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Courts & crime, 1913

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Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J D. Walker, C.M., Fred. Lew, aline Bendigo, was charged with being drunk and behaving in a riotous…

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Alleged Stealing. Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 6

At the local police court yesterday Edward George Craddock, alias Chalmers, on remand from Sydney was charged with stealing sums of…

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

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 2

Albert Dempsev was proceeded against on the information that by excessive drinking he was likely to leave his family in want…

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"Human Jackal." Five Years for Assault and Robbery. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 2

Norman O'Brien, who was convicted for assault and robbery, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Judge Murray remarked that…

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District Court. Tuesday, November 11th, 1943. Before His Honor Judge Docker

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

Hankinson and Co., Ltd. v. O'Connor, claim for goods sold. Mr. E. C. H. Matthews (Kershaw, Matthews, and Lane) appeared for the…

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A Burglar Charged. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 5

At the Central Court, Frank Taylor, 20 a native of Ireland, who was arrested sensationally this morning. was charged with breaking and…

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Solicitors Quarrel in Court Brothers Abigail Exchange Words. "Shall Do Something Desperate." Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 4

Messrs. J. W. and E. R. Abigail, brothers, and solicitors, who appeared on different sides in a case at the Central Police Court to-day, got to…

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Ex-Bookmaker O'Neill. Charged with Vagrancy. Huge "Punting" Transactions Assault on a Barmaid

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 1

"Fred." O'Neill, ex-bookmaker, who has figured prominently before the public lately, was again the subject of three charges in the City Court…

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Multi-Murderer Sentenced Twenty-nine Victims. Scenes During Trial. Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 2

Spencer, who confessed to 29 murders, has been sentenced to death on a charge of during Mrs. Rexroat on a railroad track and then shooting her…

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Judge Assaulted. Exciting Scenes in Court. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 2

Rachel Pearce was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for destroying by for a large unoccupied residence at Hampton-on-Thames in October…

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Police and Blackmallers Officers' Share of Profits. Woman Loses $80,000. New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 2

Investigations in New York show that a gang has been operating by tapping the wires in order to procure information for blackmail and…

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Police Court. Friday. November 14. Before Mr. L. H. Hassall, J. P. Alleged Indecent Assault

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 4

Waker Steven was remanded till Tuesday, 18th last., on a charge of indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 16 years at Loclon, on 10th…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, 17th NOVEMBER, 1818. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 2

Alexander Connelly was fined 10s or seven daye' Imprisonment for an unlawful assault upon William Gancer, proprietor of the Freemasons' Hotel…

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Charged with Bigamy. Woman Swoons in North Sydney Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 2

THE proceedings at the North Sydney Court had to be suspended in order to permit a woman to recover from a swoon. The woman…

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The Berrigan Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 2

The colonial enquiry returned a verdict of wilful murder against Frank Cowell, in connection with the Berrigan tragedy, and he was committed for trial…

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Postman Arrested Alleged Cunning Theft. Detective's Evidence. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 2

A postman named George Parsons has been committed for trial on a charge of having stolen a letter addressed to Anthony Hordern's,…

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Police and Indians. Johannesburg

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 2

A hundred Rand police have been sent to Natal in connection with the Indians' movement…

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Police Court. Monday, November 17, 1013. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) a Lenient Prosecutor

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 2

Alexander Conley pleaded guilty to assaulting William Ganoer, on saturday evening. The prosecutor, said that accused for no apparent reason,…

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Federal Land Tax. Appeal to High Court. MELBOURNE

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 3

The hearing was continued in the High Court, before Mr. Justice Isaacs, of the appeal of the owners of the Killingworth Estate, near and the unimproved value as £44,482, under which the land tax would be £381. The assessment placed on the land by the Crown…

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Police illicit Profits. Four Divide £15,000 Annually. New York

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 2

It is stated in connection with the wire tapping graft scandals in New York, that four policemen were cutting up between them £15,000 per…

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