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Courts & crime, 1910

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A Fictitious Murder Mystery

The Worker · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 19

A weird murder story has been unfolded to the Prahran (V.) police in a letter signed Robert Johnson, and dated January 28, the address being a house…

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Latest News Wives of Sentenced Leaders Unions to Support. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

The Labor council executive have decided that all unions shall contribute sums of money proportionate to their membership to support the wives and…

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Jewellery Robbery. Police Baffled. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

Particulars have just been brought to light of a successful jewellery robbery at the Central railway station at Christmas. A resident of Goulburn left the jewels…

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Object to Police. Railway Men Refuse to Work

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

Twenty-three permanent railway laborers were taken to Stanford-Methyr to load coal under the protection of 16 police. Thirteen of the…

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FRIDAY. Before the Police Magistrate

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

Constable .Noble Had two cases From Stockinbingal for minor offences, and, as he spoke favourably for each accused, they were fined…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

Before Messrs. F. Manning and F. Pinkstone, J.P. Four cases were set down for hearing, but none were dealt with, being…

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Police Court Tuesday, February 1St. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 4

Francis Scarlett was charged with obtaining by false pretences from Mr. J. C. Symonds, two cash orders for £12. Mr. Quirk appeared for the accused, who…

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Tumbarumba Police Court P.p. Act Prosecutions. Wednesday, February 2, 1910

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 2

The eating of the Tumbarumba Police Court on Wednesday last was a protracted one the court sitting until 11 o'clock in the evening. The…

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Wagga Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

In the Wagga Licencing court yesterday, Mr. G. Stevenson. P.M., granted James Foster, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Currawarna, a temporary license…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, February 7, 1910. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Cabmen's Quarrel

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 4

William Percival Moffatt, cab driver, was charged with committing an unlawful assault on a fellow cabman, Robert Beaver. Moffat was…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, February 7th, 1910. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.m.) Cabmen's Embrog Lio

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

William Percival Moffatt, a cabdriver, was charged on remand with having unlawfully assaulted another cabman named Robert Beaver on…

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Police Kill a Native Woman

The Worker · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 6

The treatment of the blacks by the police in Western Australia came up for further ventilation at Lawlers, W.A., during an inquest on the body of a native…

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A Clergyman's Attack. "Thou Sham" Do No Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

The Rev. T. A Colebrook, vicar of St. Paul's Church of England, Ballarat Bast, spoke strongly regarding the accident at Sunday evening's service…

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Murder and Suicide. Tragedy on a Farm. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

A case of murder and suicide was reported to the police last night, two men, residents of Eureka, near Ballina, being found dead. The men,…

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Free Speech in Spokane. How Its Champions Are Treated. Barbarous Police Methods

The Worker · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 22

The fight for "free speech in Spokane" is one of those events that will make history in America, though because it is a workingman's fight the capitalist press is…

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Imaginary Murder Plots

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 2

A police inspector in Russia has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment for concocting a series of imaginary murder plots in order to secure…

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Theft by a Girl

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 4

A young domestic named Emily Eleanor Baker was charged with the theft of a skirt and bodice, of the value of 13s, the property of Mabel…

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Theft of Naval Plans. London, Feb. 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

The naval draughtsman on the training ship Vernon, charged willi stealing plans, has been released on his own recognisances, the committee…

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Wagga Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

The following bc[?] by Mr. G. Slevenson. P.M. an the wagga Police Court yesterday Second bam dealer license to Annie Ne-butt stage…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, February 14th, 1910. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Cyclist Fined

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 4

John Grundy, who did not appear, ni fined 5e, with 6a coats, for propelling hie bicycle along the footpath in Fitzmaurice-street…

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