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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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New South Wales. the Murder of Sergeant Hickey. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 3

The coronet's impart into the death of Police Sergeant [?], at North Sydney, on may I, was continued to day. Thomas Brown, the orchardist who is changed with…

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Albury Small Debts Court. Tuesday, May 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 25

J. G. Arnold and Son secured a verdict against A. Haves for £5/4/3, claim for goods sold and delivered. The verdict also carried 5/ costs of court…

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Suffragettes on Trial. Court Sensation. Collapse in the Dock. London, May 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 42

There were sensational developments when the police court hearing of the charges against Mrs. Drummond, Miss Annie Kenney, and the other women who were…

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Burglary and Shooting at Manly. Allan Main Before the Court. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 5

Allan Main, who is charged with shooting a laundryman named Overton at Manly, after burglariously entering his house, on May 7, was brought before the Manly…

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Strain on Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 2

The Scotland Yard authorities emphasis the strain put on the police owing to the militancy of the Suffragettes, and declare that additional defectives, involving a…

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Burglary at North Sydney. Householders Playing Cards. Robbers Look Them In. a Scream Worth £50. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 5

Burglars broke into Chandler's boarding house at North Sydney last night. They quietly locked on the outside the door of the room in which Mrs. Chandler and some…

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Greek Chauffeurs Court Martialled. Athens

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

Two Greek military chauffeurs have been tried by court-martial for deserting with a motor-car to the Turkish army during the recent campaign. The charge was held…

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Strike Riots in United States. Police Powerless. Cincinnatti

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

Riots in connection with the strike of street car employes are of continuous occurrence. The strikers hurled from first floor…

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Wahgunyah Police Court. Saturday, May 17, 1913. (Before Mr. J. W. W. Beaven, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

Inspector Here proceeded against J. M'Lean for selling spirituous liquors during prohibited hours. Mr. W. M. Strong appeared for…

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Pursuit in Taxicab. Police Follow Fugitives

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

An exciting chase between two constables in a [?]uxheab and a young man who had taken a young lady for a drive to Brighton Beach in a buggy, to which was…

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Before the Court. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 4

At the Fitzroy Court to-day, on the application of Sub-inspector McGillienddy, each of the defendants was remanded for seven days, bail being fixed at £5, and a…

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Cablegrams. the Suffragettes. Window Smashers in Court. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

On Monday last Mr. Dillon, the well-known trish Nationalist M.P., was surrounded in a Dublin street by a small mob of Suffragettes, and twitted with having…

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The Vengeance of the Camorra. 10 Years of Terror. Precede Traitor's Murder. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 2

News has been received in London of the violent death in New York of Angele Define, an Italian. The tale of the last years of this man's…

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Clever Arrests Rewarded. Burglars and Police. Unprecedented Action of Inspector General. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 6

The Austrian, Francis Akatsehktsch, who was to cleverly arrested by Constable Clarke after having committee a burglary at the George Hotel, was charged with the…

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New South Wales. Arrested for Burglary. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 4

A young man named Joseph Glynn, aged 25, was arrested to-day charged with the burglary of good valued at £16 from the shop of Edward Mizzenough, of King…

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Murder of Sergeant Hickey

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 4

Thomas Edwin Brown, charged with having murdered Sergeant Hickey, applied for bail this morning. Mr. Justice Forguson dismissed the application…

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Wodonga Police Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 4

At the Wodonga police court yesterday, before Mr. Kelley, P.M., John Charles Chenery, auctioneer, was charged with not keeping a proper record of stock sold, in…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, May 19. (Before Mr. Creagh, J.P.) The Theft of a Saddle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 31

Thomas Bruce (alias Fred. Bent), 37, labourer, was charged with stealing a saddle, valued at £4, the property of Benito Morgan, at Albury, on May 16, 1913…

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The Murder of Sergeant Hickey

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 33

The tragic death of Sergeant Edwin Hickey, who was shot on 1st May at St. Ives, was the subject of an inquest on Thursday. Thomas Edwin Brown, who has…

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Aero-Club Prosecution. Frenchman Charged with Breach of Law

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 5

Brindejone, a Frenchman, was charged at the Bow street police court with not notifying the Home Office that he was using an aeroplane, and…

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