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Courts & crime, 1917

5,120 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Land Appeal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

(The sittings of the land Appeal Court will commence to-day at the Court-house at Darlinghurst…

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Said He Came From Norway. German Sent to Gaol

Evening News · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 1

Charles Anderson or Bruno S[?] Loaneberg, was charged at the Redfern Police Court with having [?] alien, to register under the War Pre[?] regulations…

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Court of Industrial Arbitration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

Industrial Court-house, Queen's-square, Sydney.—No 2 Court.—At 10 a.m.—Before his honour Judge Rolin.— For hearing: Re Government Railways Group, No. 3 (Traffic) Board's Award, appeal by Amulagamated…

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Machine-guns for Police. German Government Action

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 5

PARIS, Monday.--The "Echo de Paris'" Geneva correspondent telegraphs that the German Government, fearing a revolution, has provided the police with machine-guns…

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American Spy. Journalist Sent to Gaol. Organised Military Expedition. New York, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 1

Widespread was displayed in the [?] of George [?] journalist, who was arrested [?] engaged in espionage…

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"Impulsive Insanity." Answer to a Murder Charge in New Zealand

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

At Napier (N.Z.) on Friday last, an octogenarian named Patrick Kelly, was declared "not guilty" on the charge of murdering George Dodd at Waipara, the…

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N.s.w. Land Appeal Court

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

The Land Appeal Court (Mr. H. A. G. Curray, president, and Commissioners W. Houston, C.M.G., and C. E. Rennic) delivered judgment last week in the…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, March 27. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

Canne List,—In Banco Court, St. James's-road.—At 10 a.m.: Brownfield v Vintiner, Cleland v Jones. [?]n No. 1 Jury Court, King-street.—At 10 a.m.: Eckford v Bryans, Gordon v McDonald, beck v…

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Industrial Court. (Before Judge Rolin.) Railwaymen's Wages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. M. Henwood appeared for the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association in an appeal against an award of the Government Railways Group, No. 3 (Traffic)…

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Dicker's Appeal Dismissed by Full Court Hobart

The Sun · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 6

The Full Court to-day dismissed the appeal by David Dicker, Labor member for Franklin in the State Parliament, against his conviction at the Hobart Police Court for…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Mr. Justice Sly.) the Banknote Forgery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

John James Ferguson and John Benjamin King, who were sentenced in Octobor last to torms of 10 years and five years' imprisonment on a charge of having forged a…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

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

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Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice Gordon.) Declaration of Nullity. Shepherd v William (falsely called Shepherd)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

His Honor delivered his reserved judgment in this suit for a declaration annuilling the marriage between Ernest Shepherd and Henrietta William (falsely called Shepherd), on…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson.) R. Hornsby and Sons, Ltd., v POST

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. A. Thomson, instructed by Messrs. Allen, Allen, and Hemsley, appeared for the Plaintiff; and Mr. Curlowls, instructed by Messrs. Higgins and Robinson, of Sydney and…

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Law Report. Bango Court. (Before the Chief Justice and a jury of four.) Action for Damage to Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 4

Kitamura v Dalgety and Company, Ltd. sir. Broomfield and Mr. Flannory, instructed by Messrs. M'Elhone and Barnes, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Shand, K.C., and…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 6

Before the Chief Industrial Magistrat.—At 10 a.m.— For hearing; Furber v Hutchinson, Limited. At 11 a.m.: McCleary v Chief Commissioner for Railwasy and Tramways, Perry v same, Kealy v same…

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Burglary at Paddington. Early Morning Chase

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 2

A man who was arrested after an exciting chase at Paddington early this morning, was charged with burglary. About half-past 2 Constables Knight and…

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Shouting Blue Murder

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 45

The curiously free use of the word "blue" in old saws and sayings invented by our ancestors is apt to prove puzzling to us moderns. Why, for instance, "blue murder?" Why not…

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Spy Sentenced. New York, March 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 11

George Vaux Bacon, an American journalist, who was arrested on a charge of spying, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to organiso on American soll a military…

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R.s.a. Secretary. Alleged Stealing. Charge Against Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 8

Thomas Leslie Bathurst (25), secretory of the Returned Soldiers' Association, was charge before Mr. Payten, S.M., at the Central Court yesterday with stealing the sum of £10, the…

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