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Courts & crime, 1921

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Jerilderie [?] Court Reports on Hotels

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 1

The Jerilderie leaning court was held on Friday [?] [?] of Justice who had…

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A Peculiar Theft

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 2

A thief turned up at a house in Haberfield, and offered a woman her handbag, which he had stolen from her in Georg-street, explaining that…

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Overworked Police

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 31

Mr. Fortescue, general secretary of the Police Association, said that the police were feeling the strain of being overworked, and they were complaining that…

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TELEGRAMS "We have arranged for press telegrams to be forwarded ever Thursday afternoon. Sydney, Thursday afternoon. Sentenced for Manslaughter

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 2

Charles Griffin was found guilty of the manslaughter of Francis Rudkin and sentenced to two years Imprisonment…

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Albury Small Debts Court. Monday, 5th September. (Before Mr. S. J. Hamblin, P.M.) Damage to Motor Car

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 31

Ernest Albert Johnson, motor car proprietor, proceeded against Robert Drummond, of Talgarno, for the sum of £10, representing the amount of damage done…

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An Old Offender. Charged with Petty Thefts

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

At the court of petty sessions Hay, yesterday, before the P.M., Charles Brown, alias Jack Brown, alias Patrick Brien, alias John Green, alias…

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"Nation of Hypocrites." (Published by Arrangement.) Americans Charged

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 1

"A prominent American," "The Scotsman," has remarked that Prohibition has turned his countrymen into a nation of hypocrites They…

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To Prevent Car Theft

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 40

The perennial worry of the car owner is the thought that, in an unguarded moment his machine may he stolen. How to prevent this in the cause of much study and…

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Theft From Mail Boat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 13

While the R.M.S. Orsova was on her way from Freantle to Melbourne, or during her stay at the Victorian capital, the safe on board was robbed and £1500 in…

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Brutal Murder of Aged Boot Repairer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 33

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, Charles Wentworth, aged 27, and Samuel Hill, aged 35, were charged with having murdered George Legarde, a boot repairer…

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Wangaratta County Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 2

Judge Winneke presided over a sitting of the County Court, which concluded on Friday. John Olcorn and Frank Olcorn, of Rutherglen, claimed…

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Albury Bankruptcy Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 31

In the Albury Bankruptcy Court on Monday, before Mr. S. J. Hamblin. District Registrar in Bankruptcy, the public examination of Robert Aikens was…

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Albury Police Court. Friday, September 9. (Before Mr. S. J. Hamblin, P.M.) Alleged Attempt to Steal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 31

Alfred James Miller, labourer, 28, pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to steal 2 from the person of John Charles Mann on September 9. The arrest…

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The Arbuckle-rappe Sensation. Arbuckle Renmanded on Murder Charge. VANCOUVER

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 1

The Mayor of Massachussets City has notified the picture shows to suppress "Patty" Arbuckle films until the case has been disposed of. Nurse…

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Daysdale Police Court. (Before Mr. S. J. Hamblin, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 3

Police v. McLennan, maliciously damaging property at Coreen Public School, Fined 20-, 5- cost of damages, and 8- casts of Court…

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Corowa Small Debts Court. Friday, September 16, 1921. (Before Mr. S. J. Hamblin, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 3

Corowa Municipal Council, versus Thos. Norman, for rates. Verdict for Council for £579 and 7- costs. Other cases listed had been settled…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Friday, September 16, 1921. (Before Messrs. S. J. Hamblia and A. C. Leslie, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 3

An application by J. F .Cook, licensee of the Globe Hotel, Corowa, for permission to convert a lumber room into a bathroom was ground, subject…

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Alleged Child Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 31

Elsie Louisa Krause, 17, who was charged with having at Albury on June 26 murdered her seven months' old child. Harold Walter Krause, was arraigned…

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Corowa Police Court. Tuesday September 20, 1921. (Before Mr. A. H. Holding, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 3

Ross Moor Wickins, alias John Henry Lawson, was charged with using insulting words at the Globe Hotel, Corowa…

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Irish Volunteers Fire on Police Patrol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 20

Police cyclists on Thursday night surprised Sinn Feiners drilling between Cookstown and Coagh, County Tyrone. They were fired on, and retired for…

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