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Courts & crime, 1920

6,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

Missing Diamonds Lady's Help Charged

The Sun · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 5

Emma Rolfe, aged 23, a lady's help, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having stolen two diamond rings and a pair of diamond,…

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Alleged Attempt to Murder

Evening News · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

Edwin Lee, 18, laborer, was charged at Paddington Police Court to-day with breaking and entering the dwelling of Sidney Long, at 348 Oxford-street,…

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Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

Cause Lists.—In Banco Court,—At 10 a.m.—Salter and others v Delandro (part lieard), Delandro V Salter and others (part heard). At 12 o'clock noon.—Lowrie v Studdy. Notice to jurors,—The Jurors…

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Mtning Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 6

Among the exhibits in the Department of Mines Court is the lecture hall is a showcase that contains samples of roofing slates from the Chatsbury quarries, near Goulburn. It…

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Court of Revtew

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

Befare his Honor Judge Scholes.—At 10 a.m.: Appeals against Income Tax Assessments. Note: The list of appeals will be called over after the undefended actions in the District Court have been dealt with…

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Industrial Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

Industrial Court house, Queen's-square.—No.2 Court.— Before his Honor Judge Rolin.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Re Gangers (Stale) Board, application by A. W. U. for award…

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Coogee Murder Trial Wearing the End Mr. Windeyer's Address

The Sun · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 5

The trial of John Meagher, charged with the murder of his wife, Marjorie Kathleen Meagher, at No. 6 Coombe Flats, Coogee, on…

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Tuesday, April 6. District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

Before his Honor Judge Scholes.—At 10 a.m.: All undefended actions Note: The list of undefended actions will be called over punctually at 10 a.m. All cases in which the hearing fee has not been paid…

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Industrial Court. (Before Judge Curiewis.) Cold Storage Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

On the application of the New South Wales Fresh Food and Ice Company, Ltd, and other employers, his Honor granted a now award covering employees in cold storage and ice…

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Law Notices. Thursday, April 1. High Court of Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

At Darlinghurst Court-house.—At 10.15 a.m.—Motions, etc. Before his Honor the Chief Justice.—At 9.45 a.m.: Clapperton and another (admors., etc.) v Federal…

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St. Mary's Presbytery. Claim for Rates. Appeal to High Court

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 27

The trustees of the Crown grant of land on which St. Mary's Cathedral and presbytery stand intend to test the legality of the Equity judgment recently given against…

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Park Shooting Ring Before the Court Where Is Ivy Forbes?

Evening News · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

The story of the midnight shooting in a park at Waverby on March 3 was told in Paddington [?] when George Denis [?] metal worker[?]…

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Supreme Court. Banco Jury Court. (Before Sir Wm. Cullen, C.J., and jury.) Motor Vehicles in Collision. Salter and others v Delandro

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

Cross actions were brought for damages in connection with a motor car collision at Gillies-avenue, near Annandale, on Sunday, August 24 last. In the one action Archie Salter,…

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Federal Arbitration Court. (Before Mr. Justice Higgins.) Wages' of Station Hands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

Two appeals were heard concurrently for variation of the awards governing the agricultural and pastoral industry. In one case the Australian Workers' Union was the…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and Jury.) Claim for Commission. Starkey and others v Simon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

The plaintiffs in this action. Charles Herbert Starkey, Albert Nathan, Herbert Bertram Nelson, and Harold Wilson Anderson, trading as Starkey and Starkey, accountants, sued…

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Budget News and Views from and About Ireland A State of Siege, Amazing Scenes in Thurles. Police and Soldiers Run Amok

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 6

Fuller details of the affair at Thurles, in Tipperary, when, on January 20, a policeman was shot (subsequently dying) by an unknown assailant, provide striking evidence…

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Law Report. High Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Knox, Mr. Justice Isaacs, Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy, Mr. Justice Rich, Mr. Justice Starke.) Retrospective Awards Judgment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 7

Judgment was delivered in a special case which had been stated by Mr. Justice Higgins, president of the Federal Arbitration Court, on issues arising out of the dispute…

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Alleged Theft of Gold. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 5

Henry Smithson, who was arrested on Sunday shortly after his arrival from South Africa on the steamer Anchises, was again before the police court to-day on a charge that at Natal…

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Russian Killed. Murder Suspected. Domain Mystery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 6

A mystery surrounds the death of a Russian named Mitratan Koropets, who was found in the Domain with a bullet it his head yesterday morning…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, March 31. Before Mr. H. T. Hawkins, S.M. Indecent Language

The Propeller · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 2

Sydney Burton was charged with using indecent language in a railway carriage travelling between Sydney and Kogarah. In pleading guilty…

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