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Courts & crime, 1926

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Land Appeal Court Interesting Facts

The Inverell Times · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

Following is the complete finding of Mr. Justice Pike in the ease of T. H. S. White, of Beaulieu, on whose behalf an appeal was lodged by Mr. J…

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Sheep Stealing Charge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 6

Before Mr. Perry, P.M., at Warialda Police Court on Thursday, Allan Burling, on remand, was charged with stealing 95 sheep, the property of…

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Stole the Wages. An Audicious Theft. BRISBANE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

One of the [?] audacious robberies ever attempted in North Queensland occurred in [?] daylight at Lucinda Point on Saturday, when…

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Alleged Language. Two Young Men Charged. Cases Dismissed

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

At the local Police Court yesterday before Mr. W. I. Perry, P.M., Reginald Henderson and Henry Dawson were charged with having in…

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Hazard School. Raided by Police. Eight Men Arrested

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 3

The police raided the blliard room adjacent to the Royal Hotel, Inverell, recently, and arrested eight men, including the proprietor (Mr. Rankin),…

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Deepwater Police Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 4

At Deepwater Police Court, William Sutherland was fined £5, with 8/- costs of court, for drunkenness; Edward Tickle was fined £1 and 8/-…

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Stabbing Affray. a Woman Charged. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day Tessie Collins (38) a domestic was remanded on a charge of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm…

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Guyra Police Statistics for 1925

Guyra Argus · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 6

Sergeant Garland lias kindly supplied us with the following information :—Petty Sessions Court : Charge cases 118, summons cases 38, total…

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Police Officer's House Entered

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

Wrongdoers are not noted for the respect they show to persons in authority, and no doubt there was a certain quiet display of mirth when thieves…

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Fifteen Years. Gaol for Union Secretary. MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 1

William E. Wilde, who has been secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering Union for 15 years, was sentenced to three months' gaol on a…

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Test Case. Forty-four Hours. Magistrate Reserves Decision SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 1

The first case instituted to test the validity of the Forty-four Hours Act came before the Parramatta Court to-day, when John William Cowburn,…

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Police Court

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 2

At a sitting of lnverell Police Court yesterday, Colin Ryder was charged with not having renewed his driver's license. The case was withdrawn…

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Hillgrove Police Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 13

Thursday, 4th February.—Before Mr. Nott, P.M. Indecent Behaviour. Larry Foley was charged with…

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Stared Stiff Hypnotised by Hindu. Cure for Burglary

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 9

Landlords who take in Hindus as tenants will henceforth be perfectly safe from burglars, for the experience of Gustaf Geese, a well-known…

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Armidale Police Court Wednesday, 3rd February.—(Before Mr. Nott, relieving P.M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 2

Charles Eyers (Chief Gas Examiner) proceeded against the Armidale Municipal Council for having unlawfully issued a gas meter without same having…

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Licensing Court

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 2

At the Inverell Licensing Court yesterday a transfer was granted of the license of the Lyron Hotel from Rey Lennon (deceased) to Catherine Eileen…

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£800 HAUL. Dress Parlor Burglary. MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 1

Leslie French, 25, and George Alfred Marshall, 26, convicted on a charge of shopbreaking were remanded for sentence. They were…

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Embezzling Funds. Church Secretary Sentenced. ADELAIDE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 1

Thomas Rowland Wilkinson, of Rosefield, near Adelaide, was charged with having embodied two large turns of money of £100 each. It was…

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An Unprovoked Assault. Bench Takes Serious View of Case

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 6

At the Armidale Police Court on Friday morning, before Messrs. E. M. Cohen and A. Purkiss, JsP., Jack Williams, a visitor form…

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Dance Hall Raid. Women and Liquor. Magistrate's Trenchant Comments. HOBART

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 1

Great interest was taken in several rases at the City Court involving a runt mental fashionable dance hall and cafe which was raided by the…

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