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Courts & crime, 1911

1,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 58 of 64

Big Jewellery Robbery. Man and Wife Sentenced. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

William Rogers and his wife, who were convicted at Auckland in connection with a big jewellery theft from Kalin's establishment, were…

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Glebe Murder Mystery. Plough Coulter Identified

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

Mr. Tremayne, a farmer residing at Emu Plains, yesterday identified the plough coulter which it is believed was used to murder Henry…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, November 27, 1911. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.m.) Riotous Behaviour

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 3

A middle-aged man named William Smith pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous behaviour. Accused admitted being very drunk…

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Thefts of Jewellery. Married Couple Sentenced. Husband's Appeal for His Wife. Wellington (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 5

William Rogers and his wife, Maud Rogers, who were found guilty at Auckland in connection with a big theft of jewellery from Kohn's…

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Glebe Murder Moir Arrives in Sydney. How Detectives Fooled the Crowd

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

Inspector Childs and Senior Detective Walker arrived in Sydney on Saturday morning with Campbell Nairn Moir, the young man charged…

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Employee's Half-holiday. Worked for Another Employer Court Confirms Action. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 5

[?] in the Industrial Court this morning [?] Wearne, hairdresser, appealed [?] the decision of the Registrar [?] convicting him for working for another…

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Riots in Lisbon. Chinese Women Doctors. Patients in the Streets. Police Interference Resented. Lisbon

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

The authorities ordered the expulsion of two Chinese woman, so-called eye doctors, owing to a hundred blind patients sleeping in the streets…

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Sequel to Love Affair. Maliciously Wounding. Accused Sentenced to Seven Years'. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 2

George Leslie Miller, who pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court last week to a charge of maliciously wounding Lily Davis, was sentenced to seven…

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Family Murdered Arrest of Cingalese. Statement to Police. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 2

Mackay papers give additional particulars of the arrest of George Silva, the Cingalese, in connection with the murder of Mrs. Ching and…

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Accused Before the Court. Remanded Until Thursday. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 3

The five men who were arrested were before the police court to-day, charged with shooting at Gerald Arnold and Michael Tobin, fourth engineer and…

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Nera-Taviuni Collision. Counsel's Objection to Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 2

When the Marine Court met today for the rehearing of the inquiry rejecting the Nera-Tavinui collision counsel for Captain Beighton, of the…

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Native Outrage. Murder at Malekula. One Shot and Two Wounded. Vila (vis Hebrides), Nov. 19

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 2

As the result of an outrage at Malckula, two men have just been brought to Vila to be attended at the hospital. The story is related that…

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China's Revolution. Murder of Foreigners. Alarm at Shanghai. Scores of Victims. a Boxer Movement. Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 2

Reports of the murder of scores, of foreigners in Shensi and Shanghai have been received here with the greatest apprehension, as showing…

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Mackay Tragedy. Cingalese Charged. Evidence by Police. Mackay (Q)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 3

Police Court-proceedings in connection with the murder of Mrs. Agnes Ching and five children at Alligator Creek last Friday week were…

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A Police Warning

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 2

Sub-inspector Draper intends in the future to act stringently with lofterers, and loafers who hang about Wagga. He has also issued instructions to his…

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Wagga Police Court. Wednesday. November 29, 1911. (Before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.m.) Unruly Drunks

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 4

Wm. Adolph Leslie, who is known to the police, was charged with having behaved in an unruly manner at the railway station whilst under the…

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Rejected Lover's Crime. Attempted Murder and Suicide. Railway Platform Tragedy. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 2

A case of attempted murder and suicide is reported from Mackay. Just prior to the departure of the Finch-Hatton train yesterday afternoon, a…

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Working on Half-holidays. Important Industrial Court Decision

The Worker · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 5

A decision of some importance to others than the persons immediately concerned was given by Judge Scholes in the Industrial Court at' Sydney on Monday, On…

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N.s.w. Furniture Trades' Board. Recommended by Industrial Court

The Worker · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 2

In the N.S.W. Industrial Court at Sydney, last Wednesday, the United Furniture Trades Society applied for the constitution of a Wire-mattress Makers'…

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Judge Scholes on the Living Wage. Wages in the Milk Industry. Award Varied by Arbitration Court

The Worker · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 22

In the Industrial Court last week his Honor" Judge Scholes gave judgment on an application for a variation of the award of the Milk Industry (Carters) Board. The…

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