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Courts & crime, 1922

7,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250

Fair Rents Court Tenant's' Gains Benefits in 521 Cases

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 7

That tenants have gained advantages in 521 oases from the Fair Rants Court was stated by the Attorney-General to-day…

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Magistrates at Play Court Gay With Flags Honoring Mr. Prior

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

No. 3 Central Police Court yesterday afternoon presented a very different appearance from that which usually wears. In fact, it was in festival garb…

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Brutal Assaults on Police 68 Cases in Three Months Totally Inadequate Punishment Serious Effects on the Force

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

From October 1 to date no, fewer than 68 assaults have been committed upon the police in the metropolitan district while in the execution of their duty. In the majority of these cases arrests were made and the assailants…

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Parramatta Police Court Thursday, January 5

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 6

Albert Matthews pleaded guilty to a charge of riding a bicycle on the footpath in Thomas-street, Parramatta. Defendant said he only rode along the footway a…

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Industrial Court. (Before the Industrial Magistrate.) Federal Awards and 44 HOURS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 9

Hearing was concluded of the case in which George Hudson, Limited, of Glebe, were charged with having falled to pay overtime for world performed by a cranedriver in their…

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Eighty -One Days Off Duty Worst Police Assault Case No Sentence Imposed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 9

Though he reported for light duty yesterday, after 81 days on the sick list, Constable Smith, who was brutally assaulted while attempting to…

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Kicked His Friend But Charged by Police S.M. on Fair Fighting

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 6

"I have no sympathy for any man who attempts to kick another," said Mr. Gates, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, when he imposed a fine of £5…

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Tirtschke Mystery New Police Theory Was Gun Alley Scene of Murder?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 9

A week has now passed since the little girl, Alma Tirtschke, was brutally murdered and her body placed overnight in Gun Alley…

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Police Transfers

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

Constable E. C. Davis, of Wagga, has been attached to the Penrith district force, and will take up the Emu Plains duties in place of Constable Donnelly,…

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Pepper in Face a Callous Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 10

Michael Mallos (37), a married man, was treated at Sydney Hospital last night for the effects of pepper which had been thrown into his eyes…

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Income Tax Returns Firm Charged with Fraud

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

Serious allegations were made at the London Guildball recently in a case against a well-known firm of London chartered accountants, brought by the…

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The Operations of The Fair Rents Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 9

A return recently issued from the office of the Fair Rents Court, Sydney, shows that during the past 12 months rent teas reduced in 278 cases,…

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Mt. Lyell Mine Application to Court MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

Sitting in Chambers Mr. Justice Powers, President of the Federal Arbitration Court, heard an application by the Mount Lyell Co. for…

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Fair Rents Court. How Tenants Benefit. Minister Analyses the Figures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 12

A return recently issued from the office of the Pair Rents Court, Sydney, showed that during the past 12 months rents were reduced in 278 cases, but were increased in 276 cases…

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Police and Premier Promotions and Allowances "No Reduction in Salaries" Mr. Dooley's Assurance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 10

There has been a great deal of unrest and dissatisfaction for many months among' members of the New South Wales Police Force over the…

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Despise Not a Wife's Counsel Or, the Sale of a Pup to the Police

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 9

There are some wives who mean what they say. Likewise there are some husbands who cannot be brought to appreciate…

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Assaults on Police Cowards' Utter Disregard for life Magistrates Should Deal Severely with Assailants

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 3

Mr. C. W. Oakes M.L.A, writes:— The cartoon in Tuesday's "Evening News" shows a policeman being badly mauled by what can be aptly termed…

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Secret History The Actress and the Officer--When the "E" was Taken Out of Dame--U.S.A. and A.I.F.--The Artist and the Prodigy --How to Tell a Gentleman--When a Police Photo. Went Astray

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 9

A certain Sydney magistrate, to whom frill of any description is anathema, insists on witnesses referring to members of the opposite sex…

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The Crown's Attitude. Dr. Cassidy Charged at Police Court

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 7

Later on in the afternoon. Dr. Cassidy was taken to the Central Police Court, where he was charged before Mr. Gale, S.M., with having feloniously and…

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"BREAKING & Entering". a Young Mother Charged. Theft of Blouses Alleged Against Her

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 11

A woman standing, or sitting, in a dock with a charge of breaking and entering against her is a sight rarely witnessed in a court room in these parts…

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