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Courts & crime, 1911

1,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 64

Evading the Customs. a Motor Car Case. Liable for £1,555,000. High Court Proceedings. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 4

An action for pecuniary penalties was commenced in the High Court to-day, the defendants being Ernest Samuel Turner, trading as the General…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

Two men were brought up before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P., at the Wagga Court House on Saturday morning, charged with using indecent…

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Investigating Police Statements

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

The Home Office has appointed commissions to investigate police statements concerning the arrest of Morrison, ni connection with the…

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Prison Cruelties. Russian Warders Sentenced. Flogged with Iron-bound Whips. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

Sixteen warders at Ekateriburg, Russia, have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from month to two and a half years, for…

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A Tremendous Crowd. 20,000 People on Sydney Show Grounds. Many Accidents. Police Make a Number of Arrests. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

The buckjumping show on the Sydney Show Ground on Saturday afternoon was attended by 20,000 people, the biggest crowd that ever…

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Murder Organisation

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 2

A discovery of a number of bodies mutilated beyond recognition in the river in Vienna led to the arrest of several persona who proved to be…

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Sentenced to Death. Senkovitch Found Guilty

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 3

THE final stage was reached on Saturday in the trial of Boris Senkovitch, the young Russian, who was arraigned on a…

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Police Protection

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 4

The Inspector-General of Police has refused to entertain the suggestion that a police officer should be appointed at Boree Creek. It is to…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. F. Pinkstone, J.P. Alleged Bobbery

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 4

A young man, a stranger was brought up charged with having on Saturday stolen £2, the property of Flora Macdonald…

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Bourke Murder. Senkovitch's Money. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 2

Judge Ferguson made an order that £53 and other property found in the possession of Boris Senkovitch, sentenced to death for the Bourke…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, March 27. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.) Charge of Indecency

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 4

John Vernon was before the court on a charge of indecency, alleged to have occurred in Fitzmaurice-street, on Saturday night Vernon,…

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Random Readings. a Remarkable Police Chase

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 7

Desperate expedients had to be resorted to by the police to bring Jabez Balfour back to justice from South America, according to "The…

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Wagga Licensing Court. Monday, March 27

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 4

At the Licensing Court on Monday, before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M., and Mr. W. Purtell, J.P., Mr. G. V. Elliott, Carrington Hotel, was granted…

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The Alleged Outlaws. Trial at Cloncurry. Serious Charges by Police. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 2

The men captured at Donaldson arrived at Cloncurry on Thursday night, and on Friday they were charged with robbery and violence, and…

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Alleged Police Brutality. Treatment of a Prisoner. Serious Statements. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 2

The Royal commission concerning the allegations made against certain members of the police force in respect to the death of a youth named…

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Alleged Child Murder: Mother Acquitted. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 2

At the Criminal Court, Mary Riley was charged with murdering her newly-born infant at Spring Flat The Crown Prosecutor, in outlining the…

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"The Domestic Relations Court."

The Worker · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 7

Some time ago, we are told, an experiment in social law was established in New York. This was called the " Domestic Relations Court," having a special…

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Counterfeit Coins. Police Make a Haul. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 2

The discovery of a collection of counterfeit coins in a house at Balmain resulted in two men, Paul Fazon and Charles Ellul, being committed…

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Police Court. Monday, March 20

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 4

Thomas Augustus McMahon, arrested under warrantor commitment at Narandera on a charge nf using insulting words to Boyd…

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Clapham Murder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

The appeal of Stinie Morrison against his conviction for the Clapham Common murder has been dismissed…

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