Court Sidelights
DOCTOR (Traffic Court): Prohibited areas should be plainly marked. I might have been a visitor from Siam or some other Australian State…
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6,973 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250
Armed Theft. Clerk Robbed of £122. Returning from Bank
An aimed man robbed a young clerk of £122/19/ in Ultimo yesterday afternoon. A police search for the man failed…
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A novel feature will be introduced at the Police Carnival at the Showground to-morrow when police, dressed as "tin soldiers," will enact…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comments on a Doctor. Reports Referred to Magistrate. Minister's Inquiries
The Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, informed the leader of the Opposition Mr. Lang, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, that he had called for a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fails As Builder; Makes Profit S.P. Bankrupt Turns to Books Tells Court Police Stepped In
S.P. bookmaking proved more profitable than building for James Dowling, carpenter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →State Parliament. Mental Defectives Bill. Providing Alternative to Gaol. Provisions for Child Welfare
The Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, said that the Mentally Defective (Convicted Persons) Bill, the second reading of which he had moved, provided for medical treatment for persons who, after medical…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Police Carnival. Guard of Honour for Mr. Hughes
The Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Hughes, will be present as the guest of honour of the New South Wales Police Force at to-morrow's Police Carnival. He will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murder Trial. Sweep's Defence. "Asleep at Time of Crime." MELBOURNE
George Green, 38, chimney sweep, declared, in evidence, in the Criminal Court to-day that, at the time of the murder of two women at Glenroy…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Doctor Versus Magistrate: Stir In House Statement by S.M. Fails to Satisfy Minister Reserves His Judgement
An extraordinary situation has arisen as the result of a conflict between a Sydney magistrate, Mr. Hardwick, and Dr. L…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.M.U. Expulsions Supreme Court Mentioned TOWNSVILLE
An O’Clerkin—Olive Defence Committee has been established. The purpose of the committee is to secure justice for these two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Student Arrested. "Offensive Noise" to Constable. Story in Court
Noel Fitzharding, 21, a medical student at Sydney University, was arrested in King Street at 12.15 o'clock yesterday morning for making an "offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →“Compulsory-Voluntary” Register Pressure on the Unemployed Had To Give Police Date SYDNEY
Although promises were made in Parliament and the capitalist press that the Commonwealth national register would be of a voluntary nature, unemployed and relief workers are being forced to give this information under threat of de-registration…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charles Bedaux. Court Asked to Set Aside Writ. JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 23
The Supreme Court to-day reserved its [?] cision on an application by Charles Bedaux, the Ameilean efficiency expert and fri[?]d of the Duke of Windsor, for the setting aside of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Not Engineer of Crime" Court Plea In Bondi Hold-Up Case
When Jack Charles Monford Adams, 20, machinist, who had previously pleaded guilty to armed robbery, appeared at the Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Supreme Court. Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Pitt and [?]ry.) Cycle and Car Collide. Harvey v Merchants Trade Expansion Group. Ltd
The hearing was concluded of an action in which Edward Harvey, of Frederick Street, Petersham, claimed damages from Merchants Trade Expansion Group, Ltd., for injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Section 92 of Constitution May Be Involved High Court Judge on Flour Tax Validity Master Bakers' Challenge
MR. JUSTICE EVATT, in the High Court this week, said that Section 92 of the Commonwealth Constitution—freedom of interstate trade—might come into the problem when reviewing the validity of the flour…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.-- George Green, 42-year-old chimney sweep, of Bamfield Road, Heidelberg, was sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Magistrate Says Fine Inadequate
Yesterday at Parramatta Court Mr. Hardwick, S.M., found that a nine-gallon keg of beer slops was connected to the bar of a hotel and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sentenced to 128 Years' Jail
Although he was sentenced to an aggregate of 128 years' jail yesterday at Quarter Sessions, James McDonald, 66, miner, will serve only four years, less the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murderer Sentenced to Death Melbourne
GEORGE GREEN, 38, chimney sweep, was sentenced to death to-night for the murder of Annie Wiseman, 62, and Phyllis Wiseman, 17, at Glenroy on November 12…
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