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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1927

9,449 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Dramatic Trial The Catalan Plot Turbulent Court Scenes Paris

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 7

The trial of Rlcciotti Garabaldi. Colonel Macia, and sixteen Catalans, opened dramatically. The prisoners were ranged in three rows. Macia,…

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Note Forging Charge Two Go for Trial Third Eludes Police Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 7

"A dangerous attempt at forging Treasury notes has been frustrated," said Howard Harrison, technical adviser to the Commonwealth Note…

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Gunmen Gangs in London Quick-firers Police Enlist Civilians London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 1

In consequence of gunmen invading London and surrounding districts, and operating in gangs as cracksmen and housebreakers, Scotland Yard is…

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Watch Where You Park No More Warnings Police on the Look Out

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 16

MOTORISTS who persist in parking any old where about the City are in for trouble. Following the recent introduction of…

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Amok with Razor Drover Attacks Wife Sons Rush to the Rescue Ghastly Tragedy in Queensland Suicide Follows Murder Attempt [?]Amtion

Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 1

A GHASTLY domestic tragedy was enacted in a house in Parrot Lane, resulting in the death of Alexmnder Volling and shocking wounds to his wife. Volling, it is stated, slashed at his wife with a razor, but was…

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Murdered Policeman's Love Letters Involve Ten Married Women Several Have Been Under Police Interrogation The Morals of Marquis Cumming

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 1

EXERCISING every care to avoid arousing suspicion on the part of unsuspecting husbands, Brisbane detectives have been busily engaged in the past week interviewing women to whom Police Sergeant Marquis Cumming, victim of the Brisbane murder, is believed to have been paying attention…

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Did he Work? Sidelight of a "Vag" Case Police Says He Is a "Pest" But P.M. Gives Him a Chance

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 7

In the eyes of the police Herbert Edgar Drumgold (22), who appeared at Penrith Police Court, on Monday morning, on a vagancy…

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Mr. "L." Found Brother of Rich Bookmaker Melbourne Crime Nurse Arrested, Charged With Murder

Truth · Sunday 23 January 1927 · page 7

On Thursday morning, January 13, a boy found the dead body of Eileen Clark, a pretty city Waitress, among bracken fern by the roadside a few miles from Frankston. There was only a ring with the inscription "To E. From L." to tell who…

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Alleged Theft Jewellery Worth £248 Lost in Sleep

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1927 · page 5

Mrs. Lena Dean, of Coogee, reported to the Darlinghurst police yesterday that she had been robbed of £248 worth of jewellery. Later, Sergeant…

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Fined Himself "Wasted Court's Time" LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1927 · page 1

Marcus Aurelius Giovanni Salvatere Formo, who claimed thai he was "English born, and proud of it," when fined 10s for contravening the motor 'bus…

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Police Raid Alleged Betting Shops at Orange Orange

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 January 1927 · page 2

A sensation was created in Orange this afternoon, when the police, under Inspector Byrne, raided several tobacconists' shops shortly after the racing at…

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'Phone Pervert Insults Darling Point Girls Job for Police

Truth · Sunday 23 January 1927 · page 7

THE fashionable residential quarters of Darling Point, Edgecliff, and Double Bay are infested by some sort of moral pervert,…

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Police Stir An Inspector Meets Trouble Serious Charge Official Inquiry Exonerates Him

Truth · Sunday 23 January 1927 · page 22

Serious allegations have been made by a woman against Inspector Linegar, of police headquarters, but the authorities do not believe them, and so the tall red-faced officer goes about his confidential duties in Hunter-street as usual…

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"You are sentenced to --"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 1

Sydney's Stipendiary Magistrates.--Left to right: Mr. G. S. Shepherd, Mr. H. H. MacDougal, Mr. A Gates, (Chairman), Mr. A. R. Perry, Mr. J. W. Laidlaw, Mr. M. J. McMahon, Mr. A. Blix, Mr. W. J. Camphin. Mr. Longfield is the only absentee…

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Alleged Theft. Loss of Jewellery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 12

An alleged theft of jewellery to the value of £248 was reported to the Darlinghurst police on Saturday by Mrs. Lena Dean, of Hamilton-street, Coogee…

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Insurance Loans Four Men Charged Company's Finance

Evening News · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 10

EDMUND Henry Ivan Stonson, 4d, manager; David Lindsay Wallis, 30, secretary; Owen Kelly 4d; and Samuel Leonard Butter, 34, farmer,…

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Missing Persons Police Inquiring

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

The following persons have been reported to the police as missing. Constable Donnellan (Erskine- street) is looking for them: Victor R. M. Burton, 20, native of…

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Man's Mysterious Death Police Investigate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Peculiar circumstances are connected with the death on Saturday night of Edward Alexander, a resident of Ballina, who was staying at a private…

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Street Battle Rioters v. Police Shanghai

Evening News · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 1

During a huge anti-British demonstration at Siangtan, in Hunan previous the mob set fire to the Asi[?]tic Petroleum Company's…

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Race with Police to Punt Motorist's Mistake

Evening News · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 10

"I THOUGHT you were the chap who was chasing me on the way to the punt, and I was going to give you a burl."…

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