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Courts & crime, 1926

8,105 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Used a Cart In Stealing Safe Wasted Effort

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

Cracksmen who carried a heavy safe holds bolus out of a building and removed it in a cart found that it contained only a number of…

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Right to Kill Murder Acquittal

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

Dr. Harold Blazer (aged 61), whose trial on a charge of murdering. by the administration of chloroform, his invalid daughter,…

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Swore at Police

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 8

When her husband was arres[?]ed Lomas trene Miller. 40. used md[?] language to the constable Ac Glebe Court to-day she was fined 16 on 14…

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Driver Charged "Drunk on Tram" Policeman's Story

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 9

Though, according to Constable G. W. Robinson, the driver was drunk, sitting in a "bent-up posture," with his head resting on his hands, a tram…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

Before his Honor Judge Cohen.—At 10 a.m., in Chambers, in No. 1 Court.—In the matter of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1916, and in the matter of the application of the Public Trustee, the legal…

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Man in Girl's Room Brutal Assault Attacker Escapes

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 3

MOLLIE REYNOLDS, 15, of Fore-street, Canterbury, was brutally attacked early this morning. [?] she was awake[?]…

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Prahran Mystery Murder Theory Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

Detectives who have been investigating the mysterious death of Thomas John Dorey, who was found dead in his rooms at Prahran on December 27,…

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Industrial Arbitration Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

Industrial Court-house, Queen's-square, No. 1 Court, before his Honor Judge Beeby.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Re applications for variation of the following industrial agreements and awards pursuant to…

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Broke Child's Nose Father Sent to Gaol Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 11

Henry Sneddon, who broke his six-year-old son's nose by striking the child's head on the ground, on New Year's Day, was at the City Court…

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Only Wanted the Girls But Got Gaol Instead Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 1

Robert William Henry James Humphries was sentenced to two months imprisonment and Frederick James Alexander Ward to one month's…

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Robbing an Old Man Nine Months' Gaol Chase by Policeman

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 1

NINE months' hard labor was the sentence imposed on John Ryan, 47, laborer, at the Central Court yesterday for attempting to…

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Police Pensioners "Taking Clerks' Jobs"

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 9

A strongly-worded protest against the employment of ex-policemen in receipt of pensions being employed on the waterfront has been sent to the…

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Police Want It Chief Secretary's Problem

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

The police, force of New South Wales is decidedly of the opinion that it docs not merely exist to receive the kicks of the community…

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Tried to Outrun the Constable Tram Driver Charged Story of a Jag

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 7

THE QUESTION whether a tramway employer, after hering been [?]red [?] by to, u[?]parament for on al[?]ged o[?]ence can be…

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Law Notices District Court. Tuesday, January 5

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

(Before Judge Cohen). At 10 a.m. In Chambers.--In No. 1 Court: In the matter of the Workmen's Compensation Act. 1916, and in the matter of the application of the…

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£6000 High Court Salaries Move to Increase

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 9

H.C.L. may not be officially known to the High Court, but it has made its presence felt in the homes of the several judges…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, January 5. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

In Equity.—Before the Deputy Registrar in Equity.— At 11 a.m.: Re G. C. Warner, deed., and T.F.M. Act, to settle- minutes of order; 11.30. Perpetual Turstee Co., v Hewitt, to settle minutes of order; 12…

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"Oh No !" the Residents Didn't Suspect Police Did

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 9

When arrested at the Glebe by Constable Gallivan, after a severe chase, from a house in Mitchell-road, Leslie McDonald, aged 37, a cook, asked,…

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Fair Rents Court. Year's Work. Record Since Inception

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 6

The annual report of the Pair Rents Court, furnished yesterday by the Registrar. (Mr. Hawthorne), Bhowcd that the number of applications received and dealt with by the…

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Tenants Score Fair Rents Court Year's Good Work

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

OUT of 1152 applications by tenants to the Fair Rents Court last year, no fewer than 366 succeeded. These presents to rent-payers…

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