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Courts & crime, 1923

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The Wanted Gipsy. Grim Police Pursuit. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 June 1923 · page 2

One of the grimmest pursuits in modern criminal history in England is being circled for the capture of a Gipsy, Charles Baker. Throughout…

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Princess Christian Dead Court in Mourning London, June 9

The Daily Express · Monday 11 June 1923 · page 2

The death is announced of Princess Christian third daughter of [?] Victoria and [?] of King George She was born in 1840…

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WIRES & Cables This Afternoon Exclusively News Not Available Here by Any Other Paper Till To-morrow. Alleged Bogus Doctor. Sought by Police for Four Years. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 June 1923 · page 1

Six detectives proeeded to a house at Potts Point early this morning and arrested a woman, who later was charged with alleged false…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, June 11, 1923. (Before Mr. W. A. Flynn, P.m.) Noxious Weeds

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 1

Wm. J. Holland, occupier of 20 acres of land at North Wagga, was charged that in the opinion of the Mitchell Shire Council he did not take the…

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Police Court. Yesterday. (Before Mr McDougal, P.M.) Alleged Failure to Destroy Rabbits. Board Withdraws Case

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 2

Frederick William Bassingthwaigh[?] Oullinga, pleaded not guilty to negle[?]ing to destroy rabbits. Area, above 2000 acres…

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The Courts. District Court, Sydney

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 4

Edwin Dyson Clark, carrying on business at Sydney and Tumut, as a timber merchant, sued Dr. Harry Wharton Mason, of Tumut, medical…

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Adelong Small Debts Court. Hawthorne v CAMERON

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 4

The plaintiff, who was previously an hotelkeeper at Grahamstown, sued the defendant for goods sold and delivered, and for money lent,…

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A Point of Law Court of Council

The Daily Express · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 2

An interesting legal argument was heard at the Police Court yesterday, when Wm J. Holland was summoned by the Mitchell Shire Council for…

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Tumut Small Debts Court. Bridle v LINDBECK

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 4

James Bridle, of Blowering, farmer, sued Arthur Lindbeck, of same place, farmer, for £10 damages alleged to be caused through…

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Licensing Court. Monday, June 11, 1923. (Before Messrs. W. A. Flynn, chairman, E. E. Collins and J. J. M'Grath.) Renewal of Licenses

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 1

When the licensing bench sat yesterday a number of hotels in the district came up for renewal of license. All the applications were granted. The…

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Sentenced to Death Criminal Assault Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 1

At the Criminal Court to-day, Harold George Sigsworth, 17, was convicted of criminally assaulting a girl of 15 years at Outley on April [?]…

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Sentenced to Death. Young Man's Crime. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Harold Sigsworth, aged 18, a machinist, was found guilty of a capital assault on a girl and was sentenced to death…

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Too Much Wine Peculiar Assault Case Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 1

At North Sydney Court to-day, De[?] Joseph Duffy was charged with having assaulted Emily Smith, an elderly woman…

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Lockhart Valuation Court

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 2

The Valuation Court to hear the appeals against the Lockhart Shire Council’s valuations was held at the Lockhart Court House on May 22,…

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Escape From Gaol Two Women with Records Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 2

Two, women convicts escaped from Long Bay Penitentiary to-day by sealing a high wall. One badly injured her leg and was soon taken back to…

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Woman's Futile Attempt. to Escape From Gaol. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 4

Two women inmates of the Long Bay Penitentiary made a daring attempt to escape. Dressed in the clothes of gaol wardresses the two women jumped…

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District Court for Junee

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Junee Municipal Council the question of the necessity for holding a District Court at Junee was raised by Ald. C…

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"Red Flag Still Flies" Ariah Park Police Court

Ariah Park News · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 3

Before Messrs. H. McMahon and J. G. Davey, J's.P. Cornelius Hickey was charged with that he did on 4th June,…

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Telegrams Sydney, Thursday. Arncliffe Murder

Ariah Park News · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 5

At the inquest on Catratt, whose dead body was found at Arncliffe recently, Mary Stone said that on the night of May…

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Prison ’Baccy a Protest From Gaol Bathurst

The Daily Express · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 1

Prisoners in the Bathurst gaol have complained lately about the quality of the tobacco supplied to them. It is specially prepared tor men in…

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