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Courts & crime, 1921

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Wanton Damage. to Darlinghurst Gaol. Bill to Federal Government. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 3

The Minister for Education states that a bill for £1619 has been submitted to the Federal Government for what he termed wanton damage done…

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Alleged Frauds On the Red Cross Two Men Charged SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 1

Frauds on the Red Cross Society were alleged by the Crown at the Central Criminal Court to-day, in a case in which Norman Cambell Berry…

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Dundee Riots. Serious Disturbances Conficts with Police. London, Sept. 10

The Daily Express · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 1

Serious rioting was renewed at [?]undee test night when shop wla[?]ows were smashed for a distance of [?]hree-quarters of a mile. The police,…

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[?] Charge of Stealing

The Daily Express · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

Alexander Thomas Young, a [?] built young man of 34, was charged before Mr. G. B. Shepherd, P.N. at Wagga Police Court yesterday with…

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Fined for Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 1

Arthur R. Martin appeared on a charge of assaulting Samuel Katz at Yarragundry on August 31 last. A fine was imposed of £2, with 8/…

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Fatty Arbuckle. Charged with Murder. Death of Virginia Rappe. the Whole of America Stirred. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

A San Francisco message states that Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, the motion picture actor, has been booked on a murder charge at the City…

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Escaped From Gaol. Fugitive Taken to Bush. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

Leslie Jensen escaped from the North Sydney lockup yesterday by climbing up a wall and through the grating from which he dropped about…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, September 12, 1921. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.m.) Stolen Sulky and Horse

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 1

Alexander Thomas Young appeared on a charge of having at Wagga on September 11 stolen one horse, one sulky, one whip and one rug to the…

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Legarde's Murder. An Appeal Ldged. By the Convicted Men. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 1

The men Wentworth and Hill, found guilty at the Central Criminal Court last week for the alleged murder of George Legarde, have lodged notices of…

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Fire at Paddington. Chemist's Shop Ablace. Police Making Investigations Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 4

The fire which broke out at the chemist's shop of Taylor and Scully, Oxford-street, Paddington, early yesterday morning is receiving the…

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A N.Z. Murder a Big Army of Witnesses. And More to Follow! AUCKLAND

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 1

An Auckland message states that a remarkable interest is shown in the inquest on Francis Jew, who was found murdered in a gully at Arch Hill in…

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Domestic Quarrel. Wife Drinks Spirits of Salts. Husband Before Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

William Brown, aged 39, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having caused to be taken by Evastatia Brown, certain poison called…

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The Death of Rappes "Fatty" Is Wearing a Worried Look. The Police Get Busy. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 1

Mr. Matheson, Chief of the San Francisco Police, states that he has a complete case against Arbuckle. He added that the straightest kind of evidence…

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Not on the Screen Tragedy in “Movie” Life Arbuckle Detained by Police. San Francisco, Sept. 10

The Daily Express · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 1

“Fatty” Arbuckle, the cinema [?]thr. has been detained by the police as the result of the death of Virginia Rappe, a beautiful movie actress, who…

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Arbuckle Charged with Murder the “Movie” Picture Tragedy San Francisco, Sept. 12

The Daily Express · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 2

F[?] Arbu[?] has been formally charged by the police with the murder of Miss Rapp[?] the “movie” actress, who died after visiting his…

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Bank Clerk Charged Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 3

Ian St. Barde Richardson, clerk in the employ of the Commercial Bank Ltd. was tried at Hawthorne Court to-day with having stolen…

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Woman Justice. Sits on the Bench. at Burwood Police Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 2

For the first time in the history of N.S.W. a woman magistrate sat on the bench, when Mrs. Edwards Burns, one of the recently, appointed J's.P.,…

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Surry Hills Murder Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 1

Charles Wentworth and Samuel Hill, who were found guilty of murdering George Legard, a bookmaker of Surry Hills, have lodged an…

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Beaconsfield Murder Prosecution Withdrawn. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 1

As the result of an inquest into the deaths of the aged couple, Frederick and Annie Sheard, who were brutally murdered at Beaconsfield recently…

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Fight with Police Riotous Unemployed. London, Sept. 12

The Daily Express · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 1

At an unemployed demonstration at Liverpool, in ocnsequence of the crowd [?]rying to take possession of the Art Gallery, a free fight with the…

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