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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

1,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 62 of 64

Police Court. Wednesday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. DRUNK

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 4

Constable Coffee charged a strange man named John Cookoo with drunkenness; and accused persisted that he was not drunk, and not a drinking man…

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Felice Court. [?]

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1911 · page 6

A [?] with [?]…

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Local and General News Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 2

At the local police court yesterday morning, before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., Charles Lucas, who, while in a state of drunkenness, rode his horse…

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Ex-Mayor Charged. Sequel to Earthquake. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 4

Schwartz, the ex-mayor of San Francisco, has been indicted on a charge of receiving a bribe of £10,000 in connection with the municipal…

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Diabolical Murder. Crime Brought to Light by Tooth

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 2

A crime which for diabolical cleverness has scarcely a parallel in criminal history has been confessed to by Dr. Harry Elgin Webster, a well-known…

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Police Court. Minor Cases

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

AT the police court yesterday, before Mr. F. Ridley, P.M., Ernest Marshall appeared on a change of drunkenness in Sheridan-street. He pleaded guilty…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 4

A case was withdrawn against a young man for alleged embezzlement. Mr. Molesley appeared for the prosecution, and asked for the…

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Unruly Woman. Assault and Bad Language

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 3

Mary Jane Nolan was charged with using obscene language within the hearing of passers-by in the public street and also with having assaulted…

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A Man's Strange Doings. Th "Alleged Cooamundra Assault and Robbery. Roach's Story a Fabrication. the Sydney Police Warned

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 4

Sub-Inspector Draper has received the following report from Senior-Sergeant Ewen, of Cootamundra, concerning the man Roach, who caused a…

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Warden's Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 3
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

George Post applied for a mineral lease on settlement lease in the name of Arthur Osborne Duke, parish of Westby, county of Mitchell; area, 11…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, December 16th. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.m.) a Prohibited Person Fined

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 4

A prohibited person named John McIntosh, who follows the avocation of a plasterer, was fined £2 with the option of fourteen days imprisonment…

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Police Court. Monday, December 18, 1911. (Before Mr. George Stevenson, P.m.) a Rough and Tumble

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 3

Sidney Breasley, a local cabman, was charged with riotous behavior. He pleaded guilty but added that he had suffered provocation…

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Divorce Court a Wagga-coolamon Case. Husband Secures Decree. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 2

Charles Redman, laborer, who was married at Wagga on June 30, 1885, petitioned for a divorce from his wife, Margaret Jane Redman (formerly…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. G. Stevenson, P.M., L. A. Fosbery and W. Purtell.) Billiard Licenses

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 3

The bench had under consideration the usual applications for the renewal of the billiard licenses in respect to the various hotels and other places in…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. G. Stevenson, P.M., Wm. Purtell and L. A. Fosbery, J.'sP.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 4

Several applications for renewal of billiard licensee were granted. A transfer from George Smith to J. C. Fitzpatrick of the King's Own Hotel,…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 2

Three charges of drunkenness were dealt with by Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., at the Wagga Court House, yesterday. Maurice Lyons, who was found…

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Murders by Rioters. Brutal Savagery. Six Men Sentenced to Death. Madrid

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 3

The trial by court martial of 22 rioters has been concluded at Sueca, in Valencia. The men were charged with having killed a judge and two…

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Terrorism in Ireland Murder of Mrs. O'mara. Denounced by Bishop. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 2

The Catholic Bishop of Killaloe (Rt. Rev. Meroyn Archdall, D.D.) declared, in the course of an address yesterday, that the murder of Mrs. O'Mara…

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"Spy" Scare. More Arrests in Germany. Police and Naval Men. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 2

The "spy" scare in Germany continues. Several policemen and others on the active list of the navy have been arrested for espionage at…

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