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Courts & crime, 1926

8,105 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

Industrial Court. (Before Judge Curlewis.) Registration Cancelled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 7

Mr. M. J. Connington appeared for the New South Wales Association of Operative Plasterers, and asked for the cancellation of the registration of that…

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"Religious Gloom" Father's Murder of Son to Asylum Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 14

Archibald Gray, of Eltham, formerly on inspector of the public health depot, who murdered his son, aged 16, was acquitted to-day, on the ground…

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"Damning Piece of Evidence" Arsenic in Pocket Tas. Murder Trial Hobart

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 9

THE CASE, in which Alfred John Dobson, a young Hobart carter, is charged with having poisoned his wife reached its concluding…

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Were Police Bribed? Money in Fruit-bag Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 1

At the resumed hearing of the betting case, in which the bribery of a policeman is alleged, heard at the Port Adelaide Police Court to-day, a…

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SQUANDERED £150,000 and Now in Gaol Young War Hero As Cat Burglar London. Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 1

I CANNOT but admire your magnificent war record, but I cannot disregard the fact that your education and position should have…

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When Police Gave a Warning at Manly Hotel Constable's Story

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 9

THE CASE in which John Robert Everett, licenses of the Ivanhos Hotel, Manly, is charged with having permitted his premises to…

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Land Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pike.) Appeals and References

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 7

In the appeal by A. P. Schwartz against the decision of the local land board in respect of his application for conversion of homestead selection Nos. 1899-13 and 1900-3,…

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Land Court (Before Mr. Justice Pike.) Appeals and References

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 2

The appeal by A. P. Schwartz against the decision of the local land board in respect of his application for conversion of homestead selection Nos…

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Liquor with Meals Tattersall's Hotel Case Full Court to Decide

The Sun · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 11

Liquor with meals, under the Liquor Act, was the subject of an application to Mr. Justice Campbell in Chambers to-day…

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The Towel Is Thrown in Hodgson Case Full Court Appeal

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 16

THE APPEAL ledged in the Full Court by Ralph Vivian Hodgson, barrister-at-law, and chairman of the Railways Appeals…

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German Court. Secrets When Germany Saw the Game Was Lost

Watchman · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 4

A pathetic picture of Betlmiann-Hollweg, the German Chancellor of "a scrap of paper" fame—disgusted and vainly opposing the impetuosity and arrogance…

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The Tune the Band Flayed When Police Came Raid on City Cafe

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 10

"I WON'T give you any trouble. You caught me fair and square but I would not have sold the beer."…

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What Is an Inmate? in Liquor Cases Full Court to Say

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 9

A SPECIAL case was heard before Mr. Justice Campbell in Chambers to-day, having reference to the question of liquor with…

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District Court. (Before Judge Cohen.) City Council Sued. White v Municipal Council of Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 7

In this action Frank White, of Tennysonroad. Mortlake, hotelkeeper, sued the Municipal Council to recover damages for alleged negligence…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 7

Michael Woodcock, 22, labourer, pleaded guilty to stealing a motor car, the property of, Herbert Lipscombe Hannam, at Sydney, on December 12…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) Divorce Appeal. McNamara v McNamara

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 7

This was an appeal by the respondent in a suit tried before the Judge in Divorce in October last. The petitioner, Thomas Francis McNamara, a jockey, sued for a divorce from…

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Early Morning Theft Four Youths Charged

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 5

On their own admissions, they went to steal some fruit from certain unoccupied premises in Virginia-street, Granville…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 7

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 2 p.m.—For hearing: The Australian Journalists' Association v Smith's Newspapers, Ltd…

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Traveller Sentenced

Evening News · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 7

John Lathrop Marsh, 40 traveller, who pleaded guilty at Darlinghurst Session to a charge of having ste[?] a quantity of dress ma[?] from the…

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Two Years in Gaol

The Propeller · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 6

At the Sydney Quarter Sessions last Friday, before. Judge Rolin, Guiseppi Lombardo, a farmer, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for indecent…

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