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Courts & crime, 1914

1,279 stories in Riverina's papers · page 56 of 64

Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

The business-sheet at the Police Court yesterday was not very heavy. The Police Magistrate Mr. C. J. B. Helm, was on the bench, and…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 4

Roger Andrew Batros, was charged for failing to hand in motor car number. Find 10/- with 6/- costs, in default of 24 hours…

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Wages and the War. Question in Industrial Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

The question whether it is advisable for wages boards to continue the hearing of applications for increases of wages during the war, was again…

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Committed for Assault

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 2

At the Junee police court yesterday, before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M. a man named Butler was arraigned on a charge of alleged assault on J…

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Woman's Escape from Custody. Walks Out of Court. Constables Charged with Neglect. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 4

At the police court to-day Constables Byrne, O'Brien, and Rochford were proceded against by Inspector M'Lean for neglecting their…

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Marvels of Finger-prints. the Way the System Aids the Police

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 3

There has been no more striking illustration or the manner in which an old idea applied to the requitements of modern life may become…

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Items of News. Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1914 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., a man named William Brooker was charged with having been found drunk…

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Woman Committed for Trial. Alleged Theft of Property Deeds. the Woman Who Left the Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1914 · page 3

Ada Taylor was committed for trial on a charge of stealing from the office of the Registrar-General a certificate of title to certain property belonging…

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Coalmining Dispute. Before Arbitration Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1914 · page 3

To-day in the Industrial Court, Mr. Justice Heydon delivered judgment in the matter arising out of the afternoon shift dispute in the Northern…

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Police Court. Wednesday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M.

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 2

Charles Reynolds, for being drunk in Hovell-street, was fined 5/, in default 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Adelong Police Court Wednesday, Nov. 4th. Before Messrs. C. J. Purcell and H. C. Aiken, J'sP

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 2

John Nicols (alias Texas Jack) and George Frederick Cartwright were charged with having, in company, stolen a bag of chaff, valued at 5s…

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Military Assault Case. Man with Sergeant's Stripes. Trouble at Liverpool Camp. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 3

Percival O'Brien, a member of the 13th Batalion camped at Liverpool, was charged at the police court with assaulting Albert Glasson, a sergeant…

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Pigeon-racing Stopped. German Birds Killed by Police

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 7

The English National Pigeon Flying Club received notice that by order of the War Office all pigeon racing in the United Kingdom is prohibited. This is due to tho fear…

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Kiao Chau. a Victorious Assault. Tsingtau's Fall Imminent. Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 4

A victorious assault has begun on Fort Htis, the strongest fortification at Tsingtau. The way for the infantry was prepared by a most terrific…

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Warden's Court. Friday, November 6. (Before the Warden, Mr. C. J. B. Helm.) Application for Compensation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 3

An application was made by Grant M'Kenzie for the assessment of compensation to Messrs. Lee and Palmer on a quarter of an acre, held under…

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Unlawful Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 3

William Hornby pleaded guilty to having unlawfully assaulted James Trainor on Sunday afternoon. He was fined 10/, in default seven days'…

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Charge of Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 4

Paul Butler was charged with assaulting Albert James Boswell, at Junee, on 29th October. Accused pleaded not guilty…

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Alleged Theft of Money

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 3

Henry Hahne, on bail, was charged with having, at Wagga on September 16, stolen £5 15/- the property of Wallace Bertie Doughty. He pleaded…

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Adelong Splashes Chaff-stealing Case

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 3

At the Adelong Police Court on Wednesday last, John Nichols, alias Texas Jack, and George Frederick Cartwright were charged with having, in company, stolen…

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Magnificent Assault. the Russians Victorious. Petrograd

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

The Austrians on Monday were strongly entrenched at Sandomire. They were in three lines, with wire entanglements, which carried…

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