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Courts & crime, 1927

9,449 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Deaf Mute. Tormented by Boys. Fined in Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 10

Leslie Hayson, or Thompson, aged 35 years, a deaf mute, pleaded guilty at the Ceneral Police Court yesterday to a charge of having behaved in a riotous manner in George-street on New…

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Rude? London Police No Such Birds Mystifying Memo. London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 13

The public continues to be mystified by the memorandum issued by Brigadier -General Sir William Horwood, Commissioner of the Metropolitan…

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The Newspaper Tax Assailed in High Court State's Powers Challenged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 9

''The Daily Telegraph," "Sydney Morning Herald," "Sun," and "Evening News" lodged notice of motion before the High Court yesterday, asking for an interim injunction to restrain the New South Wales…

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Seamen's Wrangle Johnson's Win Court to Decide Those Union Books

Evening News · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 9

THE fight that has been racing among the official of the Seamen's Union for the past few moths over the possession of the…

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Poisoned Dagger and Revolver Police Make Startling Find Armed Planter Complained --And Arrested

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 1

THE holiday-jaunt of an [?] Papuan planter came to a sudden end yesterday afternoon when he was arrested by Detective…

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Clever Boy Speaks Five Languages Mother in Court Brought Him to Interpret

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 8

An extraordinarily intelligent boy who at the age of 11, is able to speak five languages, was a witness at Redfern Court today…

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Agent Charged. Alleged Theft of Rent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 11

Charles Ewan Cameron, aged 27 years, described as an agent, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday, with having stolen£76, the property of William Mathlas…

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Carrier Charged Alleged Theft of Tea

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 6

On a charge of having stolen 54 chests of tea, valued at £433, the property of the Robert Bryce Pty., Ltd., Charles William Webster aged 36…

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Robberies. North Shore Suffers. Theft From Police Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 9

Police are of opinion that a gang of housebreakers is at work on the North Shore. During the last few days eleven cases of breaking and entering and stealing from houses have…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 10

At the Forbes Police Court yesterday, Sylvanius Stanford and Thomas Ernest Stanford were charged with having stolen a cow and a calf, the property of unknown owners…

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Policeman's Teeth Boxing Day Assault

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 10

IT was slated at Canterbury Court to-day that when Constable Anderson arrested Benjamin Edward Fuller, 30. laborer, who was using…

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Insult No Excuse Assault by Newsagent

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 10

"BECAUSE a man is insulted he is not entitled to take the law into his own hands and assault anyone." said Mr. Cohen, S.M. at Canterbury…

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Sentenced to Death MOSCOW, Wed., Jan. 5

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 1

M. Lossevitch, director of the Irkutsk Communal Department, and five assistants, have been sentenced to death, for embezzlement and bribe-taking…

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Alleged Safe-breaking. Two Men Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 11

Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, S.M., at the Newtown Police Court yesterday, Henry Pearce, 30, and Thomas Hillier, 21, were charged with breaking and entering the…

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Typhoid in Gaol Goulburn Outbreak GOULBURN

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 1

The outbreak of typhoid fever, at the Goulburn Gaol is spreading. Three prisoners, who are now inmates of the district hospital, have been definitely…

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Typhoid Outbreak in Goulburn Gaol. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 10

There are now four definite cases of typhoid fever in the district hospital from the Goulburn Gaol. Every effort is being made to locate the…

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A Tale of Tea Carrier Is Charged

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 10

CHARLES WILLIAM WEBSTER, 26, carrier, was charged at the Central court to-day with having states 54, cheats of tea, valued at…

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Knocked Off Motor Cycle . Car Driver Charged

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 5

Joseph McKeown a tramway employee. appeared at Parramatta Police Court yesterday charged with having driven a motor car in a dangerous…

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More Typhoid Patients Goulburn Gaol Cases Goulburn

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 1

There are now four prisoners from the Goulburn Gnol in the District Hospital. Three are suffering from typhoid fever, and one—admitted to…

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