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Courts & crime, 1911

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Dr. Peacock's Death Sentence. Appeal to High Court. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 5

The High Court to-day granted leave to appeal against the conviction of Dr. Peacock, who was sentenced to death for the murder of the girl Davies in…

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Items of News. Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 2

Mr. J. Jeremy, J.P., was on the bench at the Wagga Court House yesterday, when John Smith, who had previously been before the court on…

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Police Court. Tuesday, 21st November. Before Mr. Ridley. P.M.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 2

W. Shaw pleaded guilty to using language on the showground. Fined £3, costs 6s. A. Wilson, pleaded guilty to using…

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Police Court. Tuesday, 21St December Before Mr. G. Stevenson. P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 7

Sophia Anderson was proceeded against by Constable O'Brien, on a charge of using indecent language, Mr. Matthews appearing for the defendant. The case was…

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Adelong Police Court. Tuesday, 21st Novembor. (Before Mr. F. A. Ridley, P.m.) Language

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 3

W. Shaw pleaded guilty to using obscene language on the Show ground and was fined £3 with 63 costs. A Wilson pleaded guilty to using…

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The Glebe Murder. Young Man Arrested. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 4

A MAN named Campbell N. Moir has been arrested at Essendon, near Melbourne, on a charge of having murdered Henry Trevascus, the…

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Globe Tragedy. Suspect Before the Magistrate. His Letter to Trevascus. Remand to Sydney. Surprising Developments. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 2

Campbell Moir, the young man arrested on suspicion in connection with the murder of the man Trevascus, at Glebe, was brought before the…

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District Court. Tuesday. Before his Honor Judge Forbes. Shearing Suit

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 2

An interesting case was heard in our District Court on Monday, between John Pettit and J.C. Finlay, being a claim for compensation for…

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Children on Strike. Schoolboys Demand Holiday, Penny a Week, and Less Caning. Police Called Out. Truants Parade the Streets and Act As Pickets

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 2

Strike fever has become epidemic. It has even spread to schoolboys (says a London paper of September 17). Scholars at Liverpool and Llanelly set the example…

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Local and General News Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 2

A middle-aged man named John Smith, who has appeared before the Court several times lately, again stood in the dock on Thursday last,…

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Murder By Boys. Experiment with Shot Guns. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 4

Fresno Raymond Teece, aged 10 years, and Kenneth Stevens, 12 years, have confessed to the murder of Andrew Alonzo, a retired farmer of…

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Disorderly Suffragettes. Parliament Square Outing. Mrs. Lawrence Sentenced. Mr. Lloyd George's Advice. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 4

Mrs. Pethric Lawrence (hon. treasurer of the Women's Social and Political Union) was to-day sentenced to a month's imprisonment for her share…

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Deck Hand Choked. Captain's Confession to Police. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 4

A message from Oakland states that John Hooker Evans, captain of a small schooner in port here, surrendered to the police to-day and confessed…

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Arbitration Case. Seamen's Hours. High Court Award. No Preference to Unionists. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 4

Mr. Justice Higgins, in the High Court, delivered judgment in the seamen's case. The hours of employment were fixed at eight per day and…

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The Glebe Murder. Moir Arrives in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 2

Campbell Moir, the Glebe murder suspect, arrived in Sydney this morning from Melbourne by the express. Big crowds met the train at all the…

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Police Court. Assault and "Language."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 3

AT the police court on Friday after-noon, before Mr. J. A. Ridley, P.M., Arthur Dempsey, jun., was charged with using indecent language…

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Chaffeur Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

In the case in which James Wilkinson, chaffeur, was charged with the manslaughter of Norman Stanley Hall by collision while the latter…

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The Glebe Murder

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

Campbell Moir appeared before the police court this morning and was formally charged with the murder of Henry Trevascus. A…

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The Glebe Murder. Accused Before the Court. Remanded Till Thursday. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

The young man, Campbell Moir, appeared before the police court this morning, formally charged with the murder of Henry Trevascus at Glebe…

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Police Court. Monday, November 27. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.) Riotous Behavior

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

William Smith, charged with riotous behavior in Fitzmaurice-street on Saturday, was fined 5/ or three hours'. Indecent Language…

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