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New England · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1924

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Police Court To-day, Tuesday January 22. Before Mr. W. [?] Perry, P.M. Motor Prosecution

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 4

Hugh h[?] of Glen Innes, was charged with having driven a motor car in [?] Street at an excessive rate of speed…

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Sensational Arrest. Frenchman Charged. PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

Detectives arrested Paul Lempriere, a French electrician, and charged him with having robbed the West Perth Post Office while armed with a…

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Missing Groceries. Found in the Country, Men Charged with Conspiracy

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 5

You are each charged that at Sydney between July 1 and December 31, 1923 you did unlawfully among yourselves conspire to cheat and…

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Efficient Police

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 6

In the metropolitan area proper during last year, the amount of property stolen was yalued at nearly £160,000. Of this sum the polite recovered about…

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Warden's Court

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

The following esses were heard before Mr W. I Perry (Warden), at the local Warden's Court on Monday last :—…

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Alleged Assault. Wife v Husband

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 4

Rita Stroagford 21, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon her husband. whom she was…

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Alleged Indecent Assault. Man Arrested

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 4

A report has been received at Gladesville police station to the effect that two girls, aged seven and nine respectively, had been indecently assaulted on…

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Seceetaby of Union Arrested. Alleged Stealing

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 4

The Secretary of the Christchurch Bakers' Union has been arrested on a charge of having stolen union money. He is an ex-member of the Christchurch…

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Cablegrams. [Through Renter.] Communist Conspiracy. Arrests by French Police. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent wires: A message from 'Mayenee states that in consequence of information given by soldiers, the French police discovered…

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"I Will Kill You!" Son Protects Mother Ooroner Returns Verdict of Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 3

An inquest was opened concerning the death of Albert Johnson. John Richards (21), charged with murder, was present in court…

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Car Thieves Caught Big Round Up by the Police. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 4

Nine men, alleged to be members of the car stealing gang, that has worried the police for weeks, were arrested in a big round up at Darlinghurst…

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Chapter Xi.—accident or Murder?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 7

The news of the accident on the lake threw the whole household into a fever of excitement and confusion, and in a few minutes the gardeners,…

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Scene in Court. Barrister Admonished

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 6

There was a scene in the Central Court, Sydney the other day. It started by Sergt. Thomley demanding of Mr. Young, the barrister that he should…

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Tragedy in Paris Court. Climax of Divorce Case

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 6

The-Paris correspondent of the Dally Express says. that a sensation was caused in the City Court the other day, when a policeman who had been sued…

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Hit With Bottle Young Wife Charged

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 3

"This is a very serious matter, and substantial bail must be fixed," said Mr Gale, S.M., in the Central (Sydney) Police Court on Monday, when the…

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Constable Charged Young Woman's Story. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 4

The story of an alleged attempt to indecently assault a young woman in a lonely part of Hurstville, came out on Wednesday night, when a constable…

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Hunt for Murderers Botanic Gardens Horror. Melbourne Police Baffled

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 7

While Melbourne's latest sensation, namely, the maniacal murders in the Botanic Gardens, occupy the unremitting attention of a large section of…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 4

George Michael Joseph Nash was charged at the Glen lnnes Police court on Saturday, with having an or about November 26, 1923 at Mogg's Swamp…

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Magistrate Talks to Hotelkeepers

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 4

"It is notorious that some hotels provide no accommodation whatever beyond the minimum standard, and some of the appointments are such…

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Licensing Court

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 4

The quarterly sittings of the Licensing Court for this district was held yesterday before Messrs. W. I. Perry, C. C. Loxton and W. Wilson. There…

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