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Courts & crime, 1914

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Corowa Police Court. Wednesday, March 18. (Before M. J. J. Jamieson, P.M.). South Corowa's Troubles

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 7

William Wright charged Nedan Singh with using insulting words in a public place at South Corowa on 10th January; also with behaving in an indecent…

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Police Officer Shot by Comrade

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 5

Struck in the right shoulder by a bullet from a .fellow-policeman's revolver in Elizabeth-street, Carlton, while pursuing three men, Constable M'Cluskey is now…

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Wagga Quarter Sessions. Tuesday, March 10. (Before His Honour Judge Bevan). Assault

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 5

George Henry Mendham was charged with assault and occasioning actual bodily harm on William Felix Wood by using a pitchfork. There was a second…

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Police and Lamps Cresset to Electric Torch

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 4

The London policeman's "bull'seye" is, according to report, shortly to pass away (says the "Daily Telegraph" of January 8). In its stead…

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Coolamon Farmers Angry. Special Police Protection Needed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 7

Over a hundred farmers and leading business men of the Coolamon district gathered on Monday afternoon, in attendance at the indignation meeting convened…

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Grape-pickers Strike. Police Sent to Rutherglen. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 2

By this afternoon's train six police constables left Melbourne for Rutherglen. A telegram was received from Superintendent W. R. Davidson, stating that he…

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Cablegrams. Murder of M Calmette Intense Excitement in France. Royalists Cause Disturbance. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 2

The excitement over the murder of M. Calmette editor of the "Figaro," by Madamo Caillaux surpasses that created by the famous case of Madame Steinheil,…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday, March 18. (Before Mr. J. J. Jamieson, L.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 7

A license was granted to Henry Car[?]tens, of the Bulgandra Hotel, to erect Temporary premises for 12 months' on the site of the hotel which was…

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Murder of M. Calmette. Another Minister Resigns. Impeachment Demanded. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 3

The excitement arising out of the murder of M. Calmette, editor of the "Figaro," shows no signs of subsiding. M. Menis, Minister for Marine, has now…

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Accusing Finger Pointed. Police Arrest Bystander. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 2

White giving evidence for the prosecution in the South Melbourne Court this morning, at the hearing of a charge of attempted housebreaking preferred against…

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A Murder Trial

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 4

Edwin Brown, who at a previous trial had been found guilty of murdering Edwin Stuard Hickey, sergeant of police, at St. Ives on 1st May, 1913, was again…

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Albury Licensing Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 4

At the Licensing Court yesterday, J. J. Seymour was granted a renewal of the license of the Railway Hotel, on the application of Mr. F. W. Tielyens…

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General Cable News. Maxime Gorky Charged with Blasphemy. St. Petersburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

In 1903 a charge of blasphemy was made against Maxime Gorky, the famous Russian author, in connection with one of his novels…

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Troops to Do Merely Police Duty

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

The officers who resigned have accepted General Sir Arthur Paget's assurance that the duties of the troops will be confined strictly to police duty in the event…

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Murder of M. Calmette. Madame Caillaux Questioned. Breaks Down Several Times. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

Madame Caillaux, wife of the ex-Minister for Finance, was brought before a magistrate on Saturday and interrogated in regard to the shooting of M. Calmette,…

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To-Day's Cables. A Unionist Members' Belief. "General Election or General Massacre." The Londonderry Nationalist Demonstration Abandoned. Officers' Resignations not Accepted. To be Given Police Duty Only. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

There is intense excitement throughout the United Kingdon over the position of affairs with respect to Ulster. Sir Edward Carson has completed…

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Cablegrams. Wholesale Murder. Karl Hope Executed. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 3

Karl Hopf, formerly a world's champion fencer, was executed yesterday for a series of murders. (The trial of Karl Hopf on charges of…

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Murder of Sergt, Hickey. Brown Lodged in Reception House. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 2

The trial of Brown for the murder of S[?], Hickey was concluded to-day. The jury returned a verified of not guilty. Brown was discharged, but was at once…

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The Coolamon Strike. Alleged Interview with Police Officer. Question in Parliament Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly this evening. Mr McGirr, Labor member for Yass, asked the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Cann) if his attention had been drawn to a…

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Police Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 5

At the Jerilderie Police Court on Monday last before Messrs. Elliott and Thorburn, J's. P., a man named Robert McColl was charged with…

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