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Courts & crime, 1921

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Chemist Charged. Police Use Marked Notes. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 4

Michael Dunne, aged 34, a chemist, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day charged with having unlawfully supplied to Edith M'Laughlin…

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A Whipping Police Court Sequel

The Daily Express · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 2

“He rode at mo on his horse and cut at me with [?] whip three or four times.” The ta[?]ement was made by…

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Two Men Escape. From Narandera Gaol. One Fugitive Returns

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 3

Two men escaped from the lock-up at Narandera early on Sunday morning, and although one of them gave himself up a few hours later the other…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, January 17, 1921. (Before Mr. G. Meeson, P.m.) Failure to Pay Wages

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 4

Mary Crotty, a Iaundress, proceeded against Herbert Bentley Norman, hotel-keeper of The Rock, for the recovery of wages due to her…

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Dramatic Evidence In Murder Trial Two Accused Make Contradletory Statements LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 1

Dramatic evidence was given in the appeal against conviction for Crumbles murder. Field and Gray, the sentenced men,…

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Death From Poisoning "I Have Taken it, Goodbye!" A Police Statement SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 1

Hugh Hanna, 26, a plumber, died in Sydney Hospital from the effects of poison. It appears that deceased filled a…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. Meeson, P.m.) Transfer of Licenses

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 4

The following applications for transfer of licenses were granted:— Railway Hotel, A. W. Harrison to H. T. Brown; Golden Fleece Hotel,…

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At Cork Police Station Attacked. London, Jan. 17

The Daily Express · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 1

A large body of men attacked a police station in the centre of Cork City early on Monday morning and the rifle and revolver fire…

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Wandsworth Fire Police Take Action. London, Jan. 17

The Daily Express · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 2

Scotland Yard officers carried out extensive raids in London on Sunday night and detained six suspected [?] Fainters in connection with…

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Eastbourne Murder Convicted Men Appeal Accusing each other. LONDON, Jan. 17

The Daily Express · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 2

The two men, Field and Grey, who, were Sentenced to death for the murder of a girl at Eastbourne in August last, are making sensallonal…

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Contempt of Court. Barrister Suspended. Port Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 2

In the Supreme Court to-day Mr. Mallam, a barrister, appeared before Judge Hogan for contempt of court. The case was in continuation of a…

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The Dublin Raid. Searching for Rebels. Police Besieged at Cork

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 2

The huge military raid in Dublin is still in progress, but is nearing completion. It has been carried out on a scale unprecedented since the 1916…

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Ireland. Cowardly Assassins. Attempts to Murder Police. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 2

General Strickland, who during the military occupation is acting as Deputy Mayor of Cork, in a statement refers to "the recent dastardly attempts…

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Forgery Charged Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 1

Dona[?] Loftus, or Kennedy, 23, an engineer. was charged to-day with forging and l[?]ring a [?] for £[?]50 with intent to defraud…

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Last Desperate Effort Eastbourne Murder Accused Men’s Pleas London, Jan 18

The Daily Express · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 1

The Lord Chief Justice has de[?]lared that the stories told against each other by Field and Gray, the men [?] sentence of death for the…

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Items of News. Theft of a Bicycle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

On the application of the police, a remand for eight days was granted in the case of Arthur Smith, aged 27, who appeared before Mr. W. G. Hazell,…

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Local and General [?]Leged Theft of Bicycle

The Daily Express · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

[?] on Wednesday night [?] of Wagga arrested [?] smith aged 27, [?] of having stolen a…

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Seed Wheat Sales. Price to Be Charged

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

There being some doubt respecting the position of farmers who may [?]to seedmen wheat that will be suitable for [?]at next seson’s ploughing, the…

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Escaped From Gaol Drowned at Sea. Brisbane

The Daily Express · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

The chaplain of a barge buts reported to the Brisbane police that he saw an aborigiana named paler, who escaped from St. Helena prison, floating on a…

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Caught! Narrandera Escapee Found by Lock Hart Police

The Daily Express · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 2

Sergt. Gallaher, officer in charge of Wagga Police District, received word last night that Harold Williams who escaped from the Narandera…

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