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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

1,355 stories in Riverina's papers · page 65 of 68

The Paris Murder. Amazing Cruelty. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 2

Lacombe, prior to shooting submitted Ducret and his wife to amazing torture. He entered Ducret's residence at night and taunted him with…

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Alleged Gambling Den. Raided by Police. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 2

The police raided an alleged gambling house last night and arrested 15 Chinese…

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An Unruly Crowd. Police Hustled by Roughs. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 2

While Police Constables Gale and M'Cormack were escorting a woman to Newtown lockup last night, a crowd, estimated at fully 5000,…

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Alleged Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 4

Frederick Heinecke was charged, on the information of Gustav George Grim, with having assaulted him at Ladysmith on the 27th instant,…

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Burglary at Woollahra. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

The Queen's Hotel, Woollahra, was entered by thieves last night. About £80 was removed from a cash-box…

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Who Is the Hero ? the Evidence in Court. Girl Charged

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 3

At the Wagga Police Court on Monday. Eva Vandertak, a good looking young woman, was charged with attempting…

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General Assault on Adrianople

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

It is reported that a general assault on Adrianople took place on the night of December 4, but the garrison repulsed the enemy after six…

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Assault on a Chinaman. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

Four men entered a cabinet-maker's warehouse and attacked a Chinaman named Wing Lee. They endeavored to pull a valuable diamond ring off his…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

John Lovien was fined 5/- for drunkenness in Hovell-street on Saturday in default 24 hours hard labour. RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR AND…

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Police Court. Monday, 9th DECEMBER, 1912. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.), Drunkenness

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 4

For drunkenness, a first offender was fined 5/ or the usual alternative. John Wright, who had been before the court on previous occasions,…

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Extra Police Pay. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

The Inspector-General of Police announced that extra pay for members of the force from July I to the end of November was now available and…

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Land Appeal. a Gundagai Case. Sustained by Full Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

THE Full Court (Mr. Justice Pring and Mr. Justice Sly) delivered its reserved judgment on Saturday morning in the special case…

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Small Debts Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M.

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 3

Horatio Harris v. Sylvan Herbrt Doleraine; claim for debt of £6 for money lent. No appearance of Defendant…

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Sensational Murder Trial. CALCUTTA

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 2

The trial of Clark, Fulham and a servant named Bridlin, has been commenced. A nurse was attending Fulham, who was subject to fits. Major…

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Alleged Murder. Peculiar Conduct of Accused. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 2

Albert Victor O'Grady was placed on trial al the Criminal Court on a charge of murdering his wife and an 18-months-old child at Annandale…

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The Arbitration Court Award As Amended April 16, 1912

The Worker · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 4

I. Before any member of the claimant organization is employed for hire by or on be half of any of the respondents on his station or elsewhere in shearing, crutching, cooking…

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Verdict of Guilty. Sentenced to Death

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 2

The jury returned a verdict of guilty Judge Edmonds said he fully concurred in the verdict. The circumstances of the case showed that…

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Shooting With Intent. an Englishman Charged. a Youthful Burglar. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 2

At the Darlinghurst Criminal Court to-day Bernard Roberts, aged 19, an Englishman, was placed on trial on a charge of shooting Sidney George…

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A Woman Sentenced. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 2

Linda Kelso was convicted in Melbourne to-day of unlawfully wounding Samuel Maber, pugilist, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment…

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The Iron Hand. Arrested Magistrate

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 2

Herr Lagererantz, a member of the Viborg Magistrates' Court, who was recently arrested for refusing to execute the unconstitutional regulations…

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