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Courts & crime, 1925

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Indecent Assault Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 4

Albert William Matthews, school teacher, of Glenroy, near Tumbarumbs, was acquitted on a charge, of assault and an indecent act on a girl of the…

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Bigamist Sentenced Six Months' Hard Iabor

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 4

In passing sentence of six mouths' hard labor in Goulburn gaol on William James Crosbie, who had been convicted of bigamy, the judge said that…

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Items of News Poorlt Lighted Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 2

At regular intervals of a few seconds it appeared that the sitting of the Wagga Court of Quarter Sessions would be ended abruptly last night…

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Crime in Melbourne. Police Out to Smash It. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 2

The Chief Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nicholson, in a statement to-day, said the police, were determined to smash the organised gangs of…

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Criminal Sentenced Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

Frederick Seimes, who had pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst Sessions, to a charge of forgery, embezzlement, and fraudulent misappropriations,…

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Quarter Sessions Wagga List Ended Stealing Charge Heard

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 6

Yesterday the Wagga Court of Quarter Sessions criminal list ended, and in the afternoon the District Court started. The last case on the…

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District Court Opens

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 6

The District Court was opened early in the afternoon and by the fitful gleams of the court gas lights was continued until late last night. It will…

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Local and General Police Changes

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 2

Constable Williams is passing in his uniform to-day, and being tendered a send off this afteroon. Constable Aukett goes to Cooma on…

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Leeton Petty Sessions Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 2

Before Mr. J.B. Gibson, on Tuesday last:— William O'Brien, aged 18 years, pleaded guilty to riding a motor bike…

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Forged Ballot Papers. Police to Investigate. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 2

At an executive meeting of the Australian Clerical Association to-night it was decided, after a lengthy discussion, to request the police to inquire…

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District Court Wagga Sessions Ended Claim for Payment

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 8

Yesterday the Wagga sittings of the District Court for this quarter were finished at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The settlement out of court…

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Tumut Police Court Stealing Case. (Before Messrs. Falser and Blakeney, J's.P.)

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 4

On Friday, at Tumut Police Court, before Messrs. Palser and Blakeney, J's.P., Jack Williams was charged with stealing a black gelding, the…

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Japanese Thrills in Korea. Attack on Police Station Tokyo

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 2

It is officially announced that five policemen were killed and two injured yesterday morning as the result of on attack on the police stations on the…

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Murder of Margaret Foley. M'innes Sentenced to Death. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

Alfred William M'Innes was placed on trial for the second time at the Central Criminal Court to-day for the alleged murder of Winifred Margaret…

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Indecent Assault. Charge Against Teacher

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 1

Albert William Matthews, a school teacher, appeared before Judge Bevan and a jury at the Wagga Quarter Sossions last Wednesday, charged…

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Burglary at Cootamundra. £70 Worth of Goods Stolen Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 3

At 5.30 this morning the police officer on duty noticed the grocery department door if the Trade Palace open, and Mr. Harry Cohen was…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, March 23, 1925. (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 6

The following were among the cases dealt with in the Wagga Police Court yesterday:— ROW AT A RAILWAY CAMP…

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Killed on the Highway. Police Allege Admission by Brothers. Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

The police allege that the two brothers, Francis and Joseph Boland. who are detained in connection with the motor tragedy on the Parramatta…

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Killed On The Highway Brothers Boland Charged Remanded on Ball Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 1

At the Central Police Court today Joseph and Francis Boland, motor mechanic and motor driver respectively, were charged with having…

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A Dissolution After Few Hours, Steel Helmeted Police. Cairo

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 2

The Parliament which opened with such grandeur ceased to exist at 7.45 this evening. The dissolution came as a…

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