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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

7,397 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Police Vigil Three Weeks in a Shop

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 8

Patience is a decided virtue in the police force. Constable Payne . (Clarence-street) waited in a shop in Castlereagh-street for three weeks recently…

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To-day's Law Notices Supreme Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 9

Term List.--in the Ramen Court. At 10 a.m. Thompson v. South Wales Branch of the British Medical Association (part heard). Cause List,--No. I Causes. In No. 1 Jury…

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"Cats" Routed But One Shows Claws Police Attacked

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 7

"Pussycat, pussycat, Why do you bowl?" "I wasn't allowed To wreck a dance hall."…

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Fined Twopence Penny for Police Publican To Pay

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 6

A publican was fined 2d, with 8/- costs, at the Central Summons Court to-day, for having had his licenced promises open during…

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District Court. (Before Judge Scholes.) Motors in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 6

This was an action in which McIntosh and Sons, Ltd., of 20-26 Elizabeth-street, Sydney, claimed £43 from John Martin, of Spring-terrace, Orange, for damages, alleged to have…

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Buried Treasure Police Discovery Six Boys Arrested Caches at Annandale

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 8

The spectacle of four plainclothes policeman digging in a paddock near the stormwater canal at Annandale towards the…

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Theatrical Employees Court Won't Reduce Wages MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 7

Mr. Justice Powers, in the Arbitration Court to-day refused the application of the Theatrical Proprietors' and Managers' Association, Musgrove's…

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Land Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pike.) a Cook's River Resumption

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 6

The matter is part heard…

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Victorian Era Law Revived in Court Pace in the Park

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 6

If anybody offers to lend you a horse, saying, "Come for a gallop ground Centennial Park," [?]. You may not have heard of the…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds and Judges Rolin and Curlewis.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 6

An appeal was made by the Hotel, Club, Restaurant, Caterers, and Boarding-house Employees' Union with regard to a variation in the old hotel employees' (country) award,…

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The World Court President Harding Still in Favor "Emphatic Evidence of U.s.a's Purpose" Law, Not Power, to Govern Nations

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 1

DESPITE the lukewarm support the suggestion of a World Court has received in America. President Harding is still very much in love with the idea, as it shown by the following long statement made to the Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio. Apparently we have not heard the last…

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NO 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Campbell and special jury of 12.) Claim For. £10,000. Myerson v "Smith's Weekly" Publishing Co., Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 6

The action in which Emanuel Myerson is claiming £10,000 damages against "Smith's Weekly" Publishing Company in respect to a libel alleged to have been contained in…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before Sir Wm. Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice James, and Mr. Acting Justice Ralston.) Disputed Newcastle Leaseholds. Brown and others v Tooth and Co., Ltd., and others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 6

In a special case stated between the parties to this action, which was one of ejectment, Walter James Brown and Albert Victor Brown, plaintiffs, and Tooth and Co., Ltd., Goldsmith,…

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Parramatta Police Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 2

Walter Le Hong (32) pleaded guilty to a charge of using a house, No. 116 Churchst., Parramatta, kept for the purpose of betting with persons resorting thereto, on…

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Daring Theft. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 15

After smashing a hole in a plateglass window thieves stole rings valued at £400 from the jewellery shop of William Manson, Sydneyroad, Brunswick, lost night. Manson was…

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For the Gospel Missionary Goes to Gaol Religious Drama in Court

The Sun · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 7

James Flucker, a city missionary, has gone to gaol for the faith rather than pay a fine of 10s and 10s witnesses' expenses for alleged…

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Police Troubles

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 8

Sir, -- The changes in the conditions surrounding police service seem to have aroused a Rip Van Winkle, who. under initials that look like a nom de…

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Burglar Battered Attacked by Householder Caught and Sentenced Maryborough (Q.)

The Sun · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 8

When Lionel Moore, aged 28, appeared at the police court yesterday in answer to a charge of stealing articles valued at £4, he bore evidence of…

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Prisoner's Injuries Allegations Against Police Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 9

The serious allegations against a, police constable, who was alleged to have assaulted a handcuffed prisoner in a cell at the city watchhouse were…

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Assaulting the Police a Too Common Practice

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 9

Judge White, at the Darlinghurst Appeal Court yesterday, was asked in impose a fine in substitution fur a term of imprisonment, for assaulting the…

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