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Courts & crime, 1920

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Coolamon Police Court. Thursday. April 22, 1920. (Before Mr. G. Snepherd. P.M.)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 1

Ernest Robert Keith Clarke, aged 17. was charged with [?] at Coolamon one bicycle valued at £7[?] and a pats of filed glasses the property of Hanry…

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Sentenced to Death. Prisoner Collapses. Witness Shrieks. Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

The trial of Alston Paul Broome, charged with the murder of his wife at Keamore asylum, was concluded at the Criminal Court, Goulburn, to-day…

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Negligence Charged. Action Against Solicitors. Damages Awarded. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

An unusual claim was heard in the Supreme Court to-day when a solicitor named M'Cauley was sued for damages by James M'Kay for alleged negligence…

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Shooting with Intent Woman Charged A Pair Quarrel SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 1

Elizabeth Walker, a domestic, aged 29, was also remanded on a charge of feloniously shooting William Roberts, with intent to murder him…

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Workless Saturday Employees in Court. Preparing Their Case. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

In response to the suggestion of Mr. Higgins, Sir Edward Mitche[?], K.C., appeared in the Arbitration Court, to-day on behalf of the Central Council…

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Bank Clerks' Union. Registration Invalid. Full Court's Decision. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 1

The Full Industrial Court to-day, by a majority expressed the opinion that the rules of the Bank Officers' Association, do not show that they…

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Attack on Police In the Jordan Valley 200 Hostile Arabs LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 1

The cavalry and artillery drove off 200 Arabs who attacked a party of police in the Jordan valley. A bombing place followed the Arabs…

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Ruby Hale's Death. Inquest Adjourned. Husband in Bankruptcy Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

The inquiry was opened to-day into the death of Ruby Hale, whose dead body was found in an empty house at Watson's Bay on April 14…

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Romance in a Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 8

A school teacher who fell in love with a convict she met while making her rounds as a prison visitor in Sing sing Gaol, New York, has just…

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Woman Charged with Shooting

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 6

At the Central Police Court to-day, Elizabeth Walker, a domestic 29, was remanded on a charge of feloniously shooting at William…

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Police Museum. Mementoes From Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 7

There is always a certain amount of danger in a policeman's duties, and a collection has been made in the museum of weapons used by the more desperate…

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Charitable Bequests. Appeal to High Court. a Question of Taxation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 7

Judgment has been delivered by the High Court in the case of Jackson v. the Commissioner of Taxation. This was an appeal by Ethel…

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Police Court. To-day's Cases

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 2

Before Mr. H. Malone, P.M…

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Price of Commodities. Excess Rates Charged. Commission's Warning. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 3

The Secretary of the Necessary Commodities Control Commission state to-day that consequent upon the shortage of bran and pollard…

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Bloodshed in Paris. Strikers and Police. Serious Affray. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 2

The railway strike is not serious. The restricted service in street traffic is negligible. A tank manned by soldiers and police, is stationed at the…

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Kenmore Murder Trial. Broome Sentenced to Death. Recommendation to Mercy. Prisoner Collapses. Judge Affected. Mr Holman Fights Grim Battle in Defence

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

In a cold grey court at Goulburn on April 29, Alston Paul Broome sits in the dock for the second day of his trial on a charge of murdering his insane wife at…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, May 3, 1920. (Before Mr. George S. Shepherd, P.M.) Riotous Behavior

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 4

William Searle, 53 years of age, leaded guilty to a charge of behaving in a riotous manner in Crampton-street on Sunday morning…

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Strathfield Sensation. Clerk Chloroformed. Man and Woman Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

At the Burwood Police Court to- day, James Henry Sinclair, 31, a baker. was charged with assaulting Thomas Henry Pearson and robbing him of…

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Czar's Murder. Story From Warsaw. Assassin Executed. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

Renter's correspondent at Warsaw in a message on Sunday, says that it is semi-officially stated hat the Bolsheviks shot M. Posrednicki, who is…

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Marram Railway Station Official Arrested. Charged Before Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 2

For some time past railway robberies have been frequent at Marrar. the matter reached a climax yesterday when a prominent railway official was…

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