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Courts & crime, 1925

8,831 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 250

"Seemed to Go Mad". Prisoner Assaults Police

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 3

"He seemed to go mad when I went up to him and raid that I wouldn's take him." [?]…

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Hard Court Tennis Week-end Fixtures

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 5

The following hard court tennis competitions will be played on Saturday: -- Western Suburbs. -- A Grade: Division I. -- Rosedale I. v. Gowan Brae I., Hiawatha H…

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"Don't Interfere" Police and Clients Solicitor's Request

Evening News · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 5

When Peggy M'Auliffe, 21 a domestic, and Charles pasmoff, 56, on opent, were charged at the Central Court to-day with haring said…

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Melbourne Crime. Police Hampered. Terrorising Tactics. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 19

Extreme difficulty is being experienced by detectives engaged in the inquiry into a number of large robberies from factories and shops in the metropolitan area in the last few…

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Fair Rents. Several Reductions. Cases Before Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 11

The rents of 10 houses in Sydney's suburbs were substantially decreased at the Fair Rents Court yesterday. The reductions ranged from 3/ to 18/6 a week for a period…

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Law Notices. Wednesday, March 4. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 12

Term List.—In the Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.: New trial motions: Ryan v Cohen (part heard); Cooke v Caldwell's Wines, Ltd. In No. 1 Jury Court.—At 10 a.m.—New trial motions:…

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"Detectives Baffled" Thieves' Big Organisation Police Chief's Admission MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 9

"The cleverest brains in the detective force are completely baffled as to the identity of the receivers of thousands of pounds worth of goods stolen…

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District Court. (Before Judge Mocatta). Cycle and Car Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 12

This was a claim by William Augustus Starkey against Kodak (Australasia), Limited, to recover £50 damages in connection with a collision between a motor cycle and…

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If Valiard Won a Lady Investor Strange Story in Court

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 3

Racehorses, courses, and bookmakers were the main topic during the hearing of a false pretence charge at the Central Police Court…

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Marine Court Inquiry. Collision, s.s. Surrey and s.s. COOMA

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 4

Report and decision of the Marino Board of Queensland into the circumstances attending the Collision between the steamers Surrey and Cooma, at…

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Asche and J.C.W. Claim Under Contract Full Court Hearing Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 9

Whether a dispute between Oscar Asche and J. C. Williamson, Ltd., should be referred to arbitration in England or heard by the Supreme…

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NO. 2 Full Court. (Before Mr. Justice Gordon, Mr. Justice Ferguson, and Mr. Justice James.) HAWKINS v Norton, Smith, and Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 12

This appeal remains part heard…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Campbell, and Mr. Justice Long Innes.) Bankruptcy Appeal. Re Alexander, ex parte Lloyd, Blundell, respondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 12

Reserved judgment was delivered in an appeal from a decision of Mr. Acting Justice Maughan in Bankruptcy on a motion under section 134 of the Act taken out by the…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 6

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate. —At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Hulton v Knapton…

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Theft From Home

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 6

Jewellery and money, valued at £84, were stolen from the residence of Robert J. Marmon, in Green-wich-road, Greenwich, on Tuesday. Entrance was gained though an open window…

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CRIMINAL (Before Judge Scholes.) Crown Prosecutor: Mr. L. J. M'Kean. Sentenced for Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 7

Robert Edward Dunn, convicted on the previous day in No. 1 Court of the Quarter Sessions, on a charge of common assault, was sentenced to 12 months'…

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Assault and Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 6

William James Thomas McGrath, aged 36 years, described by the police as a man with a long criminal record, was charged before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday with having assaulted…

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Sentenced for Fraud. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 10

Frederick Gornall, land and estate [?] and auctioneer, who was found guilty of [?] frauding Walter John Mcphillamy, a [?] known grazier, of £800 by, falsely pre[?]…

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Carnivals in Parks. Recent Assault Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 12

Alderman Marks, at the City Council on Tuesday night directed attention to the recent assault which took place in Prince Alfred Park timing a carnival there, and asked that…

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Here and There Assault on Girl

The Sun · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 2

Bathurst, Thursday. -- At the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Armstrong, George Touzell, aged 32, was sentenced to four months' gaol for…

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