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Courts & crime, 1925

8,831 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Police Magistrate

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 4

Mr. H. H. S. Chippendall, who has been relieving police megistrate in the district which embraees Penrith since, the appointment of Mr. C. J. B. Helm…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 12

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate. —At 10 a.m., for hearing: Bray v Sigley, Daguall v Dabbs…

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If S.m. Says It's Gaol, Then It's Gaol

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 7

It I[?] a man to goal I do go [?] the option of a fine, and then put obstacles in the way of his paying it, so that…

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Mr. Walsh. Charged in Court. Inciting to Strike. Telegrams Produced. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 17

Members of the committee of management and other officials of the Seamen's Union crowded the City Court this morning when the Federal president of the union (Mr…

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Police Conference

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 5

Adelaide, Saturday.--A conference of the chiefs of police in the various States will open in Adelaide on Tuesday, Inspector-General Mitchell, of…

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Changed His Mind And Went to Gaol

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 1

[?] Patrick M[?]try, 40, [?] Ernest Kirby, 24, [?] charged at the Central [?] with having a bag of…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 12

Before his Honor, Judge Scholes.—In No. 1 Court.- At 10 a.m.: Fletcher v Walters (part heard); in the matter of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1916, and in the matters of the arbitrations between…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 9. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 12

Prothonotary's Office.—Before the Deputy Prothonotary.—At 10 a.m.: Freeman v Freeman. 10.15 a.m.: Woodrow v Woodrow. 10.30 a.m.: Andrewartha v Andrewortha 10.45 a.m.: Woodward v Woodward,…

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The Unemployed. Wait on Police Chief. "Temptation to Steal."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 17

A deputation from the unemployed called upon the inspector-General of Police (Mr. Mitchell) yesterday and asked that he should convey to the Premier, through the Chief…

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Opinion in the City. Court Attacked. Powerless in Crisis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 16

It was in unequivocal terms that Alderman Wm. Brooks, M.L.C., referred to the judgment, in his capacity as vice-president of the Employers' Federation of New South Wales, and…

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Quarter Sessions. No. 1 COURT. (Before Judge Edwards.) SENTENCES

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 12

Patrick O'connell (l8), sailor, shopbreaking. Prisoner said he had been hungry. His term of imprisonment was ordered to be from the day of his arrest until the passing of sentence,…

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Walsh Before the Court Charge of Inciting Strike Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 1

Thomas Walsh, president of the Federated Seamen's Union, appeared at the City Court to-day, charged with having incited the…

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U.S.A. Shelves World Court Proposal Washington, February .7

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 11

The World Court proposal has virtually been laid on the shelf by 'the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate so far as the present…

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Shipping War. Walsh in Court Another Charge Waterside Workers Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 6

Tom Waish, general president of the Scamen's Union, [?] appeared at the City Court to-day. He was charged with:…

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New Judge. Supreme Court. Mr. Long Innes, K.C. New Equity Chief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 16

The State Cabinet, at a special meeting yesterday afternoon, decided that Mr. R. H. Long Innes, K.C., should be appointed a Puisne…

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Who Killed Bank Clerk Almeida? Perkins Has a Look at the Gallows What Has Taken Place in Coburg Gaol Dramatic Escapes That Have Misfired

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 3

The gallows at Melbourne's new Metropolitan gaol is awaiting its first victim. Two possibilities have passed under its shadow--ALBERT BARTER, one-time Fort Street scholar and Darlinghurst (Sydney) harrier,…

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The Speed Fiend How Los Angeles Proposes to Deal With Him Side-car Cell to Police Station. (See Front Page Illustration.)

The World's News · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 2

Los Angeles, the borne of the movies, is nothing if not original. That has been displayed in dozens of different ways. She provides more sensations…

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Safeblower Sentenced

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 5

When patrons of the Hotel Australia not so long ago rubbed shoulders with a well-dressed, well-spoken gent they didn't know that…

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"Is Long Bay Very Terrible?" Best-looking Girl's Needless Fear of Gaol Acquitted on Theft Charge

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 9

"IS it very terrible at Long Bay?" rather tremulously asked the best-looking girl in the Darlinghurst Court-room…

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Policeman's Son and Bank Murder

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 9

Some little light can at last be shed upon the murder of Bank Teller William Almeida, who was shot while trying to protect the funds of the Commercial Bank, at its branch at Hampton, on November 28 last…

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