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Courts & crime, 1911

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Police Court. Tuesday, 26th FEBRUARY. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 4

Joseph Picken, on remand for observation as to his sanity, was discharged from custody. Robert Henderson, charged with…

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Adelong Police Court Wednesday, March 1st. Before Mr. Fincham, P.M.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 5

Robt. Crouch was charged by Sen. Sgt. Duprez with stealing a grey draught horse, property of G. Winsleft…

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The London Police

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 3

There aro 12,235 constables in the Metropolitan Police Force, and rather less than 2400 additional men of the higher ratings, a number which seems small in…

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Miss Gasper's Marriage. Ogilvie Sentenced. Ten Years for Bigamy. London, March 2

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 2

Felix Ogilvie, the German engineer, was to-day found guilty of bigamy in marrying Miss Ella Caspers, the well-known Australian contralto, and…

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Countess' Crimes. Implicated in Murder of Husband. London, March 2

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 2

Countess Zelatila has been arrested at Sasari, Sarandia, on a charge of murdering her husband. The murder is alleged to have been committed…

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Police Court Friday, March 3rd, 1911. Before Mr. Fincham, P.M. Alleged Assault

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 2

John M'Guinness and Eric M'Guinness, father and son, half-castes, on remand, were charged with assaulting Alec Bell another half-caste on…

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Drink Causes Downfall. University Man Sentenced. Scene in Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

A commercial traveller, Charles Danne, who had been convicted of larceny as a bailee, was sentenced to six months' hard labor at the sessions…

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Obituary. Ex-police Inspector. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

Ex-Police Inspector Tandall died suddenly this morning, it is supposed, from heart failure…

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Criminal Appeal Court. Mr. Holman's Proposal. a Much-needed Reform. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

The Attorney-General, referring to his intention to establish a criminal court of appeal, said the necessity for such a tribunal had been in his…

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Desperate Robber. Fight with Police. Attempted Lynching. a Gaol Stormed. New York, March 5

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 2

A robber, who was discovered holding up a jewellery store at Alexandria, Indiana, shot a policeman dead. The robber fled and barricaded himself in…

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Baron Arrested. Theft of Valuable Platinum Goods. Vancouver, March 3

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 4

Baron Richard Von Arkovy, reputed to be a rich Hungarian landowner, has been arrested in New York on a warrant issued on information…

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Supreme Court Judge. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 2

It is understood that Mr. Justice G. Ferguson has been elected by the Government to act as Justice of the Supreme Court Bench during the…

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The Murrumbidgee. the Problem of Its Poltion. Left to Police to Solve

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 2

Government departmental officials, scientists and experts of all sorts have tackled the solving of the problem of the pollution of the Murrumbidgee…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, March 6, 1911. (Before Mr. Gco. Stevenson, P.m.) Plumber's Alleged Assault Trouble at Local Livery Stables

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 3

Incensed apparently at being turned away from his lodgings and at being relieved of the care of the livery stables in Little Gurwood-street,…

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Ethel Harris' Murder. Fremantle

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 2

Alfred Smart was executed this morning for the murder of Ethel Harris. He made no confession, but all yesterday he was nervous and…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. RIOTOUSNESS

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 2

Joseph Flynch was fined 10/- for the above offence. DRUNK AND BISORDERLY, & c. James Martin Buggy was charged…

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Criminal Court of Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 2

The proposal of the State Attorney-General to establish a criminal court of appeal should meet with the cordial approval of the public. The…

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Perth Murder. Smart Executed. No Confession. a Written Statement. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 2

Alfred Smart was executed this morning in Fremantle Gaol for the murder of Ethel Harris. Yesterday he was rather nervous and inclined to…

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Woman Charged with Theft

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 2

Hazel Mary Taylor, a domestic servant, was charged at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, Messrs. J. D. Walker and W. Purtell,…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 4

Oscar Hassinen, a Fin, aged 20 years, was charged with stealing the sum of £1/4/- from the till of the Murrumbidgee Hotel on Friday…

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