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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

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Stealing Chinaman's Pumpkins

Daily Observer · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 3

Henry William Taylor, Thomas O'Brien, and Clarence Thomas Dorrington, the two latter being youths, pleaded guilty before Mr. Atkin, P.M., at the…

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Shooting to Murder. Charge Against Laborer. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 3

William Donohoe, a laborer, was committed for trial on a charge of shooting with intent to murder Harry Bowman. It was stated that the shooting was the…

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Embezzlement and Forgery. OVER £1000 INVOLVED. Shire Clerk Convicted and Sentenced. West Maitland

Daily Observer · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 1

At Maitland Quarter Sessions John Edward Bernard Wynn, late clerk to the Bolwarra Shire Council, who had pleaded guilty to two charges of…

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The Criminal Court. Sydney, Thursday, 6 p.m

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 2

When the trial of the two Feinbergs and Harry Levy was resumed at the Criminal Court to-day, it was announced that Jacob Feinberg, who is…

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Alleged Intent to Murder Wife. Sydney

Daily Observer · Saturday 22 March 1919 · page 7

Sydney Sampson was remanded at the police court to-day on a charge of having shot his wife, Pearl Sampson, with, intent to murder her…

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Police and Firemen's Art Union

Daily Observer · Saturday 22 March 1919 · page 5

It may not be generally known that the Central Committee in Sydney Is offering a prize of £50 to the town which, in proportion to its population, suceeds…

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Five Year Old Murder. Discovery of Skeleton. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 22 March 1919 · page 2

The skeleton of a man believed to be George Coward, who was murdered while working in the bush at Mount Direction, Tasmania, five years ago…

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Late Telegrams. Eight Charges. Conduct Prejudicial to Order. Warrant Officer Court-martialled. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 22 March 1919 · page 7

A general court martial was held at Victoria Barracks this morning to hear a series of charges against Warrant Officer Charles Tindale…

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Police and Firemen's Art Union

The North Western Courier · Monday 24 March 1919 · page 2

Almost every town of any consequence in the State is at present busily engaged in buying tickets in The Police and Firemen'a Art Union. Last…

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The Railway Appeal Court

The North Western Courier · Monday 24 March 1919 · page 3

The following letter, which will be of special interest to railway men, appeared in a recent issue of the "Daily Telegraph:—…

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Sly-grog Transactions. Seven Men Charged. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 2

The police raided a house in Ultimo and arrested seven men. One was charged with having sold beer without a license the others with having been found…

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Riots in Brisbane. Bolshevik Offices Wrecked. Revolvers ami Bayonets Used. Police Commissioner Wounded. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 March 1919 · page 2

Several thousand persons, headed by returned soldiers, attacked the Bolshevik headquarters in Brisbane last night and wrecked the building…

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Stealing Pumpkins

Manilla Express · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 2

At the police court last Friday before Messrs A C Veness and W T Langworthy J's P, a rabbiter named Henry Jones was convicted arid fined ten…

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Charge of Assault. Against Military Police. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 5

Privates Edward Ryan and Robert Kennedy, of the Garrison Military Police, were charged with 'having assaulted Lance-corporal Williams, and occasioning…

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Young Girl's Death. Woman Committed for Murder. Parents' Criminal Neglect. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 2

At the inquest on the body of a 14-year-old girl, Vera Osborne, at Parramatta, the Coroner found that death resulted from septicaemia, the result of…

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Anti-Bolshefik Riots In Brisbane. Bayonet Charges by the Police. Chief Commissioner Receives a Bayonet Wound. Russian Club Wrecked

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 6

The following telegram was received at "The Courier" office on Tuesday morning last:— "Several thousand persons, headed…

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Methodists' Precautions. Masks at Police Court. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 2

The Methodist. Conference carried a motion recommending to church authorities, except where there am no cases of influenza, that public religious…

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Police Court. Monday. March 24. (Before Mr. W. G. Hazell, J.P.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 2

Roy Herald William Brooks, on remand or a charge of obtaining the sum of £3 9s by means of a false pretence from Robert Denzin at…

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The Queensland Police Force Union Divided into Two Camps

Daily Observer · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 3

The events of the past few days in Brisbane cannot be disconnected' from the general condition of affairs throughout, the State which has been in…

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An Unreliable Witness. Charge of Stealing Dismissed. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 2

The hearing of the case against Alfred' Doonan, who was charged with stealing £379, the property of Raymond Smith, Customs House agent, was concluded at…

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