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Courts & crime, 1909

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Industrial Court Hotel and Cafe Workers. Increase of Wages. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 2

In the Industrial Court award in the matter of the hotel, club, restaurant, and caterers' employees versus the United Licensed Victuallers…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M.Frederick Godfrey was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Robert Joseph Reid…

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Theft of a Bracelet

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

A young girl, aged 19 years, named Catherine O'Brien, appeared to answer to a charge of stealing, it being alleged she abstracted a bracelet…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, March 22. (Before Mr. Stevenson, P.m.) Theft of a Bangle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

A girl, 19 years of age, named Catherine O'Brien was charged with stealing a gold bangle valued at 35/ from the Globe Boarding House, the…

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The Barrier. Arbitration Court Award. Appeal to the High Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 4

The directors of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company met to consider the award given by Mr. Justice Higgins in the recent dispute. The…

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Bankruptcy Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 4

A private examination, under section 30 of the Bankruptcy Act, 1898, was held at the Wagga Court House on Tuesday, before the District…

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A Tennessee Murder Father and Son Convicted. London, March 24

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 2

Colonel Cooper and his son, Robin Cooper, have been found guilty of murdering Senator Cormack at Nashville (Tennessee). The prisoners were…

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Fire in Oxford Street a Peculiar Outbreak. Occupier Charged with Incendiarism. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 3

Shortly after 10 o'clock last night two policemen saw smoke issuing from a restaurant, owned by William Stewart, in Oxford street…

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Broken Hill. Damage to Railway Line. Three Men Charged. One Turns King's Evidence. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 2

At the Broken Hill Police Court to-day, Wm. Rosser, Joseph Lyons, and Edward Arthur Kingsley were charged with maliciously displacing certain…

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The Craughwell Murder. Two Men on Trial. Evidence of an Eye-witness. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 2

Michael Darmody and Thomas Hynes have been murdering at Galway on a charge of murdering Constable McGoldrick at Craughwell on January…

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The Broken Hill Lock Out. Appeals to High Court

The Worker · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 21

A not altogether unexpected development has occurred in connection with the award of the Federal Arbitration Court in the dispute between the A.M.A. and the Broken…

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The Arbitration Award. Appeal to the High Court. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 2

The Proprietary Company applied to the High Court to-day for a prohibition of Justice Higgins' award in connection with the Broken Hill dispute…

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Victoria. Woodworkers' Claim in Federal Court. Fierce Letter of Denunciation, From an Employer

The Worker · Thursday 25 March 1909 · page 17

Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Federal Arbitration Court, has been engaged, for several days in hearing the case in which the Federated Woodworkers are seeking for…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 23Rd. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 6

A Children's Court was held in camera. John Andrew Brown pleaded guilty to being upon the licensed…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Unsound Mind

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 2

Charles Leteay, found wandering at large and deemed to be insane. Dr. Egbert Harold Florance deposed: I am Government medical officer, and…

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Hillston District Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 2

ON Saturday last, tho 20th instant, the District Court was opened before His Honor Acting-Judge Hamilton. The members of the legal profession…

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The Barrier Strike. Arbitration Court Award. Appeal to the High Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 6

The directors of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company met to consider the award given by Mr. Justice Higgins in the recent…

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Licensing Court. Police Object to a Transfer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 2

An application was made at the Licensing Court yesterday by Henry Oswald Martin for a transfer of the Home Hotel from Henry M…

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A Brutal Assault. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 3

A man named M'Neilly was brutally assaulted by a crowd of larrikins at Nowra this evening. No arrests have been made…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 2

Before Messrs Geo. Stevenson, P.M., and L. A. Fosbery, J.P., who constitute the licensing bench yesterday, the following applications were…

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