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Courts & crime, 1923

1,435 stories in Riverina's papers · page 24 of 72

Narandera Licensing Court. Before Messrs. Flynn, L.M., and Cy. Culley, J. P.

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 5

Oscar G. Washington was granted a billiard license at Leeton. John W. McConville applied for a booth license at the Leeton racecourse…

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Horse Stealing

The Daily Express · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 7

At the Den[?]quin Quarter Sessions [?] week. Thomas William who pleaded guilty to stealing a horse, saddle, and bridle, the property of the…

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Alleged Indecent Assault. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 6

Last Friday, a girl of six, while playing with another child near the Suspension Bridge at North Sydney, was accosted by a man who induced…

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A Trades Union. Court Cancels Registration. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 4

On the application of the Master Printers and Connected Trades' Association, Judge Curlewis, after hearing evidence to-day, cancelled the…

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State Civil Servants. Must Pay Taxation. Decision of Federal Full Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 4

In the High Court Chambers to-day the Chief Justice (Sir Adrian Knox) dismissed the appeals of three State servants who claimed that…

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Police Court. To-day. (Before Mr McDougal, P.M.) Drunk and Language

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 2

William Smith, an elderly man, was in the dock, and got dealt with for being drunk and using language described as being very bad. He had…

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Scene in Court a Judge Assaulted London, April 27

The Daily Express · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 1

Arthur Ravenhill a disappointed litigant, hurled a shower of stones a Mr. Justice Romer, in Chancery Division but though struck, His…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, April 30, 1923. (Before Mr. W. A. Flynn. P.m.) Postman Before Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 4

Charles Clyde Tweedty, who surrendered himself to the police on April 19 in connection with the non-delivery of certain registered letters consigned…

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Alleged Stealing. From H. V. M'kay Proprietary Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 2

William Hairy Wells (26), a foreman mechanic, was arrested by Sergeant Detective Armstrong and Detective Lynch on a charge of stealing one…

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The Irish Envoys. Before the Court To-Day. Remanded for 14 Days. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 1

The two Irish Republican envoys, Father O'Flanagan and Mr O'Keallaigh, and J. L. Clancy, who was arrested with them last night,…

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A Gaol School. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 2

"Stone walls do not a prison make" but a school, seems to be the view of the prison commissioners, who have inaugurated classes in French, shorthand,…

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At the Court. Remanded on Bail

The Daily Express · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 1

The envoys and Clancey appeared at the Central Police Court to-day and consented to an application by the Crown for a remand for…

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Prompt Action Irish Rebel Envoys Charged with Sedition Arrests Effected at a Public Meeting Both Men Admitted to Bail Receive an Ovation From Sinn Fein Crowd Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 1

Father O’Flanagan; Reverend chairman, Sons of Freedom, Ladies and gentlemen Detective Pattison: Sit down…

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Alleged Wool Stealing Whitely Again Remanded. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 1

Andrew Whitely was further remanded at the Police Court to-day on a charge of having stolen 50 bales of wool, valued at £1410, the…

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Police Station Telephone

Ariah Park News · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 2

As expected the usual sterotyped reply, "lack of funds" has been received in answer to a request by the local branch of…

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Nurse Mitchell Again! Charged with Having Shot Bonfigito. MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 4

Nurse Hannah Mitchell, who was recently acquitted in connection with the death of Bertha Coghlan, was charged at Melbourne to-day…

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Murder Campaign Number of Arrests at Cairo. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 1

Reuter's Cairo correspondent states that a number of arrests were effected yesterday morning of persons believed to be concerned in a…

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May Day in Paris. 61 Police Hurt. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 4

A Paris correspondent states that 61 police were injured, mostly slightly, in conflicts, with May Day demonstrators…

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The World Court. President Harding’s Plans Washington, May 1

The Daily Express · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 1

President Harding will leave the fate lot the World’s Court proposal in the bands of the country and the Senate, and will not make his projected…

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Police Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 1

Bertie Clayton was charged with [?] John W. Morrison in the Victoria Hotel on 30th April and robbing him of 15s…

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