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Courts & crime, 1913

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Wagga Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 2

Richard George Troughton, charged with being drunk on December 3, was convicted, being fined 10/. He was further charged with obtaining…

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Small Debts Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 6

J. Hutchison, v. J. J. Donley; claim for £4, for carting two tons material from Hillston to Merri Merrigal…

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Injured Jockeys Racing Official Charged. Cash Dismissed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 4

The hearing of the case in which John Underhill, secretary of the Associated Racing Club, was proceeded against by William Brown, on an…

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Police Court. Tuesday, December 2Nd. (Before Messrs. M. Longfield, P.M., and E. W. Evans, J.P.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 5

Jas. Aberline was charged by Constable Smith with using insulting language in a public place, and pleaded not guilty…

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Industrial Disputes New Zealand Labor President Sentenced. Seamen and Non-unionists. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 2

The amount of the New Zealand strike fund received at Wellington (N.Z.) is below £2000. William Thomas Young, president…

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Arbitration Court Delays Telephone Linesmen's Grievance. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 2

A mass meeting of telephone linesmen was held last night, when a complaint was made that in September 1912 the union lodged a plaint in the…

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Henty Horse Stealing

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 2

A horse-stealing case was before the local court on Thursday. Lazarus Bros' mare had a colt foal and ten days later had a colt foal and ten days later the foal disappeared. It was…

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Warden's Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 4

Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm Miners' Warden, yesterday. W.H. Hardy applied for permission to enter and search for gold on 4½ acres of land…

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Revision Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 2

Yesterday, before Mr. C. J. B Helm, P.M., the rolle for the Municipality of Wagga, and the Mitchell and Kyeamba Shires were revised and certified to as…

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Items of News Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 4

Before the Wagga Licensing Bench yesterday the transfer of the license of the Union Club Hotel from Helena M. Packham to C. S. Slocum was…

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Mrs. Pankhurst Arrested Police Outwit Suffragettes. Vengeance Threatened. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 4

The British police officials outwitted a great crowd of suffragettes who were waiting the arrival of Mrs. Pankhurst at Plymouth by boarding the…

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Gaol Tortures Savage Punishment. Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 December 1913 · page 3

The evidence given before the Board of Inquiry which is investigating the management of the gaol at Kingston (Ontario), showed that if the…

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Police Court. Friday, 5Th December. Before Mr. J. H. Hassall, J.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 3

Frank Stone was charged with being drunk and disorderly the previous evening. Plea, not guilty…

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Licensing Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 3

Clinton Thomas Cameron Terry was granted a transfer of his license of the Royal Oak hotel to Charles Scott Calman…

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Notes and News. Police Court. Monday. Before Mr.H. Giles Shaw, P.M. Riotous and Language

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 2

William Warren was fined £1 in default 1[?]days hard labour on a charge of riotous behaviour in Parker-street on Saturday night, and £3 for language…

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Police Court. Monday December 8, 1913. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.). Valueless Cheque

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 3

Richard George Troughton, was charged with attempting to defraud by means of a valueless cheque for £5. T. Davis, licensee of the Prince of…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, December 8, 1913. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) False Pretences

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 4

Richard George Troughton, was charged on remand with having obtained a sum of £5 by false pretences, to will passing a valueless cheque…

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Attempted Burglary

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 December 1913 · page 2

On Friday morning, when the manager of Messrs. Carew and Son's Boot Store, Newtown, proceeded to unlock the door as usual he found that the lock had…

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Peculiar Murder Trial

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 2

A remarkable case, has been concluded in the Old Bailey Court, when Ada Williams, 26 years of age, was convicted of the murder of her…

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Gaol or Fine. Bill to Allow Time for Payment

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 7

Mr. M'Kenna intends to introduce next session of the House of Commons a bill intended to save people from Imprisonment in cases where they would pay the fine if…

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