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Courts & crime, 1925

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A Surprised Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 3

There was a peculiar development during an examination in bankruptcy at Albury court house when George Hill, of Wagga aged 71, after…

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Wages for Shearers Increases Embodied in New Log. Claim to Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 3

A new log of claims for shearers and shed labor is being brought before the Commonwealth Arbitration Court by the Federal. Council of the Australian…

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Big Burglary Charges. Man Arrested on Racecourse Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

James Hurley (26), a laborer, was charged at the Central Police Court today with having broken and entered the shop of John Lamming at…

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Burglary Charge £1000 Involved SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 1

At the Central police court to-day, Daniel Murray, 21, painter, was charged with having broken and entered the warehouse of Elliott's Ltd.,…

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Alleged Assault. Man in Hospital. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

Arthur Henry Baker, 57, a painter was remanded on £80 bail at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted Arthur Wilson on…

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Alleged Conspiracy Four Men at Court SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 1

Four men, James Skelton, James Morrish, Albert Thompson, and clarence Law, who were, recently, charged with having conspired among…

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Burglary at Leeton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

On Boxing day morning the railway station at Leeton was broken into, the intruders finding an entrance by forcing open a window of…

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Died in Prison Cell. Maltese Charged with Murder. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

The death of James Dwyer, an old man who expired in a cell at the West Melbourne watch house a fortnight ago, was inquired into to-day. Four…

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Safe-Blowing Case. £3000 Involved in Burglary Charge. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

John James Clarke, 42, described as a printer, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day, charged with having broken and entered, the shop of…

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Money on Horses. Alleged Embezzlement. Railwaymen Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

Thomas Dutton, 60, night officer at the Stanmore railway station, was charged at Newtown Police Court to-day with embezzling money belonging…

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Fair Rents Court. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

The returns of the Fair Rents Court for 1924 show that 202 rents were increased above the rent at the time of application and 305 were reduced. The…

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Court Willing to Assist. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

The Registrar of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court made the following statement this afternoon by direction of Mr. Justice Powell:…

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Alleged Theft

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 2

The apprehension was made by the Wagga police yesterday of a youth who is alleged to have ransacked the clothing of a fellow boarder in the…

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Death at Asylum. Alleged Assault by Patient. Charge of Murder. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 3

The inquest was opened to-day concerning the death of Miss Mary Master ton (50), a patient at the Rydalmere Hospital for the Insane…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 2

Since the 1st January, 1925, the following cases have been dealt with at the Leeton Police Court:—Six fined for being drunk; four fined for…

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Charge of Stealing. Sydney

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

Oscar Charles Killner (30), clerk, was charged at Central Police Court, Sydney, to-day with stealing the sum of £106, the property of the…

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Police Raising Funds for Local Hospital

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 2

The local police officers are interesting themselves very keenly in the Police Art Union, which is being conducted in aid of the public hospitals…

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Assault

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

A. J. Wales, the defendant mentioned above, was also charged with assaulting Alfred Armstrong. Defendant: I was cutting, thistles;…

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Licensing Court

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

John Robert Jones applied or permission to make material alterations to the Royal-Oak Hotel as per plans and specifications lodged with the…

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Sentenced to Death. German Ruthlessness in Belgium. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

Reuter's Brussels correspondent reports that a court martial of the Provinces of Liege and Luxemburg has sentenced to death, in default, a…

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