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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

8,831 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

Order of Court. Interpretation Causes Difficulty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 9

Although shipping officials were successful yesterday in obtaining crews for a number of vessels, further difficulties were encountered at the Mercantile Marine Office, where the…

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Perjury Charge Arthur Bishop in Court

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 10

A charge of perjury was brought against Arthur N. Bishop, at the Central Police Court to-aay. It was alleged that he swore to certain…

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Sirdar's Assassins Police on Track Cairo, Wednesday Night

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 1

A series of important arrest has been made in connection with the murder of the Sirdar, and the police believe they are at last on…

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Law Notices. Thursday, January 20. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 5

In Chambers.—Before the Prothonotnry, in the Prothonotary's Public Chambers.—At 10 a.m.: Tooth and Co., Ltd., v Anderson, de Gruchy garnlslice; re gent. one, ex parte Chapman…

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Walsh in Court Case Is Adjourned MELBOURNEl

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 9

AN application for an adjournment was granted at the City Court to-day, in the case of Tom Walsh, against whom there is a…

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Old Lady Robbed. Accused in Court. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 5

There was a crowded court at Cessnock yesterday morning, when Albert Charles Re[?]ly, on remand from Newcastle, was charged with stealing the sum of about £700 on December…

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Mrs. De Garis Supreme Court Judgment MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 11

Final judgment was entered by the Chief Justice (Sir William Irvine) today against Violet May de Garls, trading as the Melbourne Subdivisional…

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High Court to Say What Timber Award Means Prosecution Held Up

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 3

Several large timber firms were Prosecuted by John Culbert Secretary of the Australian Timber Workers' Union, before Mr. McMahon. S.M.. at…

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Parramatta Police Court Thursday, January 29

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 4

James Pankhurst was fined 10s for havomg behaved indecently in Merrylands-road, Merrylands, on January 23. For a similar offence, committed in a…

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A Mean Theft

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 5

John Suilivan was fined Paramatta Police Court yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to having stolen two gold coins, gold links and a…

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Sent to Gaol

Evening News · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 8

William Bertram Brown. 44, a laborer, was sentenced at the Central Court this afternoon to two months gaol on a charge of having stolen a rug of the…

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Butchery Manager's Lapse Sympathetic Magistrate

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 11

Frederick Wesley Smith, a young married man, pleaded guilty, before Mr Perry. S.M., at the Ashfield Police Court to-day, to a charge of…

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Police Protection

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 3
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A deputation, consisting of ex-Mayor Tucker Jones, Alderman J. Allen, and the Town Clerk (Mr. A. D. Hume) of Prospect and Sherwood Council, waited on the…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, January 28. (Before Mr. Longfield, S.M.)

The Propeller · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 3

DANGEROUS MOTOR DRIVING. George Garnham was proceeded against for driving a motor car in a dangerous manner…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, 28th January. Before Mr. Longfield, S.M.

The St George Call · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

Ceeil Joseph Anderson was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions to be held on 2nd February on a charge of having at Cronulla on or about 24th…

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"The Old, Old Story" Magistrate Doesn't Believe

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 7

"I am always loth to believe that old, old story—'I bought it from a man in the street.' No one ever offers me anything in the street.''…

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Mob Rule in Gaol. Discontent at Stewart's Creek

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 4

A report from Townsville (Q.) states that mob rule prevailed at Stewart's Creek Gaol last Friday. A Group of prisoners demanded of the…

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Wife Beater Sent to Gaol for Three Months Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 3

At the New South Police Court to-day of woman with her eyes dark and sweden and her nose probably frastated asked the magistrate to punish…

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Lidcombe Brawl Police Cruelty Alleged

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 6

The story of a Lidcombe hotel brawl was told in the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, when two men were heavily fined for offences…

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