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Courts & crime, 1910

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An Adelaide Murder. Robins Executed. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

John Robins was executed at Adelaide this morning for the murder of Robert Owenshort. He was steady to the last and death was instantan[?]…

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Shot His Stepson. Charge of Murder Fails. a Judge Horrified. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

George Smith was charged at the criminal court with the murder of his stepson. Henry Small, at Fassifern. The accused's wife deposed that…

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Strick in Germany. Police Put to Flight. London, Nov. 16

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

Eighty per cent. of the workmen employed in Krupp's German naval yard at Kiel have struck for a half holiday in protest against the Prussian…

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German Ironworkers. Strike for Half Holiday. Collision with Police. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

Eighty per cent, of the workmen at Krupp's Germania yard at Kiel have struck for a half holiday, and as a protest against the Prussian…

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At Court and Morgue. Accused Man Swoons. at Sight of Body. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 4

At the police Court today Walter Raydon Lovell was charged with the murder of Edith Lovell and was remandeed for 8 days. The prisoner behaved…

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Thursday. Alleged Assault

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 2

Edward: Burns was charged with assaulting Daniel Devine on 30th December. The Crown Prosecutor said he, did…

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Police Court. Thursday, March 10Th. (Before Mr. S. J. Hamblin, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 6

Henry Monk pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly in East Street on the 9th inst, and was fined 5s or 21 hours…

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M. P. and A. Association. Royal Agricultural Society As Court of Appeal

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held in the show rooms, Gurwood-st.,…

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Local Gaol Accommodation

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 3

The fact of the man Abel injuring himself iu his celt the other day again calls attention to the absolutely inadequate prison arrangements in Wagga…

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Gundagai Police Court. Monday, March 21. Before Mr. Nisbett, P.M. a Drunk

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 2

P. J. Sheedy, for being drank in Punch-street oti March 19th, was fined 10/…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, March 21st, 1910. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Drunkenness

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 2

George Abel, who was remanded last week for drunkenness as he was suffering from a severe attack of delirium tremens, appeared in Court…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, March 21, 1910. (Before Mr. George Stevenson, P.m.) Bad Behaviour at Railway Station

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 4

Frederick Stockton was charged with using indecent language at the railway station on Saturday. Constable Grant explained that the language…

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Murder in a Train Cashier Shot Down. £370 Stolen. London, March 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 2

A sensational murder was committed in a carriage of a Newcastle train on Friday. The dead body of a man was found…

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Countess and Her Lovers Dramatic Murder Story. Her Gaolers Infatuated. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 2

The trial of the Russian Countess Tarnowska, her lawyer Prilukoff, her maid Perrier, and a young man named Naumoff, on a charge of…

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Police Court Monday, March 21, 1010. Before Mr. J. H. Nesbit, P.M. DRUNKENNESS

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 2

Patrick Joseph Sheedy pleaded guilty to being drunk in Punch-street on the 19th inst., and was fined 10s, or five days' imprisonment…

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Twenty-four Wives. Sentenced to Five Years. London, March 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

A notorious American bigamist, named Zimmeramn, who married no fewer than 24 women since 1872, has been sentenced by a Brooklyn court to five…

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Sydney Shooting Case. Committed for Murder. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

An inquest was opened to-day concerning the death of Edith Lovett, the victim of last week's shooting affiray in Bond-street. Walter Lovett…

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"Charity" in the Industrial Court

The Worker · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 19

About the shabbiest and thinnest excuse anyone could offer for a breach of the law was advanced in the Industrial Court last week by William Winn…

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Bond Street Tragedy Lovett to Be Tried for Murder. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

The inquest concerning the death of the the barmaid Edith Lovett, who was shot by her husband, Walter Roydon Lovett, in a cafe in Bond-street…

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Tumut Police Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 2

The following cases were dealt with by the P.M. on Wednesday last, being a list introduced by Constable Williams, mostly in connection with…

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