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Courts & crime, 1913

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Boulevard Sensation. Murder of Millionaire. Paris, October 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 43

A startling sensation was caused in the Boulevard Des Capucines during a crowded hour on Friday. While a millionaire banker of Tunis…

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Benalla Supreme Court. Chiltern Valley Case

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 5

At the Criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at Benalla, on Tuesday before Mr. Justice Cussen, Harry Francis Withers, Chiltern Valley, was charged…

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Purchase of a Reaper Thresher Case in Albury District Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 41

Before Judge Docker, in the Albury District Court on Friday, the Massey-Harris Co. sited Robert Henry Ross for £50/4/9, being amount of promissory note…

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Blood Ritual Trial. Yushinsky Murdered by Thieves. Ex-police Commissioner's Evidence. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 2

The trail of Mendel Beiliss, a Jew, who is charged with the murder of a Christian boy named Yushinsky, in March 1911, was further advanced yesterday at Kieff…

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Jerilderie Licensing Court. Before Mr Scott, P.M., and Messrs Elliott and Wilson, J.’sP

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 4

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

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Cablegrams. Dublin Wharf Incident. Women Charged with Abduction. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 5

The scene on the Dublin wharf on Wednesday, when a number of strikers' children were taken aboard a steamer to be conveyed to England, was followed by an…

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Death of Mr. Panton. Veteran Police Magistrate

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 3

Mr. Joseph Anderson Panton, for many years well known as melbourne's senior police magistrate, died at St. Kilda on Saturday afternoon, at the age of 82 years…

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Daysdale Police Court. Friday, October 24, 1913. (Before Mr. W.A. Castle, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 3

William Graham was charged with stealing one buggy rug from a sulky at the Coreen Wine Hall on Saturday, 18th inst., the property of Mr. Nigel B…

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Tax on Indians. Strikers Sent to Gaol. Durban

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 2

Eight Indians were prosecuted on Saturday at Newcastle (Natal) in connection with the strike of Indian miners against the imposition of a £3 poll tax on…

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Larkin Sent to Gaol. Seven Months' Imprisonment

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 2

The trial of James Larkin, leader of the Dublin workers, on a charge of having uttered seditions words, was heard yesterday. Larkin challenged…

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Weird Murder Etiquette in Papua. to Be Fashionable You Must Kill—man Woman, or Child

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 4

Murder is very common in Papua, where European civilisation has never penetrated (though life in the settled districts is probably safer…

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Charged with Embezzlement. and Remanded to Wagga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. Gates, P.M., Ernest Wehrstedt was charged by warrant that he did at Wagga, about Jne 7, 1913, being then…

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Police Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 2

The local bench adjudicated on Monday last on the case of Alexander Clarence Kennedy, who was arrested at Corowa last week under, warrant…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, October 27. (Before Mr. Gates, Acting P.M.) Theft of a Bag

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 47

Alec. Thompson (38) was charged with at Albury, on October 25, stealing a leather bag, valued at 16/, the property of Robert William Bono, hairdresser…

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The Wharpurilla Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 4

David Clarence, Freeman, sixteen, was placed on his trial at the Supremo Court, Bendigo, on Tuesday, on the charge of the wilful murder of another…

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Murderer's Companion Sentenced Charge of Counterfeiting. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 3

The trial was concluded here yesterday of Mr. Ernest Muret, a dentist and a companion of Rev. Haas Schmidt, who is now in prison awaiting trial for the…

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Police Draw Confession. St. Petersburg, October 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 42

When giving evidence at the Kieff ritual murder trial, M. Krassovsky, a former commissioner of police, incriminated the woman Vera Cheberiak and her associates…

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Ritual Murder Trial. Crown Case Failing. St. Petersburg, October 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 42

The evidence given by M. Krassovsky, a former commissioner of police, in the Kieff "ritual murder" trial is regarded as overwhelmingly against the woman Vera…

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Belbin Before the Court. Launceston

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 3

Joseph Henry Belbin, aged 19 years, who was arrested yesterday on a charge of having murdered Margaret Kathleen Ledwell at Cheshunt on Sunday, appeared…

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Chimney-sweep's Hoard. Police Find Jewels. London, October 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 43

When searching the house of a chimney-sweeper named Edward Jones, who was arrested on a charge of theft, the police found a quantity of jewels, which…

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