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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

7,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

Contempt of Court Bigland and Bottomley London, February 15

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 7

Re[?]pon [?]gland who recently was the defendant in a criminal libel action instituted by Mr. H. Bottomley, M.P., applied to the Court today for the committal for contempt of…

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Port Pirie. Reduction in Wages. Application to Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 9

In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Powers, an application was made for a variation of the awards operating at the smelters at Port Pirie. The object…

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Industrial Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. F. W. Kitching.) Registration Application

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 5

The application on behalf of the Stationmasters and Night Officer's Association for registration as an industrial union is still part heard…

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'Agents' Claim. Dismissed by Court. Sale of a Business. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 9

A case of considerable importance to auctioners and commission agents occupied the attention of the police magistrate to-day, when a point was raised regarding the…

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Arbitration. Work Of Federal Court. a Round-table Conference. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 11

In a long statement from the Bench, Mr. Justice Powers, President of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, to-day defined his Court as a Court of round-table conference,…

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Youth's Escapade Strange Court Story Cigarette in Saw Mill MURWILLUMBAH

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 6

A youth who said his name was Roy Robert William Alexander Boyle, aged 17, was before Mr. W. R. Longfield, P. M., in the Murwillumbah Police…

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Speejacks Sensation Charges of Robbery Opal and Rifle Indignant Denial in Court

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 8

Alleged thefts from the yacht Speejacks, the property of the American millionaire, Mr. Gowen, which recently left Sydney for the islands, were the…

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Supreme Court Bench Acting- Justice Likely TWO K.sC. in the Running

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 6

The first law term of the present year will commence on Monday next, and a prominent figure of the judiciary, Mr. Justice Pring, first Puisne Judge,…

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Girl Charged with Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 9

A girl of 17, named Mary Magee, was, at the North Sydney Police Court committed for trial on to charges of stealing from a dwelling a quantity of jewellery and other…

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Attempted Burglary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 5

An attempt was made on the night of the 8th inst to force open the window and door of. Mr. F. Tivey's mercery lock-up shop at Fairfield. The thieves were…

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Attempted Burglary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 1

Between 8.30 p.m. on Monday and 5 a.m. on Tuesday, the post-office at Girraween was broken into, and an attempt made to blow the safe The intruders effected an…

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Alleged Assault

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 2

All Chee, the well-known Penrith Chinaman, is getting about With a bandnged-up lug, as the result of an adventure that befell him on Wednesday. It is alleged that he…

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Liverpool Police Court Thursday, February 9

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 7

(Before Messrs. T. B. Clegg, P.M., and B. Drinan, J.P.) No Travelling Statement. Oswald Collins, Cabramatta for droving…

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Theft of Bicycle

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 5

Another bicycle, owned by a Mr. Salliabank, was stolen from an open, shed in The! Crescent last week, notwithstanding that the local police have recently…

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(Published by Arrangement) Magistrate's Warning. "Prohibition a Joke," He Says. Murder and Misery

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 4

Magistrate H. H. Dale, formerly a member of Congress, in Fifth Avenue Court, characterised bootleggers as murderers, and asserted that the…

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St. Mary's. Alleged Theft

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 11

A stilt of clothes, together with a watch and chain,. was discovered to be missing from Mr. Bragg's bakery premises on Tuesday morning. Const. Cafe…

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Cowardly Assault Man's Nose Broken

The Sun · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 2

While standing at the corner of King and Dickson streets, Newtown, yesterday, Alexander T. Clarke, aged 36, Lord- street. Newtown, was rushed at…

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Charge of Murder. Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 2

At the conclusion of the inquiry into a fire at the A. B. C. Cafe, when Maurice Mitchell, one of the proprietors, lost his life, Nicholas J. Nicholas,…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 9

Before his Honor Judge Cohen and juries, in No. 1 Court.—At 10 a.m.: Furlong v Beale; Kethel v Chapman. Before the Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m.: Murphy…

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Stealing at Neutral Bay A Girl Sent for Trial

Evening News · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 3

Mary Magee (17) was charged at the North Sydney Police Court with having at Neutral Bay on May 25 last, in the dwelling of Daisy Merrett, at [?]…

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