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Courts & crime, 1912

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The Courts. Corowa Police Court. Thursday, February 29, 1912. (Before Mr. P. E. B. Barnett, C.P.S.) Another Bad Language Case

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

A Witness from the Dock. George Dawson, 45, apparently a labourer, was charged with having used indecent language in the Albion Hotel,…

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Murder in Railway Car. Man Stabbed 30 TIMES. Paris, February 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 28

On the arrival of a train sit Chalons-sur-Saone on Tuesday night the body of a man, with 30 knife wounds in it, was discovered in one of the carriages. From inquiries…

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No Visible Means. Case at Wodonga Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 3

An elderly man named Simon Houlihan was charged, before Messrs. H. Harkin and W.H. Moulder, Js.P., at the Wodonga Police Court yesterday, under the…

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Condemned Cell Vigil. Criminal Court Episode. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

When a prisoner is sentenced to death a staff of three men each to share a shift of eight hours in the twenty-four, is appointed to watch the condemned man, first…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. Roberts. P.M.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 29

William M'Koy v. John Forster, jun., debt, £5. Mrs. M'Koy stated defendant was now on his way to England. She had heard defendant promise to pay her…

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The Brisbane Strike. the Badge Question. Arbitration Court's Decision in Favor of the Employees

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 5

In the Federal Arbitration Court Melbourne, on Tuesday, Mr. Justice Higgins gave his decision in the case regarding the wearing of badges by…

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The Females Before the Court. Sentenced to Imprisonment. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

Mrs. Pankhurst was brought before the court yesterday morning and sentenced to two months' imprisonment for her frolic Several other suffragettes were awarded…

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Burglary Boom in Sydney Woman Shoots Scarecrow. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 3

A burglar who was prowling round the grounds at the residence of Mr. Ernest Trevor, at Dulwich Hill, at an early hour this morning, was surprised by Mr. Trevor's…

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Outcry Against Women. Suffragette Demonstration. Magistrate's Remarks. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 2

The great suffragette demonstration, which took place on Saturday, when stores of windows were broken, has caused a great outcry against the suffiragettes…

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Rutherglen Police Court. Friday, February 23. (Before Mr. Beaven, P.M., and Mr. A. M'Laurin, J.P.) New Justice

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 4

The P.M., on taking his seat, stated that he had, previous to the owning of the court, the pleasure of administering the oath of a Justice of the Peace to…

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Doctor Committed for Trial on Charge of Murder. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 2

Dr. Cole, the Coroner, to-day opened an inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Annie Chamberlain, which occurred at Werribee on February 16…

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Poisoning with Arsenic. Man and Wife Charged. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 2

The trial of Frederick Henry Seddon, insurance agent, and his wife, on a charge of having poisoned Miss Eliza Mary Barrow, in September last, was commenced at…

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Cablegrams. Australian Attempts to Murder. Baron Leopold De Rothschild. a Marvellous Escape. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 2

Baron Leopold de Rothschild, a member of the firm of Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons, New Court, Saint Swithins' lane, E.C., had a narrow escape from…

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Labor Troubles in Ireland. Union Organiser Sentenced

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 2

A man named Patrick Daly, organiser of the Irish Transport Workers' Union, was before the court yesterday on a charge of making a violent speech during recent labor…

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Attempted Murder of Rothschild. Tebbitt Before the Court. Detechive Seriously Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 2

Detective Berg, who was shot in the throat by the man William Tebbitt, who attempted to assassinate Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, is in a serious condition…

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Cablegrams. Suffragettes Punished, Window Smashers Sentenced to Hard Labor. First Lady Mayor Gaoled. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 2

The magistrates hearing the cases of the suffragettes charged with window breaking are sentencing all the accused found guilty to imprisonment with hard labor…

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New South Wales Sydney, Wednesday. Fined for Coughing in Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 4

A man amed Spencer was fined £2 o[?] in default, a months imprisonment for contempt of court, because he coughed roadly during the proceedings. Spencer…

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Police Court. Wednesday, March 7. (Before the Police Magistrate). Summons Cases

The Independent · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 2

John Relman was charged by Senior Constable Nisbet with causing his motor cycle to make an undue noise, and pleaded not gulity. After hearing evidence defend…

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Fiends in Motor-car. Burglary and Murder. Paris, March 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 41

The motorists who dashed out of the city on Tuesday might, after having shot dead a gendarme who attempted to arrest them for recklessly driving through the…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, March 5. (Before Mr. Roberts, P.M.) Charge of Assault

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 31

Michael Abdullah sued Mary David Haddad for assault, and sought to have her bound over to keep the peace towards him. Mr. Tietyens for plaintiff, Mr. Nagle…

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