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Courts & crime, 1925

8,831 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250

Was It Murder? Caretaker's Death Melbourne Mystery Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 2

The circumstances of the sudden death of William Nicholson, caretaker at the Broadmeadow Military Camp, is being inquired into…

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Picture Week Police Art Union Scheme Going Ahead

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 7

Intensive organising work, as likely to produce the record results they anticipate, has been decided upon by the executive of the New South wales…

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New Year's Eve Quietest on Record Police Have Easy Time

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 6

The quietest New Year's Eve on record. That was the verdict of prominent police officials this morning…

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New Year Feeling Court Clocks Stop Work The pendulum counted

The Sun · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 8

with trembling fear the number of times it must tick in a year, and then stood still from shock This new year feeling seized the…

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Gaol for Assault Newcastle

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 1

James was [?] to three months [?] for assault Campbell was also sentenced to a further three months for attempting to steal…

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Stealing Charge

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 7

Two youths, aged 16 years, were charged at the Liverpool Police Court, on December 27, with entering the dwelling souse of Mr. William Edmundson,…

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Tribute to Police By Newcastle Magistrate NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 9

The police have a great and ardunus work to do. They carry their lives in their hands and whether they rush in Long of a boling horse, or go in…

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Brutal Assault in Train

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 1

When the Penrith train reached Central Station about 9.15 last evening, Arthur Wilkins, of Pitt Street, Milson's Point, was found unconscious in one…

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"To Sleep It Off" a Police Court Story

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 7

[?] through the window into [?] which was as [?] from the Street I Saw [?] ised in a [?]…

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M. J. McMahon The New City Magistrate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

Magistrate M. J. McMahon's appointment to the City Bench created no surprise; it was simply the fulfilment of popular prediction. Not that popular…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, December 31. (Before Mr. Longfield, S.m.) Assaulted Railway Officer

The Propeller · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

Jack William Poulton, aged 18 years, was proceeded against by Constable Fisher for using indecent language at Arncliffe railway station on Christmas…

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Smoke Screen Thefts From Hotel Gaol for "Barber" Parkes

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 3

William Arthur Williams, who took advantage of the excitement crested by an alarm of fire to visit several of the bedrooms at the…

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Marama Delayed Boarded by Police

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 7

Passengers by the steamer Marama, which left her berth shortly afternoon to-day, were surprised to find that instead of the vessel heading for…

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Picture Week Police Charity Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 7

The success of the Charity Picture Week in course of organisation by the Police Art Union and Hospital Carnival Committee for February seems assured…

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Police Union Wins Brisbane, Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

There is now every prospect of a settlement of the dispute between the Police Commissioner Elect and the Police Union executive, regarding the…

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Lawless Mexico the Murder of Mrs Evans British Citizens' Rights

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

There are indications that the British Foreign PORT OF FREMANTLE [?], early in the New Year, will send a strongly worded communication to Mexico on the…

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A Voice From Bathurst Gaol Will It Cry Out in Vain? "Justice and Mercy"

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 5

"This, too, I know --and wise it were if each could know the same --That every prison that men build is built with bricks of shame,…

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Australian Marchioness. Two Appeals to Divorce Court

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 8

According to the London "Daily Express," Mrs. Baldwin Raper, formerly Miss Betty Tobin, a daughter of the late Mr. W. A. Tobin, of Wingadee…

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Imprisonment for Theft. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 14

At the Parkes-Police Court William Arthur Williams was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for stealing clothing and jewellery from a bedroom at the Exchange Hotel…

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