts & crime, 1916

5,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.) Shipbuilding Trades. Judgment Delivered

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

Judgment was delivered in the appeals by the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Australasian Society of Engineers, Blacksmiths Society of Australasia, Iron Trades Employers…

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

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

Mr. Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor. EMBEZZLEMENT. William Andrews, who had pleaded guilty a charge of embezzling £22 11s 11d, the…

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Soldier's Missing £50 Story Told in Court Scene in Bligh-street Flat

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 6

The developments that followed upon an ugly scene in a Bligh-street flat led indirectly to a charge of stealing against one of the men in the flat. The charge was preferred…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Electric Billiards. Levinson v White City, Ltd

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

Joseph Lovinson, of 248 Pitt-street, Sydney, sued the White City, Ltd., for converting to their use a devise or game (conducted and known as "Electric Billiards"). The plaintiff…

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

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

The action, Howard v Municipal Council ol Bega, was continued, and evidence for the defence was given to show that the sanitary depot was selected by the Board of Health,…

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

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

The action, Waldron v, the Minister, arising out of a resumption of land by the Government in connection with the Port Kembla harbour works, is still part heard…

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The Weak Spots An Echo of the Mutiny District Court Martial in Sydney

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 3

The District Court-Martial to hear charges of offences alleged to have been committed in connection with the recent many of soldiers of the A.I.F. at…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 9

Before the Chief Industrial Magist[?]tc.—At 10 a.m.:For hearing, Thompson v Meades, Grilliths v Montgomery, Edwards v Flanagan, Worgar v D. Ross, Ltd., Venables v Read…

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Court-martial. Eleven Soldiers Charged. Evidence Concluded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 20

The Ganeral Court-Martial sat again at the Darlinghurst Court-house yesterday, when the charges preferred against eleven members of the Expeditionary Forces of having Joined in…

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Sentenced at the Sessions

Evening News · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 1

Henry Fan[?] Carey who pleaded guilty at she Darlingburst [?] to [?] the property of Thomas Robert Kirkland, by whom he [?]played at…

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Strike of Cadets Police Court Prosecution Bathurst

The Sun · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 1

On March 4 a number of cadets went on strike, and refused to drill, because they resented extra parades ordered by the Minister for Defence, to make up the time when…

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Police Inadequacy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 8

Prompted, no doubt, by recent happenings in Rydalmere, and the part liquor plays in, many cases, tho council on Wednesday decided to cause representations…

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Alleged Murder. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 17

Leslie Taylor and John Williamson were, at the City Court to-day, charged with having murdered William Patrick Haines, a chauffeur, near Heidelberg…

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South Coast Burglary. Bate Found in Waterhole. Wollongong

Evening News · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 5

Children played on the bank of a [?] were instrumental in discovering the safe which had been taken from the Company office by burglars on [?]…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 9

Defore his Honor Judge Backhourse and a jury, in No. 1 Court, at 10 a.m.: Fleming v Mauri Brothers and Thomson, Limited. Before his Honor Judge Docker, in No. 2 Court, at 10…

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Police, Fire Brigades' Matinee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 19

A combined matince performance will be given at the Tivoli Theatre on Monday next for the benefit of the Police and Firerhen's Hospital Carnival Fund. The programme will be furnished by leading artists of the…

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Industrial Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 9

Industrial Court House, Queen's-square.—Before Mr. Justice Heydon, at 10 a.m.: For hearing, re Government Group, No. 13 Board, for nomination of employers' representative: re Labourens' Group, No. 3…

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Desirable Court Changes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 6

The accoustic properties of the Parramatta Courtroom are wretched. It is extremely difficult and, in the cases of low-voiced witnesses, impossible—to hear…

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Joining in a Mutiny. Eleven Privates Charged. Evidence Concluded

Evening News · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 6

The General Court Martial sitting in the High Court at Darlinghurat, continued the hearing of the case in which eleven privates in the Australian Expeditionary Force were…

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