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Courts & crime, 1921

1,841 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 93

Belfast Startled Police Inspector Shot. London, May 8

The Daily Express · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 1

Belfast has been startled by a desperate attempt to assassinate Inspector Ferris, who was twice wounded as he was leaving Archdeacon…

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North Shore Tragedy Verdict of Manslaughter. Coley Sentenced to Ten Years. Crime Was Unpremeditated. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

The trial of Wilfred Ernest Coley, on a charge of murdering Gertrude Paulina M'Grath at North sydney, was commenced at the Central Criminal Court…

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Alleged Bogus Contract Trading Company Defrauded Tell-tale Blotting Paper. Two Men Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

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

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(Published by arrangement) "Hush Money." Enormous Temptation to Police

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 4

Under the heading "U.S.A. Whisky Ring," the London Times reports another o fthe baneful aspects of prohibitios in America:—…

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Over the Gap. Hah Tries to Hoax Police. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

A man who visited Watson's Bay this morning tried to hoax the police into the belier that he had jumped over the cliffs. The signal master saw him pull some…

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Week-end Casualties. Five Police and Six Civilians Killed. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

Five police and six civilians were killed in Ireland during the week-end shootings. There were a number of rebel ambushes, and a two hours' battle…

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Accused Before the Court. Judd and His Revolver. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

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

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Union Jack Sydney’s Big Show Rioters in Court Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 1

Long before the Central Court opened to-day a crowd waited to gain admittance to hear the proceedings arising out of the demonstration…

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Lavender Bay Tragedy. Wilfred Coley Before Court. Death Due to Strangulation

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

The story of the Lavender Bay tragedy was retold at the Central Criminal Court to-day when Wilfred Coley was charged before Mr. Justice…

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Woman's Throat Cut. Husband Before the Court. Tragedy at Tumblong. Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 2

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

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Much-charged Man Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 4

At the Central Police Court to-day, William Do[?]es found 29 charges of stealing against him, but the police withdrew 23 of them…

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Woman's Death. Momeopathist Sentenced. to Three Years' Imprisonment. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court to-day two men, George Gunter, a homeopathist, and Androyal Thomas Berg, were charged withthe alleged manslaughter…

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Garden’s Complaint Blames the Police. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 1

Mr. J. S. Garden, secretary of the Labor Council and leader of the Communist Party, is indignant about the behaviour of the police. He accuses…

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Unemployed. Attack on Treasury. Leaders Before Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 3

The cases in which Joe Warner. James Harrison, James Miller and Harry Pritchard were charged with riotous behaviour was again before the Central…

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Guyra Ghost. Now in Glen Innes. Police Constable Puzzled. Glen Innes

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 4

The "Guyra ghost" is now in Glen Innes, having apparently followed the girl, Minnie Bowen, from her parents' home to that of her grandmother in…

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The Union Jack Town Hall Tower Again Unflagged Laborers’ Union Supports Loyalist Waite Communists and the Police. in the Domain When Judd Began to Grow

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 1

Mr. J. J. Beattie, of Harefteld, was in Sydney on Sunday and went to the Domain to see the Union Jack hoisted. In a letter to the editor…

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Friend of Police. Threatened with Murder. by Armed and Masked Men

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1921 · page 2

A young school teacher at Donegal, who was guilty of the "crime" of depositing a wreath on the grave of a murdered constable, was walking in the…

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Gundagai Murder Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 12 May 1921 · page 1

The Coroner's inquiry into the death of Mrs. Peden, whose decapitated body was found at Tumblong on Monday, was resumed to-day. Her…

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Police Paddock Proposition

The Daily Express · Thursday 12 May 1921 · page 2

It has long been the ambition of the Wagga Municipal Council to obtain possession of the paddock adjoining the Police Station with a view…

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Resuming of Police Barracks

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1921 · page 2

The resuming of the land near the lagoon and part of the police barracks for the purpose of making a public part has been discussed for some time, and…

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