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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

527 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 18 of 27

Alleged Murder. Fifteen-year-old Boy's Death. Melbourne

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon last John Kirkham and his 15-year-old son went to a house at Carrum, where Clement Ey[?]es 22. and [?]hn Gervison were batching…

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Glasgow Police Attacked. Attempt to Rescue Prisoners

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 2

Sinn Feiners in Glasgow attacked a police waggon which was proceeding at midnight from the police court to the gad, wherain six police were…

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Police Promotions. Association Against Present Methods. Sydney

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 2

Nearly all branches of the Police Association in the city and country have now held meetings, and passed motions disapproving of the system of milking…

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Alleged Theft of £3000. SYDNEY

The Northern Daily Leader · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 2

Arthur Marrya's was remanded at Wellington. N.Z., on a charge of stealing money belonging to the Government Insurance Department. The sum involved…

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Police Association's View. Action Should be Taken. SYDNEY

The Northern Daily Leader · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 2

A meeting of the Now South Wales Police Association carried a resolution: "That owing to the insult and degradation levelled against, the Union Jack in…

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Ireland. Seven Police Murdered. Irish Elections. Assassination in Glasgow. London

The Northern Daily Leader · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 2

Nine police were ambushed at [?]athmore. Seven were killed, and one seriously wounded…

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Sent to Gaol for Blackmail. SYDNEY

The Northern Daily Leader · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 1

Stanley Williams and Thomas Child were convicted of blackmail and senterced to six and four months' hard labor respectively…

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Union Inspector Sentenced. "Committed a Form of Blackmail." Sydney

The Northern Daily Leader · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 1

Thomas Orr was found guilty on n charge of having demanded money with menaces. He was sentenced to three months' hard labor…

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Sentence of Death. Mo Lun Murder Case

The Northern Daily Leader · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 2

When sentence of death was Passed on Charles Poole at the at the Maitland sessions for the murder of Mo Lun, he retained an air of impassive indifference…

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Pole Sentenced. May Be Released. "When Exchange Rate Improves." SYDNEY, Friday

The Northern Daily Leader · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 2

"If the laics of exchange had not been so adverse. I would have been on my way to Poland by this time," remarked Anthony Waslow Wellinger, a Pole, who…

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Robbery at Bookmaker's House Man Before the Court. Sydney

The Northern Daily Leader · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 2

A detective arrested a man namen Roy Frost in connection with the rob­bery at the residence of Reginald Cotton, the well-known, bookmaker at…

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Mandates Commission. Countries Represented. International Court of Justice. LONDON

The Northern Daily Leader · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 2

In the House of Commons, replying to Lord Robert Cecil, Mr. Balfour stated that the Council of the League of Nations had invited representative's of the…

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Domain Protest. Immense Crowd Present. Fiery Speeches. Mr. Judd Nearly Mobbed. Rescued by Police and Arrested. SYDNEY

The Northern Daily Leader · Monday 9 May 1921 · page 1

An enormous crowd, estimated variously at 150,000 and 150,000 gathered in the Domain this afternoon as a protest against carrying the Red Flag in the…

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Stealing Travelling Rug. Sentence Deferred

The Northern Daily Leader · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 5

Joseph Robert Maxwell, alias Moll, was charged at Tamworth Police. Court yesterday with having stolen, at Tamworth on May 6, a travelling rug of the…

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Alleged Conspiracy. to Defraud Trading Company. Manager and Friend Charged. SYDNEY

The Northern Daily Leader · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

Allan Williams and William Watson were charged at the Central Police Court with having conspired to cheat and defraud the Inter-Ocean Trading Company…

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Latest News of the North Armidale's Loyalty Meeting. "Red Flag of Murder." ARMIDALE

The Northern Daily Leader · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

[?]tic meeting ever held in Armidale took place in the central park yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the local Soldiers' League, to enter a protest against…

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Woman's Throat Cut. Husband Brought Before Court. Sydney

The Northern Daily Leader · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

On Saturday Arthur Bryce Peden of Tumblong, near Gundagai, reported that he had found the body of his wife on the floor of the bedroom in her father's…

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Misleading Description. Fined by Profiteering Prevention Court. Sydney

The Northern Daily Leader · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 5

John Carew, of Carew and Co., King Street, pleaded guilty before the Chief industrial magistrate to a charge under the Profiteering Prevention Act alleging…

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North Sydney Murder. Coley on Trial. Evidence for the Prosecution Ten Years' Hard Labor. SYDNEY

The Northern Daily Leader · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 1

The trial of Wilfred Ernest Coley on a charge of murdering Gertrude Paulina McGrath at North Sydney was commenced at the Central Criminal Court this…

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Domain Incidents. Judd Before the Court. One Man Fined. Another Accused of Tearing Up Union Jacks. Sydney

The Northern Daily Leader · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

Edward Ernest Judd was charged at the Central Police Court with having behaved in an offensive manner in the Domain yesterday, and with having had a…

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