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Courts & crime, 1928

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Thoughts Read by Machine Mitcham Murder Charge Registers Emotion Great Possibilities London, Monday. Kleinert Refused Bail Blood on Face and Shirt Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 1

A NEW "thought - rending" machine. Invented by an English doctor, has been exhibited to a gathering of scientists, who Formally charged at the City Court this morning with the murder of Mrs. lolene Mary Sampson, at Mitcham, on Tuesday last, Ernest Ambrose…

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Many Londoners Doomed Like Sailors in Submarine Thousands of Homeless and Hungry Flood Victims Early Morning Terror Aggravated by Lighting Failure---Sleepers Called by Police Families Trapped in Basements

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 4

"Up, quick; the river is overflowing! The children, the children!" In these words, a terror-stricken London woman, calling to her sleeping husband, typified the horror of thousands of…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 11

Queen's-Square.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate. —At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Graves v Metters, Ltd., Williams v Blundell. At 10.30 a.m.—Kennard v Farmers' and Dairymen Milk Co., Ltd., Arnold v…

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Goulburn Police Court. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 16

Herbert Rose, aged 62, who is serving a sentence in the Goulburn gaol for obtaining money by false pretences through the agency of an alleged invention of a "gravity wheel,"…

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Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Milk Carters' Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 11

For alleged breaches of the Milk Carters award in allowing three of their employees to start work before the time stipulated in the award—viz., 4 a.m.—the Milk Carters' Union,…

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Month for Assault

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 13

There are too many men prowling round public places ready to punch decent, citizens on any. excuse, whatever, said the S.M. at Newtown…

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Remand in Assault Case

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 19

James Whcatley (30) at the Red- fern Court to-day was remanded to January 25 on a charge of having, on December 27, at Waterloo, inflicted…

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Fascisti Captain on Stealing Charge

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 6

That he was a captain in the Fascist was the statement of an Italian arrested by Detectives Royal and S. Thompson, in a house in Palmer Street, City…

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Committed on Stealing Charge. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 16

George Johnson was charged at the police court with breaking and entering the shop of J. T. Sykes and stenling goods to the value of £176/10/. He was committed for trial…

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7 Years Gaol Kiama Shooting

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 9

CABINET to-day commuted to seven years' penal servitude, the sentence of death passed on Horace Lynion Pro[?], a telegraph linesman, who was convicted…

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Conductor Assaulted. Wharf-labourers Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 11

When William Thompson, aged 24 years, and Thomas Craig, aged 26 years, wharf-labourers, appeared before Mr. Gates, C.S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, charged with…

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Danger of Impatience Man's Rudeness to Police Ends in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 9

GOULBURN, Tuesday. -- "Because you are a policeman, don't think you can bluff and bounce me. Shut your mouth."…

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New Wages Claim Industrial Magistrate Busy

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 13

The Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. G. C. Addison, was kept busy yesterday adjusting wages claims under awards. Elma Mason, shop assistant, who…

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Arrest at Tin Hares £200 Stealing Charge

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 5

The alertness of Detective Arnold at Mascot an hares yesterday resulted in the arrest of a man. who, in May of last year. had stolen £200…

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Gaol for Man Who Wanted to Fight Police Constable Has to go off Duty After Scuffle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 11

"I'll fight all the police in Sydney. Come and take me," challenged Jeremiah Heffernan (20), laborer, to Constable Myers, when he was spoken to…

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Undertaker Assaulted Relative Charged Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 6

Admitted to Melbourne Hospital yesterday, John Ferguson, 46. undertaker, suffering from concussion, has not yet regained consciousness…

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Doctor Jekyll and His Amazing "Hide" Fools Court, and Offers Magistrate Bottle of Beer Mistaken Identity

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 2

Usually smartly dressed, a young doctor stood in the dock at a Sydney police court the other day, raggedly attired…

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Fatal Tour Windsor Sensation Gaol for Peters

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 9

MORE than 200 people gathered at Newtown Court to-day to see the three principals in the ill-fated adventure, which culminated in the…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 11

Before the Deputy-Registrar: At 10.30 a.m., Len Smith, Limited, ats Unmin: at 10.50 a.m., Dobson v Trott; at 11.10 a.m., Forsvth v Matthews; at 11.30 a.m., Ng Kin ats Tuohy and another…

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Police Get a Shock

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 5

A sensation was caused at police headquarters yesterday when a revolver stowed in a locker exploded. When the report echoed through the…

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