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Courts & crime, 1914

1,279 stories in Riverina's papers · page 61 of 64

Allies' Success. Assault on Vermolles Chateau. Germans Fail to Leave Trenches. General Joffre in Alsace. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1914 · page 2

A communique issued at midnight says the German infantry unsuccessfully tried to come out of the trendies southward of Bixschoote. The Allies…

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Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., had before him a man named Albert James Mathew [?] Cormack, charged with…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 4

William Day, from Temora; was charged with being drunk in Hovell-street. he pleaded guilty, and was fined 5/- in default 24 hours' hard…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 3

Joh Duggan was charged with being drunk in Bourke-street on December 3rd. Fined 5/- in default 24 hours' hard labour…

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Police Court. Tuesday, December 1St. (Before Mr. M Longfield, P.M.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 6

Municipal Co[?]il v. W. P. Ritchie, claim for service rendered.—Information withdr[?]al. Municipal Council v. J. Aberline…

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Court-martialled. Conveying Correspondence to Germans. Sydney

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

A man, who was arrested in Auckland last month, has been charged with the illicti conveyance of correspondence for Germans in…

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[?]Ooded Murder. Reprisals Threatened

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 December 1914 · page 5

[?] correspondent at Petrograd [?] the Germans are systm[?] [?] ammunition waggons [?] the red cross…

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Cable News. Irish Press Warned. Liable to Be Court, Martialled London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 December 1914 · page 5

The printers of the "Irish Freedom, "Sinnfein Ireland," "Irishworker,' "Irish Volunteer," and "Leader have been warned that they are liable to be…

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Assault and Robbery. an Old Woman's Death. Alleged Assistant Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 December 1914 · page 3

William Brown, 30, with a number of [?]liases, was charged at the police court to-day, with [?]ing Miss Jano Alexander, aged over 70, of a…

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Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 4

Charles Frederick Leicester Darwell pleaded guilty to assaulting John Mitchell on 6th December. Constable Johnson stated he was…

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Police Court. Saturday, December 5

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

Before Mr. J. H. Hassall, J.P. John Smith was fined £2 or 14 days' hard later for being found drunk in Larmer Street the previous day…

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Unprovoked Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

Charles Frederick Darwell was charged with assaulting John Mitchell at Wagga, on December 6. He pleaded guilty. Constable Johnson…

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Theft of Boots

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

Charles Naughton was charged with stealing a pair of boots, valued at 10/, the property of William Thomas Dunn…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 3

Michael Kel[?]har was charged with being drunk in Parker-street on 4th inst. Fined £2, in default 14 days, hard labor. Sentence suspended on pledge not to…

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Warden's Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

THE Warden's Court was held on Friday, before Mr. Warden James, when the following authorities were assessed:—…

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Police Court. Monday, December 7. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.) Drunkenness

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

John Walter Demmery, on bail, charged with drunkenness whilst riding a horse in Fitzmaurice-street, on Saturday, was fined 20/, or 14 days…

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Prisoners of War. Going to Gaol in New Zealand. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

The steamer Navua arrived here to-day from Samoa with eight German prisoners, who have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, December 7th, 1914. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) Larceny of Boots

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 4

Chas. Naughton was charged with stealing a pair of boots, to the value of 10/, the property of W. T. Dunn, of Baylis-street…

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Horrible Murder. Woman and Two Children Killed. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 3

The bodies of an Indian woman and two children were found in a house on the outskirts of Suva. The trio have been brutally…

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District Court. Monday. Before his Honor Judge Rogers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

The barristers present were Messrs. Stephen, J[?]mes, and Hinton. Mr. R. G. Green registrar…

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