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Courts & crime, 1921

1,841 stories in Riverina's papers · page 73 of 93

Unemployed. Clash with Police. Rioting at Leicester. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 2

A large number of unemployed at Leicester, armed with batons and missiles, marched to the police station yesterday, ostensibly to demand the…

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Breaking Gaol. North Sydney Escapee Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 1

Victor Leslie Jansen pleaded guilty at the sessions to-day on a charge of escaping from the North Sydney lock-up. When asked why he had…

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Local and General Police Court

The Daily Express · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 2

John Hoare, charged with indecent conduct at Wagga Police Court yesterday, was fined , in default three days' hard labour…

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At the Courts Assault at Paddington Two Men Charged SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 1

Robert Steele and William Holmes were remanded at the police court on a charge of having assaulted Ernest Bibbs, grocer, at Paddington last night…

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Murder Alleged Adelaide

The Daily Express · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 1

Frank Clark was to-day committed for tro[?]on a charge of having murdered James Fowler on September [?]…

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Living Death. Another Dreyfus Case. French Escapee Before Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 3

The case of Sergeant-Major Eugene Ernest Legros, who is charged with having escaped from Hanoi, after allegedly having keen guilty of…

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Bankrupt Committed. for Prevarication and Evasion. Patience of Court Exhausted Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 2

Thomas Oliver Webb, lately connected with the Standard Mirror Company, was to-day committed to Long Bay penitentiary by the Acting…

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Police Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 3

At the Police court on Monday afternoon J. P. Marshall pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent language. Mr. Weekes…

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Brutal Assault London, Oct, 4

The Daily Express · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 1

At Belfast, nine armed and masker nen entered John Bell’s house and [?]accusing him of being a special constable savagely beat him. He was…

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Grocer Assaulted. Two Men Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 1

Robert Steele and William Holmes' were remanded at the Police Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted Ernest Ribbs, a grocer at…

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Warden's Court. Monday, October 3, '21

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 2

Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, acting warden. C. F. Roper withdrew his application for authority to enter…

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Ugly Encounter. Police and Unemployed Big Demonstration in London LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 2

London witnessed its biggest unemployed march to-day, 10,000 taking part in a process to Hyde Park. Banners were inscribed with taunting…

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A.W.U. Shearers Accept Court’s Orders Gandel 44–Hours Rule. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 2

The Unions’ Executive Council has decided to fall id with the direction of the Arbitration Court to cancel the 44–hours week rule…

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44-Hour Week. Cancelled by A.W.U. Court's. Direction Complied With. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 2

When the matter of the shearers' award came up for further hearing before the full Federal Arbitration Court in Melbourne this morning, Mr…

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Tumut Police Court. Tuesday, 4th Oct

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 5

Before Mr. Cohen, relieving P.M. L. Bail, H. Fitzner and J. Vincent were charged by the police with stealing a dressed turkey, on 5th…

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Police Court. Yesterday Before Mr. Cohen, P.M. No Light

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 4

Philip Lisle Daniels was fined 10/ (second offence) for having no light, at 11.30 p.m., on his car, on 23rd September, in Cootamundra…

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Police Court. Monday, October 3. Before Mr. Cohen, P.M. LANGUAGE

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 2

J. P. Marshall appeared on a charge of using indecent language Mr. Weekes for defendant, who pleaded not guilty…

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Communist Committed. Charged with Sedition. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 2

A Communist, William Wheeler, was committed for trial at Sunderland today on a charge of sedition…

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Licensing Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 5

Before Messrs. Cohen and Weeden, L.M's. C. Hoe's application for renewal of wine license was granted…

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Revision Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 4

The Police Magistrate (Mr J. B. Gibson), sitting as a Revision Court on Tuesday last revised the supple, ineniary list of electors for the…

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