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Courts & crime, 1924

9,738 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Law Report. (Industrial Court. (Before His Honor, Judge Beeby.) the Bakers' Strike. Union Fined £50. Thomson v Baking Trade Employees' Federation of Australasia (Sydney Branch)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 9

Mr. J. A.Ferguson (instructed by Messrs. Salwey, and Primrose) appeared for Maxwell Thomson, secretary of the Master Bakers' Association, in a proceeding against the Baking…

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Law Notices. Thursday, January 24. Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief industrial Magistrate. —At 10 a.m.—For hearing: The United Bank Officers' Association v Burling; Morrissey v Alex. Cowan and Sons, Ltd…

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You Can Drink and Remain Sober Debatable Subject--Is Discusses in Court--Magistrate Differs From Police

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 10

Harden.--"When is a man drunk?" Thin is a debatable question, as the following, heard at the Murrumburrah Police Court to-day will show…

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Nurse Charged. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 12

Hannah Elizabeth Mitchell, a nurse, was committed for trial at the Coroner's Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Mabel Alice Hodgkinson, aged 27 years, a married…

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Alleged Theft of Artunion Ticket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 11

At the Central Police Court yesterday Mark Broadribb, aged 20, and Mrs. Dorothy Lydia Lunt, aged 24 years, were remanded to January 30 on a charge of having stolen, between August 1 and…

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Armed Robbery Frenchman Charged PERTH

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

Defectives arrested Paul Lempriere, a French electrician, at rooms occupied by him In Perth, last night, and charged him with having robbed the West Perth…

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Christmas Lottery Police Interfere

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 10

On a charge of having promised to dispose of whisky and other articles by lottery. Cornelius Augustus Manders, of the Cambridge Hotel, Oxford-street,…

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Maori Tragedy Murder and Suicide AUCKLAND

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 3

A shocking tragedy has occurred at Mercer. A middle-aged Maori, Wi Ra[?]ana, shot his wife, Moe Rapana, and then…

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Refused to Eat Cripple's Six Months' Gaol LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 1

At the inquest on Frederick Tebbutt, who died after his release from prison, where he spent six months in hospital, Tebbutt's son gave evidence…

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Startling Sequel To Gaol Sensation Five Men Arrested Conspiracy Charge MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 8

There was a sensational sequel this morning to the alleged plot to rescue ' Angus Murray from Melbourne Gaol. At the point of the revolver five men…

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Tuesday, January 29. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

In Chambers.—Before the Deputy Prothonotary, in the Prothonotary's Public Chambers.—At 10 a.m.: Matthews, Thompson, and Co., Ltd., v Griffin (Richardson, garnishee); Attorney-General v Cameron (the…

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Hard Court Inter-district Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 12

Owing to the condition of the Sydenham-Bankstown Associations' courts, the inter districts matches set down for decision to-night have been postponed for a fortnight. J. O, Anderson and Norman Peach have…

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Hard Court Inter-district Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 12

Representatives from the Hard Court Tennis Associations, that participated in the F. O. Blackwell and the Angus and Coote cup competitions, will meet at the Sydenham Bankstown Association's four courts in…

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Bathurst Police to Give Citizens a Social

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 9

BATHURST, Wednesday.--The police are anxious to establish a better feeling between themselves and the citizens. With this end in view it…

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Conductor Assaulted on Moving Tram Magistrate Angry--Conductors Need Same Protection as Policemen--Serious Offence

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 10

"Tram conductors and drivers. When in the execution of their duty, must be protected just the same as policemen."…

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Poisoned Butter? Police and Lunatics Visits to Headquarters

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 3

Frequently officials at Police Headquarters are visited, by people with, unbalanced minds, arid requests are so peculiar that it is…

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Champagne Causes Street Collision Horse and Cab Barged Into-- Magistrate's Warning to Drivers--License Suspended

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 10

A motor car driven by Alexander James Blackwood, crashed into a horse and cab standing near the Parramatta wharf. Circular Quay,…

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Pepper Prominent in Women's Squabbble Said to be Caused by Jealousy Over Cross-charges of Assault

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 8

Dr. Ryan, resident medical officer at St. Vincent's Hospital, said yesterday that when he examined Adeline Gellin at the institution on January 13…

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Albert Whelan in Divorce Court London, January 22

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 7

Florence Waxman has been granted a decree for restitution of conjugal rights against Albert Waxman, better known as Albeit "Whelan, variety…

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Court's Dignity Hung in Balance Irishwoman" at Law

Evening News · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 8

It is not often that the courts of New South Wales loss thier dignity: but it hung perilously in the balance at the Glebe Police Court…

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