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Courts & crime, 1924

9,738 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Police Protection

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 4

Mr. Lang, leader of the State Parliamentary Opposition, headed a deputation to the inspector-General of Police yesterday, asking for mereased police…

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Youthful Criminals Get Two Years' Gaol

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 6

Henry Fawcett and Herbert Hickey, lads of 17 and 18, who had pleaded guilty, were sentenced by Acting-Judge Edwards at the Quarter…

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West Maitland Gaol. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 10

Representations were recently made from the East Maitland Council urging the Government to close the gaol for the purpose of converting it into an agricultural high school…

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Woman Attacked Constable Charged Bail Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 8

Charged with having attempted to commit a serious offence against S[?] Ann M'Cay, at Hurstville, on January 29 William David Dillon, aged 20. a…

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Sent to Gaol: Nobody Knows Why Police Can't Tell--accused's Solicitor Can't Find Out--discharged Man Wants His Typewriter and Can't Get It. a Police Court Tangle That Needs Unravelling--Somebody Slipped

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 1

There is usually a reason of some kind nowadays why any person is grabbed by the police, sent out to Long Bay Penitentiary, and put under lock and key within the prison walls But the unusual has happened, and a man who was the guest of his Majesty one day this week wants to know the reason…

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Police Protection at Auburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 11

After listening to an appeal made by a representative debutation handed by the leader of the Opposition Mr. Lang, the [?] General of Police yesterday [?] to [?]…

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Hard-court Tennis

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

Club secretaries in the western suburbs and surrounding districts are reminded that entries for the mixed hard court competition will close with the secretary. W. H. Rowe…

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"Life Is Hell" German Crews Charged Broke Into Larder

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 9

With pale eyes staring gravely from their clear-complexioned faces, 26 young men, of marked Teutonic features, crowded the floor space of the…

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Police Want Owners Pile of Goods

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 10

After a recent arrest at Flemington, the police took away a large quantity of goods from the house of a man who was apprehended. Most of the articles have been…

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Murder Trial Attracts Crowds Sensational Evidence in Brisbane Shooting Case--killing of Ex. M.L.A. Laydon Before Court BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

[?] my home, [?] and interfered with my wife. [?]…

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Hard Court Tennis Record Year Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

This year promises to be a record one mi hard court tenuis. Since the commencement of the F. O. Blackwell Cup and Angus and Coote Cup matches,…

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Law Can't Be Rushed to Set a Man Free Mun Due to be Discharged Has to Wait Police Court's Pleasure

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

In these days of pressure of work at the central Court, solicitors sometimes get at cross purposes with the magistrates and the prosecuting…

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Port Lyttelton Stranding. Marine Court Inquiry

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 4

The Court of Marine Inquiry, consisting of Mr. E. L. Hall, as senior member, with Captains Pidgeon and Macarthur as nautical assessors, held an…

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List's Identity Police Satisfied Razor Found MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 8

The identification of the body found at Packenham on Friday is complete, and the police are absolutely satisfied it is that of Norman List, who is…

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Rachael Cohen Marine Court's Finding DARWIN

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 11

The Court of Marine Inquiry dealing with the loss of the Rachael Cohen was continued to-day. The court found that the fire was…

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Adelaide Visitor Gets Into Trouble Didn't Pay Taxi Fare--Gaol Threatened--But Luck Was With Him

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 6

Cecil Dudley, a visitor from Adelaide, who arrived in Sydney only on Tuesday morning, was before the Central Police Court yesterday on a…

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Father Revisits Room Where Dead Children Lay Murder of Williams' Children Police Search for Father Friend's Startling Story of Discussion with Williams "Have Sent Them to Good Friend" How Discovery Was Made

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 1

SYDNEY has been stocked by the brutal murder of the three little Williams girls, in their home at 157 Underwood Street, Paddington. The police are combing Sydney for their father, Edward…

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Murder Charge. an Alleged Admission. Death of a Former M.L.A. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 9

Jas. Wm. Laydon was charged at the Police Court to-day with having murdered A. E. V. Whitford, ex-M.L.A., on January 29. Constable Campbell stated that when he was in the…

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Woman Shot at North Sydney in Hospital with Four Bullet Wounds in Her Body--condition Critical. Husband Charged

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

Mrs. Ma[?] a married woman [?]years of age, [?] the Royal North Shore Hospital with five bullet wounds in her body, as the result of a shoot…

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District Court. (Before his Honor, Judge Scholes.) a Triangular Action

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 5

Leslie v Wallace, Wallace v Leslie, and Leslie v Cuzner. The dispute in these cases arose in the following way: Mrs. Mary Leslie, of…

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