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Courts & crime, 1911

1,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 64

Alleged Abduction. a Peculiar Case. Magistrate's Difficulty. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 2

Solomon Grandman was charged at the police court with abducting a girl, Annie Sutton. The latter deposed that she became friendly with…

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Licensing Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

Before Messrs. H. Giles Shaw and J. J. Keane, L.M. NEW PREMISES. A. E. Orchard, applying for…

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Gallant Police. "Only Did My Duty."

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

An act of exceptional gallantry was performed by a city policeman on Tuesday night (says "Lloyd's News" of October 23)…

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Judges Outburst. Charged with Political Partisanship. Wholesale Condemnation. Repudiation From the Bench. London, Feb. 9

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 2

At Liverpool Assizes, yesterday, Justice Grantham created a sensation by repudiating what he described as a charge of political parisanship,…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, February 7Th. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

Leo. Hynes v. W. R. Gordon, claim £10, for sale of plaintiff's bicycle; also £4 alleged to be due to plaintiff as prize money…

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Political Impersonation. a Magistrate Convicted. London, Feb. 10

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 4

Peter Buckworth, a magistrate, and also a prominent trade union official, was convicted on a charge of impersonating a voter at Blackburn at the…

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A Shooting Case. Peter M'grath Sentenced. the Judge on a Social Question. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 4

Peter M'Grath, who pleaded guilty to shooting at Granville Butler, was sentenced to two years' hard labor. His Honor said a good deal of…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 2

Robert Joseph Crouch, who had been brought from Adelong, was charged before Mr. George Stevenson, P.M., at the Wagga Court-house on…

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Drunken Man's Theft

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 2

At the Wagga Court-house on Saturday, before Mr. George Stevenson, P. M., Charles Woods, after being fined 5/ for drunkenness, was…

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A Fiendish Assault. the Albury Case. Victim's Statement

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 4

William Dawson, the victim of the murderous affray in s house at Wodonge Place, Albury South, lies in the hospital in a critical condition,…

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Wallan Tragedy. A. Murder Charge. Five Men Committed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 4

An inquest was held at Wallen (Vic.), on Friday concerning the death of Arthur Ernest Lupton, a young married man, residing at St…

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Wagga Street Riot. Attempt to Rescue a Prisoner. Police Assaulted

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 2

A scene of excitement, of a kind fortunately seldom witnessed in Wagga, took place at about 10 o'clock on Saturday night in…

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Police Shot Dead. by Youth Who Afterwards Commits Suicide. London, Feb. 12

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 2

A policeman arrested a youth, who was passing counterfeit coin in Paris on Saturday. The youth shot his captor dead in the street, and then…

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POLICE v. ANARCHISTS

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 2

The police at Lodiz, in Poland, surrounded a number of anarchists who had taken refuge in a house. A flight ensued which resembled that…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, February 13, 1911. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Street Riot. Heavy Fines for Disorderly Conduct

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 4

The sequel to the disgraceful scenes enacted in Fitzmaurice and Gurwoodsts., on Saturday night, followed in the court this morning, when James…

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Industrial Court Cases. Payment for Settlement. Judge Heydon's Warning. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 2

Judge Heydon stated in the Industrial Court to-day that the amounts given to unions for the settlement of cases were gradually creeping up…

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Alleged Highway Robbery. Sensation at Young. Two Men Charged. Young

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 4

The township of Young was the scene of much excitement on Thursday night, when it became known that Mr. Frank Jasprizza, a…

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Murder of Ethel Harris. Trial of Alexander Smart. Neighbor's Stories. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 2

The Criminal Court and vicinity was crowded with spectators to-day, when Alexander Smart was arraigned before Mr. Justice M'Millan and a jury of…

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The Armed Criminal. Shields for the Police. London, Jan. 13

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 4

Ned Kelly's nail-keg cuirass furnished an illustration for Mr. W. T. Stead, man of peace, who is to the fore this week, with an article advocating the…

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Lawlessness in Ireland. Extraordinary Statements. "Murder Clubs" Founded. "Murders Every Week." London, Feb. 14

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 2

The Dublin correspondent of the "Standard" states that there arc attempted murders every week, and that murder clubs are almost as…

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