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Courts & crime, 1926

8,105 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Betrayed His Trust Embezzler Sentenced Calcutta

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 1

Weltham Reid, an ex-trustee of the United Free Church of Scotland in Calcutta, who was arrested at and extradited from Glasgow, on a charge of…

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Midnight Hold-up of Mayor Police Court Story Two Boys Remanded

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 8

THE [?]lleged midnight attack on the Mayor of Auburn on Wednesday by [?] young men, one of whom is said to have presented a…

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The Java Murder Hotel Boy Recants

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 7

WELTEVREDEN, January 15. It is reported in the press that Wangsa, the hotel boy at Garoet who originally declared that he saw…

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Handcuffs Police Favor Them

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 2

The police generally are not in favor of the proposal to deprive uniformed men of handcuffs. Mr. Mitchell, Commissioner of Police, however, thinks…

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29 Arrests Police Raids

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 7

Raids by the police last night resulted in 29 men and women being arrested. Plainclothes men caught Chinese by surprise in amusing…

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Police Protection at Emu

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

Mr W. R. Fitzaimons, M.L.A,, has received the folowing communication from the Under Secretary, Chief Secrotaiy's Department:—…

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Mayor Bailed Up Revolver and Sandbag Two Men Charged

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 8

Alleged to have bailed up the Mayor Of Auburn (Ald. G. C. Gollen) with a revolver, after midnight on Wednesday, George Canale, or Thomas Rogers…

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Vessel Not Cleared. Broker and Captain Charged. Strike Incident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 18

Before Mr. McMahon, S.M., at the Central P[?]ce Court yesterday, Kenneth C. Graham, an officer of the Customs Department, proceeded against James Fotheringhame, master…

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Alleged Conspiracy. Motor Car Deals. Secretary and Manager Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 14

The hearing of evidence in the case in which George Vere Ward Terrill, aged 26 years, and Frederick Edward Fontaine, aged 52 years, secretary and manager respectively of De Luxe Motors, Ltd., 165…

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Alleged Theft of Ore. Action by Union. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 17

The man concerned in the alleged stealing of ore from the British mine appeared before the management committee of the Workers' Industrial Union last night. After taking…

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Handcuffs. Proposed Abolition. Police Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 17

Objections raised by the police of New South Wales to the proposal of the Commissioner to deprive the police of handcuffs are outlined in a statement made yesterday by the…

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Attempted Robbery Attack on Mayor of Auburn. Two Men Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 17

The investigations of the police concerning the attempted robbery early on Wednesday morning, when Mr. George Charles Golian, Mayor of Auburn, was molested by two…

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Police Raids. Three in the City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 17

Three raids were carried out by the police in the city last night. Premises kept by Chinese in Harbour-street were visited by Sergeant Asquith and…

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Java Murder. Mystery Unsolved. Statements Withdrawn. Weltevreden, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 17

It is reported that Wangsa, the hotel boy at Garoet, who declared that he saw three others, Mandoer, Entjin, and Rachmad commit the murder of Mrs. Campbell MacFie, has…

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Gaol at 71 Ex-mayor and Solicitor Clients Defrauded London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 1

Two solicitors, John Martin, aged 71, who was three times Mayor of Reading, and his brother, Frederick, aged 69, have been sentenced to three…

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Tuesday, January 19. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 14

In Chambers.—Before the Prothonotary in the Prothonotary's Public Chambers.—At 10 a.m.: W. A. Taylor, Ltd., v Hubbard, Richardson and anor. (garnishee). Kelis v Kelis…

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Serious Charges Against Gaol a Darwin Story Fannie Bay Happenings Darwin

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

Louis Menegola, who was released from Fannie Bay Gaol after serving two years and eight months of a sentence of four…

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Dramatic End of Family Row Melbourne Shooting Son Is Charged Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 6

BENJAMIN GAHAN, 42, of Clark-street, East Prahran, who was shot at his home last night with a 12 calibre rifle, is still in…

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Law Notices. Monday, January 18. District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 14

Before the Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m., Coe ats Ashley; at 10.50 a.m., Nelson and another ats Ferguson; at 10.55 a.m., Kerr v Sheehy. INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION COURT…

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Domestic Quarrel. Father Shot. Son Detained by Police. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 18

A domestic quarrel had a tragic ending at a house in Clark-street, Prahran, this after-noon, when a youth, aged 17 years, to defend his mother and small brother from a savage…

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