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Courts & crime, 1913

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Broken Hill Robbery. Police Baffled. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 September 1913 · page 2

The police are baffled in connection with the Broken Hill train robbery. The perpetrators of the outrage did not leave a single clue for the police…

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Yest Rday's P.m.'s Court Burnt Bread and a Bad Information

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 17 September 1913 · page 2

The P.M. (Mr C. B, Helm) sat in Lockhart yesterday. Norman Clapperton, of Brookong, sued W. Boyd a cook, under section 4 of the…

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Crime at Broken Hill. Another Burglary. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 2

Burglars broke into the Railway Town branch of the Government Savings Bank, at Broken Hill, and stole a cash-box, which, however,…

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Murder By Priest Alleged Accomplice Arrested. New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 2

The police have arrested Dr. Muret, a dentist, in connection with the murder of the woman Anna Aumaller. It is alleged that Muret assisted the…

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Annual Reports Meat Industry. Police Force. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 2

According to the return tabled in the Legislative Assembly, 31 Royal Commission have been appointed since the present Government came…

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Court Chamberlain Shot. Artist Resents Blow. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 2

During a quarrel in a fashionable casino at Berlin, Herr Von Wester-jagen, the Court chamberlain, accused Professor Maas, a well-known painter,…

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Crisis in Britain. National Strike Feared. Police and Unionists. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 2

The industrial position throughout Great Britain is hourly becoming more acute. It is feared that a crisis will be reached before long. There…

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Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 2

James Dalton was charged at the police court yesterday, before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., with stealing a cheque for £7 5/3, the property of…

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Police Court. Monday September B [?] Before. Air. J. H. [?]

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 5

John Green, charged with [?] drink is Audly Street, was lined [?] days, hard [?]. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16…

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Gaol for Great Tenor. Elopement Bequel

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 4

Herr Karl Burrian the [?] canor who has frequently appeared at Covent Garden and with whom the King of [?] had a long [?] as to an alleged breach of…

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Police Court. Wednesday. Before Mr. T. F. Mangan, J.P. DRUNK

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 5

Percy Smith was fined 10/- for the above. ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE, &c. William Abbott was charged with…

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Adelong Police Court Tuesday. Sept. 16th. Before. Mr. Fletcher, P.M.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 2

Gadara Shire Council v. R. Coleclaim for sanitary fees, £2 5s 6d. Defendant said he was an old age pensioner, and had no other income and…

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Gundagai Police Court Thursday, September 18. Before Mr. Giles Shaw, P.M. a Language Case

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 4

J. A. Davis pleaded guilty to using indecent language, and was fined £3, with 6/- costs, or one month hard labor in Young gaol…

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A Strange Story Woman Charged with Incendiarism. Well Insured Property. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 2

Rose Margaret Ramacciotti was charged at the Sessions with having, on June 17, set fire to her house at Hurwood, with intent to defraud…

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Intent to Murder. Refused to Marry his Daughter. MELBOURNE

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 4

A Melbourne jury acquitted Arthur Parker, who was charged with having shot at George Mackenzie with intent to murder him…

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Husband Runs Amok. Shoots Three People Near Court. Kills Would-be Captor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 7

Rushing from the court of Lowestoft where his wife had obtained a separation order from him, Louis Thain overtook the woman who a few minutes ago had secured…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, September 19, 1913. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, J. P.) Stealing Charge

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 1

Morgan Benson was charged with stealing bedding and several other articles, valued at £2, the property of Mr. Slocum, of the Club House…

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District Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 2

The next Wagga Court is fixed for 21th, October, and the last day for entering plaints is 7th October. The Albury Court will be held on 17th…

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A Heavy Sentence Evidently Better in Gaol. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 5

As the Sessions to-day, Judge Docker passed a sentence of 14 years on James Buckley, a colored man, who was convicted on a charge of…

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A Severe Sentence Black Man's Record. Allegations Against Police. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 4

Frederick James Buckley, a colored man, was sentenced to 14 years' penal servitude on a charge of shooting at a man who was assisting Constable…

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