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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1925

8,831 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

Dismissed Police Victorian A.l.p. Demand for Redress

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 8

About 450 members of the ex-Police Reinstatment Association attended at their meeting rooms at the Trades Hall, when the report of the Police…

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Fierce Struggle. Insane Man and Police. Terrified by Facsisti

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 6

Constables Woodhouse and Regan had an unpleasant and trying hour in taking Gilardi Morino (29) from Auburn to the Darlinghurst Reception House, on…

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Compensation Act Can Strikes Affect ? Full Court Appeal

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 14

The Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Street), Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson, was to-day engaged with…

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Former Vicar in Court Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 3

Donald Seacroft Freer, a former Vicar at Port Chalmers Anglican Church, pleaded guilty to an assault on two boys…

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The New Judges. Swearing-in. Speeches in Full Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 8

The interest manifested in the first appearance of the newly appointed Judges of the Supreme Court at the opening of term yesterday was attested by the appearance [?]…

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Miners' Earnings And Effect of Strikes Full Court Problem

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 7

Two appeals which come before that Full Court, Comprising the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Street, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice…

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Industrial Arbitration Court. (Before Judge Rolin.) Mount Kembla Prosecutions Adjourned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 5

Mount Kembla Collieries, Ltd., proceeded against Challenger and 21 others, and against Penrose and l8 others, to show cause why they should not be penalised for aiding and…

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Was He Drunk or Drugged? Wreck in Court Talk of Paraldehyde

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 4

More than the ordinary "drunk" story lay behind the tale told at the Central Court yesterday, when an elderly accountant was…

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District Court. (Before Acting-Justice Monahan and Jury.) Estate Agent's Claim Fails

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 5

David Ritchie, trading as D. Ritchie and Co., estate agents, at 66 Nelson-street, Annandale, claimed £60 commission from William Frederick Newland, retired builder, also of…

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Street, C. J. Swearing in Red and Ermine Scene in Banco Court

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 4

Scarlet and ermine and full-bottomed wigs brightened the otherwise sombre air of the Banco Court yesterday, when…

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Union News and A.lp. Notes Music on the Rink Cheaper or Fewer Players Court Says Fewer

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 8

Judge Rolin in the Industrial Arbitration Court yesterday refused an application by the Cantennial Park Roller Rink, Ltd., for exemption from the…

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Quarter Sessions. No. 1 COURT. (Before Judge Edwards.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. McKean. Larceny Ab a Servant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 5

Raymond Singleton, 24, bank clerk, for whom Mr. Penny appeared, pleaded guilty to stealing £1600 from the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank, Limited, while employed…

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A Vexed Question Of Ownership Absorbent the Central Figure in a District Court Action Judge Tells G. Halpin He's No George Washington

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 1

IF ever the pony trainer George Halpin takes to the tale-telling business he'll probably steer clear of Judge Scholes, for the judge didn't beat about the bush in telling Halpin last week that as a spinner of tales he was an also-ran…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before Mr. Justice Street. C.J., Mr. Justice (Ferguson, and Mr. Justice James.) Alleged Failure of Consideration. Jones v Wenham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 5

This was an appeal by the plaintiff in an action tried before Mr. Justice Gordon and a jury last year, in which Lindsay Steven Jones sued Elizabeth Wenham, claiming to…

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Alleged Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 11

At the Central Police Court yesterday, Wollowrs Lewis Williams, aged 28 years, an auctioneer, was charred before Mr. Giles Shaw, C.S.M., with having assaulted Walter Brown, on January 29, occasioning…

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De Garis Charged in Court And Remanded MELBOURNE

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 7

Little public interest was aroused by the appearance in the City Court to-day of Clement John de Gars, charged with having…

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'Alleged 'Assault Jury Visits Scene

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 10

The trial was continued at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day of George Albert White, aged 30. confectioner, who was charged with…

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Assault Alleged Show Proprietor's Injuries

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 11

Charged with having on January 29 assaulted Walter Brown, a show proprietor, Willoura Lewis Williams, aged 28, an auctioneer, of 60 William Street, North…

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Quarter Sessions. No. 1 COURT. (Before Judge Edwards.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. McKean. ASSAULT

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 11

Edward Gordon (28), tram conductor, pleaded guilty to assaulting Cornelius Francis Walsh at Sydney on December 6. The story told by Walsh, who is the…

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Police and Strike

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 4

Sir.--Great, isn't it, to read of a Labor Government supplying police to the employing class to protect s[?] and blacklegs…

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