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Courts & crime, 1911

1,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 51 of 64

Daring Burglary. Sleeping Man's Keys Removed. £1000 Worth of Jewellery Obtained. Burglars Try Whisky and Soda. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 4

One of the largest and most daring burglaries perpetrated in Sydney for many years past was successfully carried out at the residence of Frank…

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Manchu Successes. Fire and Sword. a Province Devastated. Murder of Rebel Sympathisers. Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 4

Manchu troops have captured the Kiangsin arsenal, held by the rebels. On Wednesday they set fire to the smaller towns throughout the…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 2

David Cowe on Friday gave considerable trouble to a couple of Wagga constables. He was seen in Baylis-street in a drunken condition and…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. Drunk and Language

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 2

J. C. Downing was Charged with being drunk and using obscene language in Cootamundra at 1 a.m. on Sunday morning…

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Police Court. Monday, October 23, 1911. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Disgusting Language

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 2

John Davis, the man who was arrested in Wagga a week ago after a summons had been out against him for over six months, during which…

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Wagga Police Court Saturday, October 21, 1911. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) a Rowdy Drunk

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 2

David Cowe was arraigned on a charge of being drunk and disorderly in Baylis[?] to which a plea of guilty [?] Accused, acc[?] police…

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Shearing Shed Theft

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 2

A young man named Oswald Dale, a shearers' "picker-up," was charged at the Wagga Court-house yesterday morning with the theft of a coat and…

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Dismissed Delegate. the Unionist Case. Man Fined for Ceasing Work. Full Court Grants Prohibition. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 2

The Full Court has granted prohibition in Hyam Alexander's appeal against his conviction on a charge of having absented himself from work…

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East Melbourne Murder Charge Dr. Peacock Sentenced to Death

The Worker · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 29

The hearing of the charge against Dr. Peacock of having murdered Mary Margaret Davis in his private hospital at East Melbourne was concluded on…

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Guilty of Murder. Dr. Peacock Sentenced to Death. Chief Justice's Strong Summing Up. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 4

The hearing of the charge against Dr. Samuel Peacock of having, between August 16 and 29, at East Melbourne, murdered Mary Margaret Davies, 27…

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Wagga Police Court Tuesday, October 24, 1911. (Before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., and J. Jeremy, J.p.) Theft of Wearing Apparel

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 3

A young man named Oswald Dale, who follows the occupation of a shearer's "picker up," was charged with stealing a coat and vest,…

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Guilty of Murder. Murder of Mary Davis. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 2

After lasting eight days the trial of Dr. Samuel Peacock on a charge of having, on or about August 22 last, murdered Mary Margaret Davies,…

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Alleged Contempt of Court

The Worker · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 29

At Sydney, last Friday, on application of counsel for the Messageries Maritimes, owners of the steamer Nera, a rule nisi was granted calling on the proprietors of…

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Abolishing Criminal Court Docks

The Worker · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 29

The N.S.W. Attorney-General recently instructed the police authorities to furnish him with a report on the best means of abolishing the spiked docks of the…

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Striker's Conviction Set Aside by Full Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 5

An interesting phase of the trouble at Lithgow was dealt with by the Full Court on Tuesday. A coal-miner named Hyam…

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Lithgow Strike Justified. Full Court's Important Judgment. the Dismissal of Delegates. a Valid Cause to Cease Work

The Worker · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 19

Before the Sydney Full Court (Justices [?]ring and Gordon and Acting-Justice Ferguson) on Monday argument was concluded on the application of Hyam…

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Sentenced to Death Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 2

After lasting eight days the trial of Dr. Samuel Peacock, on a charge of having, on or about August 22 last, murdered Mary Margaret…

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Police Court. Thursday. Drunk. Before Mr. R. G. Green, J.P.

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 2

John Munn pleaded guilty to being drunk in Wallendoon-street on 25th October. Fined 5/, or the rising of the court…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Tuesday, 24Th October. Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M., and Messrs. Brown and Lapthorne, Js.P

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 7

Silas Adams applied for the renewal of the license of the Commercial Hotel, Narandera. The Licensing Inspector reported…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 2

On thursday, before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., John Quinn pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, his second offence, and was fined 5s, with…

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