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Courts & crime, 1920

6,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250

Alleged Assault. Postal Assistant Charged. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 6

In the police court this afternoon, George William Davidson, 30, postal assistant, was charged with assaulting G. A. Gunning, postmaster, thereby occasioning him grievous…

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Australian's Death. Four Frenchmen Charged London, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 5

The Inquiry by the British authorities in reference to the fracas at Peronne in November, shows that two Australians belonging to a graves' detachment encamped near by,…

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Quiet for the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 4

Police records show that during Christmas week numbers of petty thefts were reported, but nothing of gravity in the matter of crime. There certainly had been a series of shooting…

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Charleville Riots Police Reinforced Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 3

The Commissioner of Police has received from the sub -inspector at Charlevllle a telegram stating that he considers it .necessary to retain the…

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Fifty-five Drunks Police Have Quiet Time

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 3

So far as the police and the fire brigadas are concerned the passing of the old year was the quietest for many years…

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Fight in Court Prisoner Throws Witness

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 2

A scene occurred at Poola (Dor[?]) Court recently when William J. Woods clerk, employed at the Government timber works, pools, was charge with…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 2. District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 3

Before the Registrar,—At 10.30 a.m.—Bradley and another v McGuinness. Industrial Arbitration Court.—Before the Industrial Registrar, 78 Elizabeth-street.—For settlement of…

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New Year's Eve. a City of Quiet. Police Control Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 4

New Year's Eve. 1919, will be remembered as one of the quietest that Sydney has experienced. And this was strange, since it was really the…

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Met by Police Fate of Deputation Surprise for Unemployed BRISBANE

The Sun · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 3

Over 100 unemployed met outside the Labor Bureau this morning and resolved to wait upon the Premier (Mr. Theodore). They also decided to…

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Law Report. Supreme Court. in Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice Gordon.) Case From Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 3

Mr. D. S. Edwards (instructed by Messrs. Dawson, Waldron, and Glover) made an exparte application on behalf of Clement Everingham, of Grafton, for a writ of prohibition…

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A Retiring Magistrate. Farewell at Kogarah

The Propeller · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 2

At the Kogarah Police Court on Wednesday Mr. Clarke, S.M., presided for the last time on the metropolitan bench prior to his…

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Australian's Death. Four Frenchmen Charged London, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 7

The inquiry by the British authorities in reference to the fracas at Peronne in November, shows that two Australians belonging to a graves' detachment encamped near by,…

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Law Notices. Friday, January 2. District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 9

Before the Registrar—At 10.00 a.m.; Bradley and other v McGuinness. Industrial Arbitration Court.—Before the industrial Registrar, 78 Elizabeth-street.—For settlement of…

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Wild Holiday Railway Men Suffer Call for Police Aid MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 3

Telegrams received by the Railway Department this morning appealed for police protection for the railway employees at Chelsea and Carrum. The…

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V.c. Court-martialled. Press Letters on Russian Campaign. a Soldier's Defence

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 6

Major (Acting-Lieutenant-Colonel) J. Shervood Kelly, V.C., C.M.G., D.S.O., appeared before a General Court-martial at the Middlesex Guildhall, to answer charges of…

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Liverpool Police Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 5

Charles Trapnell, for drunkenness, was fined 10s, or three days' imprisonment; and for using indecent language he was fined £1, or three days…

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Grape Stealing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 6

Mr. A. Benson, of The Rest, Old Prospect-road, Wentworthville, a 25-year-old subscriber to "The Argus," advertises in this issue that he is appointing a…

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Serious Assault

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 6

During an altercation on Saturday morning last between two inmates of Rookwood State Hospital and Asylum, outside of Block 9, one of the parties named Peter…

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Police News

The St George Call · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 6

Sergt. (1st Class) Ryan, of Penrith, has been transferred to Kogarah, to relieve Sergeant (2nd Class) T. Dunlop, who has been stationed at Kogarah for…

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Charge of Assault Victim in Callan Park

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 3

At the Balmain Police Court William Thomas Stewart, 27, a postal assistant, was charge with inflicting grievous bo[?]ily barm on Robert Frederick Hough…

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