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Courts & crime, 1909

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More Police for the Barrier

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 2

Ten more mounted police, drawn from the Murray Police District, are to leave Albury this morning for Melbourne, on rout for Broken Hill. Several of these…

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American Night Riders. Reelfoot Lake Tragedy Eight Indicted Fro Murder. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 2

The authorities of the State of Tennessee (U.S.A.) are efforts to suppress the widespread lawlessncss which exits in an organised from in that state…

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Shortage of Gaol Warders

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

Owing to the very large number of arrests in Broken Itill the staff of warders in the and has been found inadequate. Accordingly drafts of…

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The Police Force

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

Complaints are being made in many parts of the State at the action of the Government in depleting country centres of their police officers with a…

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Tennessee Night Riders. Six Sentenced to Death. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

Sentence has been passed upon the eight "night-riders" who were found guilty of murder at Union City, Tennessee. The six against whom a verdict of…

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The Newly Passed Police Offences Act. Locally Applied. A Batch of Convictions

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

On Sunday, Senior-Constable Gibson accompanied by seven constables, went to the Chinese Camp at Hay and arrested eleven women, who reside in or near the…

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Broken Hill Strike Prisoners Before the Court. Remanded for a Week. Heavy Bail Allowed. Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

This afternoon, the men arranged in connection with the riots on Saturday, to the number of about 30, were brought before the police court charged with rioting…

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The Trouble at the Barrier a Police Demonstration. Scenes of Great Excitement. Tom Mann and Thirty Others Arrested. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

The police made the first demonstration in force this afternoon, when 100 foot constables and 21 mounted troopers paraded in Argent-street. A crowd…

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Committal for Murder

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

Robert Scott has been committed for trial on a charge of the wilful murder of his wife at Spring Gully (Vic.) The evidence given showed that…

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A Mother's Love. Scene in Court

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 1

The instinct of mother-love triumphing over the laws of evidence and judicial procedure [?]oned a scene of rare pathos in the Supreme…

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Items of News. Depleting the Country of Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

The "Corowa Free Press" prints the follwong:—"Complaints are being made in many parts of the State at the action of the Government in de…

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The Magistrate's Dilemma

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 2
Also in The Riverine Grazier

A man had been brought up in court charged with travelling on a train without a ticket. "Where were you?" asked the…

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Tho Magistrate's Ollemma

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 5

A man-had been brought up in court charged with travelling on a train without a ticket. "Where were your?" asked the…

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Assault by a Blackfellow Disgraceful Leniency. Omeo

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 2

George Buckley, a Queensland aboriginal, who is variously known as "Combo," "George," and "Broncho George," a rough rider, formerly with Skuthorpe's Circus,…

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Work of the Police

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 44

"Was I not right to say Wait, " said Superintendent Johnston, in the course of an interview immediately after the arrest of Tom Mann and other unionist leaders…

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Bethanga Warden's Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 28

The adjourned summons, A. B. Bayne, manager for the New Bethanga Gold Mines Coy. No Liability, against John Mitchell, for the determination of compensation…

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Another Batch of Police Arrives

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 44

The fourth contingent of police from Sydney arrived by special train shortly before 1 a.m. yesterday. With the exception of the police force drawn up at the Sulphide-street…

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Finley Police Court. Wednesday, 13th January. (Before W. Blair, C. M‘ [?] and W. Kirkland, J‘.p. No Lights

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 2

The Berrigan Shire Council, through its Inspector (Mr Boyd), [?] against Mr M’ Kinnon, for driving a vehicle in the Shire between the hours…

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Boycotting the Police. Broken Hill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 45

The opposition to the police took a new turn to-day when the Co-operative Company, which has been supplying the police barracks with grocer[?]es for a couple of years, notified the…

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