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Courts & crime, 1911

1,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 26 of 64

Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 4

Before Mr. J. D. Walker, CM., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, Wm. Pike was lined 20/, or, in default of payment, seven days' hard…

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Stolen Necklace. Office and Wife Sentenced. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 2

The trial was concluded yesterday at Edinburgh of lieutenant C. Aylmer Cameron, of the Royal Meld Artillery, and his wife, on a charge of…

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Partners Disagree. Assault by a Son-in-law

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 2

A quarrel between son-in-law and father-in-law, resulted in a prosecution on Saturday morning before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.M., at the Wagga…

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Boxing. Police Interfere. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 2

Picato defeated Armstrong in the seventh round at Brisbane. The police intervened in the contest at this stage…

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Bank Teller Sentenced

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions, Vivian Gray, a bank teller, employed by the Australian Bank of Commerce, was sentenced to 12 months…

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Licensing Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 4

Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, L.M. John Patrick Quinl[?] was granted a duplicate license for the Royal…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. Letting Off Fire Works

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 4

Henry Price and Thomas Ticehurst were charged with letting off fireworks in Hoekins-street, Wallenbeen, on 27th May…

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Police Court. Monday, June 5, 1911. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Alleged False Pretence

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

John Wakefield, an elderly man, was charged with having obtained £l from Patrick Joseph Shelley, on 2nd May, by means of false pretence,…

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Police Scandal. Inspector Goulder Vindicated. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

The Royal Commission's report regarding the Newcastle police inquiry states there was no evidence to support the charge against Inspector…

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Storms in Europe. Court Struck by Lightning Flood in England. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

The law court building at Evreux, France, was destroyed by lightning. A thunderstorm at Birmingham flooded a culvert, and four…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

John Douglas Wilson pleaded not guilty before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday to a charge of being drunk and…

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Police Court Monday, June 5, 1911. Before Mr. Ridley, P.M.

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

ALLOWING COWS TO STRAY OS STREETS. J. F. M'Laughlin (for Gundagai Council) v. Louisa Morley, allowing her cows to stray on streets…

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Wagga Court House

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

One of the most admired, and deservedly so, of the architectural features of Wagga is the Court House, which is undoubtedly one of the…

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You Can't, Hennessy What Dan Told the Police

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

What happened in Sheridan-street one night in the merry month of May was told Police Magistrate Ridley at the local police court on Monday last…

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Industrial Court. Women Representatives. Application to Judge Heydon. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

In the Industrial Court to-day the employees engaged in the drug stores and factories in handling and putting up drugs, asked that the constitution…

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A.w.u. Arbitration Case. High Court Must Settle Question of Jurisdiction. Merits of Case Entered Upon

The Worker · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 4

The case in which the Australian Workers' Union is asking the Federal Arbitration Court to grant a new award to apply to the pastoral industry was…

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Stealing Park Lands

The Worker · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 12

FOR a long time past there has been no civic spirit in the people of Sydney such as has made Melbourne the admiration of all beholders. Our first…

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Action Against Attorney-general Hughes. Alleged Eviction and Assault. a Verdict for £255

The Worker · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 23

Richard Bellinger, formerly employed on a dairy farm near Windsor, leased by Mr. W. M. Hughes, Commonwealth Attorney-General, sued that gentleman in the…

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Honeymoon Tragedy. Bridegroom Charged with Manslaughter. Wedding Night in a Cell London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 2

A man named Cockburn, a commercial traveller, who was starting on his honeymoon, attempted to enter a train while it was in motion at…

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Police Sergeant Hangs Himself. a Sad Case. Wife Seriously Ill. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 2

Sergeant Mechan, while walking through Petersham Park early this morning, noticed the body of a man hanging from a tree, death apparently…

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