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Courts & crime, 1912

1,355 stories in Riverina's papers · page 14 of 68

Police Court. Wednesday, Drunk

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 3

Morris Feeley pleaded guilty to being drunk in Walledoon-street on 12th inst. Fined 5/…

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Humours of Burglary

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 7

As a rule, the jokes [?] Mr. William S[?]s are apt to be too practical to win applause from staid society. But is there any so churlish, [?] the…

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Adelong News Police

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

Mr, Poumney, Superintendant of Police, paid his first official visit to Adelong last week. Superintendant Pountney's head guarters is at Albury,…

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Police Court. Monday, March 11Th. 1912. (Before Mr. S. J. Hamblin, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

Joseph Bigland, drunk in East Street, was fined 5s; in default 12 hours…

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Murder Mystery. Restaurant Keeper and Wife. Terrible Fight for Life. Gamblers Den in the Basement

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 7

Hanbury street Spitafields, already notorious from the fact that one of the "Ripper" murders was perpetrated there, was the scen[?] on Wednesday of…

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Police and Strikers in Conflict. Exciting Scenes. the Conference Adjourned. Immediate Settlement Unlikely. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

Ten thousand Warwickshire strikers refused to accept a week's strike pay, demanding a fortnight. Exciting scenes occurred. The Bedworth miners'…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4
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At the Wagga Court House yesterday morning, before Mr. J.D. Walker, C.M., Mary Ann Carey a frequent offender, was charged with…

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Suffragettes Sentenced London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 7

During the week magistrates have sentenced seven suffragettes to hard [?]…

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Sentenced to Death. End of the Seddon Trial. Dramatic Scene Ix Court. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

The trail of Frederick Seddon, district superintendent of the London and Manchester Assurance Company, on a charge of poisoning Eliza…

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An Outbreak in Gaol. Warder Attacked with a Bucket. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

A serious fracas is reported to have taken place in the Hathurst Gaol during the past few days. Two warders named Hetherington and Wilkins, who…

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M.P. and A.I. Proposed Court of Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

The Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association Committee held its usual monthly meeting at the head-[?]arters in Gurwood-street. Wagga,…

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Sensational' Raid. by Virginian Outlaws. Pitched Battle Round a Court House. Officials Assassinated. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at Roanoke, Virginia, yesterday. A mob of mountain outlaws suddenly descended upon the court house where…

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Farmers and Settlers. Police Supervision or Dairies. Enecutive's Powers. Mr. Lawrence Con and the Syndicate

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

A meeting of the Wagga Branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday last at the school of Arts, Mr. J.C. Fletcher…

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Alleged Horse Stealing

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 3

At the police court yesterday before Mr. D. Bruce, J.P., a middle aged man named Henry Qumn was charged with stealing a brown…

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Police Court. Monday, March 18, 1912. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

William Hope was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Kincaid-street. Constable Emmett stated that at about 4 o'clock on Sunday morning…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 3

At a s[?] of the Licensing Court, [?] by Mr. G. Stevenson, [?] Charles Norman Ha[?] billiard license for…

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Supreme Court Bill

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

The Government has done quite the right thing in bringing before the House the Supreme Court Bill which has now been sent to…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday March 18 1912. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.) [?] and Disorderly

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 3

[?] labouring man named William Hope pleaded guilty to a charge of [?] and disorderly at 4 a.m. on Sunday in Kincaid-Street…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. "They Both Walked Into the Shop."

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

Two young men named Perrin and Gray were charged respectively with stealing and aiding and abetting to steal, to which they both pleaded…

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