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Courts & crime, 1913

1,549 stories in Riverina's papers · page 74 of 78

Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 2

Before Mr. J. D. Walker. CM., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday. Francis Duggan was charged with fraudulently appropriating a bicycle,…

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Alleged Theft

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 4

Francis Duggan appeared at the police court yesterday on a charge of having fraudulently appropriated a bicycle, valued at £14, the property of…

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Language and Assault

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 4

Before Messrs. J. D. Walker. C.M., and E. E. Collins, J.P., Perry Oswald Bede Prendergast, was charged with being drunk and assaulting [?]…

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Paying the Cost. Strikers Sentenced. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 4

Fifty-two of the 64 men comprising the crew of the steamer Maunganni, were arrested at Wellington to-day, charged with desertion. Twenty-eight…

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Prisoner Attacks Warder at the Bathurst Gaol. a Desperate Struggle Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 2

It has just leaked out that a prisoner serving a life sentence in the Bathurst gaol made a desperate attack on Wander Mark. It is stated…

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Indians Killed. Police Park Fatal Volley. Durban

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 4

The Natal Indian Association has cabled to London, stating that the police were continuing their brutal assaults and authorities were…

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Stealing Boots

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 2

Thomas Collins "wanted a pair of boots badly but did not know he had taken two pairs." Such was his confession when Constable Davidson…

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One Discovered. Man Charged with Abduction. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 2

Mona Drury, a young girl who was missing from her home since last Monday, was found in an hotel in George-street last night. The police…

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A Police Officer's Views

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 2

Sub-Inspector Hannon, of Goulburn, who, before going to that city, was prominently connected with the Detective staff in Sydney, when seen during…

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Strikers Sent to Gaol. Chief Justice's Comment. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 2

Campbell, who look a prominent part in the recent riots at Wellington. was sentenced in ten months' gaol, while Lawton, who led the attack on…

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Massage Establishments Prosecution Follows Police Raid. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 2

The police raided a Massage establishment in London and arrested the tenant, Miss Violet Gray. The Crown Prosecutor in applying for an…

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Missing Girls Mystery Unsolved. Police Hane a Clue Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 2

Miss Mona West, of Goulburn, who disappeared from the home of her uncle, Dr. Ackland O'Hara, in Darlinghurst, on November 5, is still…

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Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 2

There was an extended sitting at the police court yesterday, the day's proceedings not ending till after 5.30 p.m. The public portions of the court…

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Theft of Calico

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 4

At Gundagai Quarter Sessions on Friday. Rheuben Morion was charged with having on 16th Nov. last indecently assaulted one George…

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Sunday Quarter Sessions Indecent Assault

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 4

At the Gundagai Sessions on Friday, Janet Louisa Hepher was charged that on Feb. 3rd last she did, at Gilmore, steal 7 yards of…

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Police Court. Monday, December 1. Before Mr. J. H. Hassall, J.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 5

Arthur Ernest Peachman was fined 10s or three days for being found drink in Twynam Street on 89th November: and 20s, or seven days for indecent…

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Police Court. Monday, December 1, 1913. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.) Civil Breaches

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 3

Small fines with costs wert respectively imposed on various defendants for (1) driving sheep through the municipality during unauthorised…

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Man in Court. One of the Worst Cases." Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 2

William Henry Lumley was remanded at the police court on a charge of fraudulently attempting to allure lda Rintoul, aged 17 years, out of the…

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Sly Grog Shops Police Raid Lodging Honses. 500 Bottles Seized. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 2

The crusade against sly-grog shops in Melbourne continues. The police made a haul of nearly 500 bottles of beer and whisky in two lodging…

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Natives Sentenced to Death Delhi

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 December 1913 · page 3

Two Pathans were sentenced to death at Jhelum, for the murder of Lance Corporal Bartlett, Seventeenth Lancers, in a Wazirabad train. The…

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