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Courts & crime, 1927

1,628 stories in Riverina's papers · page 58 of 82

Latest City News Attempt to Blow Up Police Department. Sydney, This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 2

A terrific explosion wrecked the criminal investigation branch of the Queensland Police Department shortly after midnight on Saturday. The…

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Pitt Street Murder Police Investigations Many Documents Examined Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2

The police have made little headway in their search for the murderer of Daniel Condon, moneylender, is his office in Pitt Street, city. They were…

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Engineers Charged Protest Procession SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

More than 1000 engineers will march in procession to-day to the No. 2 Industrial Court as a protest against the prosecution of 22…

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Boy Stabbed Brother Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2

In attempting to protest his mother, a boy was stabbed in the side by his elder brother at North Sydney on Saturday…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, August 15. (Before Mr. H. T. Adams, P.m.) Licensing Prosecutions

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 3

For having been found on the premises of the Great [?] during prohibited hours without lawful excuse, Myles A. M'Ga[?], George…

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Condon Murder The Last Receipt SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 1

The police have made little, headway in their search for the murderer of Daniel Condon. They were engaged during the week-end in sorting…

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Charge of Murder Against Motor Proprietor Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Louis Johnson, aged 37 years, motor car proprietor, was charged in the Central Court to-day with having feloniously slain John Conary and…

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Brutal Assault Man's Eye Gouged Out Youth Found Guilty Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

A story of shocking brutality was related at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day when Brian Trovers, aged 18 years, was charged with having…

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Deliberately Caused Explosion at Police Headquarters BRISBANE

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 3

It is non certain that the explosion at police headquarters was deliberately caused. It has been definitely ascertained there were no explosives…

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Boxer Charged with Assault Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day the well known colored boxer, Joe Hall, was charged with having assaulted Alfred Stephens, Hall was remanded…

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Police Court Case Is Perjury Prosecution Warranted? Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 6

At the conclusion of a case at the Central Court to-day, Mr. Longfield, P.M. intimated that he intended to send the paper to the Attorney-General…

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O'higgins Murder London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 1

Owen Donelly and Thomas Herrigan, who were arrested on a charged of complicity in the murder of the Irish Free State Minister, Mr…

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Engineers' Strike Court Proceedings Adjourned Mr. Garden's Heroics Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 2

Nearly 2000 engineers took part in a demonstration procession to-day as a protest against the prosecution of 21 fellow unionists who, it was alleged,…

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"Razor Jack" Sensational Court Story Man Accused of Shooting Acquired SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 1

Sensational evidence was given at the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday, when Thomas Kelly, aged 35 motor car proprietor, was…

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"Razor Jack" Sensational Court Story Man Accused of Shooting Acquitted Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 2

Sensational evidence was given at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day when Thomas Kelly, aged 35 years, motor car proprietor, was charged with…

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Sydney Murder Spiritualist's Information Worthless. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 4

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mitchell, to-day received a letter from a woman who claims to be a spiritualist, stating that while she was in a trance…

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Railway Pilfering. an Apple a Day Won't Keep the Police Away

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 1

Before Police Magistrate Harrison at Cootamundra police court on Monday, George Rowe, a railway employee, was charged with stealing a…

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