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Courts & crime, 1924

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Adelong Police Court Wednesday, May 7. (Before Mr. H. H. MacDougal, P.m.) Liquor Cases

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 5

Stuart Campbell A. Keenan and Henry Keenan, charged with being found on the licensed promises of the Batlow Hotel, while W. C. Fittes was…

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Adelong Police Court Wednesday, May 7. (Before Mr. H. H. MacDougal, P.m.) Alleged Attempted Rape

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 4

Charles Napoleon Bonaparte Ross, laborer, of Mt. Adrah, was charged with attempted rape on Ada Matilda Hetherington, widow, at the Post…

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"Squizzy's" Wedding Delayed. Further Court Proceedings

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 3

Leslie ("Squizzy") Taylor was again the central figure in the Melbourne Criminal Court on Wednesday, when he was charged with having, between…

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Russian Officers Sentenced to Death. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 4

Reuter's Moscow correspondent reports that at Ekaterinoslav sentence of death has been passed on four ex-officers of Denkin's and Wrangle's armies…

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Smart Police Work

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 2

Constable Waddell was the means of effecting a smart arrest on Saturday. Detective-Sergeant Cleaver had given him a description of a young man who…

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Theft of a Bicycle Boy Fined £5. "Not Capable of Telling the Truth SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 1

Robert Stitchbury, 19, was charge at the Central Police Court to-day with having stolen a bicycle, the property of Alfred Smith…

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A Two Year Old Mystery. Katoomba Police's Search. An Arrest Made SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 1

The Katoomba police, after a search of nearly two years for an escapee from the Katoomba lockup, came across a suspect with two other men…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, May 12, 1924. (Before Mr. W. A. Flynn, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

Many minor cases were heard. Following are the most important: AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER. In a motor traffic regulation…

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Licensing Court. Yesterday

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

The license of the Royal Hotel was transferred to Wm. C. Murphy (Botany) from W. J. Clarke. Mr. Tunchon may not be able to…

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German Divorce Court Busy

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 1

The Australian Press Association Berlin correspondent writes that the Germans are ordinarily inclined to be horrified at the large numbers of…

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Corowa Murder Bush Boy's Appeal. Says Not Guilty

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 5

Twelve grounds of appeal were stated to the Full Court of Criminal Appeal on Friday on behalf of Roy Thomas Mitchell, 16, a bush boy, who…

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Police Station Destroyed Pets Burned to Death. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

Fire completely destroyed Seacombe House, a building of thirty rooms, at Carrum, early to-day. Constable Nolan, who was asleep in…

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For Her Children's Sake Woman Witness's Plea in Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

In the Divorce Court to-day, in a case in which James Walk, a boiler—maker, of Ryde, who in November last was granted a decree nisi and in which…

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Wagga Licensing Court. Monday, May 12, 1924. (Before Mr. W. A. Flynn, L.M. and Messrs. J. J. M'Grath and E. E. Collins)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 3

A transfer of the license of the Royal Hotel from Mrs. Margaret Carmody to her son, George Carmody, was granted by the court…

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Naked Body Found. In Scrub Near Gaol. Mystery of Woman's Death. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 4

While walking through the scrub near Long Bay Gaol this afternoon a postman came upon the body of a woman lying face downwards. The body was…

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Double Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Girl Shot by Lover. Rockhampton

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 2

A frightful double tragedy occurred this morning at the Athelstane Hotel involving the loss of the lives of Doris Ludwig (17) and William Lord (25)…

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Lynch Law in Africa. Man Beaten to Death for Murder. Gapetown

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 2

A message from Lorenco Marquez reports that a sensational affair occurred at Ressanogarcia, where Maia Loreira, head of the Portuguese…

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Wife's Application. Alimony Pending Hearing in Divorce Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 2

In the Divorce Court to-day the pending suit for the dissolution of her marriage by Ray Gardiner against Joseph Rueben Gardiner, the well…

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Industrial Unrest Melbourne Tram Strike Board's Terms Rejected Queensland Police Dispute Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 2

The ultimatum of the Tramway Board that to-day was the last opportunity the strikers would have to apply for re-appointment was considered by…

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