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Courts & crime, 1922

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The Assassins Sir Henry Wilson’s Murderers Sentenced Trial Notable for Dramatic Interludes Both Prisoners Indulge in Revolutionary Heroics London, July 18

The Daily Express · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 1

Connolly and Dunn (or O’Brien) have been found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson…

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Bullying Junker. Charged with Murder. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

The "Times" Berlin correspondent states a bullying junker, Von K[?]ne, is being formally charged with murder. The Government offered a…

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Hornsby Boys Charges of Assault. Statements to the Police Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 1

At Hornsby Court to-day two youths, Frederick Eric Powell, 18, and Stanley Spithill, whom the polics alleged were in some way concerned…

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Striking a Girl Young Man Sentenced Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 1

A young man named Thomas M’Lead was to-day charged at Mainly Court assaulting Muriel Ransom, aged 22…

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Narandera District Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 3

Sittings of the Narandera district court was held on Friday last before Judge Bevan. IN DIVORCE…

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Hornsby Murder. Two Youths Before the Court. Were They Concerned with the Crime? Three Charges Preferred. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

Frederick Powell and Standley [?]hill alleged by the police "to be in some way concerned in the murder of Frank Cecil Kemmis," were before the…

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“Intent to Murder” [?] Remanded the Mirrool Hold-up

The Daily Express · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

A sequel to the shooting Incident which occurred with fortn[?]tely light results on the Mirrool-Arish Park Road on Wednesday, while the pay…

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Supreme Court Judgeship. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

Mr. Shand having refused a supreme Court Judgeship, there is now considerable speculation as to who will be offered the high office. It is generally…

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District Court. (Before His Honor Judge Bevan)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

William O. Rogers v. Andrew Anderson, claim £11, alleged to be owing in respect of a deal in horses. Mr. Breckenridge, (instructed by…

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The Hornsby Murder. Victim's Keys Found. Picked Up Near the Bank. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 1

The late Mr. Kemmis's keys were found this morning at Hornsby, in a vacant allotment about 25 paces away from the bank, near the "Star"…

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Fair Rents Court. Deputation Urges Retention. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 4

A large deputation introduced by Mr. Stuart Robertson interviewed the Minister for Justice today to urge the retention of die Fair Rents Court. One…

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Missing Girl Turns Up. Brought to the Police. A Serious Charge is Laid. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 1

The girl Beatrice Broadbent, 18, for whom the police had been looking for the past few weeks; has been found. She was brought to the Redfern station…

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The Hold-up Details of the Outrage. Two Men Before the Court. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

Details of the hold up on the road between Ariah Park and Mirrool yesterday, show that Leiferman and Skinner were driving over very bad roads when…

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Artist’s Wardrobe Woman Charged with Theft Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 1

A woman was arrested at Circular Quay last night and charged with having stolen property, valued at £720, from Miss Daisy Jerome, the…

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Vagrant Sentenced

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M., in the Wagga Court yesterday sentenced Leslie Louis Cullen, who pleaded guilty to a charge of being idle and…

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Stolen Furs. Miss Daisy Jerome's Loss. Woman Charged with Theft. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 4

A woman was arrested at Circular Quay last night, charged with having stolen property valued at [?]720, from Miss Daisy Jerome, the well-known…

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Hornsby Murder Important Discoveries Mr. Kemmis’ Keys Found Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 1

The latest development in the Horneby murder case is the discovery this morning of the late bank manager’s keys on a vacant…

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Thornsby Murder. Kemmis' Keys Found Application for Bail Refused. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 1

The late Mr. Kemmis keys were found this morning at Hornsby in a vacant allotment about twenty-five paces away from the bank, near the…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. Walter Scott, P.M. Bicycles on the Park

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 July 1922 · page 3

Several offending young" cyclists were "up." Ernie Barnett pleaded guilty to Tiding a bicycle on the footpath…

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The Funeral Outrage Verdict: Brutal Murder London, July 21

The Daily Express · Monday 24 July 1922 · page 1

At the Inquest on Commandant Rooney, who was shot dulrng an ambush at a funeral, the jury found a verdict that be was, brutally…

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