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Courts & crime, 1917

5,120 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

Fraud and Theft Mail-Bag Robberies Registered Bag Despoiled of £2000

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 4

The mail-bag which was stolen from the Postal department between the parcels office at the Sydney station and the General Post Office, Sydney, on Tuesday…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, March [?] Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 4

Term List.—In Banco Court, St. James's-read, at 10 a.m.—Motions: Ex parte the Attorney-General, re Balley and another (part heard), [?] parte Boynton, prohibition…

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Apprenticeship. Sawmills and Timberyards. Industrial Court Judgment

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 5

In the Industrial Court, Sydney, this morning, Mr. Justrice Heydon gave his judgment in the cross appeals by the N.S.W. Sawmill and Timberyard Employees Association, and by…

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Man with Throat Gut. Walks Into Pyrmont Police Station

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 1

The officer in charge of the Pyrmont Police Station was given a shock early this morning. James Smythe, 36, a cook of Harwood-street, Pyrmont, entered the building shortly after [?]…

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Industrial, Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Compositors' Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 4

The hearing was commonced of the crossappeals by the Master Printers and Connected Trades' Association, and by the N.S.W. Typographical Association, in connection with…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Messrs. Curry, President, W. Houston, and C. E. Rennie..)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 4

In the appeal by Joseph Henry Alford against the appraised capital value of the land comprised in his homestead selection, No. 1895-38, Deniliquin. The Court sustained…

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R.s.a. Secretary. Charged with False Pretences. Lively Court Proceedings. Magistrate Discharges Accused

Evening News · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 5

[?] occupied the [?] of No. 3 Court at the Central Police Court this morning, when Thomas Leslie Bathurst, 25, secretary of the Returned Soldiers'…

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New Police Court Procedure

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 11

Alterations to provide for a better arrangement for dealing with accused persons at the Central Police Court, Sydney, are now in progress: Instead of batches of accused men and…

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Burglary at Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 12

Early yesterday morning the jewellery shop of M. F. Pinfold, Church-street, Parramatta, was entered by a burglar, and about £250 worth of goods stolen. Mr.Pinfold, who lives…

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Charge of Purse Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 11

Annie Swanston (44) was charged, before Mr. Macfariane, C.S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, with stealing a purse from Mary Montgomery Canty, containing £7 17s and other…

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Late News. Eyles Murder Case. High Court Orders New Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The [?]earing was concluded to-day, before the High Court (the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Barton, Mr. Justice Isaacs, Mr. Justice Duffy, and Mr. Justice Rich)…

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Big Burglary in Parramatta. Mr. Pinfold Hard Hit

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 2

Yesterday (Tuesday) morning a burglar, or burglars entered the promises of Mr. F. C. Pinfold, the well-known jeweller of Church-street, Parramatta South…

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Five Dock Murder Case

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The appeal in the case of William Graham Eyles, who was charged with murdering his wife, Ellen Eyles, at Five Dock, on October 13, was heard in the…

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Retiring Police Inspector

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 31

With nearly 40 years' service to his credit, Inspector Henry Baxter,…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 6

Before his Honor Judge Scho[?]s and a Jury, in No 1 Court,—At 10 a.m.; [?]s v Stopford (p[?]rt heard). Before the Judge, without a Jury.—By[?] v Pickering (part heard), [?]each v Cooper, T[?]her v Cooper,…

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The Great Murder. Australia's Awful Tragedy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 1

The "Weekly Despath," continuing the Northcliffe Press's violent criticism of the Dardanelles report, discusses the "Evening News's" demand "for the impeachment of…

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Five Dock Murder Case. New Trial Granted

Evening News · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 4

The High Court, sitting in Melbourne on Tuesday, granted a new trial in the case of William Graham Eyles, who was charged with the murder of his wife, Ellen Eyles, at Five…

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I.S. Medals for Police

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 11

The Governor, Sir herald Strickland, presented three members of the New South Wales police force with Imperial Service medals, at the Police Depot, Redfern, last week…

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Court of Industrial Arbitration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 6

No. 1 Industrial Courthouse, Queen's square, Sydney.— Before Mr. Justice Heydon, at 10 a.m.—For hearing: Re Printing Tra[?]s Group No. 1 (Compo[?]to[?]) Board, cross appeals by Master Printers and…

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