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Courts & crime, 1913

1,006 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 51

Triple Murder. Attempt to Burn Bodies. Girls Found in Cupboard. Berlin, March 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 42

The trial has begun at Frankfort of a well-known criminal, named Stermickel, alias Schoene, on a charge of haying nurdered his employer, his employer's wife…

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Paris Apache Gang. Sentence Members to Death. Girl Carries Out Murder. Paris, March 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 42

A story of how the Apache gang condemned a member to their society to death comes from the suburb of Belleville. The society condemned to death a…

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The Courts. Corowa Small Debt[?] Court. Wednesday, March [?], 1913. (Before Mr. H. F. Roberts, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 5

John Quinton v Lawrence Doy[?] claim for £5 for services of stallion. No appearance of parties. Case was struck out…

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Wodonga Licensing Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 6

An application was heard before Messrs. A. A. Kelley and H. Harkin, L.M's, for a permit to Thomas Freeman to carry on the business of the Railway Hotel,…

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Beechworth Supreme Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 6

In the Beechworth Supreme Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Justice A'Beckett, Thomas Charics Henderson, aged 19, pleaded gulity to an offence upon a girl under…

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The Fitzroy Tragedy. Verdict of Murder and Suicide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 March 1913 · page 4

At the Melbourne Morgue on Saturday the coroner held an inquest upon the bodies of Water Edgar Erfurth and Adn Doalman, victims of a sudden fit of…

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The High Court Bench. Mr Justice Piddington Resigns. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 March 1913 · page 3

Mr. Piddington, who, together with Mr. Charles Powers, was appointed to the High Court Bench quite recently, has resigned this position…

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Alleged Stealing of a Car Generator

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 3

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. McDougall, P.M., on 18th instant. Robert Munroe was charged with stealing a motor car gas generator, belonging…

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After Eleven Years. Woman Reveals Secret of a Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 3

The truth with regard to a murder committed eleven years ago, which has since completely baffled the police, has now been revealed…

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The High Court Bench. Mr. Justice Peddington's Resignation. Views of the Attorney General. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 2

Mr. W.M.Hughes, Federal Attorney General, conversing upon the resignation of Mr. Justice Pidington from the High Court Bench to-day that the hostile…

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Wodonga Police Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 1

At the Wodonga Police Court yesterday, a man named Thomas Henderson was charged on remand, before Messrs. H. Harkin and A. L. Wright Pap., with the…

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Mulwala Police Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 4

At the Mulwala police court on Thursday of last week Flanagan and Cooper sought to recover from Chas. Jones, of Mulwala, the sum of £4 4s…

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An Unsustained Charge. Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 5

Before Messrs. Dr. C. M. Macknight and A. T. Muldoon, J's.P., at the Uraua Police Court yesterday (Thursday) a lad named Kemball, of Albury, appeared…

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Industrial Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 4

In the Industrial Court in Junee recently, there was but one case to be heard, in which Mr. Jas Shaw was charged with…

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Mulwala Police Court. Thursday, March 20, 1913. (Before Mr, H. F. Roberts, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 2

Constable Shields proceeded against Arthur Parish on a charge of having behaved in a riotous manner in Melbourne street on the previous Sunday. A prior…

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Madero's Murder. San Francisco, March 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 42

Colonel Alcade Trout, a refugee from Mexico City, asserts that Gernal Madero, the ex-President, and General Suarez, the ex-vice-president, were deliberatly…

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High Court Bench

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 2

Mr. Justice Piddington has tendered his resignation from the High Court Bench for Private reasons, which are, he says, wholly unconnected with the recent…

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A Lively Wedding. The Bride Goes to Hospital And Three Men to the Police Court. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 2

There were lively proceedings at a wedding party in the Ashfield Town-hall last night. A free fight occurred, and the police were called in, but were…

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The Courts. Corowa Police Court. Thursday, March 20, 1913. (Before Mr. P. E. B. Barnett, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 5

Martin Cavanagh, sear, for using indecent language was fined £3, or 14 days…

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Albury Police Court. Saturday, March 22. (Before Messrs. F. Cooper and J. F. Maloney, J's.P.) Travelling Without Tickets

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 30

Frank Mitchell and F. Kirwood pleaded guilty to a charge of travelling on the railway without being in possession of the necessary tickets. The accused had left…

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