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Courts & crime, 1925

8,831 stories in Sydney's papers · page 85 of 250

Not Influenced by Threat the Arbitration Court Mr. Justice Powers Replies Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 1

The stinging criticism of the Federal Arbitration Court, uttered by Mr. Bavin. N.S.W. Attorney- General, at Newcastle, was the…

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Quarter Sessions. No. 1 Court. (Before Judge Scholes.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. McKean. Accessory After the Fact

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 12

Thomas Bath (44), felt hatter, who was convicted as an accessory after the fact in the embezzlement by Frederick Pearson, of moneys belonging to the New South Wales branch of…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Gordon and Mr. Justice James.) Canterbury Council Vacancy. Ex parte Wilson, re Sutton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 12

An application was made ex parte on behalf of James Augustus Wilson, a ratepayer, of the Municipality of Canterbury, for a rule nisi for mandamus directing James Lane…

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Lilydale Murder. Police Handicapped. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 10

Despite their efforts to elucidate the mystery surrounding the death of William Wallace Bent, at Lilydale, the police have not yet succeeded in making an arrest…

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Burglary at Orange. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 10

Ormerod and Mace, a well-known firm of outfitters, lost goo[?]s to the value of about £70 as the result of a burglary on Tuesday night. Some money was also stolen…

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The Park Assault

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 4

Sir.--Statements which have appeared in the Press concerning a brutal assault upon a young man in Prince Alfred Park link up with the affair a…

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Lilydale Murder Man at Prahran Police Want Interview Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 9

Detectives engaged on the Lilvdale case have no doubt at all that the man seen in Prahran yesterday was the person they desire to interview about the…

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Theft From Railway Platform

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 6

Alfred Wall, aged 25 years, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, with hard labour, when he pleaded guilty before Mr. Giles Shaw, C.S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, to a charge of stealing…

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Alleged Misappropriation. Woman Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 6

Ethel May Gallagher, aged 32 years, appeared before Mr. Gyles Shaw, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, on a charge of having omitted to pay into the account of Frances William Tonson, £1000,…

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Drunken Motorist a Magistrate's Warning

Evening News · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 7

"I LOOK upon these charges in a very serious light. This is not a bad case but defendant will have to a be punished in a way that I think he…

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Defendant's Tears Assault With Knife

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 2

"You're lucky you're not committed for trial on a more serious offence." said Mr. Gates. S.M.. to Mary Ryan, aged 22, at the Central Police Court…

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Police Promotions

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 9

It was announced to-day that Inspector Turbet, in charge of the Traffic Branch, had been promoted to the rank of Acting-Superintendent…

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Scene of Brutal Murder

Evening News · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 1

The first house on the right, in Douglas-street, Redfern, was the kene of the murder…

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Lilydale Murder Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 1

Detectives are confident that they will be able to trace within a few days Howard Vernon (40), painter, whom they desire to interview in connection with the…

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Story of a Bet Assault Charge Fails

Evening News · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 8

A dispute over an alleged bet was responsible for the appearance of Alfred James Farreli 43, master carrier, of Central Concord,…

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Quarter Sessions Yesterday's Cases Stealing Charges Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 5

William Henry Lane, at Newcastle Quarter session to-day was sente[?] to 12 months' hard labor [?] Goalburn Gaol on each of three…

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Court Proceedings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 9

Early yesterday afternoon, Thomas Christopher Thomas, aged 38 years, was charged at the Central Police Court by warrant that at Fremantle, on February l8, he, being the…

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Filthy Shops "Appalling," Says Magistrate Heavy Fines Imposed

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 2

Inspector Kench, of the Department of Public Health, was on the warpath at the Central Summons Court to-day, and, his seven victims paid a total of…

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Skelton's Dash Speed in a Motor Magistrate Critical

Evening News · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 7

Robert W. Skelton, the well-known pony owner, was charged at Parramatta Court to-day with having driven a motor car at a…

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Gaol for Rum Runner San Francisco, March 10

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 1

Captain John O'Hagan, master of the rum-runner Guila, which earned a million dollars for Iter owners before she was scuttled to avoid…

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