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Courts & crime, 1915

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Sergeant of Police Shot. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 2

Charles Perrin was remanded on the charge of having shot Sergeant William Butcher, a member of the police force, with intent to murder him. It in stated…

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High Court. ROACH v. BICKLE. (Before Mr. Justice Isaacs, Mr. Justice Duffy, and Mr. Justice Rich )

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 2

On Tuesday judgment was delivered in the appeal by James Road against a judgment of the Supreme Court in an action in which Jane Bickle was…

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Boorabil Land Scandal. Bankruptcy Proceedings. High Court Appeal. Chief Justice on Political Influence. Severe Comment. Justice Isaacs' Denunciation. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 2

The High Court has allowed the appeal by William B. Wilkinson from the decision of Mr. Justice Street, in bankruptcy, refusing the application…

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Magistrate in Error. Albury Liquor Case. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 3

An appeal from the Albury police court against a decision under the Liquor Act came before Mr. Justice Harvey in chambers, in the form of…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1915 · page 2

Thomas Phillips, 38, on remand, was charged at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M., with the commission of a serious…

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Soldier Sentenced

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1915 · page 2

Private John Smith, a member of the Expeditionary Force, has been found guilty by court martial iu Melbourne, as a deserter, and…

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Police Court. MONDAY. Before Mr. R. G. Green. J.P.

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1915 · page 3

Wm. Bartlesm was charged with being drunk in Hovell Street. Fined 10/- or 3 days…

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Trades Hall Tragedy. Buckley and Ward Sentenced Dangerous Leniency. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1915 · page 2

Richard Buckley and Alexander Ward who pleaded guilty in Melbourne to breaking into the Trades Hall when Constable M'Grath was shot dead were…

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Teachers' Conference. the President's Speech. Government Charged with Neglect. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1915 · page 2

Mr. Herman, in his presidential address, said despite a year's work of the heaviest character there was so little tangible progress to report and so many…

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Man in Military Uniform. Sentenced for False Pretences. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 3

Gerald Grave, who were a military uniform with a decoration of ribbons attached, was sent to gaol for three months with hard labor for obtaining…

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Criminal Libel Charge. Action by Police Officer. Alleged Defamatory Pamphlet. Accused Committed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 4

Much public interest was taken in the prosecution of Cornelius Crowe at the Melbourne City Court, under the Wrongs Act 1905, on a charge of having,…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1915 · page 2

Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., yesterday received a telegram from the Under-secretary for Justice, intimating that the Attorney-General had refused to file…

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Grace Emmett, All Rights Reserved. Or, the Wattleson Murder Case. Part 13. CHAPTER XXXI.—(Continued.)

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1915 · page 2

"Good enough! I will sec this old fellow. Let me see-what name ? Ah, Judson Gumbleton. A good name for an old curmudgeon. Where can this…

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Police Court Tuesday, December 21. Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 5

Albert J. Bunn was fined 21 and 6/- costs for using indecent language in East Street on 25th November. Mrs. A. J. Bunn v Mrs. Violet M…

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Soldier in Trouble. Preying on Mates. Fourteen Charges of Theft. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 3

Fourteen charges of stealing were brought against George Payne, aged 13 years, a miner in the City Police Court to-day…

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Mrs. Asquith. Action Against "Globe." Court Grants Injunction. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 3

Proceedings in connection with the sensational libel suit in which Mrs. H. H. 'Asquith, wife of the Prime Minister, is plaintiff, was resumed by Mr…

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The Ceylon Riots. Hundreds Court Martialled. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 6

Four hundred and twelve persons have been court martialled as a result of the result of the recent riots in Ceylon, and 338 were convicted…

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Navy Police

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 3

A battleship's police maintain discipline in general, constantly patrolling the ship to see that everything is in order. Having investigated an…

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Shots Exchanged. Police Chase at FlTZROY. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 4

The police disturbed four men who were behaving in a suspicious manner at Fitzroy (Vic.) early this morning. They decamped and the police fired…

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Police Court. Christmas Day

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 December 1915 · page 2

Before Mr. R.G. Green, J.P. Henry Walker was fined 2/6 or the rising for drunkenness. Edward Waddington was similarly…

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