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Courts & crime, 1911

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Police Court. Saturday. Before Mr. H. Gilles Shaw, P.M. Ringing Changes

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 2

Francis McAlister, charged with stealing 10/, the property of Herbert Oswald Croft. Alfred Henry Lawrence deposed: I…

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Licensing Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 2

Before Messrs. H. Giles Shaw and J. Keane, L.M. QUARTERLY REPORT. Mr. Shaw read the Inspector's…

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The Welsh Strike. Police Withdrawn. Violence Revived. London, Jan. 12

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 2

On the eve of the departure of the London police a mass meeting of miners at Gilfdachgoch, Glamorganshire, resolved to resume the demonstrations…

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Police Stoned. Calcutta, Jan. 15

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 2

Further particulars of the religious riots in Bombay show that the mob stoned the police and military. Baton charges were fruitless. The…

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Sensational Case. Millionaire's Wife Charged. Nurse's Allegation. Vancouver, Jan. 15

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 2

At Wheeling, Virgima (U.S.A.), the sensational trial of Mrs. Schenck, charged with administering poison to her millionaire husband, is…

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Fitzroy Tragedy. Verdict of Wilful Murder. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 2

The Coroner concluded the inquiry into the death of Archibald Steaue to-day. He remarked that he could not accept the statements of Percy…

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Strange Murder. a Miser's Fate. Vancouver, Jan. 15

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 2

A miser, named Frank Labino[?], was murdered at Westley, Ontario. His head was beaten in by a hammer and the legs and body wired…

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Captain Lost. a Suspicious Episode. Was There Murder? Vancouver, Jan. 15

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 2

The schooner Emma [?] has arrived at Halifax. The crew report that gales obliged them to abandon the voyage to Victoria, British Columbia…

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Parliamentary Scenes. Opposition Leave Chamber. Police Called In. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 2

Unprecedented scenes occurred in the West Australian Assembly this morning. The Opposition left the chamber is a body owing to the rulings of…

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Gundagai Police Court. The Licensing Law

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

AT the police court yesterday, before Mr. W. M. Fincham, P.M., William Barian, licensee of the Junction Hotel, South Gandagai, was charged with…

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Over the Wall. Prisoners Break Gaol

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 4

THE following description of the escape of the two prisoner from Darlinghurst Gaol on Wednesday, is taken from the "Daily Telegraph."…

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Police Court. Saturday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. Ringing Changes

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

Francis McAlister, charged with stealing 10/, the property of Herbert Oswald Croft. Alfred Henry Lawrence deposed: I…

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Licensing Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

Before Messrs. H. Giles, Shaw and J. J. Keane, L.M. QUARTERLY REPORT. Mr. Shaw road the Inspector's…

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Escaped from Gaol. Exciting Man-hunt in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

The gaol escapees, Mace and Denmead, were re-arrested at Marrickville this morning under sensational circumstances…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, January 16, 1911. (Before Mr. J. W. Fletcher, P.m.) Dirty Dairy. Tooyal Farmer Convicted

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 3

Michael Minogue, farmer and dairyman, of Tooyal, was proceeded against under the Dairies Supervision Act on a charge of keeping butter under such…

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Items of News. Wagga Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

Messrs. J. W. Fletcher, P.M., L. A. Fosbery, J.P., and W. Purtell, J.P., sat on the Licensing Bench at the Wagga Court House yesterday…

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Boxing a Severe Contest. Police Intervene. Los Angeles, Jan. 16

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 3

The police yesterday stopped a scheduled fifteen-round bout between Webster and Rivers, at the thirteenth round after the former had been…

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The Kaiser's Latest. Honors for Discredited Police. Strong Public Resentment. Berlin, Jan. 16

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

The decorations given by the Kaiser to police officials whom public opinion had unanimously condemned, have aroused bitterness against the…

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Writ Against Government. Appeal to High Court Against Land Tax. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

Frank Osborne, of Sydney, has issued a writ against the Federal Government asking the High Court to declare the Land Tax invalid, and…

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Theft of a Bicycle. Melbourne Men Arrested in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 2

The Wagga police effected a smart capture yesterday of alleged bicycle thieves. A description of a bicycle which…

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