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Courts & crime, 1918

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Howlong Police Buildings

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

The Honorable R. T. Ball, M.L.A., has intimated that approval has been given to the invitation of tenders for additions to the Howlong Police…

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Theft of a Safety Razor American Gets Six Months

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 3

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. W. Laidlaw, P.M., Harry Hynes, an American, with four aliases, was charged with stealing a safety razor…

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Duck Shooter Heavily Fined Complaints Lead to Police Vigilance. a Salutary Lesson

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 4

John Shain, of South Albury, was charg­ed at the Albury Police Court yesterday, that on January 17, he did attempt to kill a sheduled bird, to wit, a black duck…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2

Robert Sanderson, of Myrtleford, has been arrested by Detective Sullivan and Constable Scott on a charge of stealing six head of cattle, valued…

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Charac of Assault

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2

The hearing of the case against patrick bresnan for assaulting Consiable Toole was concluded at Finley last week, before the P M. (Mr…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, January 28. (Before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M.) An Expensive Duck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 31

John Shain, labourer, residing at Albury, was charged with that he did on January 17 shoot one wild duck and attempt to shoot another, at Gray's lagoon,…

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Valedictory. a Popular Police Officer. Send-off at Brocklesby

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 3

Fully 100 persons, representative of the Brocklesby district, assembled at the School of Arts on Wednesday evening last for the purpose of saying…

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Conflicting Reports of the Position. Exciting Doings in Berlin. Hamburg Committee Orders General Resumption. Court Martials Given Great Powers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

"The Times" Amsterdam correspondent says that despite semi-official assurances that the strike is waning and order is restored, there…

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Berlin Strikes Over. Crushed by Court Martial Men and Women Return to Work London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 2

A message from the Amsterdam correspondent of "The Times" says:— "The Berlin court-martial ia sitting in secret, guarded by troops. The first case…

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Charge Against Gaol Warder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 3

A gaol warder named Francis Owens, was to-day, committed for trial on a cHarge of stealing £43 belonging to the Prisoners' Aid Association…

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Murder of Ambassador Plotted by German Agents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 3

It was announced in the House of Commons by Lord Robert Cecil, Minister in Charge of the Blockade and Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, that information…

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Another "Governor" Goes to Gaol

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 3

Roy Governor, a relative of the notorious aboriginal, Jimmy Governor, has been sentenced to five and a half years on five charges of burglary…

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Clergyman's Outspokenness Results in Gaol. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 6

George Peet, a Wesleyan Minister at Castletown Isle of Man, was sentenced to three months with hard labor, for, denouncing many soldiers as…

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Strikers Fight Police

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 20

The latest news from Germany, says a Stockholm message, is that, there have been big demonstrations in the streets of Berlin, Charlottenburg, and Spandau,…

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Germans' Assumed Names Brandt Brothers Charged Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 6

Albert Charles Brandt and Ernest Brandt were charged at the Central Court this morning, under the War Precautions Act, with aiding Gustav…

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Alleged Cruelty to Animals. Complaint Against Police

The Independent · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

At the Commons meeting on Monday night Trustee Perrin said he wished to bring a complaint before the Trustees in connection with the action of the police…

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Bolo Pasha Court-martial Paris

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 6

Bolo Pasha's court-martial opens to-day. Intensest public interest is expected, as important facts hitherto unpublished will be revealed,…

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Albury Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. Laidlaw, P.M.) Friday, February 5. An Asphalting Job

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 7

Josephine Malouf, trading as George Malouf and Co., Albury, sued James Watson, Lavington. The facts were that about October 15 defendant completed the…

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Bolshevik Misrule Shocking Condition of Russia Drunken Orgies, Theft and Murder London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 3

The correspondent of "The Times" at Petrograd, telegraphing on Thursday, announced that, owing to disorders and bloodshed arising through drunkenness, the…

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Murder of Grand Duke Nicholas Eminent General's End

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 3

A telegram from Petrograd reports the death at Saschkend on February 3 of the Grand Duke Nicholas, formerly Commander in Russia, "under mysterious…

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