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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1915

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Police Court. Monday, March 1. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.) Horse Straying

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 3

Thos. Callaghan was fined 20/ with C/ costs, in default seven days in the lockup, on a charge of having allowed his horse to stray on the reserve…

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Coroner's Court. the Late J. E. Quirk

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

THE inquiry touching the death of John Edgar Quirk was resumed at Tumut on Tuesday last, before Mr. S. Groves Coroner, the following…

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The Wheat Seizure. High Court Appeal Commenced. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 4

Argument was commenced in the High Court in the whom seizure appeal case. The Victorian Government was…

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Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

James Donovan was before the Police Court yesterday when the Police Magistrate was on the bench. on a charge of having been drunk…

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District Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

Three casts art listed for the District Court, which is to be held in Wagga on Friday next. One, however, has been settled, and it is not…

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Offensive Conduct in Train. Bathurst Grazier Charged. Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

George Hector John Southerland, a well-known grazier, of Gowanand, and a member of the Bathurst Pastures Protection Board, was charged at the…

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Copper Smugglers Sentenced. Copenhagen

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 2

Albert Jansen, the ringleader of the copper smugglers, has been sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment at Copenhagen, while several others were heavily fined…

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Wagga Police Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 4

At above court, on Thursday last, before Messrs. J. D. Walker, C.M., and J. K. O'Reilly, J.P., Hubert Keenan was charged with stealing…

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Coolamon Police Court

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 5

Before Mr C. J. B. H[?]m P. [?] the following cases were dealt with after we had gone to press…

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Powers of Arbitration Court. Claims Challenged by Chief Justice. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 3

During the hearing 01 argument before the Full Court in the appeal by the Northern Colliery Employees' Association, and the treasurer and…

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Divorce Petition. Hearing Before District Court. Trail on Issue of Desertion

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 4

At the Wagga District Court yesterday his Honor Judge Murray had before him for trial issues remitted from the Divorce Court in respect to the petition…

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Police Court

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Monday 8 March 1915 · page 3

At the Tumut Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. M. J. McMahon, P.M., a young man named Pugh (18) was charged with stealing one small…

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Wagga District Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1915 · page 2

Apart from the divorce trial reported in last issue, the three cases listed for the Wagga District Court on Friday were quickly disposed of. One…

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Police Court. Saturday, March 6

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 2

Before Mr. J. H. Hassall, J.P. William Harold Allen, alias Smith, was charged with stealing three head of cattle, the property of Messrs. F. S…

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Police Court. Saturday. Before Mr. J. T. Benehan, J.P. Drunk and Furious Riding

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 2

Alexander Smith (a stranger) was charged with being drunk, and on a second charge that he did furiously [?] a horse to the [?]…

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The Wellington Murder. Young German Henged. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 2

The young German, named Rottman, who murdered the three McCanns, was hanged in Wellington, New Zealand, this morning…

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Issues for the High Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 4

THE issues for the decision of the High Court in connection with the wheat seizure, were made clear and specific, and commendable…

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Soldier Sentenced. Judge's Strictures on Conduct. Honor of the Army Saved. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 2

David Haggart, a member of the military expeditionary forces, who has seen long service in the navy and whose bravery was responsible for saving 700…

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Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday before Mr. H. D. Walker C.M. a man named William Brooker was convicted on a charged of drunkenness and…

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A Supreme Court Nightmare

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 2

The Chief Justice of this State is beginning to see terrible, disconcerting visions in connection with the powers vested in the Arbitration Court. Sir…

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