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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

5,120 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

Herbert O'Brien, criminal assault…

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Court of Review

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

Before his Honor Judge Docker.—Appeals against income tax assessments. At 10 a.m.: Maurice A. Nathan, public officer for S. Hoffnung and Co., Ltd. At 2 p.m.: William Booth, part heard…

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Rows at Holdsworthy. . Guards Prevent a Murder

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

A man named Tony Yurgovitch, a Croation, who was interned at Holdworthy (N.S.W.), was sentenced to three months' hand inbor in Parramatta gaul…

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Court of Industrial Arbitration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

No. 1 Industrial Courthouse, Queen's-square, Sydney.— Before Mr. Justice Heydon.—At 10 a.m.: Re Food Supply and Distribution No. 1 Group, No. 7 (Metropolitan Butchers', Retail) Board, for nomination of…

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Conspiracy to Murder. Counsel Suggests a Trial by Ordeal

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

The trial of Mrs, Wheeldon, her two daughters, and her son-in-law, on a charge of conspiting to murder Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Arthur Henderson,…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, March 20. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

Cause Lists.—In Bancu Court, St. James's road.—At 10 a.m.; Winstanley v South Clifton [?] Mining Co., Ltd. (part beard). At 2 p.m.: Ecker[?] and another v Lopez, Notice to jurors.—The [?]…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Rolin.) Railway Workers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

The New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association applied for a variation of the award of the Government Railways (Group No. 3) Board of…

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D1vorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice Gordon.) Decrees Absolute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

His Honor made absolute the decrees nisi in the following sulls, and declared the marriages dissolved:—Hector Cook, jun., v Catherine Fanny Cook, James Gibbs v Elizabeth Gibbs,…

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Criminal Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and a jury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. Herbert Harris, Crown Prosecutor. A RE-TRIAL. Laura Doughty and James Shortal pleaded not guilty to a charge of having illegally used…

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Probate Court. (Before Mr. Justice Street.) Presumption of Death. Missing Intestate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. R. S. Murray Prior, instructed by Messrs. Hungerford and O'Neill, of Mullumbimby (by their agents, Messrs. Dalrymple and Blain), appeared for William Grant Law,…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring.) Claim on a Resumption. Jenkins v Commonwealth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. Watt and Mr. Flannery, instructed by Messrs. Murphy and Maloney, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., and Mr. Pike, instructed by the…

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Law Report. Banco Court. (Bofore the Chief Justice and a jury of four.) Action for Injuries. Wilson v Phillips

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. Bignold, instructed by Mr. J. J. Carroll, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. L. Armstrong, instructed by Mr. Hogarth (for Mr. J. W. Abigail), for the defendant. This was…

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Pappageorgi Murder Wilson Pleads Guilty. Sentenced to Death

Evening News · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

In the Central Criminal Court, Darlinghurst, this morning, James wilson, a young man, was charged with the murder of George Pappageorgh…

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Military Officer Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 8

The hearing of the charge preferred against David Clayton Howell-Price of having uttered certain forged documents—one relating to the alleged uttering of a forged cheque in…

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Sentenced to Death the Pappageorgi Murder Plea of Guilty Blamed the I.w.w

The Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

"I plead guilty!" said James Wilson, when charged at the Central Criminal Court today with having murdered George Pappageorgi, keeper of the Allies Cafe, in…

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Neutral Bay Burglary. Watch 150 Years Old Stolen

Evening News · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 4

If has now been discovered that the burglar who broke into Mr. Oawald Lewis' home, in Wycombe-road. Neutral Bay on Monday, secured several articles of jewellery, worth about…

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Robbery at Narrabeen. Young Man Charged

Evening News · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 3

Robert Hall of [?] was at the [?] with [?]…

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Fortune Telling at Manly. Elderly Woman Charged

Evening News · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 3

Mathe Hall an elderly woman was at the Manly Pales Court on Tuesday, charged with forman, being. She pleaded guilty and the should said it was her first officer, and that…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 8

Before his Honor Judge Docker.—At 10 a.m.: Hartigan v Hartigan, Johnson v Rogers[?] Cullen v O'Keele and another. Note.—The list will be called over punctually at 10 a.m.—Before the Registrar: At 10.30…

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Double Tragedy. Supposed Murder and Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 10

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Tuesday.--A double tragedy is reported from Howard Goldfield, near Murchison. Two minors, Abraham Turner, aged 60, and James Knight were found…

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