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Courts & crime, 1924

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Albury Police Court. Saturday, 19th January. (Before Mr. J. B. Scobie, J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 28

Joseph Lyons was fined £5, in default a month's hard labour, for using indecent language in Smollett-street on January 38. On a second charge,…

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Latest Cables. Sensation in a Paris Court. Murder in the Judge's Presence. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

A sensation has been caused in a Paris court when a policeman whose wife was suing for divorce, drew a revolver, and shot his wife dead. He…

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Melbourne on Edge. Police Turn Out En Masse for False Alarm. Another Death in Gardens Tragedy

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

For a while to-day Melbourne thought Wednesday's maniac had re-commenced a campaign of murder in the gardens. Many people heard what…

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Court Petty Sessions

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 3

In the Jerilderie Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday before the P M., the following casts were dealt with…

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Jerilderie Quarterly Licensing Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 3

Before the Police Magistrate and Mr William Elliott, Deputy Licensing Magistrate…

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Alleged Gaol Escape Case

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 2

At Melbourne five men wore charged with conspiring to assist Angus Murray to escape from Melbourne Gaol. The Crown evidence was to…

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Charge of Stealing

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday before Messrs. M. Wyse and H. Gillespie, J’s.P., James Doyle was charged with stealing one suit of…

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A Police Magistrate in Trouble. Alleged Removal of Prohibited Plumage. New Guinea Birds of Paradise

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 2

Oliver John Thompson, 29, magistrate in New Guinea, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having taken out of the territory of…

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Schoolmaster Charged with Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 11

The deputy coroner (Mr. S. Risbey) held an inquest at Mildura. concerning the death of Clara Ellen O'Brien, who died in the Mildura Hospital on…

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Constable Arrested. Alleged Motor Car Theft

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 3

A constable has been arrested in connection with an inquiry into the Circumstances concering the stealing of a motor stealing of a Oaklands. During a…

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Woman Seriously Wounded. Husband Arrested on Charge of Attempted Murder. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 2

Residents of a block of flats at 5[?] Lavender-street, North Sydney, were startled to hear shots fired in the to[?] flat at about a quarter past 1 o'clock…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 3

Constable Johnson of Cobram, together with two of the N.S.W. police, did some smart work on Friday and Saturday, the 1st and 2nd inst., when…

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Theft of £5,000

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 3

William Benjamin, 45, accountant, who pleaded guilty to robbing his employers of over £5000, by stealing and forging cheques, and who was…

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A Suburban Thief. Sentenced to Three Years

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 3

Leslie Boulton, 21, plasterer, known as Leadlighter pleaded guilty to eight charges at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, and was sentenced to three…

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The Paddington Tragedy. Williams Gives Himself Up. To Newcastle Police

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 3

While a large body of Sydney police were searching Botany scrub for Williams' body, the wanted man walked into the Newcastle police…

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The Water Ordinances and Restrictions. Summons Cases Before the Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, the P.M. heard four summonses against local residents for alleged breaches of the regulations governing…

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Balranald Police Court. (Before A Malcolm and C Soady, J's.P.)

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 2

A young man named Paul Thomas Forder, who was remanded on bail on 29th January, was charged with maliciously shooting at David George…

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Latest Telegrams. a Christmas Eve Assault. Push Leader Sentenced. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

Edward Roman, 17, described as the leader of the Surry Hills push, called "terrible seven," was, to-day, sentenced at Darlinghurst Sessions, to…

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Murder at Orange

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 28

The brutal murder of a man at East Orange was reported to the police early on Wednesday. Leslie Joseph Quinlan, 35 (a widower, with four…

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Arthur Williams Surrenders. Paddington Triple Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 30

Arthur Williams, father of the three murdered infant girls who were found in their bed at Underwood-street, Paddington, last week, walked into the…

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