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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

7,397 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Police Honored Medals Presented Veterans' Service

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 6

The Governor (Sir Walter Davidson) yesterday afternoon presented 25 Imperial Service Medals to police officers and others in recognition of…

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FROCKS. For the Tennis Court

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 3

The nimble Mdlle. Lenglen, with her native "flair" for dress, has more or less "set" the fashions for the tennis court. Most players follow her lead in wearing…

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Tuesday, January 30. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 6

In Chambers.—Before the Prothonotary, in the Prothonotary's Public Chambers.—At 2.15 p.m.: Stoddart v Platt, exam, judgment debtor. Prothonotary's [?]—Before the Deputy…

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Recited the Rosary Protest Against Executions Women Outside Gaol London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 1

Women and girls made a demon[?] [?]stration outside Dundalk gaol, where some rebels were about to be executed…

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Cremorne Hotel for and Against Police Objection

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 5

The application of Patrick Francis Crome, of the Victoria Hotel, Myrtle Street, Darlington, for a transfer of his license to promises at the corner…

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The Police and the Public. Unconscious Hooligan8

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 24

It is not a nice reflection on Australian citizenship to find the Acting Premier appealing to the people to show more sympathy towards the police and…

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32 Arrested Police Raid Alleged Gaming House

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 5

As the result of a police raid on [?] app[?]ted before Mr. [?] at the Central [?]…

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Broken Hill Tragedy Man Fatally Stabbed Woman Charted With Murder

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 4

A man named Timothy Galvin, forty years of ago, was stabbed in the chest on Monday night last at the rear of a house in Crystal-street, Broken Hill…

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Girl's Death Police Inquiry "Top of William-st."

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 1

A [?] who save her [?] as [?] of West Australian dead in the Coast Hospital [?] an [?]…

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Police Force. Tone of Criticism Resented Mr. Oakes' Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 9

In a short reply to the rejoinder made by the secretary of the Police Association (Mr. Fortescue) concerning the police administration, as published in yeaterday's "Herald," the…

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Tennis Court a District Attraction Parents and Citizens

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 14

North West states that the Parents and Citizens' Association in his township is anxious to construct a tennis court, but not on the school grounds…

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"Lord's Cousin'' Sensational Court Story "Menace to Society'' Detective's Allegations

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 8

A man named Alec Westland Robertson was described by Detective-sergeant Alchin at the Central Police Court, to-day, as menace to…

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Parliaments, Parties and Policies Macquarie-st. Menaced by Police Mr. Oakes Castigated

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 2

The only matter of importance that has occurred in Parliamentary circles since Mr. Oakes assumed the temporary leadership of the Government has…

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Ruhr Magnates Fined by French Court Martial Hotel Boycott Foreigners Unable to Get Food LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 1

Directors of the German coal companies in the Ruhr who have refused to carry out French instructions have been tried by court-martial, and fined sums ranging from 5000 to 224,000 francs…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 9

Queen's-square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Claridge v Bloeh and Gerber, Hart v Hogan. For hearing.—At 11.30 a.m.: The Public Service Association of New South Wales…

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Faces Seen at Kogarah Police Court

The Propeller · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 2

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Charge of Theft

The Propeller · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 7

Charles Arthur Manning, a boy a little over 16 years of age, was charged with stealing a quantity of tobacco and cigarettes from the shop of Leonard…

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Police Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 4

The motor cycling section of the Police Hospital Carnival on February 24, will be organised by the Sydney Bicycle and Motor-cycle Club this year, and will include a teams' race for teams of two each: a…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, January 24. 1923. Alleged Attempt to Steal

The Propeller · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 7

Robert William John Jones and Clyde Alfred Cope were charged with attempting to break and enter the shop of Charles Alfred Cubley, in Park Road,…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 9

Before the Registrar,—At 10.30 a.m.: Davis v Duffy…

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