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Courts & crime, 1927

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Police and Prohibition. (Published by Arrangement)

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 4

The Washington correspondent of the London "Morning Post," in a studied reflection puts it this way:— "The Moderation League, a…

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Police Court Yesterday's Prosecutions

The Independent · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 2

Charged with cruelly [?] three horses, Geo, Rose was yester fined by Mr. Parker, P.M. [?] costs of court in default seven [?]…

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Yesterday’s Police Court Record List of Cases

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 2

The record list of sixty two summons cases was disposed of yesterday by Mr. Parker, P.M. In several of the ceases the summonses were…

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Bank Manager Charged Sydney

The Independent · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 2

In the Central Police Court to-day, Leyburne Ernest Tafe, 35, bank manager, was remanded on a charge of having stolen £990, the property of the…

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Alleged Assault Wife Declines to Give Evidence. Defendant Discharged

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 2

Yesterday at the Police Court, Charles B. E. R: Gampbeil. on- remand was charged with unlawfully assaulting, his wife and occasioning…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, January 10. (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M.). Business Man Cheated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 22

Frederick Darcy, 22, was charged, with stealing £15/4/, the property of R. J. Haycroft, tailor and mercer, of Albury. Defendant pleaded guilty…

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Police and Prohibition. (Published by Arrangement)

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 1

The Washington correspondent of the London. "Morning Post," in a studied reflection puts it this way:—"The Moderation League, a…

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"Remove the Gaol" Good Sites Wasted Chamber of Commerce Acts

The Independent · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

That there is too much valua[?] land being waited as a site for the gaol and other Government buildings in the…

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Sergeant Armstrong Popular Police Officer

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

The was a large gathering of to [?] at the Mature hall on Friday night, when Sergeant G. H. Armstrong was the guest at a…

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Police Court. Friday, January 14, 1927. (Before Messrs. A. C. Leslie and J. P. Leahy, Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 3

Archibald Strugnell, on remand, charged with being a suspected person, charged with having articles in his possession reasonably suspected…

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A Disputed Language Case Before the Hay Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. D. W. Reid, P.M., a summons case was heard, in which Norman Betts was charged…

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Corowa Police Court Friday, January 14, 1927 (Before Messrs. A. c. Leslie and J. P. Leahy, J's.P.]

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 3

Archibald Strugnell, on remand, was charged with being a suspected person, having in his possession articles reasonably suspected of having…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, January 17. (Before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M.) Sailor Sentenced

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 30

Edward M'Rae, aged 20, years, a sailor on leave, appeared on a charge of haying obtained goods from storekeepers of Albury by means of false…

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Murder Suspected

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 39

The body of the young woman found on the Point Nepean road near Frankston (Vic.) has been identified as that of Eileen Clarke, aged 25 years, a…

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Alleged Assault on Constable

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 13

A good deal of local interest centred around a case heard before Mr. T. Williams, P.M., at the Benalla Court, when Leslie Hill, a well-known…

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Boot Factory Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 28

Edward Aistrope was charged in the Adelaide Police Court with the murder of James Francis Flanagan at D. and W. Murray's boot factory, North Unley,…

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Fellow-worker Before Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 13

At the Balmain Court, Leslie Crowe, an employe of the Pordriau Rubber Works, was charged with having occasioned actual bodily harm to a…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 18, 1927. (Before Messrs. A. C. Leslie and L. R. Saul. Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 5

Amelia Mary Nicholson of south Corowa on remand, Charged with stealing the sum of £20 in notes, the property of Arthur Edward Elmer…

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Court of Petty Sessions (Before D. W. Reed, Esq., P.M.) Balranald, 19/1/27

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 2

Balranald Pastures Protection Board v R. N. Atkins, failure to destroy rabbits. Mr. C. W. Manning appeared for defendant, pleaded guilty. Fined…

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Legal Murder. (Published by Arrangement)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 3

Robert Bary in a special article for the New York "Evening World," draws attention to the fact that Goernment poisoning of alcohol known…

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