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Courts & crime, 1926

8,105 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Stealing From Wharf. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 14

At the police court yesterday Henry Moses, wharf-labourer, was fined £5 or the alternative of a month's imprisonment on a charge of stealing a bottle of beer from the North…

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Bread Made in Gaol Hobart

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 7

The Government has been in the habit of supplying bread made in gaol to semi-public institutions subsidised by the State…

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"Two Struck with Bottle" Story of Assault

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 6

HENRY BERRY, 40, labor[?] was charged before Mr. [?] S.M. at the Central Court to-day with having maliciously inflicted…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 8

Before the Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m.: Kaye v H. Orr and Son (an unregistered firm). At 10.45 a.m.: Neville and Barrett and others. At 11 a.m.: Vincent v Railway Commissioners for New South Wales…

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Police Inquiry. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 14

The inquiry for which the Police Association has so strongly agitated was begun at Parliament House to-day, when Mr. A. E. Burt, R.M., sat as a Royal Commissioner to…

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How to Describe Govt. House? Magistrate Asks Logic of Sergeant

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 12

CAN Government House properly be called the dwelling of Sir Dudley de Chair? Mr. Peisley, S.M., raised the point at…

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Stealing From the Air Radio "Pirates" Appeal of the P.M.G. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 9

AN APPEAL to radio "pirates" to cease stealing from the air is made in the P.M.G.'s annual report, which was made available…

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Where Lights Are Low Danger to Police

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 15

The dangers attached to the work of the traffic police after sunset, owing to inadequate lighting, were emphasised in a letter from…

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Law Notices. Wednesday, January 27. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 8

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

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Sentenced to Death the N.s.w. "Upper House" Its Strange Claims for Mercy 'Checking Hasty Legislation'

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 5

(Specially written for the "Labor Daily" by ex-Senator Arthur Rae.) THE CLAIM MADE over and over again that the New South Wales Legislative Council is not a class chamber, but a "house of revision,"…

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Murder and Rapine Turkish Atrocities Official Report League May Intervene Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 1

TALES of brutal atrocities in Turkey are told in the report to the League of Nations by the International Commission appointed to deal…

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Whose Body? Bush Fire Mystery Police Make Mistake Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 1

WHEN, on Thursday afternoon last the Maylands police visited the runis of the wood-iron house which was demolished by the bush fire that…

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Stealing Away Into the Grey

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 14

Bound to Jervis Bay for gunnery exercises, and then to Hobart, the Australian fleet left Sydney last evening. In the van is the cruiser Sydney. She is followed by the Adelaide and the visitor from Great Britain, H.M.S. Delhi, which is replacing H.M.A.S, Melbourne during her absence in the Mediterranean and Atlantic…

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Police Band

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

"Bunny" Shephard still heats the big drum with vigor and rythm, and all the other Instruments are In perfect order, but there is a discordant note in the…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 8

Before the Registrar.—At 10.30 a.m., Jones v Jackcon; at 10.45 a.m., Gietzelt and others v Robinson…

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Silk Worth £2880 Belgian Is Charged NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 9

Henry De Camara, 48, a Belgian, appeared before Newcastle Court to-day on three charges of breaking and entering and one of receiving…

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Alleged Conspiracy. Delivery of Parcels. Carter and Clerk Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 8

Francis William Ridgway, aged 33 years, a carter, and Edward Thomas Barrett, aged 23 years, a clerk, were charged before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at the Central Police Court,…

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Woman's Death. Suspicion of Murder. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 11

The City Coroner (Mr. Berriman) to-day remarked that there was a suspicion of murder, after he had heard evidence concerning the death of Violet Baker, whose body was…

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Police Band Discord Not Harmony

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

Trouble in the ranks of the Police Band led to the Commissioner (Mr. Mitchell) ordering an inquiry. Superintendent Mankey, head of the…

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To-day's Courts Supreme Court

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

In Chambers [?] Mr. [?] in Divorce Court, at 11 a.m.; Con[?] v Barr[?] to strike out plea[?] Before the [?] in the…

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