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Courts & crime, 1914

1,279 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 64

Theft of Chaff Denied

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

Thomas Daniel Holdsworth was charged with having stolen one bag and three bushels of chaff the properly of Philip James Benson, at…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

At the Wagga Court on Monday, before Messrs. Helm, Fo[?]bery and Purtell, certificates for auctioneers' licensee were grated to J. A. Mulholland, Daniel…

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Court House Ventilation

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

Yesterday His Honor Judge Bevan referred to the bad ventilation of the Court Chamber. He remarked that the windows of the Moree Court House were…

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Murder and Suicide. Girl Shoots Young Man. FORBES

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

A young man named Sid Jones was shot dead by Jessie Cattanach, at Cadow Station, on Saturday night, between 11 and 12 o'clock…

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Items of News. Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

Before Messrs. C. J. B. Helm, P.M., L. A, Fosbery and Wm. Purtell, J's.P., yesterday morning, an application for permission to make additions…

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Industrial Court Award. Forty Nine and Half Hours Week

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

An application was made before Mr. Justice Heydon. in the Industrial Arbitration Court today, that the ordinary hours of labour per week for all shops…

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Importation of Arms. Test Case Before Court. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

A case is now before the Belfast courts to test the legality of the proclamation under which the importation of arms into Ireland is…

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Old Woman In Gaol. Charged with "Jumping the Rattler"

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 8

Norah O'Connor, an elderly woman, who was a passenger from Roma to the Brisbane by last Tuesday morning's western mail train, secreted her ticket…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 2

William Lewis and Henry Mark Walker were charged with having, in company, assaulted William Gilroy Watson, and robbed him of £6, at…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 10. Before Messrs. L. A. Fosbery and W. Purtell, Js.P.) Charge of Embezzlement

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 2

John Diamond was charged on warrant with having embezzled the sum of £716/, moneys belonging to the Australian Workers' Union, at Boree…

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R.W.U. Case. Alleged Assault by Farmer. Charges Against G. H. Mendham

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 2

George Henry Mendham was charged on two counts with having assaulted William Felix Woods, causing actual bodily harm, at North Wagga, on…

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Women v. Police. Fight with Suffragettes. Wild Excitement. Bombs and Revolvers. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 2

Mrs. Pankhurst commenced to address a meeting at Glasgow when a posse of police rushed the platform, evidently with the intention of…

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Night Lion Hunt in Foggy Streets. Five Animals Shot in Chase by So Armed Police Driven to Bay in Hotel

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 7

Eight lions and a tiger roaming loose at night and in a dense fog sprang panic in Leipzig. Eventually five lions were shot by the…

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Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 4

George Henry Mendham was charged with assault and occasioning actual bodily harm on William Fe[?] Wood by using a pitchork. There was a second…

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Assault and Robbery

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 4

William Lewis and Henry Mark Walker were charged with assaulting Gilroy Watson in a lane at the rear of the Royal hotel Ganmain, and robbing him…

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Alleged Horse Stealing. Jury's Lengthy Retirement

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 2

Felix Arthur George Schroeder was charged with having at Munyable on October [?]013, stolen one feal the property of Sam[?] John Lazarus. He…

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Police Weakness

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 2

The happenings were discussed casually by members and officials of the Wagga District Farmers Association in Wagga last night, when [?]en…

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A Police Ruse

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 2

A number of suffragettes travelled to London in Mrs. Pankhurst's train. The police stopped the train in London-road, leaving the part…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, 16th. MARCH, 1914. (Before Messrs. Fosbery and Purtell J.'s.P.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 3

John Diamond was charged with having embezzled £7 16s at Bor[?] Creek in December last said monies being the property of the A.W.U. He was…

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Wagga Quarter Sessions Tuesday March 10th. 1914. (Before His Honor Judge Bevan). BURGLARY

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 4

Thomas Joseph G[?]es pleaded guilty to entering the shop of Joseph Dilton, at Junee Reefs, and stealing £1 17s 6d, the property of the…

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