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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

4,672 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 234

Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 4

Bruce Ernest Evera[?]d Bridekirk and Ferdinand Victor Be[?]z, conspiracy (part heard). Notice.—Only the jurors engaged in the above case need attend to-day. The rest of the jurors summoned for to-day…

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MISDEMEANORS Fraud and Theft Stolen Stock Sold in Open Market

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 4

The Bathurst (N.S.W.) police have made an arrest in connection with what is stated to be one of the most daring cattle-stealing cases in the west. The…

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Sydney Divorce Court. Solicitor's Application

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 4

Norman Edgar Gregg, a Sydney solicitor, asked, in the Sydney Divorce Court, for an order for restitution of conjugal rights on the part of his wife, Mary Elizabeth Gregg (formerly…

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Land Appeal Court. in Re Macdougall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 4

In an appeal by Fitzroy MacDougall against the decision of the local land board in respect of his application for conversion of special lease No. 1912/5, Armidale, into an…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before Mr. Justice Gordon.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 4

Mr. C. A. White for the Crown. NORMAN ASTOR SENTENCED. His Honor imposed a sentence of three years' hard labour in Goulburn Gaol on…

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Land Appeal Court. New South Wales Cases

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 3

The N.S.W. Lands Appeal Court, at its sitting in Sydney during the week, deait with the following cases:— In the reference by the M[?] for Lands for…

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Law Notices. Friday, March 22. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 4

Cause List.—In Banco Court, St. James's-road.—At 10 a.m.—Wilson v Sha[?]pe (part heard). Notice to jurors.—The jurors engaged in the above part-heard case are required to attend at 10 a.m. to-day. The…

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An Unhappy Marriage. Newcastle Woman's Divorce Court Story

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 5

To Mr. [?] in the Sydney Divorce Court, this morning, Clara Male[?] (formerly [?] of Newcastle, applied for a dissolution of her marriage with denis Sylvester Maher on…

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Reckless Motorists Action by the Police Strong and Weak Lights

The Sun · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 6

Glaring headlights, dim tall-lights, and speeding are three offences which are becoming altogether too prevalent among motorists in Sydney, and Superintendent…

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The Balmain Sensation. Accused Men Again Before the Court

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 3

James Law [?] driver, and Robert [?] Campbell, 47, [?] man, [?] remand at the Central Police [?] with having, at…

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Morgan Ford in Court. False Statements Alleged. Royal Commission Recalled

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 8

Morgan Ford appeared in the Central Summons Court yesterday morning, before Mr. Macfarlane, C.S.M., in answer to a charge that on June 5, 1912, at Sydney, before T. R. Bavin,…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Sly and Jury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 4

The consolidated cases Farmer v Honan and another are still part heard…

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Beecroft's Secret Opium in the Hills What the Police Found Haul Worth £600

The Sun · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 5

After spending the whole of a night on guard in the bush in the vicinity of Beecroft and "beating" all over the mountainous country in that neighborhood, Detectives…

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Men Before the Court Two Additional Charges Opium in a Garden

The Sun · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 5

At the Central Police Court this morning Robert Campbell Powell, or Robert Campbell, 47, a fisherman, and James Law, 37, a motor car driver, appeared before Mr…

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Respondent of 82. Would Try the Temoer of a Saint. Divorce Court Judgement

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 3

Mr. Justice Harvey, in the [?] Divorce Court, this morning, delivered the [?]ved judgment in the suit in which [?] Agnas Re[?] applied for a restitution [?]dugal…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and jury.) Slander Actions Settled. Warland and others v Boyce

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 4

Three separate actions Instituted by Thomas Beatson Warland, shipbuilder; Ernest Young, conveyancer, and T. D. O'sullivan, solicitor, respectively, all of New castle, against…

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Law Report. Banco Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and juries.) a Workman's Injuries. Luttrell v Bulli Colliery and Coke Works, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 4

The case in which Frederick Luttrell, a blacksmith, sued the Bulli Colliery and Coke Works, Ltd., claiming £2000 damages for injuries suffered in the course of his…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 March 1918 · page 9

Phillip-st.—Before the Chief Industrial.— At 10 a.m.: For hearing—Macpherson v Gleeson, same v O'Connor, same v Cecil…

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Flour and £100. a Stealing Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1918 · page 14

In February last a daring robbery was perpetrated by a grab-thief, who dashed flour into the eyes of two men in the E. S., and A. Bank in Bathurst Street and made off with £100 in…

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