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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

5,632 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

The Escapees. Fifty Secured by Police. Two in Country

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

The metropolitan police had a busy day yesterday scouring the city and suburbs for the remainder of the soldiers who made their escape from the transport Argyllshire on Sunday…

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Armenian Massacres Court-martialling Turks LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Constantinople reports that last Thursday the court-martial was begun of the first party accused of instigating the…

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Unmasked Ten Men Committed Cases at Burwood Court

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

Before Mr. Pitshardinge S. M., at the Burwood police Court this morning. 10 men were committed for trial for having contemptuously failed to comply with…

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District Court. (Before Judge Scholes.) Furniture Carrier Sued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 5

Pearl Somerville, of Ashfield, wife of Sanine[?] Somerville, who is now on active service abroad, claimed £25 damages from C. Williams, of Newtown, removal contractor, for…

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Testing Commonwealth Powers. Case Before High Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 7

The hearing of the application by the Queensland Government to restrain the Commonwealth Government from landing in Queensland troops from transports was…

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State V. Commonwealth. Queensland's Action. Decision Rests with Full Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The hearing of the application by the Queensland Government to restrain the Commonwealth Government from landing troops from transports in…

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Industrial Arbitration Court. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.) State and Federal Awards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 5

Recently application was made by the Iron and Steel Industry Employees' Union (Nos. 19 and 20 Boards) for on award. The persons concerned are the employees of the Broken…

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Bathurst. Larsen Sentenced

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 15

Wolfren Larsen, the young man who boarded the engine of the Forbes, mail at Orton Park on December 21, and, being masked, presented a revolver to the…

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A Sensational Theft. Sheep in Charge of Police Charleville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 10

A sensational occurrence took place here on Saturday night. It appears a number of sheep, variously stated from 70 to 80, which have been for some considerable time in…

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Police Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 8

No fewer than 160 men were assigned to guard the quarantine area and surroundings, and these were divided into reliefs under [?]nspectors Mankey and Lobban. The men…

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Police Headquarters

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 2

The Police Department has decided to transfer the headquarters of the eastern division police from Sydney to Parramatta, so that the superintendent of that…

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Shop-lifters Caught Mother and Daughter Charged

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 6

Annie Miller, 43, and Olive Holland, 18, mother and daughter, and both widows, pleaded guilty at the Glebe Court to-day, before Mr. Giles Shaw,…

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Ganmain. Police Control

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 14

The Ganmain Police control which has been attached to the Wagga sub-district, has now been allotted to Narrandera. SHORTAGE OF TRUCKS…

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Police and Firemen's Carnival

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 7

The executive of the police and firemen's hospital carnival and art union have decided to postpone the carnival set down for March 1 until a date to be…

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Police Ass Piremen's Hospital Carnival Postponed

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 4

The executive of the Police and Firemen's Hospital Carnival and Art Union have unanimously decided to postpone the Carnival, set down for Saturday, 1st…

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Woolloomooloo Shooting. Amadoris Before Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 7

As a sequel to Monday's shooting affray at Woolloomooloo, Handy Amadoris (49), a native of Ceylon, was charged, before Mr. Macfariane, C.S.M., in the Central Summons Court…

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Before the Beak. Two Persons Charged. Under the Gaming and Betting Act

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 2

The cases in which Alfred Veekler and Chas. W. Hopkins are being separately proceeded against under the Gaming Act were again mentioned at the Central…

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Police Changes New Inspector for the Barrier

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 7

An important transfer of police officers was announced by the Inspector-General (Mr. Mitchell) to-day. Inspector Bannan, who was…

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District Court. (Before Judge Scholes.) a Widow's Claim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 7

Jessie Dannevig, of Greville-street, Randwick, widow, claimed £500 from Langley Brothers, Ltd., of the Baltic wharf, Marketstreet, Sydney. The applicant stated that…

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Charge of Bigamy Young Woman Before Court Schoolmates at Rockdale

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 5

Gertrude Florence Bradshaw, or Waugh, a dainty-looking, neatly di[?]sed young woman, appeared to-day before Mr. Payten, S.M., at the Central…

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