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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1901

1,151 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 58

Victoria. Assault and Robbery. £800 Stolen. Melbourne, Wednesday night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 2

samuel Valentins Pease, bedstead maoufacturar, of Balaclava, has reported to the police that he was assaulted and robbed of £600 in Raglan-street, St. Kilda, at an early…

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Murder of Captain Bartsch. Two Arrests. London, April 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 2

In connection with the recent murder of Captain Bartsch, a German officer, near Peking, two Chinese have been arrested. They were riding tho murdered officer's…

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District News. (From Our Correspondents.) Tumbarumba. the Police Station

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 2

Senior-Constable Ferguson, ad old Waggaite, has been sent in charge of the police station, while Sergeant Dixon has been sent to take the place vacated by Senior-Constable…

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The Chinese Court. Removing to Siang Yang. London, April 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 2

The Chinese Court has abandoned all intention of returning to Peking. Preparations are being made by the Court to remove from Singanfu to…

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Latest News. the Return of the Court. Reply to Japan. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 2

The imperial Chinese Court, in its reply to Japan's representative, who endeavored to induce its return to Peking, said it was impossible for the return to be made until the…

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Police Court. April 16

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

Before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P. H. Pitzgibbons, for drunkenness and obscene language, was fined 30s…

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Cattle Stealing

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

FROM time to time, frequently at short intervals, mutterings are heard amongst townspeople and country folk of an offence against constituted law…

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Police Quarters

The Junee Democrat · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

THE Mayor (Mr. D. Benjamin) is in receipt of the following, letter which be has kindly handed to us for publication: -- Department of Public Works, Sydney,…

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Gundagai Police Court. Monday, April 15. Before Mr. Clarke, P.M

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 4

between Mr. Brown and Mrs. Woodcock. The women had been on had terms for some time past, and the feud culminated in a fracas on…

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Police Court. Thursday, 16Th April. Before Dr. Watson and Mr. T. P. Arragon, Js. P.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

D. Carrall, for being drunk and using bad language in Tumut-street, on Saturday, 6th instant, was fined 10s…

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Local and General News. Warden's Court. April. 16Th, 1901

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

Before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P., Mining Warden. In the application of Thomas Frost for authority to on for C L. 1369…

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Sentenced to Death

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2

Ernest Montgomery Jones has been sentenced to death for the murder of Alfred Pitman at Whalan's creek…

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Murder and Suicide

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2

Ferdinand Ernst, a director of a Manchester company, murdered a lady named Englander at Paris, and then committed suicide…

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Police Court Wednesday, April 17Th, 1901. Before Messrs M. Ryan and J. M. Dodd, J's.P. Illegally on the Premises

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2

Thomas Canfield was charged with being illegally on the premises of James J. Cornett, with intent to commit a felony, to wit, steal, on the night of the 16th instant…

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The Imperial Court Appeal. Some Antiquated Legal Farces

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 8

The announcement in the King's speech of the introduction of a measure to make "certain changes in the constitution of the Court of Final…

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Licensing Court. Before Messrs. F. B. Treatt, P.M. and K F. Smith, J.P.

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 4

The Quarterly Licensing Court was held on the 15th. inst. Nicholas Frederick Smith was sworn in, by the P.M. as a member…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. G. Martin, P.M., William Bell was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for a gross act of indecency, committed…

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Assault. Monday, April 22

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 4

An elderly woman named Jessie Brady proceeded against a boy named John Sydenham for assault. The evidence of the accused showed that she resided at…

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Cattle Stealing. (To the Editor.)

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 3

SIR,—When I opened my last EXPRESS the first words which caught my eye were those two at the head of my present letter to you. I was delighted…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, April 20, 1901. (Before Mr. G. Martin, P.m.) Indecency

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 4

A middle-aged man named William Bell was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labor for committing an act of indecency at The Rock on…

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