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Courts & crime, 1918

4,672 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 234

Valuable Diamonds. Charge of Stealing. Muzelle Elias in Court

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 5

[?] was charged, [?] Court [?] valued…

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Newtown Burglary. Jury Fail to Agree. Fienberg Remanded to Next Court

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 3

The jury was locked up last night at Darlinghurst to consider its verdict in the case in which Jacob Flenberg was charged, at the Central Criminal Court, with receiving a large…

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Alleged Cloakroom Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 13

At the Central Police Court yesterday Frank Devecomy Hutson, [?] was charged with stalling [?] rup a hat box, and a suit case, containing, among other things, clothing, tobacco, music money, and the top…

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Sentenced at the Sessions

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 4

Horace M'Aillsler and Charles Juckson, who were found guilty of receiving goods I which had been stolen while in transit to Grace Bros., were brought up at the Quarter…

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Snake in Gaol. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 12

A snake was recently killed in the guard room of the Armidale Gaol, and another was killed in one of the rooms of the court housekeeper's residence…

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"So Help Me Bob" a Witness's Oath Police Court Mistakes

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 3

A witness at the Central Police Court this morning,having the oath administered to him by a police constable, instead of adding "So help me God," replied…

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The Newtown Burglary Charge Against Fienberg Jury Fail to Agree

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 3

The jury in the case in which Jacob Fienberg was charged at the Central Criminal Court with having received the £3000 worth of jewellery stolen from Maurice Goldberg's…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 9

Before the Deputy Registrar. — At 10.30 a.m; Gillespie v Robey. At 10. 50 a.m.; Green v Appleton…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, March 13. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 1

William Kennedy was charged with having in his possession, at Parramatta, a quantity of fencing wire, reasonably supposed to be stolen or otherwise unlawfully…

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Diamond Earrings Woman Seller Charged Committed for Trial

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 5

Charged with stealing a pair of diamond earrings valued at £280 from the Original Mont dc Plete, Ltd., on December 14, 1917, Miss Muzelle Elias, 26, a saleswoman,…

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Industrial Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 9

No. 1 Court-house, Queen's square—Before Mr. Justice Heydon.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing; Re Manufacturing Confectioners' Association of New South Wales application for cancellation of registration…

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Licensee in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 2

At Windsor Police Court, Inspector William Park, of Parramatta, proceeded against George Constance O'Cass for having kept his licensed promises, known as…

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Escaped From Country Gaol Thoms Committed for Trial. [?]

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 3

John Thoms. who escaped from [?] Gaol on last Sunday week, and was [?] beyond Narromine on the following Tuesday was, at the Dubbo Police Court [?] for trial…

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Story of Chemicals. in Concentration Camp. German Sentenced for False Pretences

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 5

Before Mr Love, the [?] Water Police Court, this morning [?] German, was [?] That [?]…

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Thefts at Cockatoo Soldiers'. Comforts Stolen Three Men Sent to Gaol

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 2

Before Mr. Burton Smith, S.M., at the Balmaln Police Court to-day, Albert Beddows Hall (44), Robert Harold M'Nell (30), and Herbert Henry Moran (26) pleaded guilty to…

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Land Appeal Court. Reserved Decisions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 9

Reference by the Minister for Lands for determination of the capital value of Ernest John Blackman's homestead farm, Dunedoo Control. The Court decided (Mr…

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One Big Union Idea. High Court Proceedings

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- In the matter of the prohibition order nisi, made ex parte by the High Court recently, against the Registrar of the Arbitration Court, forbidding him to…

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Law Notices. Wednesday, March 20. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 9

Cause List—In Banco Court St. James's road—At 10 a.m; Luttrell v Bu[?] Colliery and Coke Works, Ltd. (part heard). At 2 p.m.; Wilson v Sharpe. Notice to Jurors.—The jurors engaged in the above…

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Case in Court. The Lease that Failed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 4

On Wednesday, at the Parramatta Small Debts Court, at which Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge S.M., presided, William Masters, a Quaker's Hill farmer (for whom Mr…

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