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Courts & crime, 1913

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Suffragettes. Police Raid Offices. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 4

The suffragette, Clara Given, who was sentenced to three years imprisonment in connection with the burning of the Hurst Park racecourse,…

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Unrest in India. Magistrate Threatened. "Vowed to Goddess to Kill Sahibs." Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 2

Seditious plots in Bengal are causing great anxiety among the white population. The magistrate at Ba[?]sal, who is dealing with the…

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District Court. Friday, Ju[?] (Before His [?] Rogers, K.C.) Accountancy Fees Claim

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 6

The case in which Messrs. H. R. Crane and [?] J. Gibbons, accountants, of Sydney and Wagga, sued H. B. Beveridge, of Junee, wheat broker, for…

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Wagga District Court (Before His Honor Judge Rogers.) THURSDAY, 10th JULY, 1913. the Tarcutta Scandal

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 July 1913 · page 3

This was a case brought by Charlotte Elizabeth Jackson, wile of a Tarcutta farmer, against Ada Dennis, wife of a grazier, living in the same locality,…

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Country Burglary. [?]ORANGE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 July 1913 · page 2

A burglar entered the residence of George Wood, manager for Messrs. Holmes and Co., merchants, during last night, and secured about £60…

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District Court. Saturday, July 12, 1913. (Before His Hones [?] Rogers, K.C.) Accountancy Fees Claim

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 July 1913 · page 2

The case in which Messrs. H. R. Crane and H. J. Gibbons, accountants, of Sydney and Wagga. sued H. B. Beveridge, of Junee, wheat broker for…

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Wilful Murder

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 2

At the inquest concerning the death of June Day, 40 year ofo age, single, a verdict of wilful murder was returned. Drysdale was committed for…

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Op[?]um Smuggler Sentenced SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 2

Sam Cheong, a Chinese servant on board the steamer St. Albans, was sentenced to [?] months' hard-labor for smuggling in 59 tins of opium valued…

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Police Court. Monday [?] (Before Mr. C. J. R. Helm, P.M.) Drunkenness

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 3

Patrick Jackson was charged with being drunk in Fitzmaurice-street on Saturday night last, and also wi[?] using indecent language on the same…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, 15Th July, 1913. (Before Mr. C.J.T.'Helm, P.m.) Adulterated Drinks

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 4

Andrew Kouvelis was charged under the Pure Foods Act, with offering for sale at The Rock, drinks not being what they were represented to be. On the…

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Suffragettes Before the Court London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 3

Miss Marion has just been released for hunger striking. She was fined 40/, damages 50/, or twenty days' imprisonment, for breaking a window…

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Wagga District Court Saturday, 12th JULY. (Before His Honor Judge Rogers.) Accountancy Claim

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 2

The case of Crane and Gibbons v. H.B. Beveridge, of Junee, was concluded, the Jury returning a verdict for the amount paid into court, viz.,…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. J. B. Helm, P.M., L.A. Fos[?]ery, and W. Purtell, J's.P.) Quarterly Report

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 3

The P.M., with reference to the quarterly report presented to him by the Licensing Inspector (Sub-Inspector Draper), said that he was glad that…

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Items O[?] News. Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 July 1913 · page 2

William Lowther and Alexander John Hudson, waiters, were charged, yesterday morning, at the police court, before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M.,…

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Woolloomooloo Shooting Case. Magistrate Reducer Charge. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 July 1913 · page 2

The case in which Theodore Tr[?]y was charged with shooting his ma[?] James Eadie, thinking he was a [?]burglar, reached a further stage at…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 July 1913 · page 2

On Wednesday, before Mr. Walker, C.M., William Lowther and Alexander John Hodson were charged with using indecent language in Baylis-street on…

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Alleged Wife Murder. Unfaithful Husband Charged. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1913 · page 2

George St[?]nwell Capeness was placed on trail to-day, at the Criminal Court, charged with wilful murder of his wife, Evelyn Capeness, who…

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Police Court

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 18 July 1913 · page 3

At the Ganmain Police Court on Friday last, 11th inst., before Mr. Helm, P.M., the following cases were dealt with :—…

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Miss Tichborne Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1913 · page 2

A sentence of six months' imprisonment has been imposed on Teresa Mary Doughty Tichborne, who threatened to kill Miss Denise Greville,…

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"Wages" in Gaol. Compensation for Prisoner

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1913 · page 2

Whether a man who is receiving compensation for an injury under the Workmen's Compensation Art 16 the [?] the point of a case decided by Judge Granger an…

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