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Courts & crime, 1922

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Police As Fencers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 4

The secretary of the Police Association in Sydney stated last, week that he had received information from Walgett staling that…

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The Gun Alley Murder Counsel for Defence. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 1

Messrs. Maxwell and Brennan, [?]ristera will defend Colin Ross at the Criminal Sessions commencing on February 15…

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Profiteering Court Increase in Mutton Fall in Benzine SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 1

The Profiteering Prevention Court has granted a slight increase all round in mutton within the metropolitan area Beef remains unaltered…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Before Mt. G. S. Shepherd in the Wagga Police Court yesterday, three persons, Bert Williams, Thomas Richards and John Edward Galvin were…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 3

At the Leeton Police Court on Saturday last, before Mr. H. A. Taylor, J.P., William Hall, age 27, was charged with using indecent language in…

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Police Court. Monday, February 6. Before Mr. W. Scott, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Henry Metcalf, charged with being deemed to be insane. The Sergeant said the police had not been able to get the doctor. Under…

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On the Turnstile. Perry Employee's Theft. £800 Involved

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Godfrey Kelly, an ex-ferry employee, appeared at the North Sydney Police Court to-day to answer four charges of having monies reasonably suspected…

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Ferry Officer Charged Conviction and Appeal. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

Geoffrey Klely, an ex-ferry employee, appeared at the Central Court to-day answering four charges of having money reasonably suspected of…

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(Published by arrangement) Police Farce. Beating the Dry Laws

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 4

The correspondent of the London "Daily; Mail" has cabled the following message to his paper from New York:—…

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Unrest in India. 2000 Attackers Police Wiped Out LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 1

At Delhi, a mob of about 2000 volunteer villages attacked Thana [?]aurn, and the entire staff of 17 police were killed…

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Police Chief's Exit. Sir John Gellibrand's Resignation. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 3

The Victorian State Cabinet, in accepting the resignation of Sir John Gellibrand as Chief of Police, thanked him for bis services, and declared that…

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Native Rising. Indian Police Station Attacked. Inspector and Constables Killed. Bombay

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

Reuter's allahabad correspondents states that a mob of 2000 volunteers and villagers attacked the police station at Chaurichaura on Friday last and…

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South African Strike Leaders in Court Charged with inciting JOHANNESBURG

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 1

The Johannesburg strike lenders, Fisher, Modermid, Shaw, Spendriff, and Wordingham, were before the magistrate, charged with inciting to…

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Police Court To-day Before Mr. Walter Scott, P.M. Drunk

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 4

One offender, with a previous conviction, was fined 5/, or 24 hours. Furious Riding. Alfreh Bamblet pleaded guilty to…

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Warden's Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 3

The acting warden. Mr. W. Scott. P.M., dealt with the following applications at Gundagai on Monday:—…

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Mystery Murder. Arbuckle Temporarily Forgotten. Film Stars Involved. VANCOUVER

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 2

The film world has dropped the Arbuckle case temporarily, over, the mystery murder of William Desmond Taylor. The cinema actress, Mabel…

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Gun Alley Murder. a Wi[?]ners in Sydney. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 2

“I am Albert Ernest white, and I am a wit[?] in the Gun Alley case for whom the Melbourne detectives [?] been looking.” This was the…

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Missing Witness. in Gun Alley Murder Arrested in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 2

A young man was brought into he detectives room by Constables Nicholls and Jourdain of Ashfield, and Detective Brennan, of Melbourne, who…

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India. More Serious Riots Many Police Killed. Lahore, Feb. 6

The Daily Express · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 1

On Saturday a mo[?]of [?]000 extremists attacked the police post at Chaura, in the district of Gorakhpur. They killed the entire staff and also…

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What's in a Name? Soviet Police to Be Abolished. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 2

The correspondent of "The Times" at Warsaw, says the Soviet secret police, "possessing absolute power over life and property, from which there is…

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