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Courts & crime, 1926

8,105 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 250

Law Notices. Thursday, March 4. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 7

Term List.—In the Banco Court.—At 10 a.m.—Motion: In re Gent one, ex parte the Prothonotary, to be mentioned. Special case: Halloran and Co. v Council of Municipality of Queenbeyan. New trial…

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Law Notices Thursday, March 4. Supreme Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 7

TERM LIST.--In the Banco Court. At 10 a.m. Motion, in recent, one, ex parte Prothonotary, to be mentioned; special ease, Hallo-ran and Co. v. Council of Municipality of…

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Electric Trainmen Court to Hear Case Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 5

The President of the Arbitration Court, Mr. Justice Powers, decided today that the dispute over pay of electric train drivers was interstate--thus…

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Alleged "System" Solicitor and Clients Application to Court

The Sun · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 5

Acting on behalf of the N.S.W. Incorporated Law Institute, Mr. Milner Stephen (instructed by Mr. T. Michel), to-day applied to tho Full Court for…

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District Court. (Before Judge Edwards.) CLELAND v LAWRENSON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 7

In this action Robert Gleland, of Ocean-street, Kogarah, sued Ralph Harold Whitfield Lawrenson, of 111 Goulburn-street, Sydney, to recover the sum of £104 for work performed…

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Rights of Workers Court and Wages Council's Final Blow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 5

THE Legislative Council got in its final blow against the Industrial Arbitration Amendment Bill yesterday afternoon…

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Talk of Bribery H'ville Council About Contract Court Allegations

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 11

ALLEGATIONS of bribery, involving a member of Hurstville Council, were made during the hearing of…

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Elopement Ends in Court Two Youths and Girl Appropriated a Car

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 1

"MY IDEA in stealing the car was to clope with the girl.I intended to drive the car across the border and to abandon it in Victoria."…

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NO. 2 Full Court (Before Mr. Justice Gordon, Mr. Justice Ferguson, and Mr. Justice James.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 7

Meyers and another v Dalgety and Co., Ltd. This was an appeal by the plaintiffs in an action tried before Mr. Justice Campbell and a jury in November last in which Elizabeth…

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Lithgow Gasmen Get 14 Days' Notice for the Court Labor Dept. Stands Up LIThGOW

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 4

At the meeting of the Lithgow Council the gas manager reported that he had served 14 days' notice of intention to dispense with their service on the…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Owen, and Mr. Justice Long Innes.) Involved Point in Divorce. Somerville v Somerville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1926 · page 7

This appeal arose out of consolidated contested suits tried before Mr. Justice Owen in November last, in which Frederick James Bennett Somerville petitioned for a decree…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 8

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate. —At 10 a.m.—For hearing: West v the Permanent Trustee Co. of N.S.W., Ltd., (past heard); Tyers v the Oxford Proprietary, Ltd., Connor v Manning…

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Capital Assault Laborer Charged Woman in Hospital

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 8

On a charge of having committed a capital assault on a woman of 70 years, Eliza Ann Morrison, who now lies in the Women's Hospital…

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Assault Charge

Evening News · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 10

George Greentree 36. laborer, was charged before Mr. Cisick, Chamber Magistrate rate, at Paddington to-day with having committed a serious assault on…

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Bribery Alleged. Hurstville Council. Statement in Police Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 12

A witness in a case at the Central Police Court yesterday stated under cross-examination that he had bribed a member of the Hurstville Council some time ago in order to receive…

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Clergyman's Fine Preferred Gaol [?]

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 5

Rev. W. Dawson, who refused to pay a fine imposed by Mr. C. A. Arnold P. M., for riding a cycle without a light after sunset, was arrested and taken…

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Hampton Tragedy. Fifteen Years' Gaol

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 4

Found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death of William Almaids, teller of the Commonwealth Bank at Hampton (Vic.), Douglas…

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Released From Gaol Perth

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 5

Indignation is expressed locally regarding the release from gaol of Sydney George Taylor and John Doherty [?] in 1917. were sentenced to…

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Father Shot. Daughter Charged. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 8

A curious development in the trial of Alice Clarke, 19, who was charged with having murdered her father at Coolup on January 11, was stressed yesterday by Mr. Justice…

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Beautiful "Crook" Impudent Jewel Theft London

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 7

A beautiful girl crook named Doreen Waring was associated with the daylight haul of £5000 worth of jewels from Baron von Schroder's Mayfair…

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