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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1926

8,105 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Union's Officials. Sentenced for Theft. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 12

In the City Court to-day Roy Leslie Campbell, who has a wife and four children, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of having stolen £170, which had come…

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Sheep Stealing Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

WARIALDA.--At the police court on Thursday, before Mr. Perry, P.M., Allan Barling appeared on remand on charges of stealing 95 sheep, the…

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Theft of Bus Tickets

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

Cecil Thomas White, a bus conductor, was charged with stealing a quantity of motor bus tickets, the property of Frank Bardsley…

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Criminal Assault. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 12

At the Criminal Sessions to-day Walter George Plummer, 56, who had been found guilty of a charge of assault on a girl aged 6½ years at Morgan, River Murray, was…

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Documents Stolen. a London Burglary. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 11

A mysterious burglary is reported to have taken place at the town house" of Sir Gerald Talbot, who for a time was naval attache to the British Embassy at Athens. The thieves…

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Mayor Bailed Up Two Men Charged

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

The[?] Sutton 21, tile layer and [?] who was alleged to have been a member of the visiting American Fleet, were committed for…

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"Bloke Stole My Plunder" Assault Case Story

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

George Brett. 57, seaman, was remanded to-day from Redfern Court to Brisbane Court on a charge of having inflicted grievous…

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Typical Week-ender. Alleged Assault on Inspector

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 2

At Monday night's meeting of Kogarah Council the health and building inspector, Mr. Bardsley, submitted a report regarding a visit to a boatshed as…

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Police Force Blasphemy

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 3

In the current issue of the Sydney “Police News” there appears a poem, a stanza of which is as follows: “The next night I encamped at a neat…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, January 20. (Before Mr. Longfield, S.m.) Offensive Behaviour

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

William Athelstan 48 was proceeded against for behaving in an offensive manlier at Brighton-le-Sands. Constable Stephenson gave evidence…

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"Not Sacked" a Director Charged Matter of £28

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 9

Two King's counsellors, Messrs. Mack and Feez continued to argue before Mr. MacDougall, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, in the…

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Reported Theft Seamen's Union Inquiries Being Made Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 3

Following upon the visit of Mr. Tom Walsh to Melbourne this week, unusual happenings the expected in the Seamen's Union in connection…

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"Up with Your Hands!" Mayor's Midnight Adventure Burglary and Hold-Up at Auburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

Jee Rogers—deserter from the American Flect. That's how he introduced himself to Thomas Edwin Sutton at the Circular Quary Lahor Burean about the end of November. His real name, however, is George Canale…

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"Wanted Money" Alleged Theft of Tiles Man Committed for Trial

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 13

The defendant told me he had a contract to build two cottages in Church-st., Parramatta. He wanted the tiles on before Christmas, and I told him we could…

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Police Officer's House. Robbed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 12

The House occupied by Superintendent Kroger, in McPherson-street, Moonee Pouds, was to-day entered by thieves, who, by using a garden fork, forced the bathroom window…

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To Hang Midnight Murder Soldier's Crime London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

Bombardier John Lincoln has been sentenced to death for the murder of Edward Richards, the brewery traveller, who was found, at 1 a.m. on…

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On Murder Charge Youth Sent for Trial MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

Charles [?] was committed for trail on a charge of murder this afternoon by the Coroner. His father Ben[?] gshan, was fatally shot in the…

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Six Years' Gaol. Conspiracy to Defraud. Three Brothers Guilty. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 11

Six years' penai servitude was imposed on three brothers named Mandeville—Alexis (57), Walter (51), and Henry (56)—who were charged at the Old Bailey on 12 counts of…

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Wednesday, January 27. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

In Chambers.—Before the Prothonotary.—In the Prothouotary's Public Chambirs.—At 10 a.m.; Bardsley and ors. v Cashin, Council of the Municipality of St. Peters garnishee. 11 a.m.: Re gent one, ex…

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Beauty's Worth? Court Says £800 LONDON

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

A civil court at Antwerp accepted an expert's estimate, in his report of a motor accident in which a girl's neck, chest and arms were scarred that this…

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