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Courts & crime, 1911

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Arrival of Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 2

The police were immediately communicated with after the accident, Mr. Jas. Harkess sending a telephone message from the waterworks. In a short time Sergt…

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Clapham Common Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

The victim of the brutal murder at Clapham yesterday has been identified as a French Jew named Beron. He had been living at Rowton Fluse, Whitechapel, and…

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Moulamein Police Court. Thursday, 29Th December. (Before Mr J. L. Shropshire, P. M.) Hawkers' Licenses

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

Licenses for 1911 under the Hawkers and Pedlars Act were granted to Jas. Nicker, G. A. Barkmeyer, J. A Barkmeyer, Bisben Singh, Fogia Singh, Carlo Singh, Cabool…

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Anarchists in London Houndsditch Police Tragedy. Building Surrounded by 700 Police. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

Investigations carried on by the detectives since the murder of several policemen during the attempted jewellery robbery at Houndsditch have led to the…

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Wagga Criminal Assault Case Inquiry Regarding Thomas Brows. Press Forbidden to Publish Evidence. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 2

In connection was the case in which a young men named Thomas Brown was convicted and sentenced to death for a capital offence upon Miss Edith Wilnot…

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Sentenced to Strangling

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 35

Lieutenant Hofrichter, the Austrian officer recently convicted of poisoning his superior officers in the attempt to win promotion, has been sentenced to be…

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Whose Money Is It? An Unusual Police Court Case

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

At the court of petty sessions on Tuesday before the P.M. (Mr H. Holcombe), John Dawson sued Senior-constable Morton Gibson for that he…

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Charge of Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 21

Detective Jenkins and Senior-constable Barcley on Wednesday arrested a young man named James M'Cormack,' a labourer, in connection with the death of Constable…

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Police News

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 3

Matters pertaining to law and order at Berrigan during the holidays were such as to call for very little interferference from the limbs of the law…

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Police Theories

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 2

The police believe that "Peter the Painter" and "Fritz," who are looked upon as having been the ringleaders in the Houndsditch burglary tragedy, did not…

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Perth Murder. Scene at the Inquest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 21

The inquest on Ethel Harris, whose body was found buried under a shoeing forge at Hosking and Co.'s Foundry, West Perth, was continued on Tuesday. The…

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Moulamein Police Court. (Before Mr J. L. Shropshire, P.M.) Dec. 29, 1910. Hawkers' Licenses

The Independent · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

Licenses for 1911 under the Hawkere and Pedlars' Act were granted to Jas. Kicken. G. A. Barkmeyer, J.-A, Barkmeyer, Bishen Singh, Fogia Singh,…

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New District Court Orders

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 32

A new set, of rules for District Court procedure has been issued. It is now provided that, where any firm or person required to be registered as provided in the…

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Strike Murder. Death Sentence Commuted. Paris, December 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 43

The case of Durand, who was sentenced to death for complicity in the murder of a workman during the recent railway strike, has been considered by the…

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East End Murder. Foreign Miser Stabbed. London, January 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 42

A brutal murder in the East End was reported yesterday. A foreigner, who was known to be a miser, was found dead on Cla[?]am Common, with his face battered…

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The Houndsditch Murderers. Fight Between Police and Troops and Anarchists. In a Burning Building London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 1

Seven hundred police and sixty Scots Guards surrounded a building behind an Anarchist Club in Jubilee-street and Commercial road, where it…

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Anarchists in London. Sensational Police Raid. 700 Armed Men Engaged. Fusillade of Shots. a Detective Wounded. London, January 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 21

The sensational encounter which took place on the night of December 15 in Houndsditch, between a gang of robbers and the police, resulting in the murder of three…

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Stealing a Bell. Defendant Fined 13

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 2

Before Messrs J. L. Shropshire, P . M., R. Irving, and O. Wilshire, J. S. P., at the Police Court on Thursday, Han[?]illon Malcolm was charged with stealing;…

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Glapham. Common Murder. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 2

An inquest was opened yesterday on the body of the French Jew, Beron, who was found dead on Clapham Common under circumstances which left no doubt as to…

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Deniliquin Police Court Friday. Janeafby 6. (Before Mr J, L. Shropshire. P.M.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 2

John Mabncy was charged that at Bendigo in November last lie did desert his child.. Mr Wilkinson appeared for the defendant…

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