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Courts & crime, 1914

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[?]umbimby Police Court

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 5

THE holidays brought a small crop of offenders before the Court. On Saturday, before Mr. J. C. Morrison, J P., W. Craigie pleaded guilty…

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Castlereagh-street Burglary

Northern Star · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 8

At about 2 o'clock on Monday morning it was discovered that burglars had broken into the promises of A. Carter and Co., photngraphers and artuare dealers. In…

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Hunter-street Burglary. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 5

Burglars broke into Peel's building in Hunter-street during the night and stole about £50 worth of articles belonging to four occupants. It is thought that a…

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An Earl's Romance. the Brithright of Lord Ingestre. Divorce Court Decision

Northern Star · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 6

A society romance 30 years old was revived in the Divorce Court by a petition brought by Viscount Ingestre under the Legitmmcy Declaration Act…

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Magistrate in Gaol

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 8

At Oregon City George Bingham, a justice of the peace, spent Christmas Day in the sania cell as S. W. Moore, whom he had sentenced to six months' imprisonment…

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Lismore Police Court. thursday, JANUARY 1. Before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P. M.

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 6

Robert Button pleaded guilty to being drunk in spinks Park on 31st December and was fined 5s or in default, 24 hours, and on a further charge of indecent…

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Police Bravery Recognised. London

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 7

The King's police medals have been awarded to the following Queenslanders:— Detective Thomas Head, Sergt. John Joseph Scanlan, and Sergt. Peter Lynch—all…

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"Ceylon Silk Company." Liddell Before the Court. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 7

Edword percy Liddell wes charged at the Police Court with having conspired with Robert Pearce Scott to cheat and defraud Mrs. R. Barton, Mrs, R. M. Bourke, and…

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Inteeesting Disclosuees. Labor and the Police. Why a Commissioner Was Retired. Perth

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 7

Interesting disclosurea are being mada through the publication of a select committee's evidence on the retirement by the West Australian Labor Government of…

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Elaborate Frauds. Fleecing a Credulous Public. Accused Before the Court. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 5

Edward Percy, Liddle, aged 37 years, was charged, at the Police Court this morning with having conspired to defraud several people of large sums of…

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Charged with Murder. Coloured Man Before the Court. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 3

At the Police Court this morning Aleck Marina, a colored man, was charged with the murder of Patrick Sullivan, a workman employed on the…

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Alleged Murder. Colored Man Charged. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 5

A colored man named Alick Marina was charged at the Police Court, with the murder of Patrick Sullivan, who was found Wing unconscious in front of an hotel in…

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New York Murder Trial

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 3

In the case of the Rev. [?]ns schmidt, charged with the murder of a girl named Anna Aumuller, whose dismembered body was found in the Hudson River in…

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Lismore Police Court. Monday, January 5th. Before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M. INEBRIATION

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

James Williams, for drunkenness, was [?]ed 5[?] or 24 hours. Albert Edward Treadwell, for a like offence, was fined [?] or 48 hours…

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Lismore Licensing Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

At the quarterly Licensing court for the police district of Lismore, which was held before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M., yesterday, the report of the licensing officer contained…

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Small Debts Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 4

L. Stevenson v. C. Wheatley, claim for 24s. A verdict was given for the complainant for 17s with 5[?] costs. The cases S[?]am Singh v. Bookah Singh…

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Mistaken Identity. Police Mistake. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 3

The man who was arrested at Omeo on (qspicion of being the gaol-breaker John Henry Sparks, who escaped from Pentridge on July 3, 1901, appeared at…

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Wentworth Gardens. Police Interfere with Entertainments. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 3

The licensee of the Wentworth hotel was fined £1 for allowing ragtime dancing on the premises without a dancing license…

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Casino Police Court

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 6

At the Casino Police Court on Saturday last, before Messrs. O. W. Small and W. Gill, Js.P., Percy Hayes, laborer, pleaded not guilty to…

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A Murder Charge. Result of a Dispute. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 5

Orville Byron Randall was charged at the Shepparton Police Court today with the murder of William Henry Anstis, a farmer, aged 54 years…

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