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Courts & crime, 1919

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Licensing Court. DECEMBER 18, 1918. (Before M. Longfield, Esq., Magistrate, and Geo Nield, Esq., Deputy)

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 2

A. L. Barkmeyer applied for a renewal of license of the Genoe Hotel.—Granted, subject to necessary repairs being effected. Assessed annual value, £60;…

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Attempted Burglary at Circular Quay. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 2

An attempt was made this morning to break into the Mercantile Free Stores at Circular Quay. Two men were chased by the police, One sealed a seven foot fence,…

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Sinn Fein Members in Gaol London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 2

Sir Edward Carson, loader of the [?] Unionists, in a letter to his constituents, says that the election has cleared the air a troland, where the issue was between…

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Sinn Fein Outbreak. in Belfast Gaol

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

The Sinn Feiners in Belfast prison broke out in disorder on Friday, and have succeeded in isolating themselves in one wing of the gaol, by…

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The Belfast Gaol Strike. Now Satisfactorily Settled

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

The Belfast Sinn Fein mutiny has ended as the result of the intervention of the Lord Mayor of Dublin The prisoners have been granted…

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Alleged Theft of Flannelette Three Men Committed for Trial Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

Robert M'Ewin, 45, Edward Buckley, 33, and Alfred Parker, 33, were charged at the police court this morning with entering the warehouse of Simon Toorey at Redfern…

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No Way Out of Court

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

There was a certain magistrate who is a natural peacemaker, and always endeavours to smooth over any slight differences between the persons…

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Sheep Stealing at Wagga Some Serious Charges

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 3

There have been numerous complaints made to the police in Wagga in connection with missing sheep and poultry from paddocks and fowl runs, so that for some…

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Escapes From Darlinghurst. Two More Germans Recaptured a Cook Charged with Assisting in Escape. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 3

Two Germans, Carre and Seemann., who escaped with two others from Darlinghurst gaol, were recaptured this afternoon in a had at Bondi. The fourth man is still…

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Sinn Fein Members of Parliament Twenty-one in Gaol. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 3

Widespread curiosity prevails concerning the Government's attitude toward the 21 imprisoned Sinn Fein members of Parliament. Some commentators anticipate…

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Murder with a 20-Bore Gun

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 1

The inquest was resumed at Hobart on Saturday, in the case of John Pelham, farmer, who was shot dead through the window of his home on Saturday,…

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To-day's Latest. the Unrest in Berlin. Spartacusers Seize the Daily Papers. a "Wages Revolution." the Chief of Police Deposed London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

The Spartacusers in Berlin yestereve seized the Wolff Bureau and six big dailies, including "Vorwaerts." The Berlin Cabinet has deposed…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 1

At the Wagga Police Court on Monday. before Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, P.M., James Harold Birmingham, aged 24 years, Edgar Thomas Jackson, 18 years, and William…

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Convicted for Duck Stealing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 1

A further charge of stealing six ducks, the property of William Robinson, was also heard. Birmingham was sentenced to three months', with hard labor in…

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Hun Police Chief Deposed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 2

A report received from Berlin announces that the Cabinet has deposed Herr Eichborn, Chief of Police, who has refused to resign. Herr Ernst, director of…

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An Assault at Barooga. Sequel to a Log Hauling Contract

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 3

At the Tocumwal police court on Thursday last, before Messrs P. [?] and S. Hutson, J’s.P., William Bear was charged, on remand…

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Daysdale Police Court

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 5

At the Daysdale Police Court on Thursday last, 2nd, before Mr G. Duncan, J.P.the following cases were dealt with:—Police v…

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Assault Charge

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

At the Tocumwal Police Court on Thursday, Jan. 2nd, before Messrs P. Quirk and S. Hutson, J's'P., William Brear was charged…

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Sentenced to Six Months' Imprisonment. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. Sears, one of the Sinn Feiners elected to the House of Commons, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having delivered an inflammatory speech…

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A Somme Golgotha. Australians in a Homeric Assault

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 40

In the wide basin of the Somme, opposite Clery, the dark water gurgled and meandered in its, deuious channels, alternately deep and shallow. On the margin…

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