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Courts & crime, 1925

8,831 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Industrial Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 14

Industrial Courthouse, Queen's-square.—No. 3 Court.— Before his Honor Judge Curiewis.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Re Bakers (Cumberland) Award, application by N.S.W. Fresh Food and Ice Co., Ltd., for…

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Congealed in Back of Mirror Bathurst Gaol Letters Ingenious Ruses

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 11

I WAS confined to Bathurst (N.S.W.) Gaol in May, 1923, having been sentenced to two years' hard labour. I was released…

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To Help Police Art Union

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

The Local police have arranged with Penrith Amusements Ltd., to hold a monster picture show on Wednesday, 25th February, in connection with the…

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Court Defied Sydney Seamen's Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 11

When the general president of the Seamen's Union (Mr. Walsh) was assuring Mr. Justice Powers yesterday that his award regarding picking-up…

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In Court. Pledge to Resume. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 17

To allow Mr. Tom Walsh and the management committee of the Seamen's Union to decide whether they could undertake that the union would abide by the awaid and return to…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, January 27. Distriot Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 14

Before the Registrar—At 10.30 a.m.: Mooney v Whitehead. At 10.45. a.m.: Priestley ats Blackburn, At 11 a.m.: Mansargh ats. Donnelly…

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Scuffle Outside Court. Husband and Wife Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 14

A scuffic in the corridor of the Central Police Court, following the hearing of a charge of illegally selling liquor, ugainst certain persons connectcd with the Macquarie Cafe, on January 8, forned the subject…

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Master's Duty to Apprentice Newtown Court Case

The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

At Newtown Police Court yesterday, Herbert Bennel, who in 1923 was indentured to the Silhouette Glass Company, Petersham, complained that…

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Seamen to Man the Ships. Undertaking Given by Mr. Walsh. Court Reserves Final Judgment. Sydney Branch Defiant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 17

If the guarantee given in the Comonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday by Mr. T. Walsh, on behalf of the Seamen's Union, is carried out the shipping strike, so far as it affects the seamen, is at an end…

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De Garis Fools Sydney Police Solicitor Gives Dept. the Tip But Suburban Men Had Charge of the Chase, Therefore-- De Garis Went Away and He Didn't Say Where

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 1

Sydney police are still blushing for their astounding blunders in the case of Clement John De Garis, who was wanted in Melbourne to explain a little matter of finance…

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Starving! Family Found by Police Tale of Great Poverty Husband Charged with Theft

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 7

A young Australian wife on the verge of death from starvation, two tiny tots, her children, one aged two years and the other nine months, in…

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BOOTY, £15,000 Jewellery Dealer Charged LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 1

Joseph Betts, aged 45, a jewellery dealer, has been committed for trial on eight charges following the recovery of £15,000 worth of booty from a…

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Traffic Licenses What the Police Say

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 9

On January 16 the secretary of the National Roads and Motorists' Association wrote to the Superintendent of Traffic to enquire whether…

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Noisy Shire Council Police Called In CESSNOCK

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 5

Matters at the Cessnock Shire Council came to a head on Thursday by Councillor Scott (Shire President) calling in the police…

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"E. Allen (Sydney) Pty., Ltd." Company Promoter Charged with False Pretences—Committed for Trial—Four Men Put in £650 "Herald" Advertisements Again

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 12

A story concerning the collapse of a musical house, in which Sydney Eden Allen, tall and partly-bald, 34 years…

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Picture Show Pests Have Night Out at North Sydney Usher's Jaw Broken By Lout Apparently Seeking Revenge for Mate's Arrest Magistrate Laidlaw Acts Leniently

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 13

Every age brings Its new type of pest and ruffian, though in some respects at any rate there is a similarity between them all. In the Stone Age, thousands of years ago, the prohistorio hoodium stood on the top of a hill and rolled down boulders to annoy the…

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Bank Notes, Fifty Pound Ring and Vagrancy Charge Racecourse Urger Roper in Court Dalley Collects and Then Loses—Jostled and Bumped—Persistent Roper Put Out But Conies Back Police Case Breaks Down at Parramatta

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 9

A case of rather more than usual interest was heard at Parramatta Court on Thursday, when Eric Roper was charged with vagrancy. Generally a man charged with such an offence is a poor,…

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Randwick Residents Have a Rumpus That Baffles Magistrate Conflicting Tales Told Bench—A Host of Witnesses Fail to Prove Which Story True—Traveller Loses Two Molars Clash in Canberra Street

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 11

As is usual when friends fall out, bitterness ranklea fiercely where once good feeling reigned supreme. Daniel Cunningham, a Randwick grocer, 53 years of age, square-built, and tolerably hefty and athletic despite his years, called upon…

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Little Baa Lamb Raises Ructions Petty Quarrel Between Five Dock Neighbors Ends in a Court Draw

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 15

Bowhay had a little lamb—It worried Mister Cleary, Who told the jumbuck's owner he Was acting very queerly…

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Offensive Noises and Lunars Curious Sequel to Court Action—Husband and Wife in Scuffle Constable's Sensitiveness

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 11

RECENTLY Lily Brown successfully defended a charge of having been found on unlicensed premises, but her…

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