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Courts & crime, 1912

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Priest Punished. Sent to Gaol You Robbery. St. Petersburg, March 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 42

The famous Church of the Holy Mother, at Czeztochowa, in Russian Poland, was in 1909 robbed of a diamond crown, set on the head of the imago of the Virgin. The…

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Intimidation in Lancashire. Police Stoned and Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

A thousand strikers at Haydock in Lancashire for two days intimidated the men loading the coal waggons. The police drove the strikers towards Earlestown. The…

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Corowa Police Court. Wednesday, March 11. (Before Messrs. J. D. Fraser (chair), J. Chivell, J.'[?]p.) a Fowl in the Swak

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 4

John Brown, the man who on Wednesday was, at the Corowa Court fined £3, in default two months in Albury Gaol, on a charge of stealing a bicycle,…

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A Shearing Dispute. Appeal Against a Magistrate's Decision. An Interesting Argument. Important Judgment on Reasonable Cause

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

At the Hay Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday, before Acting-Judge Hamilton, William Ernest Bloom appealed against his conviction by Mountiford Longfield…

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Suffragette Campaign. Window [?] in Court. Heavy [?] Imposed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

A batch of Suffragettes who were brought before the court yesterday on charge of window smashing, were severely published. One was sentenced to six months…

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Small Debts Court. Before the P.M. and W. Elliott, J.P.

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 3

Thomas McDougall v. Enoch Taylor and Harry Taylor, for £4 9s for damages &c. to a rabbiters camp. Mr. Meillon for plaintiff. This was…

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Court of Petit Sessions. Before the P.M. and Mr. W. Elliott, J.P.

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 3

On the opening of the Court, the P.M. announced that the usual date for opening the Courts in Jerilderie was the second Monday in each mouth,…

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Theft of Jewellery

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 2

A' theft of jewellery was committed at the'Prince -ef Wales Hotel, St. Kilda; on Tuesday afternoon. Jewellery valued at £40 was stolen from the room of Miss…

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English Poison Case. Seddon Sentenced to Death. Dramatic Scene in Court. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 2

The trial concluded yesterday of Frederick Henry Seddon, an insurance agent, and his wife, on a charge of causing the death of Miss Eliza Barrow, a lady of means…

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Land Appeal Court

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 2

The Land Appeal Court, sitting in Sydney, yesterday delivered its reserved decisions in the following cases:— M. Barnes, of Wamboota, appealed…

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Daring H0usebreakers. Enter House at 10 P.m and Assault Lady

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 5

Miss Irene Hamilton, lady's companion to Mrs. Law, of Belle View Hill, was alone in the house last night. and heard the front door bell ring about 10 o'clock,…

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Terrors of the Dark. a Dastardly Assault. Young Lady's Rude Awakening. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 5

A young lady residing at O Connell street, Parramatta, was sleeping on the side verandah of her house when she was awakened about o'clock this morning by…

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Lawlessness in America. Court Officials Murdered. Roanoke (Virginia)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 2

An extraordinary outrage has been committed in this town, which is an important railway centre. 138 miles south-west of Richmond…

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New South Wales Police Capture Detectives. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

A private motor car drove up to the Randwick police station late last night and its occupant informed the officer in charge that he had seen three suspicious…

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The Courts. Corowa Police Court. Monday, March 18. (Before Mr. P. E B.Barnett. J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

Stanley Higgins, a slight and youth ful looking party aged 23 years was charged with having been drunk Sanger-street on Saturday afternoon…

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New Police Superintendent. Formerly Constable at Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 4

Superintendent Bedingfeld who has been promoted from the head of the Parramatta Police Division to the charge of the Bourke district, from which…

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Disputed Purchase of a Boring Plant. a District Court Case

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

At the Hay District Court, on Friday, before His Honor Acting Judge Hamilton, Henry B. Maclure sued H. J. Jackson, of Deniliquin, to recover £38 Ios…

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The Singer Embezzlement Cases. The Accused Before the Court SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

Evidence was proceeded with to-day in the case in which John McPherson and Frank Denison Brown are charged with alleged conspiracy in connection with…

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Hay District Court

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

At the Hay District Court last week, before His Honor Judge Hamilton, the following case Butler v. Hartshorne, was heard…

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Lady Crystal Gazer. Acquitted on Murder Charge Calcutta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

The peculiar case in which it was alleged that a "crystal gazer" had caused the death of a lady has just been disposed of here. Some time ago a Miss Garnet Orme…

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