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Courts & crime, 1914

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South African Strike. Labor Leader's Sentence. Questioned by Supreme Court. Johannesburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

The Supreme Court of South Africa has granted a rule nisi for the release of Mr. Frederic Creswell, leader of the Labor party in the Union Parliament, who on…

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Police Court

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 4

The reports of three cases dealt with at the last Court sitting [?]crowded out of last issue. They are as follows:— UNLOVELY LANGUAGE…

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Balranald Court Business in 1913

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 1

The following is a record of business transacted at the local Court House during last year, kindly furnished by the C.P.S. Mr. A. G. Hardwick:—…

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South African Strike. Trial by Court Martial. Johannesburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

The trial by court martial of Drake, Steyn, Ferquena, and Oliver, four of the strikers, was commenced yesterday. The first two are charged with having…

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Rand Court Martial. Johannesburg

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 2

The trail by court martial of four men namely, Drake, Steyn, Fergnem, and Oliver, on serious charges arising out of the strike was continued yesterday…

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Murder of Kent Reeks. Scene Near Relatives House. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 2

Mrs. Cartwright, a resident of Swindon, Staffordshire, called on the police yesterday and stated that she was a relative of Kent Reeks, of Sydney, the victim of the…

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Police Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

Two drunks appeared before L. Thorburn, Esq., J.P., on Wednesday last and were fined in nominal sums or imprisonment till the rising. One…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, January 27. (Before Mr. Jamieson, P.M., and Mr. W. Whitehead, J.P.) Stealing from Railway Trucks

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 43

Two youths, Henry Smart and Arthur Burton Creagh, were on remand, charged with the theft of certain goods of the value of £2/7/, the property of the Railway…

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Hay Licensing Court

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Hay Licensing Court took place on Tuesday, the P.M. (Mr Fincham) and Mr J. J. Harris, J.P., being on the Bench…

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Mr. Creswell, M.L.A., Sent to Gaol. Cape Town, January 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 42

Mr. Frederic H. P Creswell, leader of the Labour party in the Union Parliament, who was arrested in Johannesburg on January 17 while attempting to address…

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A Suspected Passenger. Police Watching Steamer Grampian

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 8

It is reported that the police are sending an officer by a fast boat to get to the Grampian at Saint John's, on Thursday. The police…

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Murder of Reeks. Result of Autopsy Undisclosed. Ramsden's Movements Accounted For

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 8

It is now reported by the principal of the Engineering Academy that Reeks sent a note that he was going to the Midlands, and would…

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In the Far North. Police Patrol Returns. Vancouver, January 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 43

An Edmonton (Alberta) message reports the safe return of the patrol of North-west mounted police which was believed to have been lost while seeking in the Far North…

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Police Methods. Story of the Omeo Arrest. Mistaken for Convict Sparks

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 4

Mr. Edward O'N'eill, whom the Omeo police wrongfully arrested and charged with being Sparks, the gaol breaker, and who on proving his identity, was…

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Little Boy Strangled. Verdict of Coroner's Jury. Murder Against Father. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 5

The inquest on the little boy Starchfield, whose stranged body was found under the seat of a railway carriage at Shoreditch, was concluded yesterday…

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The Murder Mystery

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 4

No progress has been made by the police, who are endeavouring to unravel the mystery surrounding the recent murder at Wolverhampton of the young…

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Attempted Albanian Coup. Leader Sentenced to Death. Constantinople

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

The trial has concluded at Valona, on the Adriatic, of a number of persons who were arrested in connection with the recent attempted coup d'etat in Albania…

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Murder of Kent[?] Reeks. Pit to He Explored

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

The English [?] LONDON, Sunday. against a sto[?] police still remain up to locate the [?] wall in their endeavors Reeks, [?] murderer of Thomas Kent…

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A Judicial Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 4

Of all the atrocities which stained the name of Austria during the Hunfarian War, and brought down upon her the execration of the…

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Scene of Reeks' Murder. Visited by Thousands. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 2

During the past week-end thousands of persons visited the disused pit at Ettingshall, near Wolverhampton, where the dead body of Kent Reeks was found…

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