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Courts & crime, 1920

6,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

A Fowl at Court

The Propeller · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 1

At the Kogarah Police Court on Wednesday. Harold Frederick Long was charged with stealing a fowl at Sylvania, valued at 3-, the property…

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State Officials for High Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- An arrangement has been come to between the Commonwealth and New South Wales State Governments under which officers of the State Government…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Scholes.) Mr. W. T. Coyle Crown Prosecutor. Guilty of Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5

Claude Furlong, for whom Mr. W. D. McMahon appeared, was charged with having on January 24 assaulted Arthur Edward Guile, occasioning him actual bodily harm…

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Police and Seamen Port Kembla Affray WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 6

As a sequel to the moles at Port Kembla on Wednesday night, James Carvin (23), fireman; Samuel Bone (21), fireman; and James Henry Treleavon (21), sailor,…

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Shot in the Chest. Police Looking for Gunman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5

Arthur Yarrington, 23 years of age, residing at 62 Cameron Street, Edgecliff, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital late on Wednesday night with a bullet would in the chest, near…

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Law Notices. Friday, March 5. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5
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Team List.—In Banco Court, St. James'-road.—At 10 a.m.: Ex parte Buzacott, re Burns and others, Prohn. (part heard); ex parte Buzacott, re Wheatley and others, Prohn. Criminal appeals; Rex v Burns,…

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District Court. (Before Judge Cohen.) Claim for Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5

Joseph Alfred Maude, of Lilyfield, who had been allowed to proceed as a poor person under the Legal Aid Act, claimed £80 salary and commission from James E. Parker,…

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Industrial Court. (Before Judge Rolin.) Brickmakers and Clay Workers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5

By consent, the award covering brickmakers and clay workers at Bulli and Woonona was varied in accordance with the declared living wage. The clause regarding preference was…

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The Dark Avenue a Story of Murder and Mystery by Fergus Hume. Thirty-fourth Instalment. (Continued from the Last Issue.)

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 8

"The others" Gervase colored in his boyish way. "The ono you were sweet on when Hector and I stumbled across you in…

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STONES v. Batons Police Charge Crowd Discharged Men's Procession (Published in "The Times") LONDON, March 1

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 1

Mounted police charged and dispersed outside Westminster an excited .procession of 2000 discharged soldiers and sailors who had inarched…

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Don't Want to Strike But Can't Get to Court Union's Long Wait

Evening News · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 7

Officials of the Clothing Trades Employees' Federation claim they are placed in an untenable position. owing to the unrest of members and the delays of the…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before Sir William Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) Dispute Between Graziers. Eastway and another v Perrott

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 5

Argument was concluded in an appeal from a verdict returned in an "action tried before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury last year, in reference "to the sale of three…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 9

Queen's square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Federated Millers and Mill Employees' Association v Hyland, Milk and ice Carters, etc., Employees' Union v Allen, same v…

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Many Persons Sentenced

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 13

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions Judge Scholes passed the fallowing sentences on persons who, during the week, had pleaded guilty or been convicted of various charges: --…

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Liverpool Police Court. Wednesday, February 25

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 9

(Before Messrs. B. Drinan and M. Christianson, J's.P.). William Frank Anderson, alias Green, charged with stealing at Macquarie Fields,…

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Alleged Conspiracy Four Men Charged

The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 5

George Albert Wheeler, 52, whose occupation was given as a depot master. State Trawlers; Thomas George Hopkins, 29 an engineer; William…

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Her Secret Lover Beautiful Girl Charged With Murder Famous Edinburgh Trial Thrilling Romance in Real Life

The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 6

The remarkable story of the trial in Edinburgh of Madeleine Smith, daughter of a wealthy Glasgow architect, who was charged with the…

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A Dog's Life a Police Court Appearance. an Unsuccessful Prosecution

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 3

Dogs are usually in mischief, or landing someone else there. This was examplified in the Penrith Police Court on Monday, when Robert William…

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Police Protection

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 9

A cause for complaint by residents and business men of Guildford is that now, while the local constable in having his annual leave, instead of a relieving…

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