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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

1,468 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 74

International Court Twenty-two Courts Agree. London

National Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

The necessary number of nations, namely twenty-two, have signed la proctocal providing for the establishment of permanent Courts of…

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MISS McGRATH'S MURDER £200 Reward Offered. Looking for a Returned Soldier. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

In connection with the murder of Miss Gertrude McGrath, which took place in a house in Walker Street, North Sydney on Xmas Eve, Mr…

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Police Association

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

The newly formed Police Association branch at Buthurst held a meeting last night at the lock up. The principal business was the election of…

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Two-up Gaol in Future Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 1

The youthful appearance of John Short who was charged at the Central Police Court with having played an unlawful game, to wit, two-up,…

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Burglars and Police a Big Haul Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

A resident of Bondi saw a number of young men early this morning endeavouring to get into the grocery store of Robert Kelly at 121 Bondi…

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Burglary! Over £112 Worth of Goods Taken Valuable Collection of Blouses Williams' Railway Stores Entered a Smart Arrest This Morning

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

A big collection of georgette and crepe de chine blouses, dozens of silk hose, a number of valuable feathers, and rolls of blouse material that…

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Burning, Wrecking and Looting. Police and Military Run Wild London

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

It is unofficially reported that after the burnings near Middleton, on Saturday, large parties of police and military entered the town in the…

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A Murder Wave

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 1

Speaking of "life," one penalty of the war is a much greater indifference for its value. This refers to crime. All over the world there is a kind of murder wave which,…

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Alleged Burglary at Bathurst. and a Smart Arrest

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

When the business premises of Messrs. E. Williams and Co., general merchants, Bathurst, were opened yesterday morning, it was discovered that during the holidays the…

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Lithgow Police Court. Saturday, January 1. (Before H. L. Meads, J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

Michael O'Connor, Patrick Conway and Patrick Bunch were charged with having been drunk in Main-street on the 31st. O'Connor and Conway were admonished and…

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An Angry Mob Unemployables V. Police Fight for a Library (A.c.a. Special.)

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday Night. The Labor Mayor of Islington ordered the police to eject the unemployed from the municipal library…

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Alleged Burglar Air Mechanic in Court Demanded on Two Charges Heavy Bail Fixed

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

The sequel to the smart arrest of a man yesterday by Inspector Campbell and Plainclothes Constable Rhall, who was alleged to have broken into…

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Ireland. Priest Sentenced. Military Officers Charged, Captain with Murder London, Monday Night

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 17

Father De la Hunty, of Call[?] County Kilkenny, has been sentenced by a military court martial to two years' hard labor for…

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Shooting of Dr. Tozer. Mrs. Mort Charged with Murder

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 6

Ms. S. M. Mort, of Owen-street, L[?]dfield, who was found shot in a room at her residence, while Dr. Claude J. Tozer, the well known…

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Catholic Curate Sentenced London

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 2

The Rev. Father Dulhunty, a Catholic Curate who was courtmartialled at Waterford, has been sentenced to two years' hard labor for having in his…

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Police Baffled

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

So far all efforts to locate the murderer of Miss Gertrude M'Grath, of Perthville, the victim of the North Sydney horror of christmas…

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Police Inspector Jones

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 9

Police Inspector Jones has returned to Mudgee from his annual leave. spent in and about Sydney—and a large part of it in the surf-looking…

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North Sydney Murder Warrant Issued Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 2

A warrant for the arrest of Wilfred Coley in connection with the murder of Gertrude McGrath, of Perthville, at North Sydney, was issued to-day…

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Christmas Compliments in Court

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 9

At the conclusion of the proceedings of the Mudgee Court of Petty Sessions and Incensing Court, on Friday, December 24. Christmas Eve…

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Interrupted Wedding Accused Before Court Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 3

James Henry Grant, or Harry Smith, the man arrested last Friday on the night fixed for his marriage, re-appeared at the Central Police Court…

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