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Courts & crime, 1911

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Items of News. Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 September 1911 · page 2

James Beckett was charged before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.M., at the Wagga Police Court on Saturday, with drunkenness. Evidence was given…

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Police at Strikes. Mr. Arthur Griffith and A.M.A. Defends Government Action. Declines to Resign. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 September 1911 · page 2

The Minister for Works, replying to a letter from the A.M.A. at Broken Hill, on the subject of the employment of police at strikes, declares…

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Gundagai Police Court. Objectionable Language

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 3

AT the police court yesterday, before Mr. F. A. Ridley, P.M., Reaben Morton was charged with having used indecent language in a public place…

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Police Court (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Monday, September 18, 1911. Bad Record

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 2

William Brookland was taken in custody on Saturday by Constable Boyd on a charge of drunkenness and of using indecent language. He,…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, September 18. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Drink and Language

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 3

Alexander M'Kay, described as a new arrival in Australia, charged with having been drunk and using bad language, was fined 10s for the first…

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Tommy Burns in Court. Lang-Lester Fight

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 2

THE action which has been entered by the well-kuown pugilist Tommy Burns (whose real name is Noah Brusso, against Hugh D. McIntosh…

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The Price of Blood Murder in the Solomons Strange Native Customs. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 2

Among the passengers who return to Sydney by the Mindini to-day [?] the Solomon Islands were Mr. and M[?] L. F. Fo[?]ar, of the South Sea…

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Footballers' Language Members of Church Teams in Court. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 2

At the police court to-day two members of opposing church football teams were fined for indecent language at a match at North Sydney on Saturday…

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Will Not Resign Mr. Griffith and the Barrier Miners. the Police at Lithgow

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 6

Mr. Arthur Griffith, Minister for Works, in a letter to the Amalgamated Miners' Association, in which he refuses to obey the request of the…

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M. Stolypin's Condition Serious. Bogroff Makes a Statement. Court Martial on Wednesday St. Petersburg

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 5

M. Stolypin bore the operation for peritonitis well. At midnight a bulletin was issued stating that the peritoneal symptoms continue and that…

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Lockhart Police Court. [Before Mr Geo. Stevenson, P.m.] Clearing Work Claims

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 2

James Holdsworth v. Willham Young, clearing contractor. This was a claim for 3½ week's wages at 35[?] per week, amounting to [?] 2s 6d of which he…

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Police Official Visit

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 2

Sub Inspector Musgrove, of Wagga wagga, paid a visit of inspection to the Lockhart police station yesterday. The Inspector travels about the country on a…

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Arbitration Court. Lithgow Strikers. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 2

Judge Heydon delivered judgment in the cases of the men concerned in striking at Lithgow. O. Connelly, F. Connelly E. Warley, William…

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The Rabbit Pest. Court Cases in Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 2

Police Magistrate Hawkins dealt with the following cases at the police court on Monday :— D. MacPherson v. John Corbett…

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Pandemonium. in Legislative Assembly. Criticism of Speaker. Leads to Riotous Scenes. Sergeant at Arms Resisted. Members Fight Back to Back. Police Called In. House Twice Adjourns in Disorder. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 2

The disorder prevailing in the Assembly this afternoon was unprecedented. Early in the sitting Mr. M'Gowen…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 2

Four charges were down for hearing before Mr. J. D. Walker, CM., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday. The three men concerned were…

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Local and General News Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 2

Mr. J. D. Walker. C.M., had three drunkards before him on Wednesday morning at the Wagga Court. James Kennedy, having been guilty of using…

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Chinese Committed on Charge of Murder

The Worker · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 29

At the coroner's inquiry into the death of Charles Cowan, at Cobar, on the night of September 2, police evidence included a statement allegedly made by the…

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Under Which Award? Industrial Court's Decision

The Worker · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 3

On the information of M. J. Connington, secretary of the Trolly and Draymen's Union, Fanny M. Gummerson, grocer, of Bondi Junction, trading as George…

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Parliament Quieter Some Attempt at Business. the Sessional Programme. Disgusting Gaol Incident. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 5

In the Assembly to-night, after a short preliminary skirmish between the Speaker and the Opposition, matters assumed their normal aspect, and…

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