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Courts & crime, 1911

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More Scenes in Parliament. An Unparalleled Pandemonium. The Police Called In. Seven Members of the Opposition Ejected. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 1

A disgraceful scene occurred in the Assembly late this afternoon. Six members were ejected, the police being called in…

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Police Court. Tuesday, September 19 (Before Mr G. A. Stevenson, J. P.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 2

William Thornder was fined £1 or seven days imprisonment on a charge of being found drunk. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21…

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The Murder of Stolypin. Last Honors at Kieff. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

The remains of M. Stolypin. the murdered Prime Minister of Russia, were buried at the Pecherskaya Lavra Monastery, in Southern Kieff, on Sunday. Signs of…

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Dear Food Riots. Leaders Sent to Gaol. Vienna, September 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 42

Twenty-three persons who wore arrested during the dear fowl riots in the Ottakring quarter of the city last week, when the troops were ordered to fire on the…

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Corowa Police Court. Thursday, September 28, 1911. (Before Mr. P. E. B. Barnett, J.p). a Rowdy Sailor in Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 5

A man who gave the name of James Murphy, aged 32 years, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Edward street, on Wednesday; also with having…

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Gaol Sensations. Murderers Meet in Cells. Old Feud Settled. San Francisco, September 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 42

The Folsom City gaol was the scene yesterday of a remarkable encounter between two murderers, the outcome being the death of one of the men…

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General Cable News Russian Secret Police. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 3

The assassination of. M. Stolypin prompted inquiries which have thrown a very un[?]orble light on the workings of the Russian secret police. The scandals have…

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Half-brothers' Dispute in Court, Case Dismissed at Wodonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 2

At the Wodonga Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. H. Aldridge Kelley, P.M, and H. Harkin and A. L. Wright. Js.P., August Frederick Schlicb sought an action…

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Charged with Manslaughter

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 2

George Leslie Miller, aged 38 years, was before the Paddington Police Court to-day charged with having, at Little Coogee, shot on June 30 Lily May Davis with intent to…

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Assault and Robbery in London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 3

A cowardly assault was perpetrated in the city on Wednesday night. Four thieves severely injured Arthur Royd, who is to make his first appearance at the…

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Strike Abettor Released From Gaol. Lithgow

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

Mr. Dixon, secretary of the Lithgow ironworkers' Union, who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment nuder the Industrial Disputes Act for aiding and abetting…

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Encounter with Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 October 1911 · page 1

A sensational encounter took place early on Friday morning between two policemen and two young men who, they suspected, were trying to break into a temporary bar…

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Sporting. Boxing Smith Defeats Howard. Police Stop Contest. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 4

Dave Smith, and Jack Howard met at the sports ground in sunny weather this morning. The contest was witnessed by eight thousand people. Both men were…

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Births in Gaol

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 October 1911 · page 5

A deputation from the Women's Political and Social Crusade this afternoon waited, on Mr. M'Bride, the Acting Chief Secretary, and urged him to make some…

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High Court Judge Assassinated St. Petersburg

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

The President of the High Court has been shot dead by an assassin, who then committed suicide…

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Friends at Court. Labor Minister Reduces Fines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 October 1911 · page 6

The N.S.W. Minister of Justice, Mr. Holman, sates [?] his memor[?]dam in regard to the release of John Dixon, secretary of the Lithgow Iron Worker's Union…

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Murder in New Guinea. a Prospecting Schooner Founders. Sydney

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

The steamer Cobientz arrived this morning from Papua. It reports that Captain Broetter left Raboul. in German New Guinea, about two months ago, with a…

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A Dungog Murder. Victim's Skull Sent to Plea of Insanity Raised

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 October 1911 · page 2

It transpires that the skull of a man named Coleman who was brutally murdered at Dangog about two years ago, has been sent to Germany…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday October 4, 1911 (Before Dr. Lang and Dr. Shortt, J's.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 October 1911 · page 5

A renewal of the license of the Exchange Hotel, Daysdale, was granted to Thomas Norman…

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The Dungog Murder. Victim's Skull Sent to Germany

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

By the recent arrival in Australia of the ship Apolda, on which Wilhelm Gerlach or Rheinholz, the Dungog murderer, escaped, two years ago, information has been…

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