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Courts & crime, 1927

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Police Station Robbed Safe Blown Open. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 2

At Howard on Saturday robbers entered the local police station, blew open the safe, and secured £11. They missed some other money, being…

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Women's Interest Recipes Favored by the Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 3

Beef steaks dressed in this simple manner, were the established breakfast of the Maids of Honour in the days of Queen Elizabeth. At an…

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Troops and Police to Control Elections New York, April 3

The Daily Express · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 1

Chinese reports state that following the attendance of the primary municipal election contest by violence, last month, this city, after the most…

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Paris Shooting Attempted Murder Charged Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 1

The Comtesse de Janze has been changed with the attempted murder of Raymond De Trafford, after a preliminary magisterial examination at the…

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Hit With a Brick Assault Case in Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 3

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. L. Adams, P.M., Nedah Singh, an Indian, charged Michael Thyne, a lorry driver with…

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Town Clerk Sentenced Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 1

Samuel Tolbart Green, ex Town Clerk of Blackheath Council, who was convicted at Parramatta Quarter Sessions of having concurred in the…

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Henty Court House

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 2

The Department of Justice has approved of additions to the Henty Court House. These include extending the present court house to the…

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Calais Shooting Murder Charge Follows Paris, April 4

The Daily Express · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 2

The Counties De Janze has been charged with attempted murder of De Trafford after a preliminary magisterial examination at the…

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Local and General. Charge of Stealing

The Daily Express · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 2

At Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. J. Daleyb, J. P. Edward [?]cher, of Bay[?]s Street Wagga pleaded not gul[?]ty to a charge of…

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Two Stories of Assault Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 1

A girl living at Como informed the police to-day that she had been assaulted and robbed while crossing Hamoden Park, Paddington. Later,…

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Wagga Arrests Two Men Carrying Burglary Outfits Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 1

MORE DETAILS are available about yesterday's arrest. A few minutes before 4 o'clock Constable Fitzgerald, who was on patrol in…

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The Police Success

The Daily Express · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 2

Next to the actual arrests matte yesterday of two men, in whose possession [?]use[?]eaking implements were found one of the chief matter…

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Police Hoaxed. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 1

After breaking a window at a tailor's shop at Brunswick the thieves took out a wax dummy with an over coat on it. When chased by the police…

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Girl’s Story [?]Of Assault and Robbery Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 1

A girl residing at Como informe[?] the police that she had been assaulted and robbed while crossing Ham[?]den Park. Paddington. Later,…

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Some Court Figures

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 2

It looks as if 1927 is going to be a "Girls' Year." Of the 25 new babies which came along to Gundagai between January 1st and March 31st,…

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Ariah Park Police Court Thursday, March 31st (Before Messrs M. Collings aud G. Seymour, J’s.P.) Motor Act Breaches

Ariah Park News · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 3

Arthul Bullen for failure to give notice of the sale of a car was fined 5/- and 8/- costs of Court…

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Russian Embassy Police Raid at Peking Peking

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 1

Acting on signed authorisation of the diplomatic corps, over 106 of Chang Tso-Lin's troops and armed police raided the Soviet Embassy. The…

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Police Hoaxed with Tailor’s Dummy Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 2

After breaking the show window at a tallor’s shop at Brunswick th[?]evesq took out a wax du[?] with an overcoat on it. When chased by police,…

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Russian Embassy Police Paid at Peking Peking, April 6

The Daily Express · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 1

Acting on signed authorisation of the di[?]ometle corps, over 100 of Chang Tso Lin’s troops and armed police raided the Soviet…

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Sensational Arrests. Follow Local Safe-breaking Incidents Two Men Carrying Burglary Outfits One Suspect Engages in Desperate Fight with Constable Fitzgerald

The Daily Express · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 1

Sensation has followed sensation in Wagga during the past weeks, culminating early yesterday morning in the arrest of two men, one of whom stands charged with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on a ..constable and both with having had in…

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