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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

1,355 stories in Riverina's papers · page 23 of 68

Ordered the Lash. an Atrocious Assault. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 3

John M'Donald, laborer, 44 year of age, was to-day found guilty at the Geelong Sessions of an unlawful assault upon Frances Jane Oliver, who…

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Guilty of Wife Murder. Sentence of Death. Armidale

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 3

William F. N. E. Ball was charged at the Circuit Court to-day with the murder of his wife, Lois Bait, at Bingara, on January 16. The evidence…

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New Industrial Court. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 2

The new court of Industrial Arbitration, constituted under Mr. Beeby's Arbitration Act, held its first sitting to-day, when judge Scholes…

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Temora District Court Shake Farmers Complaint

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 2

Judge Hamilton presided at the District Court sittings at Temora on Saturday and Monday. On Saturday, before a jury of four, his Honor heard…

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Public Opinion. Recent Police Court Case to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 5

SIR,—I notice by your last Friday's issue of the 4 "Times," in the police court column, re the Hargreaves case from Adelong Crossing, I was…

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Police Court. Wednesday. Before Mr. T. Mangan, J.P. DRUNK

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

George Arthur Spencer, and James Devine both pleaded guilty to drunkenness in Wallendoon-street on Tuesday afternoon, and were each fined 2/6…

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Police Court. Monday, April 22. (Before Mr. S.J. Hamblin, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

Emma Bloomfield was charged with stealing one gold ring and a pair of ear rings, value £6 15s, the property of Kathleen Daisy…

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Levity in Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 8

LEVITY is a very rare phenomenon in the atmosphere of the High Court of Australia, but a genial disposition to laugh affected their…

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Nillgrove Murder. Forbidden Suitor's Threats Armidale

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

At the Circuit Court to-day, Herbert J.E. Skinner, aged 19 years was charged with the murder of Samuel Watson at Hilgrove on the night of…

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Attack on Mr. Rothschild. Assailant Sentenced to Twenty Years. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

William Tabbitt who was arrested early March for shooting at Mr. Leopold Rothschild was tried yesterday on two charges to both of which…

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Wimbleton Murder. Bentench of Death. Accused's Tragic Story

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

Tragic details of how a murder was committed were related by the criminal himself at the Old Bailey yesterday (says the "Daily Telegraph" of…

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Superannuation Claim. High Court Proceedings. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

In the High Court to-day the hearing of a case brought in the original jurisdiction of the Court primarily, Before Sir Edmund Barton, and referred by…

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Police and Firemen. Address by Mr. Flowers. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

In an address to a gathering of members of the police forced and firemen in the Town Hall Flowers, M.L.C. foreshadowed the Police Appeal Bill…

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The Singer Charges. Accused at the Criminal Court

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

The hearing of the Singer conspiracy charges was commenced at the Central Criminal Court on Monday morning, at Darlinghurst…

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Warden's Court Adelong. Thursday, 18th APRIL. (Before Mr. Warden G. James.)

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

W. H. Quinnell, by his agent, Jane Quiunell, applied for six months exemption of the residence conditions on his mining residence tenement at…

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A Dramatic Incident. Finish to Court Case. Woman Takes Lysol. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

There was a dramatic finish to a police court at the Glebe today A middle aged woman Minnie Rainer proceeded against her husband on…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M., and Mr. E. Lapthorne J.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

The Licensing Inspector's report was read and was considered satisfactory. Royal Hotel, Narandera, J. W…

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Overcrowding in Lithgow a Police Magistrate's Condem Nation

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

In view of the recent allegations in Wagga as to overcrowding of dwelling houses in some portions of tHe town, and the consequent insanitary…

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Armidale Murder Charge Statement by the Prisoner. "Nowhere Near Scene of Murder." Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 7

The trial of Albert Skinner on a charge of having murdered Samuel Watson was continued at Armidale today. The accused, in a statement from the dock, denied that he was…

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