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Courts & crime, 1902

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, November 18. (Before Mr. P. E. Eldershaw, J.p.) Drunk

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 2

Thomas Briggs was charged with being drunk in a public place, to wit, Baylisstreet, on the previous day, aud was fined 5s., with the alternative of three days'…

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A Remarkable Error by the Police. Mr. Kier Hardie Arrested

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 2

When the police were making domiciliary visits in connection with the anarchist attempt upon the life of King Leopold, they arrested Mr. J. Kier Hardie,…

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The Strange Case of Cruelty. Accused Before the Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 4

James Albert Peters, the youth of 19, who was arrested for an extraordinary outrage of which Charles Alexander Sibbald was the victim, appeared in the City Court…

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A Nationalist Sentenced

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 2

William Duffy, M.P., has been sentenced to three months' gaol for conspiracy…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Thursday before Mr. F. P. Meares, acting police magistrate, Albert Perryman, charged with being drunk and disorderly on the previous…

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Local and General News. Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate (Mr. F. P. Meares), at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, James Day pleaded guilty to a charge of having indecently exposed…

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Murder Confessions

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 6

The case of the lance corporal of the Bedfordshire Regiment who, the other day, confessed to having committed a murder in Kansas City, reminds "Lloyd's…

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The Courts. Police Court. Thursday. (Before Messrs Dickson and Sandeman. J.[?] P. POLICE V. FITZPATRICK

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

No appearance of defendant. This was a case in which Timothy Fitzpatrick was proceeded against for disobeying an order for the payment of…

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Fatal Street Assault. Woman Waylaid and Killed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

A revolting crime was (the Argus "says) committed at nightfall on Thursday evening in the west end of Melbourne. A respectable elderly woman. while walking…

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Scene After a Murder Trial

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 8

A remarkable demonstration of public sympathy with. Henry Green, who killed his little girl to prevent her growing up, as he said, to copy tile example of her…

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Arbitration Court

The Worker · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 5

In the Arbitration Court on Monday, the Parramatta Woollen Mills, Ltd., applied to have the common rule award in the case of the Tailoresses' Union and the Sydney…

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The Prisoner Campbell. the Allegation of Paralysis. Confession in Gaol

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 3

At Brisbane on Friday of last week, the ronn Campbell, who it will be remembered was sentenced lust week to seven years' imprisonment for…

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A Second Arbitration Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

The congested state of the business of the Arbitration Court has formed the subject of recent communications between thd Attorney-General and the President, Mr…

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Arbitration Court. Wharf Labours' Claims

The Worker · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 6

The hearing of the dispute between the Sydney Wharf Laborers' Union (claimants) and the Sydney Stevedores' Wool Dumping and Lighterage Association (respondents)…

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Murder of Constable Guilfoyle. Distribution of This Award. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

The Premier, on the recommendation of the inspector-general of police, has approved of the distribution of the £200 offred in connection with the apprehension…

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Soldier's Pay. Decision of the Full Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

The appeal in the case involving the question of whether members of tho second New South Wales Contingent which went to South Africa are entitled…

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The Lorely Murder. Remarks of the Commander. Demonstrations in Athens. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

It is widely reported that when the murder of one of the sailors on the German crusier Loraly at Piraeus (the port at Athens, Greece) was first ascertained,…

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District Court. FRIDAY, 21st NOVEMBER, 1902. (Before His Honor Acting Judge Armstrong.)

The Temora Star · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

Dr. Bennetts v. Emma Kierath. No appearance of defendant. Mr. Walsh appeared for the plaintiff, And produced a letter acknowledging. the…

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Alleged Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 2

Tommy Ko Fan proceeded against Jack Nolan for an assault alleged to have been committed on 15th November. Mr. H. O. Heath appeared for…

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The Assault on Quong Tart

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 3

At the Criminal Court to-day a man was charged with having assaulted Quong Tart, in his office, in Victoria Markets. The jury were unable to…

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