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Courts & crime, 1909

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Sunda[?] Police Court. Monday, June 14. Before Mr. Gibson, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

Andrew Davis was fined 2/6 for drunkenness. The Smith (hay) case, which has been hanging firs for six months, was…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, June 14. (Before Mr. Stevenson, P.m.) Riotous Behavior

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 3

Samuel Davis, charged with conduct of a riotous character on saturday, night, was fined 20/ or 11 day hard labor in Wagga Gaol…

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Small Debts Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

R. E. Jones v J. Johnson, goods sold, £3/8/7. Adjourned to next court. T. H. Wilkinson v. Abdullab, goods…

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Land Appeal Court. Wagga Sitting

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 3

A sitting of the Land Appeal Court has been fixed to take place at Wagga Wagga on Wednesday, 23rd June next, when the following cases will be heard:—…

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Police Court Monday, June 14, 1909

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 2

Before Mr R. M. Gibson, P.M. Police v. John Smith. Mr W. Fraser, for defendant, asked for a postponement for two months…

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Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

At the police court on Tuesday, Richard Roberts and Munn Williams charged with drunkenness and using indecent language, were fined for the first…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, June 15th. (Before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.p.) Alleged Stealing

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

John Egan was charged with stealing 27lbs wheat, and 3lbs wheatmeal, valued at 2s 6d, the property of the Murrumbidge Co-operation Milling Co.; Albert…

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Alleged Theft

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

Three men, Albert Egan, John Egan and Chas. Hudson, were charged before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P., on Tuesday, with thefts of produce from the…

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The Malvern Assault Case

The Worker · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 23

The shocking assault on a girl in Malvern, V., which was reported in a recent issue of THE WORKER, was heard in the Malvern police court last week, when Edward…

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Chinese Sentenced to Nine Months

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 3

See Young, a young Chinese, was charged at the Criminal Court with the murder of Thomas Standford on 15th March…

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Cases of Manslaughter. Youth Sentenced to Ten Years

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 3

Stanley Williams, a youth eighteen years of age, who stood his trial on a charge of murdering Harry Johnson, near Wee Waa, in December last, and…

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A Professing Christian Charged with Bigamy. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 3

John Henry Berry, when committed to trial on a charge of bigamy to-day, said, "I place myself with a higher power than an earthly judge. I'm a…

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Broken Hill. More Police Wanted. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

At Broken Bill Council last night one alderman tabled a motion that the Chief Secretary be requested to increase the permanent staff of police at the Barrier,…

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Berlin Court Scandals. Prince Eulenberg's Bail. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

The bail under which Prince Eulenberg is held awaiting triaf at Berlin on charges relative to the scandals in connection with the German Imperial Court…

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Willis in the Witness Box. Disorderly Scenes in Court

The Worker · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 23

For many days the prosecution of a man named Thomas William Daley on a charge of attempting to extort money from W. N. Willis by threatening to publish a…

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Police Day of Rest. Granted to London Force. London, 13th June

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 3

In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary, announced the intention of the Government to grant a weekly…

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Alleged Horse-stealing

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

Charles Clifford Jackson, on remand from Broken Hill, was charged "That on the 9th May last, he did steal one grey gelding, the property of James…

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Divorce Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

In the Sydney Divorce Court on Friday, before Mr. Justice Sly, Mary Ann Cole, formerly Cooksley, sued for a divorce fro a Ihram Cole, on the…

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Hillston Police Court. (Monday, 14th inst., before Mr. A. Or monde Butler, P.m.) Insulting Behaviour

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

The Police proceeded against Patrick Rowe for behaving in an insulting manner on the night of the 8th inst. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and…

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Police Magistrate's Remarks Representations to Minister for Justice

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 2

Ald. Warren desired to ask the Mayor if he had noticed a report which appeared in the "Express" concerning some remarks by the P.M. derogatory…

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