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Courts & crime, 1925

8,831 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

Monday, February 16. Supreme Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 9

TERM LIST.--In the Banco Court, at 10 a.m.: Continuation of orders. Motion, Rofe v. Smith's Newspapers, Ltd.; new trial motions, Jones v. Wenham, Wakely v. Barry…

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Constable's Find Story in Court

Evening News · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 8

"What do you want here?" asked Constable Williams of a man found behind the bedroom door of John Tierney's residence, in…

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CRIMINAL (Before Judge Edwards.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. M'Kean. Convicted of Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 9

Charles Guyatt, who conducted his own defence, was charged in No. 1 Court of the Quarter Sessions with breaking and entering the warehouse of the…

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Law Notices. Monday, February 16. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 14

Term List.—In the Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.: Continuation of orders. Motion: Rofe v Smith's Newspapers, Ltd., new trial motion; Jones v Wenham, Wakely v Barry…

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Police Strikers No Reinstatement Labor Leader Not So Sure

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 6

There can be no reinstatement of any of the 636 police constables and N.C. officers who went on strike in Victoria in November. 1923…

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High Street Traffic Police Control. What the Inspector-general Says

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 3

The regulation of traffic in High Street, Penrith, particularly at week-ends and on holidays, is becoming an increasingly important…

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Tossing for Costs. a Law Court Incident. London, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 17

When a family law suit was called in the King's Bench Division to-day the parties intimated that they had reached a settlement on all points except whether £300 or…

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Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before the Deputy Registrar, Mr. H. D. Wood.) Colliery Mechanics' Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 14

An application had been lodged by the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protection Association for registration as a union under the Federal Act. Mr. Braye (of Messrs. Braye,…

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Quarter Sessions. No. 1 Court. (Before Judge Edwards.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. McKean. Juror Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 14

Albert Edward Berwick, paymaster, in the employ of Tooth and Company, Limited, was asked to explain why he did not report for jury service on last week's panel Mr…

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Charge of Murder

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 9

When a train steamed into Muswellbrook on Wednesday, the dead body of a baby was discovered in one of the carriages. The child was…

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A Court Interlude

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 9

HE was a constable—a young constable. On duty in No. 2 Court at the Darlinghurst Sessions, he was sitting on one of the benches in the rear of the court. Ever and anon, when some particularly humorous or…

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Police Carnival Saturday's Big Function

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 6

Preparations have been finalised by the organisers cl the Police Carnival, to bo held on the Show Ground next Saturday. Most of the old favorite items have…

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Beverley Shooting Elderly Man Charged an Anonymous Letter Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 2

Thomas William Ashby was remanded until February 24 at the police court to-day on a charge of having murdered Robert Trenorden at…

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Murder Trial The Hampton Hold=up MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 5

The trial of Francis Perkins, charged with the murder of Charles Frederick Almeida, the bank teller, will begin before the Chief Justice on…

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Katoomba Bank Clerk's Lapse Three Years' Gaol Goods and Chattels for Bank

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 14

At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Elwyn Thomas Vears, a 24-year-old bank clerk, was charged with property of the Australian bank of Clerk, was charged with the embezzlement of £9 and £10 the…

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Wealthy Man Sent to Gaol on Serious Charge Light Sentence for Revolting Crime

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 5

AN elderly man named Alfred Bassett, said to be a large property-owner in the Parramatta and Condobolin districts, was charged at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Monday with a crime of such a character that it cannot…

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Cable News England Radio Pirates Gaol or Fines Severe Bill Houses to be Searched LONDON

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 4

Under the new wireless Bill, an Englishman's home will no longer be his castle. If there is a suspicion that he is…

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Redfern Rough Robs a Rural Heavyweight Loafer Goes to Gaol for a Further Stretch Ellalong Carpenters Adventure

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 12

Some people can receive lessisons all their lives and never benefit by them. never benefit by them. Norman Wallings, a…

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Fight Riot Beer Bottles Fly Police Called in Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 2

There was a sensational sequel to the fight at the Stadium to-night, when Billy Edwards (11.0) knocked out Les Reynolds (10.6½) in the…

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Dispute Over Dental Charges Friend and Patient Complains of Over-Charging Court Agrees with Basil Walker

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 11

A precedent was set for dental charge by Judge Scholes, at the District Court on Wednesday, when dentist Basil Walker, of Culwulla Chambers, Castlereagh-street, sued a girl, Molly Geddes, of 230 George-street, city, a quondam friend of his family, for £14 5s balance stated to be due…

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