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Courts & crime, 1911

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 3

A Municipal Appeal Court was held at 11 a.m. at the Albury Court House yesterday, when Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M., occupied the bench…

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Murder in India Ten Arrests Made. Calcutta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

Ten arrests have been made in connection with the murder of Mr. Ashe, an English collector, who was shot by a Brahmin attorney last week…

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General Cable News Adelaides Chief Magistrate. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 5

The newspapers hare published official correspondence showing that the Secre— tary of State for the Colonies adheres to his refused to raise Adelaide to a Lord…

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Island Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 33

The steamer Makambo, which arrived from the New Hebrides, brought news of the murder, on May 3, of a trader in Tububa, South Santo, named Alexander…

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Convict Shot in Gaol

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 3

The inquest on the body of the prisoner. Henry Edward Cooper, aged 22 years, who was shot when attempting to escape from Hobart Gaol on Monday, was commenced…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, June 27. (Before Mr. Roberts, P.M.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 6

P. W. Blake, for riding a bicycle on the footpath, in Dean-street, was fined 5/, with 6/ costs. For allowing a horse to stray in the…

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Scrap Book. Murder Will Out

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 12

Hushed was story, jest, and song—The dormitory slept, And o'er the long white rows of bods, Where pillow'd lay some twenty heads…

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Murder of an Unwanted Ba[?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 3

The dead body of a baby was today found wrapped in newspapers and jammed into the wall surrounding St. Vincent's College. Sydney. The child has been…

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Police Charge Rioters

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 2

The police charged and truncheoned mobs of 10,000 people who were perambulating the city calling on the mill hands to cease work…

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Police and Superannuation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 33

The police attitude to the general superannuation fund project, is the subject of the following questions, which Mr. Briner, M.L.A., proposes to ask the Government:…

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Murder in India. Deliberate Conspiracy. Calcutta, June 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 42

Ten arrests have now been made in connection with the murder of Mr. Ashe the collector, who was shot by a Brahmin attorney. Mr. Ashe had incurred the…

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Millions in Bribes. Contracting Scandals. Government Officials Charged. St. Petersburg, June 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 43

The trial of the officials alleged, to be concerned in the scandals regarding Government supplies at Moscow is proceeding. The accused include two generals…

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A Wild Riot. Roughs Fight with Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 2

Directly it was apparent that the agreement was rejected. 2000 of the men went to the Albert Docks with a view of boarding the steamer Calypso, in order to…

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Cablegrams. Labor in Riot Fierce Fight with Police the Shipping Strike. Workers Repudiate Their Delegates' Agreement. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 2

Practically the whole shipping industry of this country, with its attendant trades, has now become involved in the turmoil and confusion engendered by the seamen's…

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Victoria. Balcony Burglary. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 4

Last night, at about 8 o'clock. Mrs. Sculthorpe, of Punt road, South Yarra. saw a young man sliding down a verandah post of the dwelling of Mr. A. M'Kellar. He…

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Charged with Larceny

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 4

A young man named. William Ray Bradbury was charged, at the City Court to-day with the larceny of a purse, silver watch, bracelet, and £5 10/, the property of Ruby…

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Solicitor's Clerk Charged with Alleged Perjury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 4

The hearing of the charge of perjury against Alexander Parker, a clerk in the employ of Mr. J. Woolf, solicitor, was to-day continued before Mr. Cresswell,…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter). the Seamen's Strike the Hull Riots. Mounted Police Disperse Mobs. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 2

The rioting at Hull, in connection with the seamen's strike, continued until two o'clock on Friday morning. Several constables and a score of civilians…

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Corowa Police Court. (Before Mr. P. E. B. Barnett, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

Thos. Mertiensen, drunk in John-street, fined 5 or 24 hours. The fine was paid…

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Albury Roads "In Court."

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 2

Even at the Albury Police Court yesterday during the hearing of a case in which motor cars were involved, reference was made to the bad state of the roads in…

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