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Courts & crime, 1911

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Another Desper[?] Battle with the Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 5

[?] has been res[?] at Clydach Vale. A mob gathered on a hillside awaiting the arrival of a few of[?]als of the mine On the appearance of [?]the stri-…

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Senkovitch on Trial His Story of the Murder. j

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 6

The trial of the youthful Russian, Boris Senkovitch, for the murder of Alexander Eismond, near Bourke, on September 16, was continued on Thursday in the Sydney Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Acting Justice Ferguson and a jury. Accused gave evidence on his own be-…

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Safe-blowers in Confl1ct with Police. (Gahanna (Ohio)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 5

Five safe-blowers were discovered at work on Wednesday night. The Mayor headed the posse of police which surrounded the robbers. A conflict ensued, during which…

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New Trial Application. District Court Case Application Dismissed with Costs

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 2

In Sydney yesterday an application was made by the plaintiff, Newton, to Mr. Acting Judge Edmunds, in Chambers, for a new trial of the case, G. B…

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Cork Rioters Sentenced to 6 Months

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

Seventeen supporters of Mr. W. O'Brien, M.P., for Cork City, have been sentenced at the Cork assizes to six months' imprisonment on charges of rioting and…

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Ex-constable Sentenced Five Years' Imprisonment. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 3

A man somewhat beyond middle age named James Walsh, described as an exsenior constable, was placed on trial at the Melbourne Criminal Court on…

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Jack Johnson in Gaol. San Francisco

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

Jack Johnson, colored, the champion boxer of the world, has been sentenced to imprisonment for 25 clays for habitually exceeding the limit set to the speed of…

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Knout Russian Prisons Warders Sentenced for Cruelty. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

Sixteen gaol warders at Ekaterinberg have been prosecuted on charges of cruelty to prisoners. One hundred witnesses gave evidence, and no fewer than 60 of…

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Attempted Jewellery Robbery Englishman Sentenced. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 2

An Englishman, who calls himself Hamilton Crisp, has been found guilty of attempted robbery. Crisp visited a jeweller's establishment…

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Cowardly Assault by Strikers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 6

As the result of having been assaulted in a most cowardly fashion on Monday evening. Alfred Wright, aged 30 years, now lies in the Melbourue Hospital with a…

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Assault at a Buckjumping Show

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 6

At the Sydney Water Police Court on Monday, George Edward See was charged with having on Saturday assaulted Frank Hall and Thomas Dowling. who were on…

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Wodonga Place Assault Case. Accused Committed for Trial

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 6

James Patrick Cohalan, hawker, aged 61, was charged on remand, at the Albury Police Court yesterday, with hating maliclously inflicted grievous bodily harm on…

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Girls Charged with Murder Extraordinary Case. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 2

An alleged case of attempted murder possessing remarkable features is published in the newspapers yesterday. Two girls living in Birmingham, named…

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Motor Car Customs Frauds E. S. Turner Fixed [?] and Was Sent 10 Gaol. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 3

Mr. Justice Barton, sitting in the High Court to-day, delivered judgment in what are known as the Turner cases On March 24 Ernest Samuel Turner. carrying on busi-…

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Sydney Notes. the Bourke Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 6

The sensational murder case, in which the Russian youth, Senkovitch, was charged with the murder of his companion, Eismond, near Bourke,…

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Tariff Reciprocity. Assault by Students. Montreal. March 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 42

Mr. Clifford Sifton, a former Minister of the Interior, who seceded from the Ministerial party on the reciprocity question, was driving home from an anti-reciprocity…

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German Reformatory Scandal. Pastor Director Charged with Cruelty

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 5

A sensational trial began here to-day. (says a Berlin message of December 12) in which Pastor Breithaupt, director of the boys' reformatory establishment at…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, March 27.(Before Mr. Roberts, P.M.) Suffering from Delusions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 30

Thomas Caldwell was charged with, having been found wandering at large and deemed to be insane: Constable Newton deposed at 11 a.m. on Sunday he saw the…

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Rutherglen Warden's Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 33

At the Rutherglen Warden's Court on Friday, Mr. J. W. Beaven, P.M., gave his reserved decision in the cases of Groat Southern Consols Co. versus several land…

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Clapham Common Murder Morrison's Appeal Dismissed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

After three days' hearing the court has dismissed the appeal of Steiner Morrison against the sentence of death passed on him a fortnight ago for the murder of…

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