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Courts & crime, 1913

1,006 stories in Murray's papers · page 41 of 51

Turf Libel Action. a Disgusting Article. Interesting Court Exhibit. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 4

The action in which Robert Sievier, editor of the "Winning Post," is prosecuting Percy Bone, solicitor, and Thomas Henry Dey, bookmaker, for libel, was continued…

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The Mad Suffragettes. Uproar in Court. Missiles Thrown at Judge. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 2

There was an uproar in the Glasgow Court on Wednesday when two militant Suffragettes were sent to gaol. Dr. Dorothea Smith, wife of a prominent…

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Jerilderie Licensing Court (Before the P.M. and Messrs. Elliott and Wilson, J'sP.)

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 2

An application by John Quirk, licensee and owner of the Murray Hut Hotel, to remove his license from his present premises, situated on the northern part of…

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Bulgarian-officer Court-martialled. Sofia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 2

Colonel Petiff, of the Bulgarian army, has been court martialled for failing in his duty during a recent fight with the Greeks near Labana. He has been found guilty,…

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Albury District Court. Claim on a Reaper Thresher

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 3

His Honor Judge Docker presided at the Albury District Court yesterday. Mr. J. J. King mill was registrar; Mr. E. Leary sheriff's officer; and Mr. G…

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A Pleasant Sunday Afternoon. at the Albury Gaol

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 October 1913 · page 3

A Pleasant Sunday Afternoon was provided at the Albury Gaol yesterday, under the auspices of the Prisoners' Aid Society. About 25 prisoners were…

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New South Wales. "Not a Court of Clemency." Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 October 1913 · page 3

Augustus Durand asked Mr. Justice Pring, sitting to-day in the Criminal Appeals Court, for leave to appeal against his conviction and sentence. Durand…

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A Common Assault

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 4

William James Charlton was charged with having on September 27 at Albury assaulted John Davis, and occasioning actual bodily harm; also with having…

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Albury District Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 4

His Honor Judge Docker presided at the Albury Quarter sessions, which commenced yesterday. Dr. Andrews was deputy, sheriff, Mr. J. J. Kingsmill clerk…

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A Self-confessed Bigamist. Man's Story to Police. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 3

Robert David Oates Lennox walked into the Paddigton police station recently and announced that he had committed bigamy. He told the police that his first marriage…

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Cablegrams. the Shrieking Sisters. an Evasive Suffragette. Lillian Lenton Eludes Police. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 2

Lilian Lenton, the well-known militant Suffragette, who has released from gaol last week owing to impaired health, due to hunger striking, has again managed to…

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Acquitted Op Murder and Rearrested. Bathurst

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 October 1913 · page 3

The case in which a young man named Henry Pepper was charged with the murder of Ethel Sloane at Forbes on August 1, was concluded to-day. The jury returned…

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The Wharparilla Murder Accused Youth Unfit to Plead. Bendigo

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 October 1913 · page 2

The trial of David Clarence Freeman, on a charge of having murdered John Adam Anderson at Wharparilla, on September 29, was begun at the Bendigo Supreme Court…

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Common Assault

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 October 1913 · page 2

Archibald James brennan (17), who pleaded guilty to a charge of having committed a common assault on Ellen Norah Rathke at Howlong on October 8, was…

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A Racecourse Theft

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 October 1913 · page 2

Three men, named William Turner, George Grey, and Alfred Stanley Smith, were called upon to answer a charge against them…

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Stealing From Albury Gardens

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 October 1913 · page 4

It is a shame and a pity: Petty thieving from Albury Botanical Gardens has been going on for some time. Only yesterday at noon another lot of plants was stolen. It…

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Malitant Suffragette Sentenced. Torture of Forcible Feeding. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 October 1913 · page 2

Mary Richardson, a militant Sufiragette, was yesterday found guilty at the London Court of Sessions on a charge of having been implicated in the destruction…

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Police Court

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 2

At the Urana Police Court on 14th inst, before Messrs H. Breakell and A. T. Muldoon, Js'P. Henry Smith, deemed to be…

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Stealing from the Person

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 46

William Turner, George Gray, and Alfred Stanley Smith were charged with that they did at Corowa on August 29 steal a purse, and £30, the property of…

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Guilty of Common Assault

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 46

William Charles Charlton was charged with, at Albury, on 27th September, assaulting John Davis, and occasioning him actual bodily harm. There was a second…

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