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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, August 29. (Before Mr. Laidlaw, P.M.) Indecent Conduct

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 31

James Joseph Lynch, 29, a soldier, on remand, was charged with indecent conduct at Albury on August 24. The arrest was effected by Constables M'Andrew and…

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The Middle Temple Murder. Chapter Xxxi. the Penitent Window-cleaner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 9

That afternoon Spargo had another of his momentous interviews with his proprietor and his editor. The first result was that all three drove to the offices of…

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Albury Licensing Court Monday, August 28. (Before .Mr. Laidlaw, P.M.) "After Hours" Delivery of Liquor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 19

Sergeant Kersley proceeded against Thos. Jhonston, licensee of the Salutation Hotel, for keeping open his licensed premises after lawful hours, viz., at 8.30…

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Police Court. Monday, August 28, (Before Mr. N. Byrne, Jp.) Alleged Horsestlaling

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 2

John Joseph Fallon, arrested on warrant, was charged that between 1st and 25th February, 1914, at Quambatook, Victoria, he did steal one draught day…

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Wangunyah Police Court. Charged with being in Possession of Opium

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 3

At the Wahgunyah police court on Friday last, before Messrs. D. B. Smith and A. E. Parry, J's.P. Willie Ah Hing, cook, of Corowa, was charged…

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Burglary at Surry Kills Hotel. Safe Blown Up and £80 Worth Stolen. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

The Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills, occupied by Samuel Riley, was the scene of a burglary this morning. The robbers broke into the bar, and removed the…

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Anglo-French Police at Athens. Arrest Pro-Germans

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

Anglo-French police at Athens continue to arrest pro-Germans, who are uneasy, and are remaining indoors. The Greek police are not interfering…

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Incidents of the War. Recent Attack on Suez. Launched by Germans. Djemal Orders Court-martial. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

It is reported from Cairo that the Chief of the Staff of Djemal Pasha (the Turkish Commander-in-Chief in Syria), General Von Kruss, ordered the Turkish…

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Police Court. Monday, September 4Th, 1916. (Before Messrs A. Malcolm, and W. F Britz, J's P.)

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 2

James Bailey was charged with being found drunk in River-street, and was fined 5s or 24 hours. A man named Sims, who had been…

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Revision Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 2

The annual revision court for the Corowa electorate was held before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M., on Wednesday, afternoon last. In all there were 241 names…

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The Middle Temple Murder. Chapter Xxxiii. fORESTALLED

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 9

Travelling all that long summer day, first from the south-west of England to the Midlands, then from, the Midlands to the north, Spargo and Breton came late…

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Albury Police Court. Monday. September 4. (Before Mr. Laidlaw, P.M., and Mr. D'Arcy, J. P.) After a Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 7

George Sunderland Adams was charged with permitting an unlicensed person to drive a motor car; his son, Alfred Sunderland Adams, was charged with driving a…

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Albury Small Debts Court. Monday, September 4. Interpleader Matter. (Before Mr. Laidlaw, P.M., and Mr. D'Arcy, J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 7

Some days back Dr. R. A. Robertson secured a verdict in the Small Debts Court against Mrs. W. Braden for £3/19/. Execution was put in, and a horse seized…

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Henty Monthly Court. C. J. T. Helm, P.M., on the Bench

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 9 September 1916 · page 3

The usual monthly court was held on Thursday last, when William Stevens was charged with using Insulting language to Adolf Perizel…

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State Electoral Revision Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

An electoral revision court was held at the Albury Court House yesterday afternoon, before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M., to revise the State electoral roll for the…

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Suspension of Labor Conditions. Albury Warden's Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 September 1916 · page 3

At the Albury Wardens Court yesterday, before the warden (Mr. J. Laidlaw). Robert Affleck Robertson applied for a suspension of the labor conditions on…

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State Electoral Revision Court. More Names Struck Off

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 September 1916 · page 3

The sittings of the State Electoral Revision Court were concluded at the Albury Court House yesterday, before the revising magistrate, Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M…

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District Court Martial

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 32

Acting Staff Sergeant-Major James Dodge was tried by the District Court Martial on two charges, viz., that he did, at Dubbo, about July 21, accept bribes or…

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Cabinet in Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 19

"When the case in which the Premier, Mr. Holman ; the Minister of Works, Mr. Cann, and the Aattorney-General, Mr. Hall, are suing the Australian Pictorial…

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Albury Police Court. Friday, September 8. (Before Mr. Laidlaw, P.M.) Backed a Scratched Horse

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 46

William James King was charged by Roland Cameron with larceny as a bailee on the Albury Racecourse, he being the bailee of certain money, and that he did…

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