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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

7,397 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 250

Mitchell Remanded Breaks Down in Court Laughter to Tears Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 9

Nurse Mitchell was remanded today to the April sessions of the Criminal Court on the charge of murdering Bertha Coughlan…

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Land Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pike.) Railway Lands at Newcastle. Objection to Valuation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 6

Hearing was continued of the objection by the Newcastle City Council against the valuation by the Valuer-General of an area of 84½ acres of land, which included the whole of the…

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Situation in the Ruhr. No Further Advance. Funeral of French Officers. German Police Executed. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 9

It is declared in official quarters in Paris that France does not intend to extend the advance on the right bank of tbe Rhine into Bavaria, which would make too serious a call on the French army. With the addition of 5000…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before Sir Wm. Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice Goroon, and Mr. Justice Campbell.) Huth Gillespie and Co., Inc.. v George Watt and Sons

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 6

This case was mentioned for the purpose of amending an orders made recently by the Full Court on an application by the plaintiffs to have set aside an order for admissions and…

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Brutal Assault

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 2

A man named Alfred George Wilson 46 years of age, residing in Hammersmith street, Flemington, whilst on his way home on Monday night, was the victim…

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Liverpool Police Court. Thursday, 8th MARCH, 1923

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 5

(Before Messrs. A. Blix, P.M., and B. Drinan, J.P.) Travelling Without A Ticket. Samuel Corless, who pleaded guilty to…

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Police!

Evening News · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 1

This is the way "The Methodist" puts tis— "Apparently you spell with e's," pens a correspondent,…

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The Lawyer's Fee a Magistrate's View

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 6

Mr. Jennings, S.M., has definite ideas concerning the necessity for legal assistance in certain Police Court proceedings. A solicitor appearing before…

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Police Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 2

For the past 10 years at least the great necessity for the erection of a new police station at Lidcombe has, from time to time, been brought under the notice…

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Bribe Mentioned. Alleged Cattle Stealing TOOWOOMBA

The Sun · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 2

Evidence of an unusual nature was given at the Roma Court during the hearing of five charges of alleged cattle stealing preferred against C. C…

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Assault in Train Detectives Looking for Man

The Sun · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 2

Word was sent to Inspector Fowler yesterday that Miss Eileen Thompson, aged 16, of Waratah, had been attacked in a train between Hexham and…

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Central Police Station

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 7

The Central Police Station, the place of the "ever open door," through whose portals humanity drifts day an night, with an escort, is undergoing…

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Alleged Treason Frenchman Charged Paris, March 16

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 7

The charges against Ernest Dudet (72), editor of "Eclair." include the giving of information to the Germans regarding the places where the…

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Murder Alleged Fatal Quarrel Accused Remanded

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 8

Detectives Thompson and Young arrested Earle Lemon yesterday afternoon, and he appeared before the Central Police Court charged with…

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Milgrove Murder Detective's Discovery Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 6

A new departure was taken to-day by detectives working on the Milgrove affair, which concerns the disappearance of Mrs. Ada Overall (65), of…

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Alleged Misappropriation Assistant Postmaster Charged. And Committed For Trial

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 6

A charge of misappropriation, involving the sum of £186/19/0½, was preferred against Ernest Reginald Wheeler at the Parramatta Police Court, on…

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Belated Report Lets Man Escape Girl Alleges Assault NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 6

If the railway people had acted promptly the paretrator of the attempt alleged to have been made to commit a serious offence on a…

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Beer and Lollies. The Police Give Chase

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 1

John Joseph Patrick Conran, at the Parramatta Police Court on Thursday, was charged with stealing, at Prospect, on March 10, a ten-gallon barrel of beer,…

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"Exp. Unnecessary" Waldron and His "S.M.H." Advertisements Gaol for Swindling Advertiser

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 19

Again "Smith's-"Weekly" asks when will the "S. M. Herald" take effective steps to protect its readers against swindlers who buy space in its "Partnership"' advertisement column?…

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Found Drowned Missing Witness In Murder Case LONDON, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 1

Another sensation has been provided in connection with the poisoners case at Newport in which the Cerener's jury found that William M[?]…

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