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Courts & crime, 1924

9,738 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Goulburn Fires. Fenwick in Court. Escapee From Asylum. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 9

Robert Fentwicck, 26, suspected of having caused the rocent series of fires, who was captured by the police, near Marulan on Saturday afternoon, was formally charged at…

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Abandoned Car Found in Flames Police are Suspicious--Think Car Had Been Stolen

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 5

Answering a call at 9.30 last night, the Waverley Fire Brigade found an abandoned Dodge motor-car blazing furiously in York Road…

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DEAD 16 DAYS Husband and Wife Found in Flat Ghastly Woollahra Tragedy Letters Tell of Murder and Suicide

The Sun · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 9

Murder and suicide were responsible for a ghastly double tragedy revealed when the police burst through the front Window of Undercliffe Flats, New South Head-road, Woollahra, this morning…

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Quarter Sessions. No. 1 Court. (Before Judge Cohen.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. L. J. M'Kean. ACQUITTED

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 6

Clarence Joseph Arnold was charged with stealing two pistols, two cleaning rods, waterproof sheet, and 2000 cartridges from the Randwick drill hall, on September 29, the…

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Judge Directs Jury to Discharge Girl Sordid Case at Armidale Quarter Sessions--Girl Weeps Copiously In Court

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 6

ARMIDALE, Monday.--Doris Williams, aged 19 years, was charged at the Armidale Quarter Session to-day with the manslaughter of a male…

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Use of Ship Not Wrongful So Full Court Says--verdict in Requisition Case Upset --Costs Against Company. Federal-Fell Case

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 1

JUDGMENT was given in the appeal of the Commonwealth Government and Mr. W. Soti-Fell against a jury's verdict in the claim…

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Man and Wife Dead in Edgecliff Fiat for Sixteen Days Shocking Domestic Tragedy Murder and Suicide Apparent Husband's' Letters Tell of His Great Despair Wife's Incurable Complaint How Bodies Were Discovered

Evening News · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 1

BURSTING into what proved to be a veritable charnel-house at 311 New South Head-road, Edgecliff, to-day, the police found the bodies of William D. Wade and his wife…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before Sir Wm. Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice Ferguson, and Mr. Justice James.) the "Wings" Case. Jury's Verdict Set Aside. Verdict for Defendants. Limerick S.S. Co., Ltd. v The Commonwealth and Scott Fell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 6

Reserved judgment was delivered on a motion by the defendants to set aside the verdict of a jury returned in the action tried before the Chief Justice and a jury last year, in…

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Seamen Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 9

At the Central Police Court yesterday the following seamen were charged with having, at Port Kembla, on February 15, been absent from the vessel Port Curtis without leave:—James Angles, aged 40 years;…

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Parramatta Police Court. Monday, February 18

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 6

For driving an unlicensed van at.Granville on January 5. James S. J. Whiting was fined 20/-, Defendant, who pleaded guilty, said he had been under a…

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Bail Is Refused on Burglary Charge

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 6

At the Burwood Police Court yesterday the police asked for a week's remand in the case of Harry Thomas Holiday (19). alias Roy Arthur Regan,…

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Murder Charge Angus Murray in Court Berriman's Death Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 7

Angus Murray was to-day presented before the Criminal Court charged with the murder of Mr. T. R. V. Berriman, manager of the Hawthorn Commercial…

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Two Raids Many Men Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 10

Sergeant Charlton and Constable Lane, who specialise in gambling raids, had a day out yesterday. In the afternoon they visited a house…

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Police Magistrate Warns Hotelkeepers Improvements to Licensed Premises Must be Carried Out--Public Welfare First Consideration

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 5

MUDGEE, Tuesday.--Mr. E. A. Prior, P. M. has no sympathy with the plea of hotel-owners that financial considerations prevent them from…

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Steamer Held Up Firemen Sentenced NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 10

Trouble occurred amongst the crew of the steamer Elswick Park last night and the vessel did not get away on her voyage to Japan…

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Nurse Mitchell Is Acquitted Charged with Murder of Mrs. Hodgkinson--pleads Not Guilty--jury Agrees. Ill at the Time

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tues.--Charged at the criminal Court to-day with the murder of Mahel Hodgkinson following on an illegal operation. Nurse…

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Court Proceedings

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 7

A young woman of striking appearance named Vera Crichton, aged 23. and a man named Thomas Bernard Hooper, aged 29, were charged at the…

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Magistrate in Box Crown Law Strictures MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 10

Mr. F. C. Wilmolt, J.P., who recently left the bench and gave testimony against the police in a drunk and disorderly case, has been exonerated from blame by the…

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Balmain Fire. Police Investigating

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 13

Fire broke out in a shop and dwelling occupied by Isobel Fredericks, in Beattle-street, Balmain, at 5 p.m. yesterday. Part of the flooring and the contents of one room on the…

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Balmain Fire Police Investigate

Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 9

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fire which occurred in a fancy goods shop in Beat[?]-street,Balmain, yesterday…

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