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Courts & crime, 1912

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Warden's Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 2

Ar the Warden's Count yesterday, before Mr. Warden James, Jeffrey Milburn Dodd made an application for a machinery area on which to…

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Disputed Marriage Catholics in Court. Declared Good in Law. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 6

An important judgment affecting the legality of a marriage has been given by Mr. Justice Kenny in a suit brought by William Arland Ussher, a…

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Two Men Arrested. Burglary Alleged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 2

The detective police to-day arrested two men in a Market-street lodging house and charged them with being concerned in the robbery at…

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Traitor Sentenced. German Plans Offered to Powers. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 2

Max Hoist, a native of Ichawerg, has been sentenced to four years' penal servitude at servitude at Leipzig for offering to Russia, France and Great Britain…

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Death of Chinaman. Accused Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 2

William O'Reilly was charged at the police court to-day with causing the death of a Chinese named Son Gong, in Campbell-street, last night…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, January 22nd, 1912. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.m.) Theft of Chaff. Accused Mackaway

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 4

William George Mackaway, laborer, was charged, on remand, with the theft of five bags of chaff, valued at 17s 6d, the property of Charles Condon, farmer,…

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Wagga Man Fined For Stealing Chaff

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 3

George Mackaway was charged with stealing five bags of chaff, the property of Charles Condon. Senior-Constable James Bath said…

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False Pretences. Accused Sentenced to Three Months

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 4

On remand, a middle aged man named Charles Robert Morgan was arraigned on a charge of obtaining on the 8th and 9th instant the sum of…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

A defendant from Stockinbingal was given a Very high character by First-class Constable Noble, and the P.M. expressed sympathy with him…

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Police Court. Monday, January 22, 1912. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.M.) Drunk and Bad Language

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 3

Michael James Jones, a sturdily-built young fellow pleaded guilty to being drunk in Wagga on Saturday might and also to using indecent…

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Glebe Murder. Accused to Be Tried on Monday. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

A special sitting of the Central Criminal Court will be held on Monday, when Campbell Navin Moir will be arraigned on a charge of…

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China's Troubles. Court Without Cash. PEKIN

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 3

Another, meeting of the Manchu princes has been held to consider the question of abdication. The matter remains undecided. Three of the…

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A Bush Tragedy. Woman's Charred Remains Found. Husband Missing. Foul Murder Suspected. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

A ghastly discovery was made by a police search party at Bingara to-day, when the charred remains of a young Englishwoman named Mrs. Ball, were…

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Licensing Court. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, L.M. TRANSFER

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

William James Wallis and Edward Phillips: This was an application for a transfer of the license of the Stockinbingal hotel from Wallis to…

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Chaff Stealing

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 2

At Wgga Police Court on Monday, Wm. George Mackaway was charged with stealing five bags of chaff, the property [?] Charles Condon. The P.M. described the…

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A Murder Trial. "The Terror of the Scene."

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 3

To the trained mind of the lawyer an intricate case, in which only civil interests are involved, provides perhaps the fullest opportunity for…

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Politics in Ireland. M.P. Orators Stopped by Police. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 2

The police, fearing disorder, prevented three members of the House of Commons from addressing a meeting at Moyglass, Tipperary…

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Tumbarumba. Police Court

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

On 18th instant, Joseph John Donalds issued George Thomas Hein[?] for abusive language. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and after hearing…

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Warden's Court

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

Joseph John Donaldson applied for authority to enter on Portion 30, [?] King, to prospect for gold. The application was granted…

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A Cowardly Assault. Kicking a Clergyman. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 2

Valentine Brown accosted the Rev. James Woolnough in Market-street yesterday and asked for money. He refused to comply with the request…

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