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Courts & crime, 1923

7,397 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

Police Protection

The Propeller · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 6

First Friend: Do you have good police protection out your way? Second Friend: Do we? Well, I should say so. We have the prettiest servand;…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, March 7. (Before Mr. Gates, S.m.) Negligent Driving

The Propeller · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 4

James Ernest Brennan was proceeded against for driving a motor car at Rockdale in a negligent manner. Defendant pleaded not guilty…

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Hid His Clothes Wile Defies Husband Assault Charge

Evening News · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 7

"He told me he was going to a 'smoke,'and I hid his best clothes. When he come back from having tea at his mother's he asked for…

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Cruelty Punished Carrier Sent to Gaol an Agonised Horse

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 8

Mr. le Brun Brown, S.M.: The £5 fine, as a maximum, is ridiculous in cases of this sortl Inspector Spyor: This is one of…

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Wood Alcohol Murder. New York, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 9

Several mid-western State legislatures have passed, or are considering, bills, characterising the sale of intoxicants causing death as murder, and imposing murder or…

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Sent to Gaol Cruel Driver S.M.'s Severe Comment

Evening News · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 8

With a huge care on its back, its tongue swollen and hanging out, a horse stood in the yard at the Central Police Station to-day,…

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Gaol and Asylum Idle Parramatta Prisoners £10,000 in Fittings Disappear

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 6

The mental asylums and the gaols of New South Wales are greatly overcrowded, and the heads of both departments are…

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Police Commissioners to Confer. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 8

The Police Commissioner left to-day to attend a conference of the beads of the police departments of the various States to be held at Melbourne…

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Woman Strangled a Torn Note Slender Clue to Murder

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 14

The attempt on Sunday to pass a twenty-france note, one corner of which had been torn off, led to the arrest of Louis Bourgldo, in Paris, on a charge…

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Murder Verdict The Yarra Mystery. Mrs. Mitchell Committed MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 8

The Coroner concluded his inquiry into the Yarra murder to-day Hannah Elizabeth Mitchell was committed for trial the Coroner finding that…

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Sale of Liquor Charge of Murder American Legislation New York, March 7

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 7

Several of the Mid-western State Legislatures have passed, or are considering, bills characterising the sale of intoxicants causing death as…

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Perils of Popularity Siki's Guard of Police LONDON

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 1

Siki, the French pugilist, who is in training at Howth, Dublin, for his match with McTighe, on March 17, has been so beset by photographers…

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District Court. (Before Judge Scholes.) Motor Car Purchase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

This was an action in which Frederick Julius Rudder, of 30 Boyce-street, Glebe Point, shipping agent, claimed £160 from Reuben M. Dunban, of 140 Phillip-street, Sydney, alleged to…

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Fair Bents Court. Intended Repeal of the Act

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 2

The N.S.W. Government has depfinitely decided to repeal the Fair Rents Act during the coming session of Parliament. The Minister for Justice (Mr…

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"Clear the Court" Game of In and Out

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 7

Litigants and lawyers, press and public, had a game of "in and out" at the Glebe Court yesterday. Mr. Jennings, S.M., had no…

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The Land Court Riparian Rights Refused Port Macquarie Valuations

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 9

The following matters were dealt with by Mr. Justice Pike, at the Land Appeal Court, Sydney, during the week:—In the appeal by Allen Taylor and Co., Ltd…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

Hearing was concluded, and his Honor reserved his decision…

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Events of the Day Revolver Duel Police v. Burglars Two Men Wounded

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 4

Numerous shots were fired early on Saturday morning between a constable and armed burglars who were disturbed in a collar at an hotel in Newtown…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Campbell and special jury.) MYERSON v "Smith's Weekly."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

This action remains part heard…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before Sir Win. Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Acting Justice Ralston.) B.M.A. CASE. Thompson v New South Wales Branch British Medical Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

Mr. Holman, K.C., senior counsel for Dr. Thompson, respondent in the above appeal, continued his argument in support of the verdict returned by the jury in the civil action…

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