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Courts & crime, 1913

1,549 stories in Riverina's papers · page 76 of 78

Shearing Agreement. Case Before the Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 4

A TEST case, on which a large number of others are contingent, was heard in the Wagga police court on Tuesday, when the Federal Pastoral…

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Land Appeal Court (Before Mr. H. A. G. Curry, President; and Messrs. W. Houston and C. E. Rennie, Commissioners). Decision Reserved

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 2

The Court reserved its decision in the appeal by A. O. Duke against the decision of the Local Land Board in respect of his application for…

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A Murder Charge Verdict of Guilty, London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 5

Ada Williams, 26, was convicted at Old Bailey of dismembering and burning her four-year-old son, in the hope that her husband, who disliked the…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. DRUNK

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 3

Edward Francis Price was fined 10/- and 6/- costs for drunkenness in Hill-street. Wallendbeen, on 2nd December…

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Police Court. Friday, December 12. Before Mr. J. H. Hassall, J.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

John Kenna was fined £1 or 10 days for being drunk the previous day. Fourteen days were allowed in which to pay the fine…

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Canal Murder Suspect's Confession, London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

The police theory in respect to the Liverpool murder is that Miss Bradford was the victim of an attempted outrage and that ,her resistance…

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Mysterious Murder Woman's Battered Body. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

The detectives who are inquiring into the murder of Miss Christina Bradfiell, whose body was found on Thursday floating in a canal at Liverpool. have…

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Police Court. Monday, December 15, 1913. (Before Messers. J. D. Walker C.M. and J. K. O'Reilly, J.P. Baylis-street Accident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

The sequel to the driving accident in Baylis-street on Saturday afternoon, was heard yesterday morning, when Soren Sorensen was charged…

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Cable News. the Zabern Affair. Court Martial's Decision. Berlin

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

The court martial has ordered the 99th regiment to go to Casoel. Von Reuter retains his command, but Von Foerestner has been transferred to another regiment…

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Notes and News. Racing the Music. Militia Before the Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 2

"You are charged with that you did, being a person liable in military training, fail to attend in militia parade"…

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P.M's Court. the Alleged Theft at the Green's Gunyah Hotel

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 2

Before the P.M. yesterday, Henry McFee and John Williams were brought up on remand for stealing £10 from the Green's Gunyah hotel…

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Women Protect Strikers. Predicament of Police. Saint Louis

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 2

Serious riots have occurred with the Market-street factory hands. Mothers with children in arms protected the strikers while the latter assaulted…

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A Seaman's Death Suspected Murder Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

The police have reason to believe that the seaman, George Shoesmith, whose body was found yesterday morning under a rock at Pyrmont,…

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Murder or Accident? Mystery of Seamans Death. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

The police are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the finding of the body of George shoc-smith, a seaman, under the ledge of…

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Items of News. Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 2

An elderly man who was charged on remand at the police court yesterday with being deemed to be insane, secured his discharge by agreeing to…

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The Mascot Murder Accused Before the Court Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 2

Henry Harold Armstrong, a young man, was charged at the Redfern police court this morning with causing the death of Albert Wilson at…

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Police Court Tuesday, December 16th. Before Mr. J. H. Hassall. J.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 4

Herbert Lester Gordon Savage was fined 2s 6d or three hours for being drunk in Twynam Street the previous evening…

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High Court Appeal Murder Conviction Upset. New Trial Ordered. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 2

The High Court delivered its reserved judgment in the case of Thos. Brown, convicted of the murder of Sergeant Hickey at St. Ives,…

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Suffragettes Attempt on Holloway Gaol. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 4

Suffragettes attempted to blow up one of the walls of Holloway Gaol, in the vicinity of the cell occupied by Rachel Pearce, who was recently…

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Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 3

Mr. T. Davis, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, was granted permission by the Wagga Licensing Court yesterday, to effect…

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