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Courts & crime, 1913

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Indian Poisoning Case. Clarke Sentenced to Death. Allahabad

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 2

Dr. Clarke and Mrs. Fulham pleaded guilty to abetting the murder of Clarke's wife. Both were sentenced to death. The doctor's evidence…

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Wagga Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 2

At the Wagga Licensing Court yesterday Edward Francis Conway was granted a billiard license for premises in Baylis-street, New town. Charles…

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Police Court. Monday, 10th MARCH. (Before Mr. C, J. B. Helm, P.m.). Breaches of Municipal By. Laws

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 2

The Inspector of Nuisances, C. R. Palmer, proceeded against the following for breaches of the municipal bylaws:…

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The High Court Recent Appointments Criticised. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 2

A meeting nf members of the Inner and Junior Bar will be held at Sydney to-night to consider the recent appointments to the High Court Bench…

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High Court Appointments Consideration by N. S. Wales Bar. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 2

The Bar Council of New South Wales, on a requisition signed by members of the junior and inner bar, has convened a meeting for the purpose of…

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Bankstown Murder. Inquest on Esther Porter. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 2

An inquest was opened concerning the death of Esther Porter, who was found murdered ar Bankstown. May Porter, a sister of deceased,…

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High Court Appointments. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 2

It transpires that at a meeting of the members of the Bar yesterday resolutions were carried that the appointments of Messrs. Powers and…

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Payment for Off Days. Shearing Question Before the Supreme Court

The Worker · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 3

The question whether shearers can claim wages for days on which they cannot shear stud sheep owing to the sheep being wet came up in the form of a…

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Quarter Sessions. Tuesday, March Ii, 1913. (Before His Honor Judge Rogers, K.C., Deputy Sheriff, Mr. C. F. Bolton, J.P., Deputy Clerk of Peace, Mr. J. D. Walder, C.M.) Alleged Theft

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 2

Percy White was charged with having, on May 2, at Marrar, stolen, 185 wheat bags and 555 bushels of wheat, the property of H. B. Reveridge…

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Sent to Gaol Fop Smashing Windows

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 2

Two British suffragettes were sentenced to a month in gaol, in default of finding sureties to be of good be have for The chief offence was the…

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Court House Peculiarity

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 2

Judge Rogers, during the sitting of the Quarter Sessions in Wagga this week, remarked that there are a number of very fine court buildings in this…

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The High Court. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 2

Mr. Fisher, referring to the protest by the New South Wales Bar against the recent appointments to the High Court, remarked,…

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Brutal Murder of Children Sentence of Death Passed. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 2

The laborer named Waller Sykes, who confessed that the murdered two little girls, whose dead bodies were found in a field at Bradgate, near…

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The Full Court Magisterial Decision Upheld. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 2

The Full Court held that the magistrate at young was correct in granting a conditional license for hotel premises to be erected in…

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Wagga District Court. Wednesday, March 12th. (Before His Honor Judge Rogers, K.C.) Deputy Sheriff: Mr. C. F. Bolton, J.P., Registrar, Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M. Struck Out

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 3

The list of plaints was considerably shortened before the actual business of the court commenced. There were 17 cases down for hearing. Of these ten…

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Wagga District Court. Wednesday March 12, 1913. Before his Honor Judge Rogers: deputy sheriff, Mr. C. F. Bolton. J. P. deputy clerk of peace. Mr. J. D. Walker. C. M.

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 4

John Crawford S. Charles Bryce (Mumbledool. via Naranderu claim £13/8/9. commission amount claimed with…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 2

At the police court, before Mr. J. U. Walker, C.M., yesterday, John McGregor, for behaving in an indecent manner in a lane off Morrow-street,…

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Alleged Stealing. Arrested Man Escapes

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 2

During the past few days three bicycles were missed by their owners locally, and the police being put on the track of the thief, Dennis Joseph…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 11th. Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 4

George Britt was proceeded against by the P. P. board for failing to adequately destroy rabbits on his holding at Darlington Point…

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Before the Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 2

At the police court this morning, before Mr. R. G. Green, J.P., Noonan was charged with (1) stealing three separate bicycles, the property of B…

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