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Courts & crime, 1914

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Tooth As Murder Clue. a Dentists Evidence

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

An amalgam filled tooth in the skull of the murdered man whose body was discovered burnt to ashes in the scrub at Guildford (W.A.) recently will probably…

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From Globe Hotel to Gaol. Refused to Pay for Meals and Accommodation

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

The address of another man has been changed from the Globe Hotel, Albury, to His Majesty's Boardinghouse. At the Albury Police Court yesterday,…

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To India or Gaol. Choice Offered to Hindoo. He Has Difficulty in Deciding

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

In the dock at the Albury Police Court yesterday a Hindoo seemed unable to decide whether he would accept a free passage to india offered him by a…

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Escapee From Gaol Recaptured. a Lockhart Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 3

About two months ago Senior-Sergeant Griffin had three prisoners in the cell at the lockup at Lockhart. It being a swelteringly hot day, he generously allowed…

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Rand Shooting Sensation. Nissum Sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment. Johannesburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 2

The trial was concluded here to-day of the Russian, Nissum, who in December last fired four shots from a revolver at Sir Lionel Philips, the well-known…

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Albury Industrial Court. Tuesday, April 28. (Before Mr. Jamieson, Industrial Magistrate.) Apprentices' Indentures

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 19

George Dallinger, coachbuilder, Albury, (for whom Mr. Belbridge appeared), was charged with two offences under the law regulating the industry in which he was…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, April 27. (Before Mr. Jamieson, P.M.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 18

Failed to Pay for Meals Supplied, Thomas Robinson Brown. was charged With, on 25th April, failing on demand to pay for meals supplied to him at the…

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Quarter Sessions Court

The Independent · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 4

The Quarter Sessions Court opened on Tuesday morning last before Mr Justice Gibson, Mr John Kelly acted as Deputy Sheriff, and Mr J.N. Mason prosecuted…

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Corowa Licensing Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 7

A special sitting of the Licensing Court was held on Wednesday last, before Drs. W. H. Lang and W. Shortt, when the following cases were heard:--…

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Murder in Train. Woman's Throat Cut. London, April 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 43

A woman named Stone has been murdered in a carriage of the London-Brighton, express, near Three Bridges station. The train was brought to a standstill by…

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A Police Chief Honored. Reminiscences of Old Colonial Days

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 2

Superintendent T. W. Bedingfeld, of Albury, who commenced a well-earned holiday on April 24, prior to retiring from the N.S.W. police force, leaves a long…

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Careless Use of Fire Act. a Court Case at Carrathool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 4

At the Carrathool Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, before Mr Longfield, P.M., Henry Webb, of Desert Corner, was charged, on summons, for…

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Ulster's Defiance. Alarming Developments. Mobilisation of Volunteers. 70,000 Rifles Landed. Police Helpless Onlookers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 4

The test mobilisation of the Ulster volunteer corps of Belfast and Londonderry, on Friday night, was carried out with amazing precision. The…

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[?]niliquin District Court. Tuesday, April, 27Th. (Before Mr Justice Gibson.) HUGARD v. GORMAN

The Independent · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 4

This was an action brought by William is de Hugard, grazier, of Moulamein, [?] inst Edmund Gorman, grazier, of Berri[?], to recover £200 damages. The plaint…

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Albury Small Debts Court. Tuesday, April 28. (Before Mr. Jamieson, P.M.) Trespass Cases

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 19

W. L. Russell Clarke sued William Meecham and Thomas Stewart, claiming £5 damages against each, for trespass on Hawksview Estate. Mr. Henderson for…

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Howlong Police Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 6

The P.M. presided at the above court yesterday. Adolph Fietz was charged with breaking and entering and stealing from the…

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Breaking, Entering and Stealing

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 2

George Bell (19) was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling of Joseph Albert Langman, at Hill Plain, on April 22, and stealing a watch, shirt,…

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Stealing a Horse and Saddle

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 2

Charles Guy Eastwood (16) was charged with stealing a gelding at Balranald on 10th April, the property of J. A. L.’ hotellier; he was further charged…

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Sentenced to Five Years' Imprisonment. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, George Dubois, aged 40, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for breaking and entering a shop in Chalmers street…

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Colorado Strike War. Upton Sinclair Goes to Gaol. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 5

Small fines were imposed yesterday upon the persons who were arrested during the demonstration on Wednesday against Mr. J. D. Rockefeller for his…

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