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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

1,355 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 68

Prohibitionist Charged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

Frederick Jackson was charged with visiting a local hotel for the purpose of obtaining liquor, he being at the time a person against whom a…

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Theft of Clothing

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

Edward James Kearns pleaded guilty of having stolen property to the value of 15/ from the house of, Samuel Clough. The stolen property…

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Legitimate Loot. Light Sentence for Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

Edward James Kearns appeared in the dock to answer the charge brought forward against him of having stolen property to the value of 15/ from the…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 2

Charles West pleaded guilty to using indecent language at Stockinbingal on 1st January. Constable Noble stated the facts…

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Police Court. Monday, January 8, 1912. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson. P.M.) Jones Again Remanded

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

James Jones, charged with assaulting Thomas Finn, on Boxing night and thereby causing an injury to his head, was further remanded for a…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, January, 6th, 1912. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.m.). a Noisy Drunk

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

A man named George Larcour, who, whilst under the influence of liquor in Baylis street about midnight on Friday, was shouting and yelling out…

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Alleged Murder. the Crown Evidence. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

The trial continued at Ipswich to-day of John Gottlieb Jenner, charged with the wilful murder of Annie Holzwart on December 23…

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Murder and Pillage by Arabs. Tripoli

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

Arabs are gathering in the vicinity of Derna and Tobruk with some cannon and quick-firers. Arab raiders pillaged the village of…

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Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., Thomas Caldwell, pleaded guilty to a charge of having been drunk and disorderly…

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Items of News. Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

Three charges of drunkenness were dealt with by Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., at the Wagga Court House yesterday morning. Simon Hendricks, a…

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Poisoned His Sweetheart. Clergyman Sentenced to Death. New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

The Rev. G. Rickinson, who confessed to poisoning his sweetheart at B[?]ton, has been sentenced to death…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

At the police court on Wednesday Richard Rapp was fined 10/- for drunkenness—the man who on Tuesday was the victim of a sensational horse and…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 9Th, 1912. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

Peter McAnale, on remand for medical treatment and observation, on a charge of suspected insanity, was discharged from custody; Dr. Lethbridge certifying…

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Arrested for Murder. Perth

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 4

A man named William Ward, who was arrested here a few days ago as a disorderly person, was rearrested yesterday, charged with…

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The Rock Sensation. Public Official Arrested. Alleged Indecent Assault

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

Sensation was rife in The Rock and Too[?]ool districts yesterday, when it became known that a young man, holding a responsible position in the…

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Fighting Suffragettes. Burning Letter Boxes. a Woman Convicted. Sentenced to Six Months. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

Emily Davison, the suffragette who caused a sensation in London by putting lighted rags soaked with kerosene into letter boxes, has been…

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Auctioneer's Licensing Court Tuesday, January 9Th, 1912. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M., and Mr E. Lapthorne, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

William Timothy Archer, of Kamarah, applied for an Auctioneer's District License for the Police District of Naranders…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Wednesday, January 10, 1912 (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M., and Messrs. A. Brown and E. Lap thorne, Js.P

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

The Licensing Inspector submitted his quarterly report upon the hotels in Narandera, Grong Grong, Whitton, Gillenbah, Morundab, Darlington Point…

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Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 2

At the police court on before Mr. J. D.Walker, C.M., Henry Kelton pleaded guilty to a charge of having been drunk and disorderly in…

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An English Murder. PERTH

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 3

William Ward, otherwise George Smith, a laborer, 39 years of age, appeared at the City Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Ernest…

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