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Courts & crime, 1926

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Mr. Justice Pike's Decision D. G. Stark Appeal Case Heard Before Land and Valuation Court at Griffith. Clay Subsoil Is Not Impervious. Tree Roots Have No Difficulty in Penetrating

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 3

Following is the Full Judgment, of Mr. Justice Pike, announced by him in the Land and Valuation Court, Sydney on Wednesday last, in respect of the application by the Water' Conservation and Irrigation Commission for determination of purchase money of Irrigation Farm…

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Murder of Ruth Clarkson

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 1

Maurice Stryman, charged with the murder of Ruth Clarkson was again before the Central Police Court yesterday, and on application, the police…

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Pillaged Skins. Railway Employees Charged £1800 Said to Be Involved Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 1

William James Towner, aged 32, railway shunter, and Reginald Morton (42), railway employee, were charged in the Burwood Police Court to-day…

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Japanese Unrest Police Unable to Make Arrests TOKIO

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 1

REUTER'S TOKIO correspondent states that despatches from Nat[?] tell of the State mobs continued threads to the authorities…

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After Three Years Charge of Assault and Attempted Robbery £550 of National Bank Money Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 1

Following on the Police Court proceedings on Friday, when Inspector Whittle, chief of the C.I.B., asked the bench to refuse bail to George Gray…

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Accused now Sane. 1921 Murder Charge Revived Man's Body in Old Mine Perth

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 4

The trial has commenced in the Criminal Court before Judge North-bridge and a jury of James Samuel O'Loughlin for the alleged murder of…

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Rushed from Footpath Man Killed by Police Driven Car Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 2

A man, believed to be Charles Ryan, lately residing at Darlinghurst, was knocked down and fatally injured by a motor car driven by Detective…

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Hillston Police Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 5

Walter Best, 36, a farmer, appeared before Mr. A. C. McDonald, J.P., on Monday on a charge that he did at Merriwagga on the 18th inst…

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Women Police American Activity

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 4

The movement for the establishment of women police is extending. There are a number employed in that capacity in Great Britain, but the…

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Attempted Subornation Charge Made in Court. Substantial Sum." "Chief Witness Offered Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 3

When Newton Abrahams, aged 35, merchant, was charged with theft at the Darlinghurst Sessions, to-day, the Crown Prosecutor, Mr. M'Kenn, asked…

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Police Catch Man with Stolen Axe Near Wood-heap

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 2

The vigilance of the Leeton police resulted in William Sid Bell, raged 49 years, and Erward Bell, aged 46 years, being charged that they did…

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McGinty as a Witness Paudeen O'Rafferty Reports a Court Case

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 5

An assault case occurred in Mildura the oilier day, the sequel to which eventuated in the police court and as McGinty was a witness of the…

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Divorce Court Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 1

Mr. Justice Owen, in the Divorce Court to-day, expressed his view that the wife who divorced her husband and was recovering maintenance and…

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Police Court Larceny of Rabbit Traps

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 2

At the Tumut Police Court on July 21, Oswald Hope Joseph Bullock, charged with stealing 38 rabbit traps, the property of Laurence A…

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Jewel Theft £11,000 Worth Stolen SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 1

MR. SAUL NEWBURY, a reputed millionaire, from Chicago, who 13 saying at the Hotel Australia, informed the police this morning…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, July 26, 1926 (Before Mr. J. B. Gibson, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 3

The following cases were dealt with in the Wagga Police Court yesterday: DANGEROUS DRIVING Alexander, Henry Naylor, of Wagga…

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Killed With Bottle Man Charged with Slaying Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 3

In the Newtown Police Court, to-day, James Theodore Chaplin, laborer, was charged with feloniously slaying Timothy M'Carthy…

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Women Police Universal Movement American Activity

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 3

The movement for the establishment of women police is extending. There are a number employed in that capacity in Great Britain, but the…

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Clarkson Murder Woman Shot in Flat Tangled Love Story Revealed Captain Strymans Committed SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 1

The city coroner to-day opened an inquest concerning the death of Ruth Clarkson in a flat at Darlinghurst on July 12. Maurice Strymans (38), a…

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Gaol Governor Attacked

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1926 · page 6

It has been reported that Mr. [?]. Barclay, the governor of Pentridge Gaol, Melbourne, was assaulted by an indeterminate sentence man, who…

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