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Courts & crime, 1921

7,036 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 250

Police-officer Retiring

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--Inspector Buzacott, in charge of the Maitland police, who has served in the Imperial navy and the police force of Now South Wales since 1876,…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, March 24. (Before Mr. Gale, S.m.) Under the Influence

The Propeller · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 2

Constable Gillies charged John Phillip Sparkes for being under the influence of liquor at Tom Ugly's Point on March 18. Defendant was fined…

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Police and Firemen's Art Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 6

The following are the winning numbers of the first three prizes in the Police and Firemen's Hospital Art Union, which was drawn before a large crowd at the Town Hall last…

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Police and Firemen. Art Union Drawn

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 5

The Police and Firemen's Hospital Carnival Art Union drawing was conducted last night at the Sydney Town Hall by Mr. E. J. Kavanagh, M.L.C. The winning numbers are…

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Darwin Decisions. High Court Orders

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Consequent on the Full High Court's recent decision, that the appointment of Gerald Hogan as deputy-judge of the Northern Territory is bad, by reason of…

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Standard Working Hours. Position of Arbitration Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 3

MELBOURNE. Thursday.--A question which has been raised before Mr. Justice Higgins In the Federal Arbitration Court may have some bearing on the result of the case in which the…

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Industrial Court. (Before Judge Curlewis.) Female Cooks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 3

An application was made by the Hotel and Club Employees' Union for an award for employees governed by the Club Employees (Cumberland) Board. His Honor decided that…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Motor Car Repairs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 3

Hearing was concluded of the case in which Ernest Williams and Frederick Rathgen, trading as "Williams Motor Garage," of 199 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, proceeded…

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Delivery of Wheat. Action in High Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 4

A suit by Albert Edward Delaney, trading as Delaney and Co., merchants, George-street, East Melbourne, against Herbert Mandelson Davis, merchant, of Sydney, was mentioned…

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Treaty of Peace Act. High Court Decision. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 4

Mr. Justice Higgins, in the High Court yesterday, stated he was authorised by his brother Judges of the Full Court to say, in relation to the reference in the case of Roche and…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Wade and jury.) Dispute Over Plate-glass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 3

Webb and another v F. W. Gissing, Ltd. This action was brought by Thomas Oliver Webb and John Colville against F. W. Gissing, Ltd, plaintiffs claiming some£500 in…

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Law Report. Banco Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and Jury.) Sulky and Motor Car Collide. White v Russell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 3

Separate actions were brought by Ernest White, labourer, of Enfield, and his wife, Ellen Louisa White, claiming compensation from Arthur Lee Lindsay Russell,…

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To Gaol by Aeroplane

The World's News · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 4

AERIAL policemen in San Francisco are, thus far, the first to make use of the aeroplane to conduct a prisoner to gaol, via the automobile patrol. The sky route offers…

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The Gaol Woollen Scheme

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 6

THERE is not the slightest doubt as to the way in which the proposal to utilise the non-productive Parramatta Gaol into the scene of a productive…

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Rector Shoplifter Caught Stealing Hair Brushes

Evening News · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 4

The Rev. Albert Louis Panc[?], 47, rector of Throcking (England), was fined £10, and coats, at Hertford for stealing three hairbrushes and three pencil…

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Corruption Charged. London, March 24

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 9

On the Lord Chancellor's motion, the House of Lords has created a tribunal to inquire into the allegations against the Ministry of Munitions officials…

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Whose Bull? W. MAGRATH v. Amos Parker. Important Police Court Case

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 3

Two well-known residents of this district, Messrs. W. Magrath and Amos Parker, figured prominently in Penrith Police Court on Monday, when the…

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Petty Theft. Recovering in Two-up School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 12

Harry Porter was charged at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday with stealing the sum of £1; the property of Robert James Claxton. Sergt. Walsh deposed that on the 15th Mr…

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Raided by Rebels Cork Gaol and Post Office Election Tactics London

Evening News · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 1

A force belonging to the Republican Army surrounded the Cork Gaol last night and made a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to liberate the…

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Police and Firemen Drawing of Art Union

The Sun · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 3

In connection with the Police and Firemen's Art Union no holders of winning tickets have so far applied for their prizes. It is known, however,…

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