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Courts & crime, 1927

9,449 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Motor Driver's Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 14

At the Central Police Court yesterday, Charles Miseamble, aged 31 years, motor driver, was charged with having stolen. £1/13/, the property of McIntosh and Sons, Ltd. It…

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Fatal Blow. Manslaughter Charge. Man Sentenced. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 18

Dennis Beggan, aged 23, appeared before Judge Maclndoe, in the General Sessions to-day for sentence. He had been cenvicted of the manslaughter of Mrs. Mary Gezan, aged…

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Old Windsor the Silent Gaol Night Watch Still

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 2

IN the bad old days when New South Wales was in its swaddling clothes, British law specified 150 different offences which were…

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Cockatoo in Gaol for Life Companion of Morose Prisoner

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 3

ONE of the prisoners at Long Bay (N.S.W.) is a sulphur-crested cockatoo. He is there by special leave of the authorities…

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Cyclists in Holts Sports Ground Incident Both Fined for Assault

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

"I WAS in my cycling kit and just about to change into my civilian clothes when An[?]zark came into the dressing-shed. There…

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Rivoli Cafe Raided Police Make Arrests

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 6

A well-planned raid resulted in two persons being arrested and a quantity of liquor confiscated a[?] the Rivoll Cafe, 154 Casltereagh Street. City. late…

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Let the Police Know Disposal of Motors

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

The police authorities continually experience difficulty in educating owners of motor vehicles as to the necessity for notification to be given…

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Police Clear Girls' Bedrooms at Mornington Boarding House

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 2

A STOCK joke with low comedians is the boarding-house where they ring a bell at 2.0 a.m. with the cry, "All boarders back to…

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INDECENT ? Picture "Abducted" Police Neutral London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 1

Incensed at the alleged indecency of it picture at the exhibition of native art of the Belgian Congo at tho gallery of Super-realists, says a message…

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Startling Development in Brisbane Murder Mystery Strong Possibility of a Tragic Mistake

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 9

IN Brisbane to-day is a woman who should thank God that she is alive. It may be, however, that, in her mind, life after all is not such a boon. Perhaps she lives a nightmare existence, tortured by remorse, and fearful that in time it will go out to the world that, but for the…

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The Order of Knights the High Court Meeting

The Methodist · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 8

The following officers were present at the High Court meeting, held last week:—Rev. W. W. Roger (in the chair), Messrs. B. Rossback, B.E., L. King, A.I.I.A., A.I.I.S., S. Goodbun, L. Montgomery, H…

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Police Chief Sued. New Zealand Claim. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 21

A claim for £2000 has been brought by William Victor Sanvig against W. B. Mcllveney, Commissioner of Police, on the ground of an alleged libel contained in a notice in the…

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"Smiths" Investigates Bowral Police Rumpus Sgt. and Assistant at Outs Residents Who Resent a Petition

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 3

THE peace of the usually tranquil residents of Bowral (N.S.W.), where fashionable folk have their…

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Put Your House in Order Greg. M'girr! Court Issues Fiat Bathurst Hotels Bathurst

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 3

Having refused tc effect ma[?] improvements in 1 sotel accommodation. Roland Currie and John Grecory…

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Law Report. Quarter Sessions. No. 1 COURT. (Before Judge Coben.) Crown Prosecutor. Mr. Neil McTague. SENTENCES

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 14

Prisoners who had pleaded guilty or been convicted during the week were dealt with as follow:— Frank Woolston Bullock,25,clerk,…

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Vicious Assault Chinaman Loses £7

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1927 · page 5

Ah Fay, market gardener, of James street, Rockdale, who was assaulted and robbed by two mon at the gate of his home yesterday afternoon, is in…

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A Murder a Day

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1927 · page 3

"A murder a day keeps the police away" seems to be the Chicago version of an old saying. Ten murders in ten days was the tally during the…

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Knife Flash Chinese Quarrel Murder Charge Fremantle

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1927 · page 5

Spearwood, seven miles from Fremantle, was tho scene of a tragedy last night Ah Poy was stabbed, and another…

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Police Arrest Man with Alleged Counterfeit Fivers

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 February 1927 · page 1

Detectives Matthews mid Keogh of the Detective Office, arrested a man at Canterbury Park races yesterday and subsequently charged him in connection with…

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"Cut It Out" Strange Tale Comes from Oberon Woman's Charges Officer Fined for Assault on Husband

Truth · Sunday 6 February 1927 · page 15

Amours on a more or less wholesale scale were alleged against Mounted Constable Gordon Woodrow, a young officer, during the hearing of a charge of assault levelled against him at the Oberon Police Court by Horace Wilkie Inglis, a well-known motor driver of Oberon. Lengthy evidence was heard and at the conclusion Mr. J. Scobie, S.M., of Bathurst,…

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