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Courts & crime, 1913

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Albury Small Debts Court. Tuesday. December 16. (Before Mr. Jamieson, P.M.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 31

Robert Vickers of Lavington v. Thos Webb, of Lavington, goods sold and delivered, £3/19/6.—Verdict for £2/19/6 and 9/ costs…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday, December 17. (Before Mr. J. J. Jamteson P. M.; and Dr. W. H. Lang J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 5

An application for the transfer of the license of the Carnsdale Hotel, Balldale, was granted to Mr. H. Codner from Mr. G. A. Goodwin…

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Five Years’ Imprisonment. Assault Case

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, before Judge Gibson, Frederick Proud McKellan, a young man 19 years of of age, was charged with indecently…

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Police Court. Thursday, December, 18.(Before Mr W. Scott, P.M.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 2

Thomas Daly v. W. Baines, claim for £3/9/2 for board and lodging, etc. Mr Windeyer appeared for complainant ; defendant was not present…

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Cablegrams. Attempt to Destroy Gaol Wall. Suffragette Sensation. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 2

A Suffragette outrage on a more elaborate scale, and with more purpose than many of its predecessors was carried out last night…

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Cablegrams. the Liverpool Murder. Elaborate Hoax About Capture of Suspect. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 2

An elaborate houx has been perpetrated in connection with the search for George Sumner, who is wanted by the police on suspicion of being concerned in…

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Secret Police Union of 5000 Members. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 December 1913 · page 4

Much unrest still exists among the police. A young constable going to duty yesterday dropped a ticket, which disclosed…

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Wholesale Burglary

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 2

A young man named Frank Taylor, who was presented to-day at the North Sydney Court on a charge of burglary, is believed by the police to be responsible for 64 cases of…

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Escaped From the Police

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 2

A man named Harry M'Pheo, alias M'Pherson, who was committed for trial for stealing from a dwelling at Lockhart recently, escaped from the…

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The Liverpool Murder. Suspect Disguises Himself. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 2

Interest in the murder of Miss Bradfield, whose body was found in a canal at Liverpool, has been revived by the arrest of the suspect, George Sumner…

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Corowa Police Court. Saturday, December 20. (Before Mr. P. E. B. Barnett, P.M.; and Mr. J. D. Fraser, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 5

E. B. O'Brien was charged with assaulting a railway ganger named Hall, at Hopefield, and was fined £1, and costs…

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After Election Night. Cases for Police Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 6

There were set down for hearing at the Albury Police Court yesterday, cases in which two men named Watson and another named Wilson were charged with…

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The Liverpool Murder. Sumner in Court. Third Man Implicated. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 2

George Summer, who was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of being concerned in the death of Miss Christian Bradfield, appeared in the Liverpool Police Court…

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Murder of a Constable

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 30

The High Court of Australia delivered judgment in an appeal, by special leave, on behalf of Thomas Edwin Brown, who was convinced and sentenced to death at…

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The Suffragettes. Gaol Outrage, London, December 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 42

The militants have carried the suffragette war to the walls of prison itself. A determined attempt was made on Thursday night to blow up a section of…

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Youth Hanged. Demonstration Outside Gaol. London, December 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 42

Ernest Edwin Kelly, aged 20 years, a cotton piercer by trade was hanged at the Manchester Gaol this morning, in expiation of the murder at Oldham in July last of…

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Murder by Aboriginal Man Speared While Asleep

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 5

Details of the trial of the aboriginal. Jollabine, at Wyndham. W.A., for the murder of Robert Pilchowsky, show that deceased's body was found on the Ivanhoc Station…

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In Troubled Mexico. Murder and Rapine. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 2

It is stated by a correspondent of "The Times" in Mexico that in sheer devilish, cold-blooded crucity, the Mexicans are capable of outdoing the Chinese…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, December 22. (Before Mr. Jamieson. P.M., and Mr. Whitehead, J.P.) Alleged Valueless Cheque

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 46

Harry Olsen, alias Klein, on a charge of false pretences by presenting to John Treloar a valueless cheque for £5, drawn on the Bank of Australasia, was remanded…

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Court Life in Japan. the Emperor's Silver Wedding

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 3

March 9. 1894, was the Emperor and Empress's silver wedding day. At 11 o'clock A. and I proceeded to the Palace. He wore full uniform,…

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