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Courts & crime, 1909

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Wagga Police for Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 December 1909 · page 2

Another development in connection with the strike is the reinforcement of the Sydney constabulary by the calling up of constables from country…

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The Court Cases

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 December 1909 · page 2

Messrs. Bowling, Brennan, Burns, Lewis, and Gray were before the Court at Newcastle on Tuesday. A cable to England and America for help…

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Police for the South. Wharf Laborers Cease Work. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 December 1909 · page 2

The whistles were not blown at the South Coast collieries this morning. Forty police left Sydney for the South Coast towns…

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Strike Leaders in Court. the Case for the Crown

The Worker · Thursday 16 December 1909 · page 15

The preliminary hearing in che Newcastle Police Court of the charges against five of the miners' officers who took part in the delegate board meeting on…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Police V. Noonan

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 2

In the police court today, before Messrs. S. H. Dickson aud J. J. Leahy, J.P., Michael John Noonan was charged with stealing a sheep, the property of…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 2

Before. Messrs. S. H. Dickson and G. W. Fisher, J.P. Mr. Mac Mahon had a case adjourned till 10th January…

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Tumut Small Debts Court. Wednesday, Dec. 15. Before Mr. Nisbett, P.M.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 2

The adjourned case of William, James and Andrew Kell and Walter Day. v. WV M. Bundock, for defamatory, statements published at…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Police V. Noonan

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 4

In the police court to-day, before Messrs. S. H. Dickson and J. J. Leahy, J.P., Michael John Noonan was charged with stealing a sheep, the property of…

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Charge of Assault

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 3

William Maher was charged by John Phillips, with having assaulted him on the night of December 4. The asc[?] was arrested on a warrant at…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. F. Pinkstone, J.P. DRUNK, &c

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

Gilbert Clarke was fined 10/- for drunkenness. William John Blott was fined 5/- for drunkenness, 20/- for using bad…

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Gundagai Police Court. Monday, December 20. Before Mr. Nisbett, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

Mrs. Martha Dennis, for failing to destroy rabbits on her holding as Hillas Creek, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10/, costs 6/, professional costs…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 3

Messrs. Geo. Stevenson, P.M., and J. D. Waller, J.P., sitting on the Licensing Beach, g[?] booth [?] to J. P. McLenn [?] with…

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Murder Charge Against a Woman. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

Emily Street was again placed on trial in the Criminal Court charged with the alleged murder of Edward Healy, of Wickham. Accused was…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, December 20. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.m.) Purkis v. Purkis. Claim for Increased Maintenance

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 3

Cecilia Bertha Purkis sued her husband, George James Purkis, for maintenance, An order for 7/6 per week had been made in October, 1908, in…

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Washing the Board. Remarkable Court Case at Glen Innes

The Worker · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 3

Dear Worker,—In justice to those concerned, I am writing in connection with a case which was heard in the Glen Innes Court on December 14. I sat in the court…

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Appeal Court. Government Blocks Abolition

The Worker · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 9

An endeavor which Mr. Prendergast made in the Legislative Assembly last week to have the provision for an appeal court struck out of the Factories and Shops Act…

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Ah Weey Again in Court

The Worker · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 24

Ah Weey, 44, a Chinese dealer, was charged, at the Sydney Water Police Court, on the 7th inst., before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., with having, on October…

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To Strike Is Worse Than Murder. (Continued from Page 15.)

The Worker · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 23

as any other men are concerned, who may be connected with this trouble, that their cases, whether they are guilty or not, shall be left, not in the hands of a jury, but in…

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Industrial Court Decisions. Finality of Awards Affirmed. The Position of Apprentices

The Worker · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 3

In the High Court on Friday, the Chief Justice delivered judgment in the case of Baxter v. the N.S.W. Clickers' Association. The case dealt with the…

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Wade Can't End the Strike. Northern Miners Still Determined. Will Fight to the Bitter End. — Irritating Methods of the Police

The Worker · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 10

The outstanding feature in connection with the coal strike developments during the past week has been the passing of Wade's Coercion Act, a measure designed…

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