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Courts & crime, 1922

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Police Inquiries

The Daily Express · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 2

A busy atmosphere pervaded the Morrow Street Police Station yesterday evening. Though nothing further was available in connection with…

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Bell Assault Case. Charge Reduced to One of Common Assault. Fine of £2 Inflicted

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 2

Cornellius Vincent Harrington, on hall, was charged with assaulting and beating William Bell, thereby occasioning him grievous bodily…

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Alleged Bribery. Victorian Detective Charged Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 2

A sensation was caused to-night when it became known that the well known detective, Ethel, attached to the Bourke (Victoria) district, had been arrested…

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Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 2

Sitting as a Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M. granted the transfer of the license for the North Wagga Hotel form Mr. James…

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With Hatches Off a Captain Charged Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 1

At Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Hans Larsen Noste, Captain of the collier Galava, was charged with having endangered the lives of the crew…

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.m.) Monday, May 29. Offensive Behavior

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 4

Cecil James Peacock, coachbuilder, of South Wagga, was charged with having behaved in an offensive manner, to which he pleaded not guilty, and…

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Thrown Out of Window. Assault and Bobbery Case. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 1

Daniel Kelly was further remanded at the Police Court to-day charged with assaulting Herbert Wilson and robbing him of a wallet, a diamond scarf pin…

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Living Wage. Legality of Declaration Questioned. Trade Unions' Appeal. Argument in Industrial Full Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 2

The Full Industrial Bench of four, judges sat to-day to hear argument on the legality of the actions of the Board of Trade in making living wage…

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A [?] Flight a Police Court Story Disgraceful Goulburn Case

The Daily Express · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 3

Habitues of the Goulburn Police Court were [?] stern [?] on Saturday, when the hardships suffered by a 17-year-old…

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Demanding Money. Area Officer Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 4

At the Central Court to-day Thomas George William Greene, an are officer was charged with having demanded with m[?]nces from alfred Ruxton a…

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The Murder Campaign London, May 30

The Daily Express · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 1

Sinn Feiners kidnapped a number of loyalists at Pettigo market, on the Fermanagh border whence loyalists are Seeing and lending everything…

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WIRES & Cables This Afternoon a Prisoner's Release "Allowed to Buy Himself out of Gaol." Remarks by Minister Ley SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 1

THe Minister for Justice, referring to the case of George Gregory Cronin, who was released from prison in N.S.W. af­ter serving 1 month of a 12 months'…

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Breaking, Entering, and Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 3

Sydney Robert Forester, alleged breaking, entering, and stealing at Barellan. Accused was committed for the last…

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Out of Gaol. a Man's Freedom Purchased. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 2

The Minister for Justice, referring to the case of George Gregory Cro[?] who was released from prison in New South Wales after serving one month of a…

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District Court. Workman's Claim

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 3

The much postponed claim against Dr. Mason by an employee who broke his thigh was before Judge Bevan for the fifth time, but, as claimant did not…

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District Court Monday, May 29, 1922. Before Judge Bevan. a Tumut Case

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 4

Some little while back Frank Mueller, a motor proprietor at Tumut, secured a default verdict against Mrs Bramble, who…

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EMBEZZLEMENT. Mitchell Sentenced to Two Years Hard Labor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 3

THE Quarter Sessions was continued on Tuesday morning, before Judge Bevan. E. A. Tout re-called : I took over…

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Suicide in a Police Cell Berrigan

The Daily Express · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 1

Ernest Jackson was found dead in a cell at the police station. At 8 o’clock he was given breakfast by First-Class Constable Ferris, and…

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Pickford-moore Divorce Sustained by Court VANCOUVER

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 1

The Nevada Supreme Court has sustained the legality of the Pickford-Moore divorce. It is unlikely that the case will be…

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