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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

1,355 stories in Riverina's papers · page 38 of 68

City Burglary. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 5

The premises of Gartren baker, Hunter-street, were entered fey burglars this morning. The thieves ransacked the place and decamped with…

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Police Court. Friday, June 28. (Before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M.) Drunkenness

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 3

Five cases of drunkenness were before the court, and in four cases fines of 5/, or 24 hours were imposed, and in the other case a fine of 10/ or three…

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Expensive Assault. Struck with Piece of Wood. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 5

The case in which George Alfred Weyman claimed £1000 from Benjamin Adams, in respect to injuries alleged to have been received, was…

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Court Ladies and Boxing

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 2

An American girl who has been a student in Germany for nearly two years has surprised her parents, says the "New York Tribune," by asking…

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Wagga Police Wagistrate. Mr. C. J. B. Helm Congratulated at Mudgee

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 3

The business of the Mudgee Police Court was inter[?] for a few minutes on Friday morning to permit of a few farewell words being addressed to Mr…

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War in Tripoli. Italian Attack. Position Carried by Assault. Turks Lose Heavily. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1912 · page 2

Advices from Tripoli state that the Italians under cover of artillery fire yesterday attacked the Turks, who were entrenched opposite Sidi Said,…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. No Number Plate

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 2

Ethelred Harold Chandler was charged with driving a motor car on a public street, not having on it the prescribed number plate…

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Police Court. Monday, July 1, 1912. (Before Mr. C.J.B. Helm, P.M.) Rabbit Destruction

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 4

Terence O'Shanassy, farmer, was prosecuted for sailing to destroy rabbits on his holding. The information was laid by Ral[?]bit Inspector…

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Italian Victory. Turkish Lines In Tripoli carried by Assault. 500 Left Dead on the Field. ROME

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

Another big battle—a victory for Italy, according to official Italian despatches—took place in Tripoli yesterday…

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Licensing Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Glios Shaw, L.M. Auctioneers' License

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 2

William Pitts, Wallendbeen, was granted an auctioneers' license…

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Police Case

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 2

A man named Henry Downey was brought in from The Rock yesterday on the midday goods train by Constable Phillips, who arrested him…

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Land Appeal Court (Before Mr. H. A. G. Curry (president), and Messrs, w, Houston (commissioner), and C. E. Rennie (acting commissioner). Re Nagle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 3

This, was a reference by the Minister for Lands for return local land board for rehearing of David. Nagle's conditional purchase, in the…

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Miners Riot. the Police Stoned. Women and Children" Injured. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1912 · page 2

The dismissal of a coal miner at Cwntillery. Wales, for posting trades pinion notices, led to a strike of 600 miners, who rioted and wrecked the…

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Police Court. Wednesday, July 3Rd. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, P.M.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 3

W. P. Ritchie, licensee of the Federal Hotel, was charged with having his licensed billiard room open after 11 p.m. on the night of Monday, June 17th…

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Police Court. Monday, July 1st. (Before Mr. S. J. Hamblin J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 6

William John Burgess pleaded guilty to being drunk in Larmer Street, and was fined 10s, in default seven days hard labor in Narnndera Gaot…

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A Peep at the Police Museum

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 3

A small room on the second floor of the Metropolitan Police Department is set apart for the illicit tools that have fallen into the hands of the police. It…

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City Court Idyll. Kisses and Ha'pence

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 2

One of the prettiest scenes over enacted in the dull surroundings of a City police court took place at the Guildhall Justice Room yesterday said the…

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Sensational Murder Case Lunatic Bribed by Wife. to Kill Her Husband. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 2

A sensation has been caused owing to Madame Clere being arrested on a charge of bribing a man named Parratt, recently in a lunatic asylum to…

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Thursday, July 4Th. Small Debts Court (Before Mr M. Longfield, P M, and a M Clarke, J. P.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 4

A. H. Betts v. A. Rasmussen. Claim for £8, work and labor done and material supplied in building a body for a waggonette…

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Boxing Championship Johnson v. Plynn. a Farcical Display White Man Outclassed. Cowardly Tactics. Police Stop the First. Johnson's Dazzling Speed Opponent Severely Punished. Las Vegas

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 6

The fight between "Jack" Johnson and "Jim" Flynn took place to-day, in the presence of a very large crowd of spectators. Both men were in fine…

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