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Courts & crime, 1917

5,120 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

Murderous Assault. Katoomba Visitor Attacked. Victim's Hopeless Condition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

George Henry King was the victim of a particularly brutal assault at the California boarding- house, Katoomba, on Sunday night. From the information supplied to the police,…

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Katoomba Assault Mr. King's Condition Detectives Find Weapon

The Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 7

Advices received this afternoon from Katoomba by Superintendent John Walker, of the Detective Office, stated that George Henry King, the victim of the assault at…

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A Youthful Imposter. Fined and Sent to Gaol

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

Carl Schancker, a youth of eighteen years of age, was charged at the Sydney central court on Wednesday that, not being a member of the defence forces, he…

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A German Sent to Gaol. For Nogisoting to Register

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

At the Redforn (Sydney) police court on Tuesday, a German named Bruno Schounberg was sentenced to three maonths' hard labor for having failed to…

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Four Doctors Charged. Alleged Infamous Conduct. Evidence Before Medical Board

Evening News · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 7

The New South Wales Medical Board, sitting at Richmond Terrace, Domain, this morning continued the hearing of applications to remove four legally qualified medical practitioners from…

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Court of Industrial Arbitration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

No. 1 Court—At 10 a.m.—Before Mr. Justice Heydon.— For judgment: Re Building Trades Group, No. 1 (Carpenters, etc., State) Board, application for prohibition by Master Builders' Association of New South…

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The Courts. High Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 7

Before Mr. Justice issaes. Mr, Justice Duffy, and Mr .Justice Rich, Mr. H.E.C. Robinson was respondent in an appeal against the Judgment af Mr. 'Justice Bartea, delivered on…

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Marine Court Inquiry. The Wollongbar Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

Yesterday morning the Marine Court, consisting of Judge Backhouse, with Captains Chudleigh and Carpenter as assessors, held an inquiry into…

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Shaw Before the Court. Katoomba

Evening News · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 7

The local police court was crowded this morning when Herbert Keith Shaw, 10 appeared before Mr. C. E. Foster, J.p., charged with inflicting grevious bodily harm on George…

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Motor Car Collision. Claim in District Court

Evening News · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 7

"It seems to me that motor cars better than picture shown said judge Hackhouse, in the District Court, in a case in which damages were claimed on [?] of a motor car collision…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Confectionery Packers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

Mr. W. A. Windeyer (Windeyer and Williams) appeared for the New South Wales Manufacturing Confectioners' Protective Society, and Mr. J. F. Pemberton for the…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, April 3. High Court of Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

At Darlinghurst Court-house.—At 10.80 a.m.—Appeals: Sands and McDougall Proprietary, Limited: v Robinson (part heard), Siwertz v Donohue, Baltic Separator Company v Donohue, Harding v…

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Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice Gordon.) DAVIS v DAVIS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

Mr. E. Maddocks Cohen appeared for the potitioner, Sanh Emma Davis (formerly Owen) who petitioned for a divorce from her husband, John Davis, on the ground of…

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Supreme Court. Banco Court. (Before the Chief Justice and a jury of four.) Claim on Share Farming Agreement. Cleland v Jones

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

Mr. J. A. Ferguson, instructed by Messrs. Macgregor and Palmer (agents for Mr. S. Warburton, of [?]oggabri), appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Windeyer and Mr. Watt,…

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Contempt of Court. The I.W.W. and the Law

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

Judgment was delivered by the Full Court in Sydney on Friday last in a case in which the printer and publisher (Ernest Boote) and the proprietor (John…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

Mr. C. A. White, Crown Prosecutor. MURDER CHARGE DISMISSED. Adolph Herman Zink a married man, 31 years of age pleaded not guilty to a charge…

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Semi-final Gallops. Wet Morning at Randwick. Court Jester, Woorak, and Three Go Well

Evening News · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 6

The Direct season has been, to say the least of it, most annoying to trainers those whose duty it is to respond the gallops at Randwick…

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A.J.C. MEETING Fast Track Gallops Woorak's Fine Effort Court Jester Makes An Impression

The Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 8

Rain set in at half-past 5 o'clock this morning and fell almost without a break till 8 a.m., at which hour the heath was clear-of-horses. The hurdles were wide out…

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Law Report. High Court. (Before Mr. Justice Isaacs, Mr. Justice Duffy, and Mr. Justice Rich.) Copyright in a Map

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

This was an appeal to the Full Court against a judgment of Mr. Justice Barton, on September 14. 1916, in the High Court, in an action brought by Herbert Edward Cooper…

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