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Courts & crime, 1914

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Motor Falls Into River Driver Sent to Gaol. Paris, January 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 43

A chauffeur has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of manslaughter. In April last he was driving a…

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Monte Carlo Murder. Death of Mrs. Goold. Paris, January 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 43

Mrs. Goold, who, with her husband, was concerned in the Levin trunk murder at Monte Carlo, in 1907, died last week, in the Montpellier prison…

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Strikers Stone Police. Violent Chairmakers. London, January 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 42

Two thousand chairmakers are on strike at High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire. The strike has been marked by sensational incidents. The men attacked the…

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Escape and Capture. Daniel Winter in Court. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

Daniel Winter, who was arrested near Mooroopna last week before a special City Court to-day to answer two charges under the Maternity Allowances Act. The…

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Cablegrams. South African Crisis Police Swarm Everywhere. Martial Law Restrictions. Johannesburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

Johannesburg to-day presents a remarkable contrast to its appearance yesterday. Then everything was quiet and dull, but to-day police swarmed…

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A Naval Paymaster Court-martialled. Alleged Embezzlement of £10,000. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

John Moffat Lowry, one of the senior fleet paymasters of the British Navy, stationed on H.M.S. Ganges (training establishment for boys) was recently…

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Jerilderie Monthly Court. (Before the P.M. and Mr. W. Elliott J.P.

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

Police v. R. Moore, drunkenness. Mr. Ray Meillon for defendant. Plea, not guilty. Constable Hockley gave evidence…

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Jerilderie Licensing Court. (Before the P.M. and Mr. W. Elliott, J.P.

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

The following cases were disposed of:—An application from P. Boyle to transfer the licence of the Barooga…

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Charge of Attempted Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 3

One of the men arrested at the Trades Hall has been charged with attempted murder. It is alleged that this man fired a revolver during a raid on the Trades…

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The Murderer Hope. Sentenced to Death. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 3

The trial of the man Hopf, charged with a number of murders was concluded yesterday. Hopf was sentenced to death. Experts testified that large quantities of…

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Wife Murder and Suicide. Successful Inventor's Crime. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 2

Following a dispute about a picture a double shooting tragedy occurred at Nual's Hill. Maitland East, last night, the victims bing Richard Marsh, a well-known business…

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False Burglar Alarm. Seven Police on Track. at Reis & Co.'s Store

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 2

This morning at 2 o'clock there were sensational proceedings in the neighborhood of Messrs. Rels & Co.'s store in Wilson street, Albury. when the…

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The Lure of the Bottle Three Young Men Sentenced

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4

At the Albury Police Court yesterday. Mr. J. Jamieson, P.M., imposed sentences on James Nylan, David William Smith, and Peter Hansen, for having…

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Corowa Police Court. Friday, January 16, 1914. (Before Mr. B. F. Gardner, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 3

James Siden, on remand from Wodonga, who charged that on or about the 21st December, 1913, at the Newmarket Hotel, Corowa, he did steal a purse…

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Hather Outwits Police. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4

A comedy was enacted at Port Melbourne beach yesterday afternoon, and the police are in possession of a suit of clothes, which is likely to remain…

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Bets with Police Cost £100 Tobacconists Fined. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 4

John Frederick Harris, of Elizabeth St., and Sydney William Hales, of Dovonshire St., tobacconists were fined £50 each, in default six months' imprisonment, at the Central…

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English Derby Sweep. a Swiss Swindle. Police Warn Public

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 2

Superintendent Rocho, head of the detective office, has warned the public against subscribing to a sweep which is being conducted in Switzerland on…

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Cablegrams. Quiet on the Rand Pretoria Railwaymen Resume. Police Now Unarmed. a Dastardly Outrage. Johannesburg, Sun. Night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 2

The utmost quiet and good order prevails in Johannesburg and the Reef. The police have now dispensed with arms, but armed sentries still remain at all railway…

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Police Court

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 3

At the Balranald Court House," before Mr. Pincham, relieving P.M. at Hay, last Thursday, the following cases were heard:…

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Battered Invalid Wife to Death. to End Her Misery. Sentenced to Life Imprisonment. Philadelphia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 2

An extraordinary murder case has resulted in the life sentence being imposed on William Eberworn, one of the Civil War veterans, aged 80 years…

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