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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1922

7,218 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250

Monmesson's Mess. He "Performs" With a Bottle. Might Have Been Charged With Manslaughter", Says Magistrate

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 10

Magistrates have little sympathy with any man brought before them charged with violence, and much less for the individual who selects a bottle as a…

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MURDER! Central Court "Crime". Slovenly Slops and the King's English

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 12

One can forgive a Mongolian for "murdering" the King's English; but would the most charitable person in this city grant free pardons to the perpetrators…

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"Killing No Murder"

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 10

"Killing no murder" appears to be the maxim in Germany to-day, when killed are Labor leaders. Since the revolution many of the most prominent…

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Audacious Theft Suitcase Snatched Victim Punched in Face

The Sun · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 4

Whilst In Oxford-street, Newtown, a man was punched in the face and had his suitcase, containing £40, stolon. The victim of the assault was…

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Unique Record City Identity Spends 15 Successive Christmases in Gaol

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 2

There is one man in Sydney whose Christmas was all on its own for uniqueness. He is an identity of the city, a harmless, good-hearted fellow…

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The City's Signs. "Keep to the Left!" Police Begin Prosecutions

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 10

That is Sydney. If John Smith had a pill which held, guarantee to rid you of corns in 12 hours hy a special internal process, held have a sign put up…

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Lily and May. Married Woman & a Widow Captured by Brave Bobbies But Magistrate Gates Gives Benefit of Doubt

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 10

Some hard swearing pro and con[?]sued at the Central Police Court on Thursday, when two comely young women, may Walker, 24, and L[?]y…

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Thompson's Trouble. Stealing a Solicitor's Wallet While Bidding for a Bat at Bondi. Light Fingered Crook Gets Three Months

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 8

Joseph Phillip Thompson, 28, was accused at the Paddington Court on Thursday with picking the pocket of a solicitor at the Bondi Carnival on December…

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BUTCHER & Belie. Mix Up at Marrickwille Mrs. Cox Makes Charge of Assault. Alleging She Was Brutally Battered and Kicked

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 11

John O'Grady, a strapping young butcher, and Amy Cox, a young married woman, were the central figures, in a case heard before Mr. Giles shaw at the…

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The Bears of Stringy Bark Justice in a Bear Court

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 4

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Shocking Murder School Girl Strangled Naked Body in Lane Was it Work of Lunatic? MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 2

The naked body of a 12-years' old girl who had boon outragod, and strangled to death, was found in a laneway off Little Collins-street, this…

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"Tales of Terror". Faked Stories of Outrage. Tale-Teller Bowled Out by Police

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 8

Citizens are becoming tired of the people who make a habit of hoaxing the police with concocted melodramatic stories. Usually these are the work of…

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Roger Casement Story of Capture by Police Bitterness Against Germany Feminine Trait in Character

The Sun · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 13

WHEN the Germans turned their attentions to Ireland Sir Roger Casement was in the United States, and Von…

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Gaol or Grave? Dying Man and a Criminal Charge. Will O' the Wisp and the Long Arm of the Law. "A Sad Case", Says S.M.

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 12

Recently a man was released from gaol in New Zealand and sent back to Sydney to die. On arrival here he was arrested on a…

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Who's Baby's Father? Young Railway Man Says He's Not. Full Court Decides Against His Appeal

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 10

Before their Honors Mr. Justice Real, Mr. Justice Lukin, and Mr. Justice Shand (forming the Queensland Full Court), a case of rather widespread…

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New Year's Eve Assault Canbelego

The Sun · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 6

Charles Cooper, foreman of the Mount Boppy Gold Mines, was the victim of a cowardly assault on New Year's Eve. Several, men were…

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Police Arrests Old Cases Revived

Evening News · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 6

The arrest by Constables Elliott and Beveridge of Newtown station. yesterday. of a young man on a charge of having stolen a bicycle, led to the…

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Murder Mystery. Searching for Clues. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 7

In pursuit of information regarding the mysterious death of the young woman Wilkins at Bournemouth the police searched for John Davison an engineer, who is owner of a small…

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Dreadful Crime. Girl's Death. Outrage and Murder. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 7

The nude body of a young girl, strangled to death, was fount in a narrow lane off Little Collins-street, near Exhibition-street, early on Saturday morning She was Alma Tirtschke,…

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Murder Mystery Bournemouth Crime Still Unsolved London, December 30

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 5

The latest phase of the Bournemouth murder, the victim of which was a woman named Wilkins, who went to take up a situation as cook, is that the police were searching for John…

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