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Courts & crime, 1911

1,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 59 of 64

Police Court. Thursday, November 30. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.) Stealing Clothes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 3

Peter Morgan was charged with having stolen from the premises of W. Smyth and Co., drapers, Baylis-street, on November 29, one suit of clothes,…

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The Glebe Murder

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 4

The inquest in connection with the death of Henry Trevascus opened to-day, Campbell Moir being present in custody…

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Attempted Murder. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 2

Leslie Oxenbuy was to-day convicted on a charge of attempting to murder Frank Reid, near Dandenong. A sentence of death was recorded. The…

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Police Court. Wednesday. Before Mr. R. G. Green, J.P. DRUNK

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 4

Joseph Gavan, found drunk in Parket-street on 28th instant, pleaded guilty, and fined 20/, in default 14 days. Allowed 7 days to…

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Police Court. Tuesday, November 28Th. (Before Mr. G. Steveuson. P.M., and Mr. K. Lapthorne, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 3

William Coates Clarke v. Robert B. Couzens, senr. Claim for wages, £2, for service as drovers' cook. Mr. Quirk appeared for…

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Globe Murder. the Inquest Opened. Accused's Statement to Detective. Interesting Evidence. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 2

The inquest concerning the death of Henry Travascus was opened to-day in the Coroner's Court. The court was crowded and intense interest was…

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Mackay Tragedy. Accused Man's Admissions. Murder of a Family. the Burning of the Clothes. Mackay

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 2

The hearing of the evidence against George David Silva, charged with the murder of Mrs. Agnes Camg and five children at Alligator Creek, was…

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Fatal Altercation. Death of a Cabdriver. Laborer Charged with Murder. Grafton

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 7

During a midnight drunken altercation between Wm. Thompson, laborer, and William Martin, cabdriver, the latter was killed. Thompson was…

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Glebe Murder. Accused's Statement to Police. Says Russian Commuted the Murder. Moir Committed for Trial Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 4

The inquest concerning the death of Henry Trevascus was resumed to-day. Constable Ramsay, of the victorian police, deposed that on November 23,…

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Theft of a Suit of Clothes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 5

Walter James Morgan, a railway servant, was arraigned on a charge of the alleged theft of a suit of clothes of the value of £2 2s, the property of…

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New Police Stations

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 2

Sub-inspector Draper informs us that two new stations have been added to the Wagga police district, one at Illabo, and the other at Marrar…

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Wagga Police Court. Wednesday, Novembers. (Before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.m.) Indecent Language

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 5

James Murphy pleaded guilty to a charge of using Indecent language at The Rock, and was fined £2, with the option of fourteen days' imprisonment…

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Lithgow Strikers Pay or Go to Gaol. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 7

In the Industrial Court to-day, Judge Scholes gave his reserved judgment respecting the application for, commitment warrants against ninety…

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Alligator Creek Murder. Hindoo Gives Evidence. Mackay

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 5

Further evidence was heard to-day in the ease in which the Cingalese, George David Silva, was charged with the murder of Mrs. Agnes Ching and her…

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Acquitted of Murder Banquetted in Native Town. Denver

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 4

Mrs. Patterson, who was acquitted on a charge of murdering her husband, will be banquetted in her native town of Sandonal, Illinois, and later will go…

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Glebe Murder. Moir's Sensational Confession. the Mysterious Russian. Accused Committed for Trial Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 2

A big crowd attended the Coroner's Court to-day, when Mr. Stephen Murphy, the City Coroner, continued the inquest into the death of Henry…

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Midnight Murder. Body in the Snow. Suspect Escapes in Motor. Theory of the Police. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 December 1911 · page 2

The police are searching for a notorious Lyons anarchist named Bonnet. Bonnet was seen at midnight bending over a dying man named Mandino,…

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Hyde Park Assault

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 2

Between midnight and half-past 12 on Sunday morning, a middle-aged main named John Boyes, residing at 107, George-street…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. RIOTOUSNESS

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 4

Arthur Mills (on bail) was called, and pleaded guilty. Fined £t. DRUNK. William Dwyer, an old offender,…

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