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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

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Police Raids. Supposed Proceeds of Robberies Recovered. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 2

Detectives last night raided premises in Woolloomooloo and discovered a quantity of jewellery and ornaments; supposed to be part of the proceeds of…

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Police Court

Daily Observer · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 1

At the Tamworth Police Court before Mr. H. F. Roberts P.M., on Saturday, Frederick Jackson was charged with stealing a duck the property of…

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High Treason Roumanian Priests Sentenced London

Daily Observer · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 2

Reuter's Borne correspondent reports that after a two months' trial, 16 Transylvanian Roumanians have been sentenced at Klausenburg for high treason…

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Large Defalcations. Company Manager Charged. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 2

William Carlyte was remanded at the Police Court to-day on two charges of stealing £254, the property of the Austral Bronze Company Ltd…

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District Court

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 14 March 1917 · page 2

At the District Court yesterday morning, Carver made an application for a garnishee in the hands of Brown. for money to be paid by Brown to…

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Late Telegrams. Alleged False Pretences. H.S.A. Secretary Charged. "Some Terrible Irregularities." SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 15 March 1917 · page 2

Thomas Leslie, Bathurst, secretary of the Returned Soldiers' Association, appeared before the police court to-day, charged with having obtained money by…

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Police Court

Daily Observer · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 4

For being found on licensed premises, at 5.15 a.m. on March 2, without lawful excuse, was on Thursday charged before Mr. H. F. Roberts,…

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Alleged Theft

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 6

James Albert Smyth was charged at the Police Court on Wednesday be[?] Major Crane, P.M., with stealing the sum of £17 5s 6d, the property of…

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Endangering Neutrality. Dutch Editor Sentenced. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

The editor of the Amsterdam "Telegraaf" has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of endangering neutrallity in an editorial, in…

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Licensing Court

Daily Observer · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 4

Four applications for reduction of hotel license fees under the Liquor Amendment Act of 1916, on account of 6 o'clock closing, were heard before Mr…

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Late Telegrams. Domestic Tragedy. Husband Committed on Murder Charge. "On the Brink of Insanity." SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

The Coroner opened an inquiry to-day concerning the death of Mrs. Mary Eleanor, Siveli, at Connell's Point, last week:…

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Late Telegrams. Remarkable Case. Ill-Treated Stats Children. Charged with Knowingly Harboring. Heavy Fine Imposed. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 2

At the Children's Court, Bowral yesterday, a woman, Rose Anna Allereach, of Mount Murry, was charged on two summonses with knowingly harboring…

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Before the Court

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 2

At the Police Court this morning John Jerimiah Curran was charged that on March 15th he did shoot at Alfredo Boledas Fortunate…

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Petrograd Again Calm. Very Little Bloodshed. Hunting Down the Police. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 2

"The greatest orderliness ana good humor prevail in Petrograd," writes "The Times" correspondent. "As an example, an ungrammatical, ill-written…

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Late Telegrams. Strange Assault. Fruit Merchant Seriously Injured. Assailant Still at Large. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 2

Henry, Morehouse, a fruit merchant, was the victim of a brutal assault in his office at 'the fruit markets. City, this morning. He was standing at the door…

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Member of the I.W.W. Death Sentence for Murder. James Wilson Pleads Guilty. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court to-day a young man. James Wilson, was charged with the murder of George Pappageorgi…

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Alleged Stealing. Railway Guard Acquitted

Daily Observer · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

Before Judge Hamilton at the Tamworth Quarter Sessions yesterday, Cecil James Gilbert, a railway employee was charged with stealing from a dwelling a…

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Rockdale Tragedy. Girl's Assailant Sentenced to Death. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

William Benzing was placed on trial at the Criminal Court to-day charged with the murder of Dorothy Small, aged 11, at Rockdale, in January last…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing. Butcher and Slaughterman Acquitted. Question of Identification

Daily Observer · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 4

Before Judge Hamilton at the Tamworth Quarter Sessions yesterday, William Henry Cooper and William Henry Russ, appeared on a charge that on…

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"Unequalled Audacity." Bogus Returned Soldier Sentenced. Cuts His Own Leg. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 2

Norman Thurston was charged at the Police Court to-day with obtaining £2 10/ from John Sands, Ltd., by pretending that he was a returned soldier…

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