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Courts & crime, 1921

7,036 stories in Sydney's papers · page 75 of 250

Price of Meat. Are Retailers Passing Fall On? Profiteering Court Enquiry

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 15

The price of meat was referred to in the Profiteering Court before Judge Beeby on Wednesday. As the parties were not prepared to go on, the…

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Challenged Verdict Phillip Newbury Case Full Court Decision New Trial Refused

The Sun · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 7

In December last Phillip Newbury, the well-known singer, who sought to recover £5000), was awarded £500 compensation, in respect of alleged libel,…

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Baseball Scandal Alleged Conspiracy to Lose Court Dismisses Indictments New York, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 7

A massage from Checago states the Counts have [?] the indian [?]…

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Profiteering Prevention Act Complicated Provisions the Case of Marcus Clark Full Court Judgment

The Sun · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 5

The effect of the Full Court Judgment to-day is that the amount of gross profit is no evidence under the Act that an unreasonable profit is being sought or obtained, and that in the case of a complaint that an unreasonable profit is being sought there need not be…

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Law Report. No. 1 Full Court. (Before Sir Wm. Cullen, C.J., Mr. Juatice Street, and Mr. Justice Harvey.) Perpetual Trustee Company, Limited, v Shelley and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 7

Argument was concluded in this suit. The Court reserved judgment…

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Kogarah Police Court. Tuesday, 15th March. Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, S.M. STEALING

The St George Call · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 4

Arthur Esmond Tinsley (21) was charged with stealing a saddle, bridle, breast plate, and crupper, the property of Harold James Vaughan, West-street,…

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High Court Films Judgment

The Sun · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 6

The Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia (Sir Adrian Knox) will arrive in Sydney on Monday morning by boat from Melbourne and. at 11…

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Wheat Scrip. Application to the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday.--An application was made yesterday to Mr. Justice Rich, in the High Court Chambers, by Harry Janetzki, of Collins Street, Melbourne, merchant, for…

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Irish Police Shot. Railway Station Burnt. London, March 17

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 11

Dublin Castle reports state that armed men shot Constable Reynolds dead at Children, Galway. During subsequent searches, John Macdonald was shot dead while evading arrest…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.) Clerks' Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 9

The Australian Clerical Association (N.S.W. branch) applied for cancellation of certain exemptions from the constitution of the Clerks Boards granted in 1915…

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Newspaper Comment the Newbury Case Full Court Judgment

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 13

Sir William Cullen, Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Wade gave Judgment in the Banco Court yesterday on the appeal by the defendants in the case of Philip Newbury,…

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Early Morning Arrest Two Men Before the Court

Evening News · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 4

William Comerford, 21, and Charles Bradney, 22, charged before Mr. Edwards at the Central Police Court to-day with having attempted to break and…

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Bookland Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate By C. A. W. Monckton. Methodist Book Depot, 21/-; posted

The Methodist · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 11

Mr. Monckton has written a boys' book for men. In it, something happens on every page— something that the normal healthy reader would have happen to…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Claim for Alleged Detention

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 9

This was an action brought by the Singer Sewing Machine Company, of 77-79 Elizabeth-street, Sydney, against J. Israel, of Rostella, Grosvenor-crescent, Summer Hill, for the…

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Profiteering Prevention Court. (Before Judge Beeby.) Wholesale Grocery Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 9

Mr. Corringham (instructed by the Crown Solicitor) appeared for the Crown, and Mr. W. Curtis for the respondents, in the inquiry embarked upon by the Court into the affairs of…

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Bank Officers' Association. Reinstatement Case. Powers of the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 14

The hearing of the application on behalf of the United Bank Officers' Association, asking for an order directing the reinstatement of Henry Foord Rawson, av former employee,…

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Singer Criticised. Newbury V "The Triad." Full Court Upholds Verdict

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 14

Reserved judgment was delivered yesterday by the Full Court, e[?]sisting of Sir Wm. Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Wade, dismissing the appeal by the…

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France Commands. German Methods. Upper Silesia Ballot. Secret Police Organisation. London. March 18

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 11

A despatch from Paris states that Prance Has requested Germany to withdraw her troops from the Silesian border, or accept the responsibility for…

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Law Report. Equity Court. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Street.) Rose Bay Ice Works. Farrar v Michael

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 9

The suit of Francis John Farrar against Clifford Hedley Michael was before the Court on an application on behalf of the plaintiff for an interim injunction restraining the…

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