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Courts & crime, 1924

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Wanted for Murder. Major Bailey Scat Be in Australia

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 2

Official notification of the murder of Mrs Isobel Marjory Bailey at Adelaide Grove, Rove (England) on December 7 has just been received by the…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide Sunday Tragedy Near Adelong. Seventeen Year Old Girl Wounded. Armed Man Invades Homestead

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 2

The Gwalia Station homestead of My. C. Davies, near the little town ship of Grahamstown, 4 miles from Adelong, was the scene of a terrible…

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Wires and Cables This Afternoon Exclusively News Not Available Here by Any Other Paper Till To-morrow. Appropriating Property Case at the Central Court. Estate Agent's Lapse. Tried His Luck at the Races. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 1

Arthur Samuel Rocks was charged at the Central Court to-day with having stolen £82, the property of Catherine Austin…

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Henty Police Court. Hawker Charged with Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 3

At the Henty Court on Friday last, before Mr. Gibson, P.M., James Campbell, a carrier and fruit hawker, was charged with stealing a tarpaulin,…

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Doctor and Woman Arrested. Charged with Murder. Sydney, Later

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 2

Detectives late this afternoon arrested T. A. Green (52) a medical practitioner of Coogee, and a woman named Alice M. Seaton (39), a nurse, and charged…

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Griffith Police Court. Preference Case Lost

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 1

At the Griffith Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. Cohen, P.M., Allen Gamble was fined £2 and 8/ costs for assault. £1 and 8/ costs…

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Charged with Murder. Crime Alleged to Be Due Jealousy. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 3

Robert Cameron was charged at the Central—Criminal Court to-day with having murdered Ernest Dunham, in York street, City, in December last…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, March 24, 1924. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 3

The following cases were dealt with in the police court yesterday:— SEWER CONNECTION. Eileen Catherine O'Shannessy was…

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Alleged Theft From a Woman. a Land Transfer Deal. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 3

Arthur Samuel Rocks was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having stolen £82, the property of Catherine Austin…

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Alleged Murder. a Doctor in Trouble Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day Terence Albert Green, medical practitioner, and Alice Maud Seaton, nurse were charged with having at Bondi…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Five Dock Sensation. Shooting Followed by Arrest Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 6

Frederick Tremble (37) of Abbotsford street, Abbotsford, was found in the Great North Road, Five Dock, at 3.30 p.m. to-day with a bullet wound…

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Woman's Body Found. Police Search for Two Women. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 2

The body of Miss Elsie Burke (22) who lived in Willoughby street, North Sydney, was discovered in a house at Bondi to-day. Death had taken…

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Melbourne Gaol Sensation Plot to Rescue Angus Murray. Five Men on Trial. Statement of Crown Case. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 2

A sensational plot to liberate from Melbourne Gaol Angus Murray, who is now under sentence of death in connection with the murder of the bank…

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London Traffic Strike Big Problems Faced. Court Hears Remedies. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 2

The co-ordination of London's transport facilities was suggested, at the court of inquiry into the tramway strike to-day, as the only way out of…

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Carabost Wool Case. End of Long Court Hearing. Wilson to Pay £54

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 3

The case in which Bertie Joseph Wilson is charged with knowingly and illegally having on his premises wool reasonably suspected to have been stolen,…

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Disappearance of Sailors Suspected Murderer Sentenced for Theft. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 2

The mysterious disappearance of two sailors named Anderson and Scmmel. [?] from the schooner Anne, in 1921, was recalled at the trial of Alfred…

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A Woman's Death. Doctor and Nurse. Charged with Murder. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day Terence Albert Green, medical practitioner, and Alice Maud Seaton, a nurse, were charged with having at Bondi…

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Melbourne Gaol Sensation Five Men Charged with Conspiracy. Gaol Warder Gives Evidence. Alleged Attempt to Release Angus Murray. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 4

The trial was resumed to-day of Leslie "Squizzy") Taylor, Albert Arms, James Toolia, Michael Costello, and Thomas Taylor, who are charged…

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London Traffic Dispute. Court of Inquiry Reports. Need for Legislation

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 2

With extraordinary promptitude the Court of inquiry into the London transport strike has issued an interim report. It states, niter alia, that nobody…

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Throat Slashed At. Unpleasant Awakening with Court Sequel. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 1

While in bed his home in Palmer street, City, on the night of February 13, Alfred William Trencho[?] was awakened by feeling a razor drawn…

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