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Courts & crime, 1921

7,036 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Magistrate As Sailor. Shipping Office Inquiry. Getting First-hand Information

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 8

For some weeks Mr. A. Osmonde Butler, P.M., of Tamworth, has been conducting a special inquiry into the conduct of the Sydney Shipping Office, and, it is said, that considerable…

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Eastbourne Murder. Convicted Men Accuse Each Other. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 11

Jack Alfred Field and William Thomas Gray, two young men under sentence of death for the murder of Irene Munro, a London typist, at Eastbourne in August last, are making…

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Law Notices. Wednesday, January 19. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 9

In Chambers.£Before Mr. Justice James, in No. 2 Court, at 10 a.m.: Dodge and Seymour, Ltd., v Gilles, security and stay; Ramaclotti v Lawes, cross action, stay, etc…

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Ferry Fares. to Go Before Profiteering Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 12

Mr. Murphy, M.L.A., stated yesterday that he has been advised by the Premier and the Attorney-General that the Sydney Ferries fares increases will be put before the…

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Police Murders Drastic Measures Warning to Mayor LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 1

General Strickland, in a letter to the Deputy-Mayor of Cork, refers to the recent dastardly attempts to murder police. He says that the present state…

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Midnight Mystery The Man With the Cart Police Chase Suspect

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 8

Some say that a policeman never re[?]rets that his job almost compels him to have a suspicious mind; but there are some to-day who would be better…

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Police Ambushed Raiders Killed Attack on Barracks LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 1

Five policemen were wounded in an ambush in Galway. In another ambush at Clonlawn there were no police casualties, but it is believed that two…

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Gaol Without Option Stealing From Wharf

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 1

Harold Hood, aged 23, a carter, who was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with stealing from a wharf, was sentenced to a month's…

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Stealing From Wharf Magistrate Will Not Fine

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 3

Remarking that be would not impose a fine in such cases, Mr. Adrian, S.M., imposed a sentence of a month's imprisonment on Harlold Hood, 73, a carter…

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No Income Returns Defaulters at Police Court

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 3

In the Central Summons Court today, before Mr. Giles shaw the following persons, proceeded against by Mr. J. Slattery, prosecuting officer for the…

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Stay In, or Stop Out Police Court Audience

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 8

The progress of a case at parramatta Police Court was interrupted yesterday, when a witness complained to the Bench that a woman in the public portion of…

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Parramatta Gaol. Proposed Woollen Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 4

A select committee sat yesterday on the proposal to convert the Parramatta Goal into a woollen factory. A deputation of textile workers, from whom…

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Mean Theft Church Robbed LITHGOW

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 9

One of the meanest thefts recorded on the Mountains for some time is reported from Lawson, where sneak thieves entered the Catholic Church…

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Police Magazine

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 8
Also in Evening News

The New South Wales Police Association has issued its initial publication of a monthly magazine. The magazine consists of 32 pages, and contains some…

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Alleged False Dockets Drapery Salesman Charged

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 7

The being of a duplicate docket book in order to pocket portion of the proceeds of sales was alleged against Thomas Drinkwater, 43 a salesman who…

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Eastbourne Murder. the Appeals Dismissed. London. January 18

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 5

The appeals of Field and Gray against their conviction for the Eastbourne murder were dismissed. Each man in the appeal alleged that the other had committed the crime…

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Law Notices. Thursday, January 20. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 5

In Chambers.—Prothonotary's Offife.—Before the Prothonotary.—Prescott, Ltd., v O'Dea, at:10.15 a.m; Mace and another v T. and C. Riley, Ltd., at 10.30 a.m. Before the Deputy Registrar in Divorce.—…

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Cart in Publichouse Shock to Licensee's Wife Court Case Succeeds

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1921 · page 12

An Interesting question has been decided by the English Court of King's Bench. The plaintiff, the wife of a publican, was serving behind the bar, when…

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£10 on Orient Pearl Man Charged with Theft

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 8

"The human [?] always on," remarked Mr. [?] S.M. at the central Police Court to day during the bearing of a case in which Thomas Michael…

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