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Courts & crime, 1913

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Police Court. Tuesday 20th JANUARY. Before Mr. C. J. B. Heim, P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 3

Walter Payne was granted a stage coach license. Robert Simpson was granter a district auctioneer's license…

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THURSDAY. Before Mr. E. P. Cusick. J.P. Alleged Horse Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 4

Michael Sweeney, on remand, was charged with stealing two horses, the property of William Thomas Wesley, of Coolah, at Marbry on 25th December,…

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Fitzroy Murder. Charge Against "Bush" Thompson. Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 3

The City Court was crowded again to-day, when Harold Thompson, alias Hobbs, was charged, on remand, with having, on January 7, at Fitzroy,…

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Fitzroy Murder. a Cloud of Witnesses. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 2

Harold Thompson was charged at the Melbourne Police Court to-day with the murder of Arthur Henry Trotter, at Fitzroy…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, 20th JANUARY. Before Mr. Helm. P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 3

W. Walton was granted a booth license Moombooldool on 27th inst…

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The Recent Fire at Merryfulls Store, Grahamstown. Two Accused Before the Court. Further Charges. Breaking and Entering

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 2

AT the Adelong Police Court, before Mr. F. A. Ridley, P.M., two young men, Walter Love (18) and James Love (17), brothers, committed for…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

Robert Munro was charged before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., at the Wagga Police court yesterday with behaving in an indecent manner in Edward…

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Burglary at Goulburn Theft of £110. Alarm From the Baby. Goulburn

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

Burglare entered a residence at Goulburn last night and secured £110 in cash. The occupants of the house were first warned of something wrong by the cries of the baby…

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Police Court. Thursday, January 23. Before Mr. Giles Shaw, P.M. trespass

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

John Williams (an aboriginal) was charged with trespassing on the Aboriginal Reserve at Brungle. Mr. Weekes appeared for defendant who…

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Police Court. Friday, January 24, 1913. (Before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M.) Drunkenness

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 6

William Blanche pleaded, guilty to being drunk on the verandah of the King's Own Hotel. The Rock, on the 21st inst., and was fined 10/, or in…

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Murder Case Recalled. Sensation of 1810

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 8

Is the name of Madame Lafarge to be cleared at last, after 70 years? Few are alive now (says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph")…

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The Durham Court Affray Swede Committed for Trial. Trouble Over a Girl. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

At the Glebe Police Court to-day Edmund Creal, 50, a Swede, was committed for trial in connection with the sensational stabbing affray at…

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City Burglary SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 2

Body and Hanlon's produce stores, Sussex-street, were broken into last night. Every room in the premises was ransacked, goods were strewn…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 4

George McLean was charged with using indecent language to Constable Walker on 12th January, in the dining room of the Commercial hotel,…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 2

There was a short sitting of the police court yesterday morning, before Messrs. J. D. Walker, C.M., and J. J. Baylis, J.P., when a young man…

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Alleged Theft. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 2

John Christie Scotland, an official of the Seamen's Union of Australasia, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen £46 belonging to the…

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Alleged Burglary. Three Miners on Trial. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 2

Three miners named Norman White, Alfred Nicholls, and John Dunn, were placed on trial at the sessions, charged with stealing a safe and £152…

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2000 Police Present

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 2

There was great excitement outside the House, where 2000 police were stationed to preserve order…

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Suffragette Demonstration Melee with Police. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 2

During a demonstration of suffragettes in Trafalgar Square a melee occurred between women and the police. Several of the former were arrested…

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Murder of Arthur Trotter. Inquest To-day. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 2

The inquest into the death of Arthur Trotter, who was murdered by burglars at Fitzroy, will be held to-morrow. Over 20 witnesses will be…

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