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Courts & crime, 1927

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Mr. Justice Davidson. Swearing-in Ceremony. Scene in Banco Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 12

The ceremony of administering the oaths of office to the newly-appointed Pu[?]sne Judge of the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Davidson, was witnessed by a very large gathering,…

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Quarter Sessions. No. 1 Court. (Before Judge Cohen.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. Neil McTague. ACQUITTED

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 10

Ethel Hennessy, 34, for whom Mr. Dovey (instructed by Messrs. Jennings and Jennings) appeared, was charged with obtaining £300 from William Henry Parker by…

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District Court. (Before Judgs Edwards.) Motor Cars Collide. Berry v Kessell. Attorney-General v Berry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 10

These were cross-actions arising out of a collision between two motor cars at the corner of Australia and University streets, Camperdown, on August 30, 1926. William…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) Mine Deputy's Duties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 10

Ex parte Delacca, re Price and another. This was an application to make absolute a rule nisi granted by Mr. Justice Campbell in December to prohibit proceedings under a…

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Father and Son Charged with Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 18

George Hartigan (54), laborer, and George Hartigan (28), laborer, were charged, at the Central Police Court, with having stolen nine sheets, valued…

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Father and Son. Charged with Theft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 17

Father and son—George Hartigan, sen., aged 54 years, and George Hartigan, jun., aged 28 years—appeared at the Contral Police Court yesterday, charged with having stolen sheets…

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A Burglary

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 1

THE residence of Mr. Shore, lower High Street, was entered on, Thursday evening, 10th inst., and shints, socks, and a rug, to the value…

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Honorary Magistrate

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 1

AT Parramatta Quarter Sessions last Monday, Mr W. B. King, chemist, of Penrith, was sworn in as a justice of the peice…

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Two Years' Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 5

Roy Shirley (26), laborer, convicted of breaking and entering a dwelling-house at Kensington, with intent to steal, was sentenced by Judge Cohen,…

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Out of Gaol Aboriginal Released

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 2

At the instance of the Attorney" General (Mr. M'TIernan) Charles Connors, an aboriginal, who had served two months of a sentence of three…

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Innocent Prisoner. Released From Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 16

A prisoner, Charles Connors, was released yesterday from gaol, on the instruction of the Atlorney-General (Mr. McTiernan). It appears that he had served two months…

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Armed Robber Three Years' Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 18

Ernest Mosman Cornell (24), estate agent, who had been convicted on the previous day, before Acting-Judge Monahan, at Darlinghurst Sessions, on…

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Quite Safe Missing Woman in Gaol

The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 2

A woman who was reported missing from Darlinghurst during the week has been found by the police at the Long Bay gaol. She was sentenced to seven…

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Blow on the Nose Assault in Train

The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 7

Convicted of having unlawfully assaulted John Rodwoll Hughes, a ticket collector, in a train, Ralph Lawrence, aged 43, a laborer, was fined £4, or…

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Scene Shifts to N.S. WALES. Police Inquiries In Brisbane Murder Women Continually Cross Trails

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 3

UPON inquiries which at the beginning of the week were being made in Grafton (N.S.W.) on behalf of the Queensland police, depends…

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Murder Reports to be Banned

The World's News · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 2

A bill to prohibit the sale of "evil literature" in Ireland—including weekly newspapers which give great prominence to murder and matrimonial cases—is likely to be…

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Aeroplane as Police

The World's News · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 25

Many police duties are being simplified by the aeroplane, and traffic control from the air by wireless has been experimentally introduced. Each Derby Day the London…

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"Push Leader" Gaoled for Assault Bad Naval Record

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 18

Lancelot M'Gregor Saidler (19), clerk was sentenced by Judge Cohen at Darlinghurst, to 18 months' imprisonment for having assaulted Allan Dixon, at…

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Woman's Death Police Investigating

The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 6

Emily Appleton, aged 32, of Victoria street, Darlinghurst, died last night at the Coast Hospital from septicaemia. Sergeant Miller (Darlinghurst) is…

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Land Court Decisions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 8

Three country land appeals were decided by Mr. Justice Pike, in the Land and Valuation Court. He dismissed the appeal by D. T…

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