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Courts & crime, 1911

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Corowa Small Debts Court. Wednesday, May 17, 1911. (Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 5

Corowa Municipal Council v. W. Rowe and W. H. Lang, sec. Corowa Race Club. Mr. Edmondson asked that the cases be postponed.--Postponement granted to 7th…

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Oil Trust Dissolved. End of Great Fight. Supreme Court's Decision. Hundreds of Millions Involved. Washington, May 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 46

After a fight of five years in the law courts of the United States the Standard. Oil Company has been declared "a combination in restraint of trade."…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday, May 17, 1911. (Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M. and Dr. W. H. Lang)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 5

A booth license was granted to Margaret O'Leary, for Wednesday next, Coursing meeting. A transfer of billiard license was…

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Police Court. Monday, MAX 15

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 2

(Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson J. P. ) William Bill was fined 5/- or 3 hours’ imprisonment on a charge of being found drink…

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Assault on a Little Girl

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 4

A shocking outrage was committed on a little girl, aged 3[?] living in Ballara[?]East, on Thursday morning. The child was staying for a few days with her aunt,…

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Stealing a Bridle. a Lenient Bench

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 2

Yesterday the Police Court, before Messrs J. Kelly, A. B. Jefferson and A. C. Fitznead J. S’ P. John Newsome alias Jack Wells was…

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The Woodlupine Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 2

A man resembling the person suspected of the Woodlupine murder, who was coatless. ragged and unshaven, on Thursday, roused the suspicions of the railway…

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Company Manager Arrested for Theft. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 3

A sensation was caused on the Adelaide Stock Exchange yesterday when a company manager named Drummond, manager for Messrs. Bewick, Morning and Co…

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Double Murder and Suicide. Horrible Case at North Sydney. Whole Family Wiped Out. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 3

A policeman was parsing 'a' house in North Sydney last night which he saw was in darkness. As a short time previously the dwelling was lighted up his suspicions…

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Murder of a Lubra

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 6

Mounted Constable White has returned to Oondnadat[?]a after making inquiries concerning the murder of a lubra near Blood's Greek, 100 miles north of the…

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French [?]Eroplane Disaster Magistrate Exonerates Airman. Parts

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 May 1911 · page 3

The magisterial inquiry into the tragic death of M. Berte[?]x the French Minister wa[?] who was struck by a desce[?]ling aeroplane at [?] on Sunday, was…

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The Woodlupine Murder Hundred Miles' Hunt Successful

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 May 1911 · page 4

The seven days' hunt through scrub and forest for David Howard Smithson, who is charged with the murder of Frances. Compton at Woodlupine on the 12th…

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Smithson Before the Court. Perth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 May 1911 · page 4

David Howard Smithson was brought before the police court at Perth to-day. Formal evidence was taken, and he was remanded, on the application of the…

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Stealing a Bridle

The Independent · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 1

On Friday at the Police Court, before Messrs J. Kelly, A. B. Jefferson and A. C. Fitenead, John Newsome, alias Jack Wells, was…

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Microbes Trained to Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 38

Within the past few months two doctors have been put upon their trial charged with murdering people by inoculating them with deadly disease germs. In one case the…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, May 22. (Before Mr. Roberts, P.M.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 6

Henry George Archdall, for being deemed to be nuisance, was discharged to the custody of his friends. Dr. Andrews deposed that Archdall was formerly suffering…

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Small Debts Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 6

Nicholas Abikhair and Brother v. Wm. Clarke, goods sold and delivered £l/10/6. Verdict for the amount claimed…

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Assault by Kaffir. Excited Meetings of Whites. Capetown, May 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 42

The arrest of a native on a charge of having criminally assaulted a white girl on a lonely road has reawakened the hatred of the blacks borne by white mothers and…

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Pathetic Scene In Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 33

The obvious finding of murder and suicide was recorded by the coroner at his inquest concerning the distressing tragedy which was enacted at Lansdowne-place, Carlton…

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Before the Albury Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 30

The accused, Richard Joseph Warren, was charged, at the Albury Police Court on Tuesday, with stealing £26 in cash, and clothing of the value of £6/10, the…

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