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Courts & crime, 1920

6,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds and Judge Rol[?]n.) Master Printers Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 5

The hearing of the appeal by the New South Wales Master Printers and Connected Trades' Association against the order made by Judge Curlewis under the Compositors, etc., Males'…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and jury.) OLSEN v the Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 5

This action had not concluded when the Court adjourned yesterday…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and jury.) BARRACLOUGH v Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 5

This case remains part heard…

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Law Report. Banco Jury Court. (Before Sir Wm. Cullen, C.J., and juries.) Railway Supplies Contract. Butcher and another v Matthews

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 5

Evidence was concluded in an action, in which Arthur Charles Butcher and Charles Bowen, trading as Charles Bowen and Co., sued Arthur Smale Matthews, trading as the…

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Sentenced at Sessions

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 7

The following sentences were passed by Judge Scholes at the Darlinghurst Quarter Seasions to-day:— William Sullivan, house breaking, 12…

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Alleged Theft of Motor Tyres

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 4

Francis Augustus, 43. stevedore, and George William Jones. 45, Harbour Trust patrolman, were, charged, on remand, at the Central Police Court…

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Theft From Farmers Employee Fined £15

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 6

Herbert Taylor Tanner. 35, a cleaner, was at the Central Police Court this morning charged with stealing eight blouses, a piece of dress material, and…

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Man with a Record Sent to Gaol

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 7

Edward Sexton, 42, a laborer, with a long list of convictions, was charged at the Central Police Court this morning with having attempted to steal a purse,…

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Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 7

Cause Lists.—In Banco Court, St. James'[?]-road.—At 10 a.m.: Higgins v kPagliese (part heard). At 2 p.m.: Brenk v Lammers, same v Transcontinental Trading Company, Notice to Jorors.—The Jurors engaged…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 7

Before his Honor Judge Cohen.—At 10 a.m.—in Chambers, in No. 2 Court: in the matter of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1918, and in the matter of the application of Gladys Stoker. Examination of…

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Industrial Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 7

Industrial Court-house, Quten's square, No. 1 Court, before Edminds, Rolin and Curlewis J. J.—At 10 a.m.—For Hearing Re Monumental MMasons' (State) award. Application by Operative Stonemasons' Society…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 7

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the following publican's licenses were transferred:—Zetland Hotel, Elizabeth and Bourke streets, Waterloo, from Hentry Benjamin Benson to William Augustus…

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Medical Witness Ill. Murder Trial Postponed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 8

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday Albert Edward ("Slack") O'Brien appeared before Mr. Justice Wade, charged with having feloniously and maliciously murdered George Francis…

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An Unsolved Mystery. The Balmain Murder

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 4

An elderly man named Edward J. Keen was acquitted at the Central Criminal Court in Sydney on Tuesday last, on a charge of fatally injuring, by…

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Central Criminal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 7

Frederick Hayward Dubois, wounding with intent to murder…

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A Verdict of Murder. The Woronora Tragedy

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 4

At the coroner's court in Sydney on Wednesday last, an inquiry was held into the death of a woman named Martha M. Worrell, whole partly…

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Millionaire Mystery Motor Car Murder "The Camp Vampire"

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 6

In an involved mystery surrounding the dentil of Stanley Brown, a young millionaire, of Mount Clemens, Michigan, the leading figure is the dead…

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Breaking New Ground the Interest Charged to Selectors. the Oxley Candidate

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 2

That old battler for the "Farmer and Settler," Mr. Eugene F. Rudder, is contesting the Oxley electorate as an Independent, and in the course of an…

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After Many Days. a Clue to an Atrocious Murder

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 4

Last July a young girl named Bella Wright was outraged and murdered at Stretton (Eng.)t a little village near Leicester, and there was no clue left…

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Increased Police Pay Benefits of Basic Wage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 4

The Premier, questioned last night regarding the proposed increase in the police pay to the amount of 17s per week, as announced in "The Daily Telegraph" on Wednesday, stated…

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