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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

5,120 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Kogarah Police Court. Before Mr. Barnett, S.M. Wednesday, January 17. Riotous at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

Three young men named Leslie Roberts, Stephen Deady, and Arthur Tinsley, were charged with behaving in a riotous manner in…

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Imperial Service Medals. N.s.w. Police Awards. Deeds Which Won Them

Evening News · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

[?] Police [?] important [?] had long…

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Solicitors Fall Out Fight in Court Each Fined for Contempt Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5

In the District Court to-day two solicitors came to blows. Mr. Mark Lazarus, during the hearing of a case in which he was appearing, said suddenly that he would allow no…

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Blacktown. Cattle-stealing Cases

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 11

The main topic of conversation this week has been the charges of cattlestealing which Constables Hungerford (Blacktown) and Crisp (Riverstone) have…

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The Courts. Criminal. Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 14

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions, Judge Docker yesterday sentenced Edward Treble, who on the previous day had pleaded guilty to having escaped from the Long Bay…

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Wrong Identification. Magistrate Suggests Perjury Prosecution

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 9

Alfred Dempster (32) appeared before Mr. Barnett, S.M., to answer a charge of stealing, by trick, £4 16s, the property of Herbert Hickson, at Glebe on January 15…

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Allegations as to Waste. Stealing at Liverpool Camp

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5

Just as the P.M., Mr. T. B. Clegg, was leaving the court on Monday afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock, the military police arrived at the lock-up with a batch of…

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Auburn. Police Protection

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 2

Auburn is still being treated badly in the matter of police protection. Alderman Lock complained to the Mayor about it some weeks ago, and although a letter…

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Law Notices. Supreme Court. Monday, January 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 14

In Equity.—Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 11 a.m.— Re H. Ebzery, deceased, re E. N. Ebzery, to settle minutes of order: re same, re S. N. Ebzery, to settle minutes of order. 12 noon: Re M. H…

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Counsel Come to Blows Fight in Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 14

The bellicose spirit which animated counsel for the prosecution (Mr. W. G. Manchester) and for the defence Mr. M. Lazarus) during the hearing of a case at the…

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COMMITTED. Serious Charge Against a Woman. Eliza Clarke in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

At the Parramatta Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M., Eliza Clarke was charged with unlawfully using an instrument (with a…

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Parramatta Court. Wednesday, January 17. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M.) A. Wentworthville Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 3

Alfred Ernest Staughton was charged with unlawfully assaulting Elizabeth Clark at Wentworthville on January 4. The defendant was charged with…

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War Pensions Magistrate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday--The Federal Treasurer announced to-day that Rev. John Claude M'Phee bad been appointed to the position of temporary war pensions magistrate in Victoria,…

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Filthy Premises Magistrate's Worst Experience BATHURST

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 5

At Bathurst Police Court to-day Anthony Pantluss and George Papas, trading as Pantlus and Co., were each fined £5, with costs, for having allowed filth and refuse…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 22. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

In Equity—Before the Dupty Registrar.—At 11 a.m.: Re 11. Ebzery, deceased, re E. N. Ebzery, to settle minutes of order; re same, re S. N. Ebzery, to settle minutes of order. 12 noon: Re M. H…

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Driver Charged

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 1

Henry James Stevens 31 tax driver was charged at the Central Police Court this morning with [?] staying [?] Murray. He was remanded till the 31st inst…

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Betting Agents Sentenced

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

Two London betting agents have been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for conspiring to bribe Martin, a clerk of the Whitehall Medical Board, to…

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Organised Burglary London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 1

A message from Christiania states that consignments of furniture have been sent from Belgium by German despoilers of wealthy houses for sale in Norway…

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Escaping From Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

PERTH, Monday.--Frederick George O'Neill, who escaped from the Perth lockup In December when on remand on a charge of littering a forged Commonwealth £5 note at Liverpool,…

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The Courts. Sentenced for Bigamy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 3

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions, before Judge Docker, a returned soldier named George Harold Asquith and Blanche Edith Farran yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy…

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