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Courts & crime, 1921

7,036 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Law Notices. Monday, January 24. District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 6

Before the Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m.: Andrews at[?], Ma[?]dment. At 10.45 a.m.: Chinn v Bennett. In Lunacy.—At 10.30 a.m.—Before the Deputy Master, —Re an insane patient—summons to attend…

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Police and Lions Pandemonium at Valencia LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 1

The police charged workers at Valencia who were holding a meeting of protest against the deaths of the Syndicalists at Barcelona. A panic…

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Sequel to Merry Party Trundle's Week-End Four Men in Court Two Injured; Five Poisoned TRUNDLE

Evening News · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 1

James Dawson, [?] clerk, Patrick English, 24, boilermaker: J. English, laborer and W. J. Clarke, case manufacturer were charged in the North Sydney Police Two people were injured and five poisoned during the week-end. Mrs. Quade was driving a sulky up a bill when the horse stumbled. She was…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 6

PROFITEERING PREVENTION ACT, 1920. Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, Queen's-square, Sydney.—At 10 a.m.—Proceedings in respect of offences…

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Sailors of Italy Sentenced to Gaol Goods Stolen From Ship

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 8

Three Italian sailors were charged at the Central Police Court this morning with having stolen a quantity of goods from the vessel. "Timavo," on January…

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Charge of Assault

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 6

Further evidence was heard at the Central Summons Court yesterday in the case in which James Duncan, manager and licensee of the Hotel Mansions, proceeded against Charles Salon, a house and land…

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Police Raid Arrest in Empty House Frequented by Reputed Thieves Eleven Accused Sentenced

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 7

The forms at the back of No. 3 Central Police Court recalled this morning the gallery at Her Majesty's, when 11 men and two women appeared together…

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Carrying Revolvers. First Prosecutions. Magistrate's Remarks

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 3

"I have treated you lightly, because it is the first case under the Act. The bench intends to administer this Act in rigor, and in such a way as to put down the evil of the…

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Police Station Burned

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 5

The police station at Thornleigh, near [?] down to-day. [?] and his wire left the [?] together, and when they returned…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 6

Before the Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m.—James v Service…

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Murder of Constable Increasing the Reward

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 7

The murder of Constable Wolgast has caused the public to become incensed at the cowardly work of the criminal who fired the fatal shot, and…

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Film Men and Police

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 5

A team from the Motion Picture Trade will meet the North Sydney police at North Sydney Oval on Thursday, at 2 p.m. The Motion Picture…

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Police Station Burned Blaze at Thornleigh

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 7

The police station at Thornleigh. near Parramatta, was destroyed by fire this morning. Constable Homer and his wife were…

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Mile of Running Fight Is a Tent a Building? Civilians and Police "Specials" Disbanded London, Monday. Court's Decision Questioned

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 1

A simultaneous attack on the police and military barracks in the centre of bandon, a town shoot 20 miles from Cork, was beaten off after At the North Sydney police court yesterday week, the Lane Cove Council proceeded against a local resident for erecting a building without first have…

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In Gaol for Life Man Who Shot a Nurse Dies in Long Bay

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 7

A man with many aliases and serving a life sentence, Alfred Snow, aged 59, died at Long Bay prison yesterday…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, January 25. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 6

In Lunacy.—At 10.30 a.m.—Before the Deputy Master. —Re an insane patient, examination under summons…

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Wolgast Murder Considering the Reward Once Saved Crook's Life Fuller Description Issued

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 8

The matter of increasing the reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who shot and killed Constable Wolgast will be considered by…

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The Man Hunt Police Optimistic More About the Murderer

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 5

The search for the murderer o Constable Wolgast is proceeding quietly and [?]thodically, and although the prospects of locating him are not of the…

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Register Your Revolver the New Gun Act Invaluable to the Police

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 1

The prosecutions reported in the "Evening News" [?] of [?] who have been [?] Gun Licese [?]…

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Berwick Lane "Has Most Hovels in Sydney" Police Evidence in Raid Case

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 5

A house, 23 Berwick-lane, Darlinghurst was raided at about [?] p.m. on January 12. A strong posse of dete[?] and police arrested 1[?] persons, who…

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