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Blue Mountains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

4 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Police Grants

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

The Chief Secretary has been repeatedly asked if any special recognition had been extended to members of the Police Force in connection with what are known as the…

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The Katoomba Murder. Shaw Brothers on Trial. Keith Sentenced to Death. Brother Lionel Acquitted

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 2

The Katoomba tragedy advanced another large on Monday morning, when Herbert Keith Shaw (19) was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice…

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The Katoomba Murder. Is Keith Shaw Insane

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 6

The hearing of the appeal on behalf of Herbert Keith Shaw from his conviction before Mr. Justice Pring, at the recent Central Criminal Sessions, at Darlinghurst, on…

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Mick King in Court. Gets the Loser's End

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 2

The Australian middleweight boxer, John Wakefield Kent, otherwise known as Mick King, was proceeded against at the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Monday, under the…

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