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Courts & crime, 1911

1,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 22 of 64

Welsh Strike. Trouble Renewed. Police and Non-unionists Attacked. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 2

Renewed disturbances have occurred in connection with the strike in Rhondda Valley, South Wales. Strikers seized and mobbed the…

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Police Court. Monday, May 8, 19th. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Alleged Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 3

Michael Cleary was again charged, under remand, on four counts with petty thefts of personal property. Sub-Inspector Musgrave said he was not…

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Jockey Heavily Fined. for Unprovoked Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 3

Tot Steiner, 19 years of age, a local jockey, was charged by Thomas Walter Murray, a farmer, with committing an assault upon him in Gurwood-street,…

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Scene in Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 2

Evidence was given by Detective Gallagher and Constable Pauling to the effect that Arthur Bryant, Adin Bryant, and the female accused denied…

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The Billenbah Murder. Death Sentences Commuted. Penal Servitude for Life. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 2

The Executive Council has considered the case of the youths William Millar and Reginald Clare, lately convicted at Hay and sentenced to death…

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The Dungog Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 4

Mr. J. V. Tillett, the Crown Solicitor, last week addressed an inquiry to the German Consulate in Sydney to ascertain the result of the trial in…

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"Pearl of Coney Island." Sent to Gaol for Smuggling

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 2

Mrs Roberts Menges, formerly known as the "Pearl of Coney Island," is serving a sentence of three days' imprisonment in the Tombs Prison for…

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Items of News the Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

Taken on the whole, charges of theft are not frequent at the Wagga Police Court to-day, however, five such charges are down for hearing,…

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University Students. Street Demonstration. Police Aid Sought. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

The University students, being deprived of their usual Commemoration day, paraded the streets in cabs and motor cars, singing songs and playing…

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Mysterious Murder. St. Petersburg

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 2

The administration has despatched two high judiciaries to investigate the mysterious murder at Kiev of a 13 year old boy, Yuschiniski, a…

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Theft of a Watch. the Early Riser

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 4

Charles Beasley, who was arrested on Sunday on a charge of having stolen a watch, the property of Thomas Henry White, laborer, at the…

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Police Court. Monday, May 15, 1911. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Warrant Issued

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 4

A bench warrant is to be issued for the arrest of Thomas Cosack, who failed to appear before the court this morning after being summoned to…

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Licensing Court. Booth Licenses

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 4

J. F. M'Lean was granted booth licenses in respect to the grandstand and leger-stand booths at the Wagga racecourse for the Picnic Club's…

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Shire Assessment Appeal Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 3

At a meeting of the Shire Assessment Appeal Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. F. M. Ridley, P.M., A. C. Angel appeared against the…

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Warden's Court. Suspension of Labor Conditions

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 4

John Turner, owner of mining lease No. 14, comprising 77 acres, parish of Westby, county of Mitchell, and of mining lease No. 25, 45 acres, in the…

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Arbitration Court. Pastoralists Council Case. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 3

The dispute between the A.W.U. and the Australian Pastoralists Federal Council occupied the attention of Justice Higgins in the Commonwealth…

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Seven-fold Murder. Host and Guests Butchered with Axes. a Russian Tragedy. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 3

A sevenfold murder is reported from the Russian village of Soroki. Four masked men broke into the villa residence of a wealthy man named…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 2

Before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., Alexander Toppin was charged with wife desertion. He was arrested in Wagga on Monday afternoon on…

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Debate on the Address. Mr. Wade's Speech. "Stealing His Programme." New Taxation Condemned

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 2

The galleries were crowded when the Assembly met this afternoon. Mr. Thrower moved and Mr. Graham seconded the adoption of the…

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Turkey and Bulgaria Murder Causes Strained Relations. Constantinople

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 2

Serious trouble between Turkey and Bulgaria is probable owing to Turkish soldiers having killed a Bulgarian captain…

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