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Courts & crime, 1926

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Memorial Gardens and Police Quarters. Definite Statement. Sites Set Apart

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 2

A definite official statement has now been made concerning the sites, which have long been the subject of discussion for the new police quarters…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 3

The following cases were dealt with at the Leeton Police Court on Tuesday afternoon last, before Mr. J. B. Gibson P.M.:—…

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Uncalled for Mirth. Magistrate's Rebuke

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 1

On Wednesday afternoon last at the Griffith Police Court before tho Magistrate, Mr. Gibson, Ernest Edward Tracey was charged with…

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A Dog and Rabbit Traps. Dispute at Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 4

A dog was the cause, of dispute at the police court on Thursday last, when William McArthur and Frederick Bellingham were proceeded…

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Girl's Death Adelaide Hotel Mystery 'Phone Messages to Doctor Woman Charged with Murder ADELAIDE

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 2

Mysterious circumstances attend the finding of the body of a young woman in a city hotel during the week end. A 'phone message was received by…

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Gaol Fugitive Recaptured Cairns (Q;)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 1

Thomas Hood, who escaped from the Stewart street goal, was discovered last night in a boarding house at [?] For several days and…

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Assaulted the Police

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 3

George Cousins (27) was charged with asaulting Constable Forrest. Constable. Forrest gave evidence that at 11 o'clock on Saturday night, the…

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Stolen Clothing Young Woman Charged Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 4

Working on a description supplied them constables Fleming and Wiley (Mainly) questioned a young woman on the beach at Manly yesterday, and…

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Railway Cleaners Charged With Conspiracy SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 1

At the Central Police Court to-day Frederick Dangar, 33, porter: Richard Williams, 30, storeman; Annie Vernon, 43, Margaret Furlong, 40, and…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, March 22, 1926 (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, P.m.) Riotous Behaviour

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 3

Frederick Mathews (31) pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous behavior on Saturda ylast, but pleaded not guilty to a charge of using indecent…

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Clubbed Rifle Men and Women Attacked Alleged Assailant Charged Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 1

A sensational affray occurred at North Melbourne on Saturday night when a man armed with a clubbed rifle is alleged to have assaulted four…

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New Zealand Tragedy Murder and Suicide Auckland, March 22

The Daily Express · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 1

What appears to be a case of murder and suicide is reported from Te Wharau, near Dargavitle. Mrs. Matthew Tehula (35), a While…

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La Court's Widow Charge Dismissed

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 7

Gladys Mason, alias Gertrude La Court, was at the Manly Police Court charged with having at Chatswood on February 19 stolen a Morris Cowley…

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Who Called? a Telephone Mystery Murder at an Adelaide Hotel Adelaide

The Daily Express · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 1

The Adelaide police are [?]ey probing the mysterious death of a woman about 28 years of age in a room at the Grosvenor hotel on…

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The Mafia Famous Crime Organisation Broken Up Revelations of Blackmail and Terrorism Palermo's Perfect Accomplishes What Generations of Police Failed to Do London, March 21

The Daily Express · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 1

The "Daily Chronicle's'' Milan correspondent says:— Italy is agog at the approaching ending of the Mafia, which has…

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Gaol Escapee Recaptured by Police Cairns (Old.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 2

Thomas Hood, who escaped from the Stewart-street Gaol, was discovered last night in a boardinghouse at Innisfail. For several day and nights the…

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Theft of Drugs. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 1

The business premises of Burroughs Welcome and Coy., men[?]facturing chemists, were broken into last night and cocaine, morphla and…

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Penrith Murder. Accused Man Committed Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 1

An inquest was held at Penrith to-day Into the death of Muriel Watson, 22, daughter: of Alfred Thomas Watson, a school teacher, of…

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Cheat And Defraud Railway Employees Charged Large Quantities of Goods Involved Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 2

In the Central Police Court to-day Frederick Dangar (33), porter; Richard Williams (30), storeman; Annie Vernon (43), Margaret Furlong (40),…

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197 MOTORISTS Before Court SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 1

At the Water Police Court to-day 197 motorists were charged with various breaches of the traffic regulations. Two magistrates were engaged…

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