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Courts & crime, 1912

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

Henry Simpson was charged before Mr. J. D. Walker, CM., at the Wagga, Police Court yesterday, with being drunk in Morrow-street, and also with…

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Murder Charge Disproved. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 7

At Armidale Circuit Court, the case against Herbert Skinner, 19, charged with the murder of Samuel Watson, at Hillgrove, on January 22nd, was…

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Alleged Murder. Accused Acquitted. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

The second trial at Armidale of James Skinner, who was charged with the murder of Samuel Watson at Hill-grove, was concluded to-day. The…

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Police Action. Resented by Strikers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

The Government is seeking to persuade the employers to agree to adhere to the conditions of the 1911 agreements, if the men observe them…

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An Extraordinary Story. Night Watchman Bound and Gagged. No Trace of Burglary. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

A night watchman named Reginald Sandilands, was found in a motor garage, at Adelaide, early this morning, gagged and trussed like a fowl…

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New York Police Methods. Confessions Extorted by Threats. Prisoner Immediately Acquitted. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

A sensational development took place during the trial in New York of the woman, Winifred Ankers, charged with the murder of nine babies,…

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Fearful Russian Tragedy Brigands Attack Homestead. Murder Five Persons. Torture a Mother and Daughter. Terrible Display of Ferocity. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

Russian brigands attacked the homestead of a German colonist at Ekaterinosloy, in Southern Russia, during his absence, and failing to obtain the…

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Queen's Jewels. Official Sentenced for Theft. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 2

Paul De Robeka, a former official of Siam, charged with having stolen jewels belonging to the Queen-Dowager of Siam, was sentenced to two…

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Murder of a Judge. Sentence of Fifteen Years. New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 2

Claude Allen was yesterday found guilty of the murder of Judge Thornton, who was shot in Hillsville Courthouse, Tennessee, during a murder…

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Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

Yesterday being a public holiday only police cases were dealt with by Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M., at the Court House. There were but two…

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The Windsor Murder Case

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

At the Criminal Court William Joseph Jones, middle-aged, a coach painter, was charged with murdering his wife, Amelia Margaret Jones, at…

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Police Court. Tuesday. Before Mr. R. G. Green, J.P. Drunk and Riotous

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

Michael Koleher was charged with drunkenness in Wallendern-street on 31st inst. also with acting in a riotous manner…

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Holiday Cases at the Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

The Wagga Police Court presented a deserted appearance yesterday morning. Owing to the holiday only arrest cases were dealt with, besides…

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The Transport Strike Free Fight with Police. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 5

Constable Dockhead of Bermondsey, during Saturday night remonstrated With a number of disorderly strikers. These men forthwith knocked the…

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Transport Strike. Rioting at Bermondsey. the Police Attaced. an Inspector Stambbed. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

The strike of transport workers, which has so far been conducted with moderation, broke out in a scene of disorder at Bermondsey. The mob…

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Sydney Push Rioters. Before the Police Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 2

The men arrested in connection with the Haymarket riot were brought before the police court to-day. One pleaded guilty to assaulting Constable…

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Texas Court Proceedings

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 2

A Texas judge was robbed of o horse, and the thief, being arrested, was brought before him for trial. The judge eyed the prisoner with…

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Wife Murder. a Daughter's Evidence. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 2

William Joseph Jones a middle-aged man, was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of his wife. The accused…

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Serious Riot. Pushites v. Police. Sydney

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 4

About dusk last night one of the biggest and most serious riots that has over occurred in Sydney for many years, took…

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Charge of Intent to Murder SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 2

Scitre-enne was placed on trial at the Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having. at Sackwille Reach. near Windsor, wounded J.R. Woods, with…

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