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Courts & crime, 1914

1,279 stories in Riverina's papers · page 31 of 64

Chase of Housebreakers. Daylight Burglary. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

Shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Hawe, living at Rockdale, saw two men force the side window in the house next door, occupied by…

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Police Constables' Appeal. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

Appeals against the conviction of Constables O'Donnell and M'Donnell were formally lodged to-day…

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Mr. Trefle's Land Police. Submitted to Cabinet. Several Important Alterations. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

Mr. Trefle to-day submitted to the Cabinet his land policy, which will be announced by Mr. Holman, when to visit his celebrate. It is…

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Roseberry Murder a Suspect Arrested at Gunning. Gunning

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 June 1914 · page 2

A young man was arrested at Gunning on suspicion of being the murderer of Edward Dixon, at Rose Bay, early this year…

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Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 2

At the Wagga police court yesterday, before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., Edward Walters was charged with having used indecent language in…

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Assault

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 4

George Elliott was charged with occasioning actual bodily harm on Antoni Protopasaltis on May 25th. Mr. Weekes appeared for…

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The Suffrageites Retorts to Magistrate. Gaol Doctor Horse Whipped. Picture Smashing and Fires. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 2

The magistrate who sentenced two suffragettes, who chained themselves to the gates of Buckingham Paf[?], was grossly insulted. He was called…

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Theft of Clothing. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 2

George Clarkson, who was shot in the arm while escaping from a house in Woollahra, after stealing a quantity of clothing, was brought before the…

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Police Court. (Tuesday, Jane 2nd, 1914.) (Before Mr. M. Longfield, P.M.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 9

Catherine J. Eades v. E. Finch. B. Finch v. C. J. Eades. Crosa-sumtnonpes for assault. The evidence was to the effect…

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Police Court. Thursday, June 4. Before Mr. Giles Shaw, P.M. DRUNK

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 4

JOHN TUTTY, for drunkenness, was fined £2, in default 14 days, one month allowed to pay the fine. The police submitted a long list…

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Murder of a Missionary. Chinese Government Pay Compensation. Peking

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 2

The Chinese Government paid to Norway the sum of 20,000 lach in connection with the murder of a missionary named, Froyland by brigands…

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Case of Julia Decies. London's Sympathy with Girl Shot Sleeping Lover. Seven Years' Gaol

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 7

The plea that at the time she shot Basil Piffard—a man with whom she had lived—she was in such a state of exasperation. Jealousy, rage, and hopeless despair that…

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Infants Protection Act. Appeal to Full Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 4

THE Full Court (the Cheif Justice, Mr. Justice Sly, and Mr. Justice Ferguson) heard an application on Tuesday on behalf of Samuel…

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Wouldn't Sit Down. Exciting Scene in Court. Struggle with Ushers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 2

"You are a set of notorious [?]. You dare say I am a lunatic." The outburst was that of a pale-faced, slightly-built woman, known to many of those who visit the Law Courts as Miss Jane Cor[?]ck, the lady [?]…

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Special Licensing Court (Before Mr. Longfield, P.M., and Messrs Cadell and Rasmussen)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 9

The following licenses were renewed:— Royal Hotel, Mt. Hope, S. Clarke. Assessment £39…

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Police Court Fixtures

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 4

Wagga.—Summons Court, each Monday at 10 a.m. Small Debts Court, Warden's Court, and Licensing Court, the Fridays after…

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Motorist Acquitted Charged with Felonious Slaying. But Police Case Failed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 5

At the Newtown Police Court Stanley Greenaway, a driver of a motor, which ran over two people and killed them recently, was charged with feloniously…

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Land Appeal Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 4
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

(Before Mr. H. A. G. Curry, president, and Messrs. W. Houston and C. E. Rennie, commissioners)…

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Small Debts Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 4

A sitting of the Small Debts Court was held at the Wagga Court House yesterday morning, before the Police Magistrate, Mr. C. J. B. Helm…

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