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Courts & crime, 1925

8,831 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

Sent for Trial Alleged Assault at Picture Show

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 3

Willowra Lewis Williams (29), an auctioneer, was committed for trial yesterday to the Quarter Sessions on a charge of having assaulted Walter…

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Robbery at Leura Dismissed Employee Charged KATOOMBA

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 15

William Henry Williams, of North Belmore, was committed for trial at the Sydney Quarter Sessions on a charge of breaking and entering a…

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Police Choir First Public Appearance

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 6

The police choir made its first appearance in public at Parramatta last night at a concert in aid of the queen competition, conducted by the…

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Shire Dispute. the Cessnock Case. Ex-president Charged. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 16

The solicitors of the Cessnock Shire Council having served two notices on ex-President Scott to deliver up certain property of the shire, and having failed to get possession,…

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"White-anting" A.w.u. Trades Hall Charged Yallourn Dispute

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 8

Arrangements have been made by the Melbourne Trades Hall Council to enable officials to visit Yallourn at the earliest possible date to take a ballot…

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Stuffy Court Juryman Collapses

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 8

COMPLAINTS regarding lack of ven[?]lation in Darlinghurst Courts have been made frequently. Two in stances of jurymen having to retire…

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Bundle of Bank Notes Alleged Theft of £100 Dock Employee Convictel

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 14

The trial took place, before Judge Rolln, at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day af Samuel J. Devitt, aged 30, clerk, in the employ of Mort's Dock…

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Dismissed Melbourne Police. Demand for Redress

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 17

Nearly 500 members of the Melbourne ex-Police Reinstatement Association held a meeting at the Melbourne Trades Hall, at which the report of the Police…

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Bail Refused Intent to Murder Charge Case From Cudal

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 11

An application for ball, on behalf of William Henry Conwell Rothery, of Cudal, was to-day made in Chambers by Mr. Paterson (instructed by…

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Engineers' Award. Arbitration Court's Delay

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 17

The Secretary of the Sydney District Committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union states that much dissatisfaction exists among the members of the…

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Juryman Collapses Stuffy Court Room

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 10

A juryman collapsed at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, and on the advice of a doctor he did not return to the court. The judge discharged…

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Everyday and Everybody "Scores Stopped by Police"

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 4

THE police appear to be taking a prominent hand in the fourth Test. They drew the stumps on Monday in [?]…

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Story of Bullet Hampton Murder Case Counsel's Objection Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 9

The Crown case against Francis Perkins, who is charged with the murder of William Almeida, to-day concluded in the Criminal Court. No…

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Charge of Murder. Bank-teller's Death. Trial Begins. Melbourne

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

Charged with having murdered William Charlea Frederick Almeida, bank teller, at Hampton on November 29, Francis Perkins pleaded not guilty in the Criminal Court…

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Harem Lady Widespread Murder Plot India Is Thorough Calcutta

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 1

The adjutant-general of the army f the Maharajah of Indore is the latest person to be arrested in connection with the attempted murder at…

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City Firms in Court Prosecutions Fail

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 7

Two prosecutions under the Weights and Measures Act failed at the Central Summons Court yesterday. The defendants were Anthony Hordern…

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Land Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pike.)

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

In the appeal by A. J. T. Hays against the decision of local land board in respect of his application to have the nonconvertible part of conditional lease No. 1910-25…

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CRIMINAL (Before Judge Edwards.) Crown Prosecutor: Mr. L. J. M'Kean. an Assault Case

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 7

Edward Gordon (28), a tram conductor, pleaded guilty in No. 1 Court of the Quarter Sessions, to a charge of having assaulted Cornelius Francis Walsh, at…

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Bank Teller's Death Charge of Murder the Hampton Tragedy Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 11

The trial of Francis Perkins (31), a carpenter, on a charge of having murdered William Charles Frederick Almeida (22), a bank toller, who was…

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Fight for Seats at Murder Trial The Almeida Case MELBOURNE

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 7

BEHAVE like human beings, please, and not as a wild mob, shouted Senior-Constable Gardner officer in charge of the police…

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