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Courts & crime, 1920

6,028 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

A Shipment of Fruit. Interesting Case in Court

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

A case of considerable interest to fruitgrowers and those connected with shipping was partly dealt with in the Court of Requests, Hobart, recently…

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Wheat Cases Charges of Conspiracy Rheuben and Others in Court

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 4

Edward Patrick Michael Sheedy [?] accountant and Reginald [?] Arthur Rheuben were charged this morning at the Central Police Court with…

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More Sinn Feinism. Man Killed in Attack on Police. London, January 20

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 11

The authorities having removed the police from the Donbeg Barracks, which were recently burned to the ground, the Sinn Feiners 'ordered Constable Costigan's wife to remove from the…

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Yesterday's Police Court Charges

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 2

At the City Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. C. F. Bullen, S.M. William Ryan, 52, lighterman, was charged with being in possession, on…

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Alleged Assault at the Quay

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 2

Arthur Tuile, a laborer residing at 16 Grosvenor-Street, City, was transferred to the Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon by the Civil Ambulance and…

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Wheat Again Conspiracy Alleged Five Men Charged

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 4

Following on Mr. Justice Pring's report on the administration of the State Wheat Office, the following were charged at the Central Police Court…

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Alleged Conspiracy Five Men Charged with Corrupt Dealing a Wheat Transacts

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 2

Reginald Herbert Arthur Rheuben; John Douglas Brunton, 34, foreman ; Edward Patrick Michael Sheedy, 45. accountant; Selby Churchill, 32,…

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Landlord Sharks Another Sunday Times Victory. Magistrate Dismisses Flagrant Case Digger's Widow's Rent Raised

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 3

Another victory in the Sunday Times campaign on behalf of Diggers and their widows and other dependents against rapacious landlords was secured last…

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Murder Epidemic Britain's Grim Wave of Crime Scotland Yard Baffled War's Bloodshed Cheapens Life London, January 20

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 1

Crimes of violence and moral turpitude are becoming so numerous that judges and preachers are constantly moved to express their uneasiness…

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Reign of Terror Several Police Killed in Ireland. Wild Scenes of Disorder Soldiers Fire on Mob London

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 1

At Thurles yesterday, a constable was wounded seriously. The district is the centre of one of the most disaffected counties, where several police have been…

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State Wheat Contracts. Conspiracy Charged. Five Men in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 5

Charges arising out of the recent Royal Commission into the administration, of the State Wheat Office were mentioned in the Central Police Court on Saturday…

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Motor Fatality Taxi-driver Charged

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 5

Roy Barridge Brown, aged 28, a taxi-driver, who was arrested in connection with the death of a man whose name is unknown, was before the Central…

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The Theft in the Savings Bank

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 7

Mr. J. H. Davies, secretary, Government Savings Bank of Now South Wales, writes:-- With reference to your sub-leader, respecting the theft of £100 from a depositor on…

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Theft at Redfern. £1000 Worth of Silk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 8

During the temporary absence of the watchman thieves broke into the warehouse of Stanton Mellick, at Elizabeth-street, Redfern, on Saturday afternoon, and silk material valued…

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Assault and Robbery Man Who Asked For Match

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 5

When William John M'Donald, of Palmer-street, Sydney, was walking along Spencer-lane, Darlinghurst, on Saturday night, one of two men…

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Police A.a.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 9

Eight events for members of the Police Club were cont[?]sted at the Bourke-street Depot grounds. Results:- 100 Yards Handicap.—Final: C. Metcalfe, 7yds, 1;…

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On Police Service. with the Australians. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 7

Detective Sergeant Brennan, after five years special police service with the Australian forces in Egypt, France, and England, is returning to Australia by the Osterley. In…

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Wheat Inquiry. Charges of Conspiracy. Five Men in Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 7

Five men who had been arrested uoon charges arising out of the State Wheat Office inquiry appeared before Mr. Butler, S.M., at the Cantral Police Court on Saturday morning…

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Irish Turmoil. Murders of Police. Reprisals by Soldiers. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 7

A new crop of outrages in Ireland is reported. A constable was seriously wounded on Tuesday night in Thurles, which is a proclaimed area, and the centre of the most…

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£10,000 Reward. the Irish Crimes Many Police Victims LONDON, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 1

A proclamation issued by Dublin [?] offers a reward of £10,000 or [?] which will convict the [?] of the murders of any…

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