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Courts & crime, 1911

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An Assault Case

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 3

The police magistrate (Mr Shropshire) sat at the courthouse, Berrigan, on Friday night last, and heard a charge against Samuel Evans of…

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Small Debts Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 5

J. R. Langler sued E. Rowe, of Daysdale, for £3106 for goods sold and delivered.--Verdict for complainant with 69 costs…

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Wangaratta County Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 35

At Wangaratta County Court last week, before Acting Judge Neighbour, Jas. and George Brien, farmers, of Wangaratta, claimed £105 from Edward Byrnes, farmer…

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Corowa Police Court. Wednesday, September 6Th. (Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.m.) Strating Horses

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 5

Ernest Bray, shire clerk, proceeded against George Graham, of Corowa, on a charge of depasturing a horse on the road between Corowa and…

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Confession of Murder. Murderer Loved His Victim's Wife. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 2

Paul Houssard, who was arrested a few days ago on the charge of having murdered M. Guillotin near Tours, in June last, has confessed to the crime. M. Guillotin…

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A Ghastly Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Woman's Head Almost Severed. Murderer Cuts Own Throat. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 2

A fearful tragedy was enacted at Botany this morning. A tramway ganger in good circumstances named Michael Larkin, 50 years of…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday, September 6, 1911. (Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 5

A booth license in connection with the coursing club's sports on the 13th instant was granted to Margaret O'Leary, of the Court House Hotel,…

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Murder of Stewardess. Lascar Receives Death. Sentence. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 2

The trial concluded at the Old Bailey yesterday of Godhino, a Lascar steward on the P. and O. R.M.S. China, who was charged with the murder of Miss Alice…

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The Land Appeal Court. Sittings at Hay

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 6

The Land Court of Appeal, Messrs Carry (president), Brandis and Houston, C.M.G., sat at Hay last week. Mr Hanbury Davies, barrister, appeared…

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Police Officials Crime. Charged with Blackmail. Murders His Accusers. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 2

Two leading citizens of the town of Uralsk, capital of the same named Province in South-East Russia, recently charged M. Livkin, the local superintendent of…

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Strike at Wexford. Fifty Police Despatched

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 2

A strike of engineers is in progress at Wexford, a seaport in the South-East of Ireland. Rioting has taken place there this week and fifty police have been…

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New South Waives. Burglary at Doctor's Residence. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 3

A burglar entered the residence of Dr. W[?]man at Strathfield last night through a back window during the absence of the [?]nts. A gold watch and gold albert…

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Daysdale Police Court. Tuesday, September 7, 1911. (Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 3

Thomas Larkins, using obscene language. Fined £2 and 6 costs, or 14 days' imprisonment. Thomas Larkins, charged with…

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Insulting a Mayor. Two Councillors Sent to Gaol. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

The proceedings in the Waterford City Corporation have been extremely lively of late. The disorder has had a police court…

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Murder in Mid—air

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 1

The tragic sequel to an [?]pment in a baloon is reported from Jassy, in Roumania, Some peasants saw a partially deflated balloon coming down in…

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Persian Rebel's Fate. Strangled in Gaol. Teheran

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 7

Rakhim Khan, one of the leading adherents of the ex-Shah of Persia, Mohammed Ah, has lost his life as the resale of the latest attempt of his royal mister to…

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Albury Warden's Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 8

At the Albury Warden's Court yesterday, before the Warden (Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M.), Edward Warnock O'Brien applied for suspension of labor conditions on…

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Children Who Want the Birch. Strike for Half-holidays. Police Prevent Window Smashing. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 7

Following the example of their seniors in the bis strike, and of the more recent rebellion of the school children at Llanelly (Wales) and Liverpool, the children…

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Motor Driver Charged with Manslaughter

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 5

The inquest upon Norman Hall, who was killed by a motor car while cycling on Pittwater road on September 2, was concluded to-day. The coroner found that…

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Monthly Police Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 6

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Monday last before Messrs. Elliott and Fulton, Js'.P., tho following cases for allowing cows to stray on the…

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