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Courts & crime, 1919

736 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 37

Theft of Household Goods

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 3

At the Allany Police Court yesterday, before the P.M., Ch[?]lotte Charlton was charged with stealing between February 17 and April 1, 1919. fire spoons and…

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Handy Amadorfe Sentenced Cingalee Goes Up for Is Years. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 3

[?] Amadorie, a Cingalese, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to-day. He was charged with feloniously playing Thomas Dionis and maliciously…

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Australians Fight Police. a Battle in London. London, June 24

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 2

A number of Australians and police were injured in a fight of Australians and Canadians against the police in the Strand…

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Extensive Theft of Letters " I Must Have Been Mad." Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 3

A young man named Richard Ryan, 18 yards old, a seaman was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having stolen certain articles sent by post…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, June 24. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M.) Woman Convicted of Theft

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 23

Charlotte Charlton was charged with stealing between February 17 and April 1 five spoons and two table-knives, valued at £1, the property of William Malcolm…

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Clock Stealing a Big German Trait

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 4

The Germans could goose-step in time very well indeed, but, their watches and clocks never told the hour correctly. French histories…

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Tocumwal Police Court. (Before Mr Longfield P.M.) Thursday June 25. DUNKENNESS

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 3

Joseph Hickey pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 2/6. INDECENT LANGAGE…

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Murder on a Schooner. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 3

The inquiry into the shooting of the man K. Clatch of the schooner James Taft, was held to-day. Matson, a seaman, was committed for trial on a charge of…

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Bolshevik Reign of Torture and Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 39

Terrible incidents are recorded in a publication on Bolshevism in Russia, issued by the Imperial Government which the Agent-General for Victoria…

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Victorian Police Pay Increased

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 46

A sitting of the Victorian Cabinet on Tuesday night was devoted to the consideration of the report of the Public Service Commissioner regarding the proposed…

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Chinamen in Court

The Independent · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 2

Messrs. H. Gillespie and R. B. Irving, J's.P., adjudicated in three cases at the local police court on Friday last. The first dealt with was that of Ah Chee (aged 66)…

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The Seamen's Strike Men Detfrmined Against Arbitration Court. Have No Faith in It. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 2

By the Sydney caprers to-day Mr. T. Walsh, Federal secretary of the Scamen's [?] arrived in Melbourne, and immedi[?]tly a meeting of the officials of the…

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Masked Tipperary Men Murder a Police Inspector London, June 23

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 June 1919 · page 2

A message from Dublin states that three masked men fired at and killed a police inspector in the Town Square at Thurles, Tipperary, in the presence of a large…

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Refusal To Truck Cattle Railway Men Overpower Police Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 June 1919 · page 3

The railway union at Townsville has refused to entrain 400 cattle at Stewart's Creek railway yards. Seven police were sent out to watch the cuttie, but before…

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Recent Burglaries in Albury a Suspect Charged

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

At the Albury Police Court yesterday before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M., James Stewart McClelland, 29, motor car propricter, was charged with ste[?]ing one…

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The Townsville Riots. Police Fire on Crowd. Labor Leaders Before the Court. the Crowd in Possession of Flinders Street

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

At about 4 a.m. on Saturday a party of men estimated to number between 200 and 400 attacked a few stockmen who were in charge of about 500 head…

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All Available Police Sent to Townsville. Government Determined to Maintain Order. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

Mr. Ryan, the Premier, stated that the Government is determined to maintain public order. All the available police were being despatched to…

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The Scapa Flow Affair. the German Admiral to Be Court-martialled

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 1

"The Times" says the Allies have decided to court-martial Admiral von Reuter for a breach of the armistice…

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Rioting at Townsville Clash with the Police 190 Men Armed with Rifles. Townsville

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 July 1919 · page 2

As the outcome of the disgraceful rioting in connection with the trucking of ca[?]tic here, a labor leader named Carney appeared before the Townsville…

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Big Boot Burglary New Store Robbed. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 July 1919 · page 3

With a valuable selection of boots Mr. A. H. Watkins opened a boot store in High street, Northoote, yesterday. When he arrived at his shon this morning he…

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