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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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Murder of a Constable. Shot While at Typewriter. After Making an Arrest. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 2

A telegram was received this morning by the Inspector-General of Police that Constable" George Joss Duncan, stationed at Tottenham, 45 miles from Trangie and…

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Murder at Police Station

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 25

The Inspector-General of Police on Wednesday received a telegram stating that Constable George Jess Duncan, stationed at Tottenham, was murdered while…

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Wodonga Police Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 3

The following cases were heard at the Wodonga Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. F. Pennefather, P.M. and Messrs. W. W. Eveston and G. Gordon, J's.P…

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Irresistible Assault

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 46

Mr. Phillip Gibbs writes:—The enemy massed many machine guns against us. It was hard and fierce fighting. The enemy did not yield easily on the first…

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Alleged Larceny. a Young Girl Charged

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, before the P.M. Maggie Cullen, described as a domestic servant, and of 20 years of age, was charged that she did on the…

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A Magistrate and Germans. Mr. Butler Recalled to Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

The police magistrate (Mr. A. O. Butler) has been recalled from Cootamnndra to Sydney until after the war. This action, it is understood, has teen taken…

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Hotel License Fees. Police Magistrates Attitude

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 6

An application was before the magistrate (Mr W. Scott) at the Deniliquin licensing court last week from Charles Carpenter, asking that…

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Albury Police Court. (Before Messrs. J. Laidlaw, P.M., and M. J. D'Arcy, J.P.) Monday, September 25. Alleged Wrongful Conversion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 30

Harry Wilson was charged with that he did steal tho sura of £8/18/8, the property of Henry Arthur Lindbeck, of Walla Walla. In this case, Mr. Tietyens said…

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Murder of Constable Duncan. Tracks of Two Men Being Followed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 2

The inspector-general of police has received further information concerning the murder of Contable Duncan, at Totteham, on Tuesday night. Duncan was…

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Murder of Constable Duncan. Three Men Arrested. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 October 1916 · page 3

A telegram received from Inspector Whitfield, of Tottenham, announces that three men, believed to the members of the H.W.W., were arrested in the afternoon,…

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Alleged Stealing in Dwelling. The Defendant Committed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 2

At the Police Court, yesterday, before the P. M., Maggie Cullen, described as a domestic servant, and of 20 years of age, was charged that she did on…

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A Magistrate and Germans. Mr. Butler Recalled to Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 3

The police magistrate (Mr. A. O. Butler) has been recalled from Cootamundra to Sydney until after the war. This action, it is understood, has been taken…

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Motor Cars in Collision. Alleged Infringement of Traffic By-laws. Police Prosecutions Fail

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 October 1916 · page 2

As a sequel to a collision between two motor cars at the intersection of Guinea and David streets, Albury, on the morning of September 6, the second day of the…

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Samos Island Surrenders. Police Join Nationalists. (Published in "The Times.")

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 October 1916 · page 2

Mr. J. N. Jeffries, correspondent of "The Daily Mail," who is at Canea, the capital of Crete, reports that the Provsional Government is working smoothly…

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Alleged Horse Stealing. Fallon Further Charged

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 4

At the Quarter Sessions at Deniliquin, before Mr Justice Hamilton, in August last, a man named John Joseph Fallon pleaded guilty to…

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Savage Assault

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 5

On Saturday night last at Berrigan a man, named David Russell, made a savage attack on Mrs. Sarab Robinett, an aged woman of 70 years…

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Exploration and Settlement in Australia. Wagga's First Police Magistrate

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 38

Henry Baylis, the first police magistrate to be stationed at Wagga, was born in Edinburg Castle in 1826. His father, Captain Baylis, fought under Wellington…

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Husband and Wife at Variance. Alleged Threatening and Assault

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 4

At the Police Court yesterday, before the P.M., James Hill was charged on summons with threatening his wife Charlotte Hill, in the words, "Now,…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, 3rd October. (Before Mr. Laidlaw, P.m.) a Motor Car Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 23

The charge preferred by the police against Albert Edward Lucas and Peter Harvest Howard, the drivers of two motor cars which figured in a collision, near…

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Accused Before the Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 3

Alfred Russell was brought before Mr T. E. Crowther, J.P., on Monday morning charged with that he did on 30th September assault Mr Sarah…

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