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Courts & crime, 1909

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District Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

The half-yearly-sitting of the District Court commences on Saturday, March 6. when seven civil cases are listed. The roll consists of one…

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr. J. D. Walker. J.p.) Malingerer Disposed Of

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 3

Charles Leteay, the middle aged vagrant who has twice previously been before the court on a charge of being without visible means of support and…

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Is the Industrial Act Valid? Am Important Point Before the Full Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 3

The point under the industrial law rated in a case in which Henry Baxter (trading as Baxter and Co) of Goulburn, boot manufacturer, applied for a writ of…

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Alleged Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

Alexander Edward Parnell, 29, carter, after a desperate struggle, was last night apprehended after being at liberty a month, and he was this…

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Police Court. MONDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Drunk, Etc

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

Alfred Bernard Semlitzkey pleaded guilty to being drunk, and was fined 5/- or 24 hours. The same defendant was further Thfl fines were paid…

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Dishonest Clerk Sentenced. Beulah Flats Fraud. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 3

William Stuart Norquay. who was found guilty on Friday of obtaining money by false pretences in connection with the Beulah Flats case, was…

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Warden's Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

A sitting of the District Warden's Court was presided over yesterday by Mr. Stevenson, P.M. An inquiry was made into an application for a…

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Licensing Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, L.M., A. Bragg, and J. J. Keane, J.P. BENEWAL OF LICENSE. Walter Kiag applying for renewal of…

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Aged Shop-lifter. Woman Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

Katherine Crouch, aged 71 years, was sentenced to three months imprisonment, for shop-lifting at Mark Foy's, to-day…

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A Fatal Blow. Miner Charged with Manslaughter. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

Robert John Hall, aged 34 years, a Rock miner, was remanded to-day on a charge at causing the death of John Henry Niddric by striking him on…

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Broken Hill Trouble Holland Arrested. Charged with Seditious Utterances. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

This morning Harry Holland, the Sydney Socialist, was arrested on a charge of seditious utterances. Holland, who came to the Hill on the…

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General Telegrams. SYDNEY, Monday. Industrial Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

The Industrial Court returned its sittings to-day. Nearly 200 cases are set down for hearing. FEDERAL CAPITAL…

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On the Barrier. Harry Holland Arrested. Charged with Sedition. He Wanted More "Ginger." Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

Some excitement prevailed in the city this morning when the news of the arrest of H. E. Holland (secretary of the Socialist Federation of Australia) was…

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Shearers' Futile Appeal to the Banco Court. the Larras Lake Case

The Worker · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 7

The final stages in the Larras Lake wet sheep case of October last were thrashed out in the. Banco Court, Sydney, last week, before Acting Chief Justice Simpson, and…

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Theft of Hides

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

Country consignments of hiles and skins have for the past six months been going astray in the most unaccountable manner from the trucks at Darling…

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Child Stabbed with Hatpin. a Woman Sentenced. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 3

Bridget Ferina, 41, was to day sentenced to six months gaol, for stabbing a child several times with a hatpin while intoxicated…

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Chillian Murder Mystery. Legation Officer's Villainies. Minister's Narrow Escape. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 4

Extraordinary revelations have resulted from the injury which is proceeding into the mysterious murder at the German embassy at Santiago de…

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Police Court. Tuesday, February 23rd. (Before Mr G. Stevenson. P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 5

William Cox was charged with entering the shop of Thomas Crimlisk on the night of 11th inst, and removing therefrom a sulky rack…

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Police Court. Wednesday, Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Timber Cases

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 2

Albert Hines was charged with cut­ting timber on forest reserve no 1,274, p Congo, o Bland, Plea guilty…

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