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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1921

7,036 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Manhandling the Police a Pyrment "Push" With a Nine-Gallon Keg

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 2

A roystering "push" from Pyrmont I went over to Balmain last night, rudely broke the peace of a, neighborhood that-has been free from disturbances for many…

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2 A.M. Edition Midnight Raid Police Surround Stable 58 Men Arrested

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 2

One of the largest raids made by the Sydney police for many years was carried out by 20 police, under Inspector Sherwood and Sergeant Charlton, at…

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Irish Incendiaries in Manchester Elaborate Scheme of Police Patrol. Big Haul of Poteen in Belfast

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 2

LONDON, Friday Night.—The Manchester police have devised an elaborate scheme for thwarting Sinn Fein incendiaries…

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Prickly Pairs in the Garden of Life. Sigh Press, Orange Blossoms, Buds, Blooms and Bloomers Nefarious Newell. Spends Most Of His Married Life In Gaol

Truth · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 4

Mary Newell, a quiet little woman, asked Mr. Justice James on Thursday last for a degree [?] against her husband, William Frederick Newell, on…

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Peculiar Police Methods. Victorian "Bar V[?]n" "vagged" An Attempt to Shunt Him Out of the State

Truth · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 8

At the Central Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Burton Smith, S.M., Joseph Farrell, a well-dressed young man, who is said to be a bookmaker in…

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The 'Buried Baby' Sequel to Divorce Story Police Dig in Laundry Yard Pound Only Rabbit Bones Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 4

Residents of Nelson-street, Williamstown, had their curiosity aroused by the appearance of two plain-clothes policeman with a uniformed constable…

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Pocket Machine Gun New Arm For New York Police "Most Terrible Man-kuler" 20 Bullets in Less Than Minute

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 13

A pistol with the power, rapidity, and effectiveness of a machine gun--such is the new "submachine" weapon recently adopted for use, by the New…

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Battye's Bella. Substitutes Stranger for Absent Soldier. Curious Charge of Condonation. Which Does Not Satisfy the Court

Truth · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 7

Louis Victor Battye, returned soldier and electrician by trade, sought a divorce at Judge Gordon's Court on Monday from his faithless young wife,…

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Ball's Bother. Shunter Shunted Into Court. Trouble Over an Overcoat, a Hat, and a Piece of Serge. Reasonably Suspected of Having Been Stolen

Truth · Sunday 6 March 1921 · page 9

That clothes make the man, may be true enough, as far as it goes; but it may also be said, in all truth, that, often as not they break him. A new…

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Alleged Car Theft Carpenter Committed

The Sun · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 5

Otto Adolph Baltrazales, aged 52, a carpenter, was charged at the Central Police Court today with having stolen, on February 22, one motor car,…

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Ten Years for Theft. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 10

Among the prisoners sentenced at the Criminal Sessions yesterday were George Brown, 20, and James Dale, 20, who had pleaded guilty to a series of robberies. Addressing Brown,…

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Police Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 10

At Saturday's session of the Police Conference, the election of eight representatives to the executive committee from the metropolitan district, was announced as follows:—…

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Police Raids

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 6

Police under the direction of Sergeant Charlton, of Regent Street Station, raided promises in Foster Street, city, on Saturday night, and arrested 13 Chinese, who were charged at the…

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Women Sent to Gaol. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 6

At the criminal sessions two women pleaded guilty to charges of having made declarations at the time of applying for dependents' allowances on account of the…

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North Sydney Murder Inquest Commences Excitement at the Court Coley Committed for Trial

The Sun · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 5

Great public interest was displayed today when the City Coroner, Mr. Jamieson, began his inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Gertrude…

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Latest in Theft Aeroplane Missing Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 5

Lieutenant Rendle reported to the police that a Maurice Farman aeroplane, the property of his Arm, had been stolen. The machine was parked…

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Police Conference Ends

The Sun · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 5

At the Police Conference this afternoon a motion was moved to the effect that divisional officers should refrain from requesting plainclothes officers…

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Illegally Using Instrument Chemist and Woman Charged

Evening News · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 4

Laura Mark and William John Harris Ferry, chemtet, pleaded not guilty, before Judge Cohen, at the Darlingburat [?] to-day to a charge of [?]…

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Police and Unemployed

Evening News · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 3

The annual Police Conference to-day adopted a resolution advocating that members should contribute to the fund for the unemployed…

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Police Want to Help

The Sun · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 5

That the members of the police farce are in thorough sympathy with the genuine unemployed was made plain at the Police Association's Conference…

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