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Courts & crime, 1921

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Tried to Square It. Clerk Sentenced for Theft. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 2

Robert Lyon Riley pleaded guilty at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day to a charge of having stolen £4450, the property of the Railway Workers,…

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Stealing Charge From Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 2

Robert John Jones was charged with stealing £1, at Temora, on 13th May, the property of Andrew Comino. Pled, not guilty…

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Picton Murder Charge [?]

The Daily Express · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 1

The body of [?]p[?]ly both child [?] lound in [?] at the wear of a local hotel on Saturday, A man and [?] have been arrested and charged…

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Charge of Stealing. Jewellery Worth £323. Youth Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 2

Francis Peaker, aged 16½, was charged at the Newtown Police Court to-day with stealing a parcel of jewellery worth £323. Frederick Brown,…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, September 19, 1921. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.m.) Driving Without Lights

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 3

Francis Robert Jackson was charged with on September 10 at 10.50 p.m. driving a motor bicycle along Baylis-street through the crowd coming…

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Murder Charge Fails Elsie Krause Discharged. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 1

The second trial of Elsle Krause, aged 17, on a charge of murdering her seven-months-old boy, Harp[?]d Walter Krause, at Albury on June…

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Alleged Abduction a 16 year old Girl Young Man Charged SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 1

Maurice Draddy, 21, was remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having fraudulently taken away Alice Augusta Henderson, under the age of…

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Local and General Junee Appeal Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 2

The last area of broad acres to be adjusted in the Junee Appeal Court was again momentarily before Mr. G. Sliepherd, P.M., at Junee. It was an…

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District Court Yesterday Afternoon Before Judge Bevan. Carlyon v. Mason

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 3

John W. Carlyon v. Dr. H. W. Mason Claim under Workmen's Compensation Act…

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Divorce Court Gibb v. Gibb Co-respondent To Pay SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 1

Justice Gordon delivered judgment in the divorce suit, William Gibb v. Rose Gibb. His Honor said there was no doubt…

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Auckland Inquiry Jew's Murder Remarks By Coroner AUCKLAND

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 1

After examining 66 witnesses, the Coroner at Auckland returned an open verdict at the inquest on the youth, Jew, who was murdered on July 16…

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Subornation. Allegation Against Solicitor Case in Central Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 2

The case was mentioned at the Central Court to-day in which Detective Sergeant Duncan was complainant and Mr. E. R. Abagait, the well-known…

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Cole in Court Charge of deceiving Stolen Goods Burglar's Evidence SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 1

Robert diaries Cole, 56, chemist, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having received one roll of black Cheviot, one roll of black serge, and…

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Stealing Skins. a Tumblong Case

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 2

AT the Cootamundra Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Allen Wilfred Dennis and Thomas John Monaghan were charged with that they…

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Police Efficiency

The Daily Express · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 2

Although many crooks, more or less at their wits ends, are making a round of the country shows, there was no crime in Wagga during the…

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Auckland Murder Auckland, Sept 21

The Daily Express · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 1

After examination of 66 witness the Coroner has returned an open verdict in the inquest on the youth named Jew, who was murdered on…

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Alleged Receiving a Chemist Charged. Sydney, Thursday. s

The Daily Express · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 2

Goods worth £186 formed the basis of four charges [?] against Robert Cole a city chemist at the Central Court to-day…

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Mt. Horeb Tennis Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 5

For many weeks the residents of Mt. Horch have been engaged every Saturday in excavating a tennis court in the school grounds. As the…

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Stolen Goods. Chemist Charged with Receiving. Accursed Committed for Trial. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 4

Robert Charles Cole, aged 66, a chemist, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having received one roll of black che[?]olt, one roll of black serge…

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Open Verdict. New Zealand Murder [?]. 80 Witness Examined. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 2

After the examination of [?] witnesses the coroner at Auckland returned an open verdict at the inquest on the youth jew, who was murdered on July 16…

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