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Courts & crime, 1925

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Club Raided Four Police Vans Filled

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 5

Wild scenes inside and outside a London night club were described at Bow Street Police Court when 42 men and women who had been arrested in…

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Brutal Assault a Western Train. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 4

Aplnur Wilkins, residing at Milson's Point was found in an unconscious condition when the train from Penrith reached Central Railway…

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Boys in Gaol How It Affects Them

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 7

There is a silly kind of question that always annoys me; the kind that cannot be replied to either in the negative or affirmative, because the reply…

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Thieving in Sydney Labourer Before Court. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 4

James Thorley (26), a labourer, was charged at the Central Police court to-day with having broken into and entered the shop of John…

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Twenty-three Convictions Man Charged with Drunkenness

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. E. M. Cohen, J.P., occupied the Bench at the Police Court on. Tuesday, when, a well-known character Was charged with having been…

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Fake Pretences Alleged Returned Soldier Charged. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

At the Central Police Court to-day, Norman Rowles (45), returned soldier, appeared on five charges of having obtained money by false pretences. It…

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Christmas Day Shooting Charge of Murder

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 8

In the Brisbane Police Court on Monday, John Burnham was charged with the wilful murder of David Harold Williams at, Cedar Creek, on…

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Out With the Kellys The Hold-Up of Jerilderie and the Daring Bank Robbery Mr. W. A. Court's Reminiscences

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 3

Stories of the "bad old days," when bushrangers terrorised the country, have a strange fascination for young and old, and a person who can…

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Alleged Theft. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 4

Oscar Charles Kilmer, 60 years a clerk, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having at Cairns (Queensland) stolen the [?]…

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The Recent Motor Smash. Explained in Court

The Uralla Times · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 2

The P.M. on Tuesday last heard the case preferred by the police against Bernard T. Studdert that he drove a motor lorry in a manner…

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Printer Charged with Theft of Jewellery. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 4

The case of John Clark [?] [?] was [?] again at the Central Court to-day. Clark was [?] ed with having at Newtown in [?]…

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Motor Smash Echo in the Police Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 10

The [?] so the rather [?] [?] in November last year was the appearance of B.T. Studders a wood…

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Armidale Police Court Inspectors Make Merry. Owners of Straying Stock Fined

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 2

There was quite an annsual stil of the Armidale Police Court on Wednesday. It was the monthly gathering of people invited to attend the levee held…

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Police Art Union

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 6

The public meeting called to meet the representatives of the Police and Firemen's Hospital Carnival Art Union was hold on Wednesday evening…

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Small Debts Cases in Armidale Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 2

In the Armidale Small Debts Court on Wednesday,before the P.M., Mr. Arnold, the following cases were dealt with:—…

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Joining the Police

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 4

Yet another of our young men is joining the police force, the latest recruit being Mr. J. E. Carroll, of Newton buyd, who left to-day for the…

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Loss of a Coat. a Groom Charged. Benefit of the Doubt

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 4

Arthur Peter McClure was charged on remand, at this morning's Police Court, before Mr. W. L. Percy, P.M., with having taken a coat…

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Murder and Suicide. Wife Expected to Recover

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

At Richmond, Victoria, on Saturday night, Eric French, aged 26, shot his wife, Alma French, aged 23, in the back of the head while she was sitting…

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Alleged Theft of £700 Suspect Caught in Melbourne. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

The Sydney police received information that a warrant had been issued for the arrest of Albert Riley, who has been detained by the Melbourne…

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