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Courts & crime, 1919

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Was It a Case of Murder? Dead Man Found in Park. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 August 1919 · page 2

What the police [?] to be a case of murder was reported to the Paddington police this morning. A man of about 33 years of age was…

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A Gundagai Sensation. Wife and Young Man Charged with Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 4

Three weeks ago a shire maintenance man, John Thomas Elliott, left his home at Gundagal and went oat to his camp, 10 miles distant, to take up duty…

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Threatened Police Strike. For Recognition of Union

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 4

The police have decided upon an immediate strike to secure recognition of their union…

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Assaulting the Police. a Saturday Night Incident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

Some mild excitement was occasioned on Saturday evening when it became known that in order to prevent the escape of a man from…

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Police Strike at Birmingham Four Hundred Men Out

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

Four hundred policemen have struck at Birmingham, being a third of the whole force. An earlier message stated that the…

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The Police Bill. Amendments Defeated. London, August 1

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

In the House of Commons the Labor Party opposed the main clauses of the Police Bill. Mr. J. R. Clynes, Labor member for…

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The Police Strike a Surprise Blow Government Was Ready. London. August 1

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 2

Some remarkable experimental features are noted in connection with the police strike. The union, which lost many members…

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Theft from a Hut at South Yathong. Two Men Arrested at Tocumwal

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 7 August 1919 · page 3

At the Tocumwal police court on Monday last, before Mr. S. Hutson J.P., William Kavanaugh was charged with that he did on 31st July ,at…

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Police Strike in London

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 23

There are 850 policemen on strike in London, and 630 in Liverpool. The vacancies in the London force caused by the strike have been filled up rapidly. Four hundred…

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Leaden Love Bullets to Frighten. Young Man Charged. Saved by Marriage

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 6

At the Newtown Police Court to la[?] a young man named John McGrath was charged with maliciously shooting at Ellen Hayes with intent to do…

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The Police Strike. Tanks at Liverpool. Many Shops Looted

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 6

The police strike is regarded as a fiasco. About forty Liverpool shops have been damaged, and jewellers,…

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Moore Park Mystery. Body Still Unidentified. Police Have Clue

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 6

The only clue the police have found as to the identity of the man found dead in Moore Park, is a prescription paper by a Melbourne chemist. Many…

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International Conspiracy To Bolshevize Britain. The Police Seize the Plans

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 2

"The Mail" publishes details of a great international conspiracy, planned in Russia, and headed by Lenin. The police seized plans at Plaistow,…

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Latest Cables. the Strikes in Great Britain the Police Strike Apparently Collapsing. The position in Liverpool. Bakers Out and Many Towns Breadless. Foreign Influence and Coin at Work. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 2

At Liverpool the moderate influence is gaining. The dockers and railwaymen are unlikely to strike. (United Service Cables.)…

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Still Another Deeming. Girl's Stepmother Charged. London, August [?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 2

Following on the unearthing of the remains of Constance Grant, 1[?],under the kitchen flour of a mean dwelling in Kit burn, a suburb of London, on July 20,…

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Police Bill Objected To. London, August [?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 2

The South London [?]bo strikers have [?] their determination not to resume work until the Police Bill has bean withdrawn, They declares that the Bill is…

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Three Years for Theft of Arms. During Towns[?]lle [?]iots. [?]ISDANE,Friday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 2

John Cha[?], an employee of the railway workshops at Townsville, who was [?] with having slole[?]. [?]280 worth of property belonging to Roaneys Ltd., was…

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To Stop Profiteering. Fines of [?], or Six Months in Gaol. London, August [?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 2

Sir Auekl[?] Geddes, President of the Board of Trade, stated at to-day's meeting of the Profiteering Committee that the Government proposed to establish a…

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Police Pioneers of Revolution. London, August 5

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 2

There is no doubt that the spectacle of lawlessness and [?] in Liverpool decisively influenced the unanimous resolve of the Manchester Police not to strike…

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Theft of Tweed Interrupted. Two Men Chased by Police Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 August 1919 · page 2

A lively chase occurred yesterday at Ultimo, when two suspected persons tried to elude the police. The constables were watching a factory…

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