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Courts & crime, 1914

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Police Magistrate's Views. Strict Views Concerning Hotels

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 3

Hotelkeepers and others interested will remember that when Mr. Gates, P.M., was relieving at Tocumwal some 18 months ago he frequently…

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Police Court. Friday, April 17, 1914. (Before Mr. W. Scott, P.M.)

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 5

F. Pinnnick was charged with having driven a motor car through Tocumwal without having a rear light showing…

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Licensing Court

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 3

The P.M. (Mr. W. Scott), and Mr. W. Elliott; J.P., sat us a Licensing Court at Jerilderie on the 13th inst., when the following cases were death…

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Dog's Sagacity. Murder Mystery Solved. Vienna, April 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 43

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Political Pars, Police as Electoral Registrars

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 2

The acting Premier ia the Assembly when asked the question the other night in the House—Was it not a fact that the police acted as deputy…

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Little Girl's Travels. Mother's Right to See Her Child. Uncle Sent to Gaol

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 5

A little blue-eyed girl of seven or eight, with flaxen curls and a large hat with blue ribbons, was brought into Mr. Justice Astbury's Court in the Chancery Division,…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, April 21. (Before Mr. Jamieson, P.M., and Mr. W. Whitehead, J.p.) a Walla Walla Cow

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 7

John Doughty was charged with having detained, at Walla Walla on April 7, a cow valued at £10, the property of ArthurHenry Lindbeek, of Walla Walla…

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[?]Court. Transfer Ok the Federal at Berrigan

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 4

At the Jerilderie Hocusing court last week, before Mr W. Scott, P.M., and Messrs Elliott and Thomas J.'sP., M. Barbota applied for…

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A Sleeper-cutter's Troubles Uncle and Nephew. Alleged Attempted Murder at Tumbarumba. Accused Man Not Guilty

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 19

At the Albury Circuit Court on Monday, before Mr. Justice Pring, Henry Wolter was charged with having, at Tumbarumba, on November 9, 1913, feloniously wounded…

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Albury Small Debts Court. Tuesday, April 21. (Before Mr. J. Jamieson, P.M., and Mr, W. Whitehead J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 7

H. Jacobs sued W. J. Bates for £7/19/2 (for goods sold and delivered). Norman Jacobs, manager for H. Jacobs, appeared to prove, the claim. There was no…

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Chaff Strike Off. Minister Confers with Employers and Employees. Promises to Endeavor to Bring Rural Workers under the Arbitration Act. All Parties Satisfied, and Work Resumed. Will the Arbitration Court Be Reached?

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 6

A feeling of great relief was expressed in Wagga when the first news of the settlement of the chaff strike in Sydney was received in a telegram on Tuesday…

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Arrested for Stealing

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 2

Martin Benjamin McNamara, 28, has been arrested at his house at Collingwood, Melbourne, in connection with the theft of £316 worth of…

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The Baking of Bread. Court Rules in Favour of Night Baking. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 6

Mr. Justice Rich to-day delivered his reserved judgement on the question of day making of bread. The case had been argued in Melbourne,…

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Gun Running Successful. with Police Powerless Spectators

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 April 1914 · page 1

The authorities apparently expected that an attempt would be made at gun running, and hence the police closely watched a coal steamer which was in the…

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Welter Weight Contest. Police Stop the Fight. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 April 1914 · page 3

At the Stadium last night the welter weights. Fritz Holland and Jimmy Fitton, both of America, met. The contest was, on the whole, unskilful. Holland swings…

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A Lost Bridegroom. Searched for by Police. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 April 1914 · page 1

Detectives are inquiring into the disappearance of Thomas Rose, an official of the Telephone department, whose marriage with a young woman was to have…

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The Murder of Sergeant Hickey

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 2

Thomas Edwin Brown, who was recently acquitted at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of having murdered Sergeant. Ill[?]cy at St. Ivas, has since been in…

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Police Witness Gun-running

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 3

The test mobilisation of the Ulster volunteers on Friday night was carried out with amazing precision. The police were powerless onlookers of the…

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Small Debts Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 2

The fortnightly sitting of the Hay Small Debts Court took place this morning, before the P.M. Stathis Bros, sued L. E. Thomas to…

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Albury Licensing Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 April 1914 · page 4

Messrs. J. Jamieson and A. G. Daniel, L.M.s', presided at the Albury Licensing Court yesterday. Harry Feely Flood was granted a…

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