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Courts & crime, 1913

1,549 stories in Riverina's papers · page 73 of 78

Wagga Police Court. Monday, November 24th. 1913 (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 November 1913 · page 3

John Ferguson w. s charged with using indecent language in Fitzmaurice St, making reference to the police in disgusting language. He pleaded guilty…

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Police Court. Monday, November 24. 1913. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.) Drink and Language

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1913 · page 3

George Lang an elderly man, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Fitzmaurice-street, on Saturday evening…

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Anarchist Arrested Important Police Discoveries. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1913 · page 2

The Viceroy will shortly visit Calcutta. Detectives seeking an anarchist named Seoshankar, who is not a…

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Charge of Murder Verdict of Concealment of Birth. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 November 1913 · page 3

At the Criminal Court to-day Sarah Ann Tefy was charged with the murder of her newly-born child at Orange on October 19. Accused was…

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Strike Breaking Down. Police Raid Hotels. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1913 · page 2

The strike committee at Auckland, has decided to call the strike off, except as regards the seamen, waterside workers, tram men, and carters…

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Club Raided By Police MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 November 1913 · page 2

The police raided the Investors' Mutual Club, and arrested several persons, who have been charged with gambling…

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Industrial War. Natives Strike on the Rand. Conflicts with Police. Many Killed and Injured. a Grave Situation. Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 November 1913 · page 2

Five thousand strikers looted the Premier mines at Pretoria. The police, after a vain attempt to repulse them by other means, fired a valley…

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Two Charges of Stealing Temora

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 3

At the Police Court this morning Edwin George Craddock, on remand from Sydney, appeared on two charges of stealing money, the first sum…

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Cable News. the Stolen Necklace Accused Sentenced. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 3

The final scene in the drama connected with the theft of the famous pearl necklace, worth £117,000, was enacted at Bow-street on Monday,…

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A Missing Girl. Thought to Be Murder. Sydney. Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 3

Miss Mona West. 21 years of age, daughter of an official of the Lands Department at Goulburn, who recently came to visit an uncle in Sydney,…

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Indians Still Warlike. Police Kill Leader. Durban

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 2

Alheie West, the acting editor of an Indian vernacular journal, has been arrested for harboring indentured immigrants at a farm owned by the…

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Federal Court Refuses Conference Farmers Association Opposed to It. Sydney Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 2

The registrar of the Federal Arbitration Court states that the President of that Court has decided to refuse the application of the rural workers for a…

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Police Court. Tuesday, November 26th

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 3

Before Messrs. C. J. B. Helm, P.M., T. H. Sugden, H. S. Abrahams, and J. W. Upton Js.P. CRUELTY TO A HORSE…

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INDIANS v. POLICE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 2

Five Indians were killed in an affray between the strikers and the police. The police were obliged to fire several volleys before quelling…

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Fiendish Murder. Methods Resembling "Jack the Ripper. JOHANNESBURG

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 5

A young woman has been found murdered in a garden at Johannesburg. The body was' fiendishly mutilated, the wounds resembling…

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Betting Case Sol Green in Court. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 3

Solomon Green, the well-known bookmaker and owner, was charged to-day with having used a box at the general post office for the purpose…

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Revision Court. Wednesday, November 26. Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 2

The Revision Court for revising the supplemental lists for the polling paces in the Murumrbidgee electorate was hold on the above date…

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Shire Appeal Court. Wednesday, November 26. Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 2

A court of appeal to consider appeals against the Shire valuations was held on the above date. Two notices of appeal were received…

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Small Debts Court Before Messrs. C. J. B Helm P.M. and J. W. Upton, J.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 3

Hutchinson and Dovle v. W. T. Lynch claim £7 [?], goods sold mid delivered. No appearance of defendant…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Mr. R. A. G. Curry (President), and Messrs. W. Hous[?]and C. E. Rennie. Commissioners). Reserved Judgments. Delivered

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 3

The Trustees of the Murrumburrah Park and Murrumburrah Race Club appealed against the recommendation of the Local Land Board the…

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