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Courts & crime, 1913

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Mrs. Despard Goes to Gaol. Mrs. Pankhurst Attacks the Cabinet. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 2

Mrs. Despard went to gaol rather than pay the fine of 40/ imposed on her. The Home Office, Treasury,…

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The Trevanion Murder. Evidence by Butler & Mother in the Flat at Brighton. Roe's High Handed Claim. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 January 1913 · page 2

At the inquest into the circumstances surrounding the mystery of the death of Hugh Trevanion, the butler employed by…

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Police Court. Thursday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. STEALING

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

Michael O'Connor was charged with stealing one rolled gold watch, one leather watch guard and 12/3[?] in money, of the total value of £1/12/3[?]…

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Several Women Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

Mrs. Drummond, a suffragette, who was sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for the part she took in connection with a suffragette…

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Items of News. Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

At the Police Court, before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M. yesterday morning, Andrew Stewart and John Watson pleaded guilty to being drunk, and…

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Burglary at Newcastle SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

Thieves entered the sample room of the Criterion Hotel, Newcastle, on Monday and secured jewellery to the value of £120, the property of Arthur…

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Theft of the Holy Carpet

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 5

Despatches from Cairo report that the "Holy Carpet," once the property of Mohammed, and long guarded with pious care in the Egyptian capital has fallen into the…

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Police Court. Wednesday. Before Mr. E. P. Cusick. J.P.

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

George Kriss was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Wallendoon-street, on 28th instant. Accused pleaded guilty, and was fined 10/, in…

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Peppering Police

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

The suffragettes attempted to enter the hall. One was arrested for throwing pepper in a constable's face…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 28, 1913. Before Mr a .W. Stinson, J .P

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 1

Geo, Dorrington and Frederick Anderson, were charged with behaving in an indecent manner in a public place at Coolamon,…

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The Fitzroy Murder. the Inquest. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

At the inquest concerning the death or Arthur Trotter, the victim of the Fitzroy murder, the man known as Bush Thompson, who is on remand, on…

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Murder of a Planter. Killed While Recruiting Natives. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

The steamer Moresby, which has arrived at Brisbane from the Solomon Islands, brings particulars of the murder of a trader and planter named…

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Strikers and Police. Riot at Pittsburg. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 4

The steel wire-workers, who are on strike at Pittsburg, fought the police for several hours. Several strikers were killed and many…

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Another Suffragette Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

A suffragette was sentenced to a month's imprisonment at Dublin for smashing the windows of the Customs House…

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Burglary at Annandale. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

Thieves entered the residence of Reginald Brown, Young-street, Annandale, during the absence of the occupants, yesterday. Every room in…

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Cowardly Assault. Girl Waylaid. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

A 17-year-old girl was walking along the road through French's Forest to her home at Deewhy, near Manly, when a man rushed out from…

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Germany's Naval Defences Traitor Sentenced. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

A German mechanician was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in Leipzig for having delivered to the British Admiralty seven reports…

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Axe in the Fight. Newtown Man's Skull Fractured. His Assailant Before the Court. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

At the Newtown Police Court to-day. Norman Kable, aged 20, was charged with maliciously wounding Hugh O[?]ll, by slashing him across the sku[?]…

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Limiting Rents. New Legislation. a Court to Be Established. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 2

A Fair Rents Bill will be introduced next session, based on the report of the Select Committee, which held investigations last year. The measure…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 4

William Gramger and Patrick Who [?] were charged that in company they did assault and [?] John Douglas Wilson of a watch and chain and [?] in…

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