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Courts & crime, 1916

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Daring Burglary. Bookmaker Robbed of £570. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

Three masked armed men broke into the resideuce of Walter Kelly, a bookmaker, living at Mossman, shortly after 2 o'clock this morning…

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Police Court. Friday, January 14. before W. J.H. Hasall. J.p

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

John McMalion was fined £2 or 11 days for being found drunk and [?] in East Street the previous evening…

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Tribute to Police

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

A tribute to the police, not often recorded in the Police Court, was paid to Constable Hennessy, of Humula. in Wagga yesterday. It was at the…

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Police Court. Monday, January 17, 1916. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.) Indecent Behaviour

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

William Mitchell, Henry Mortimer, and John King were charged with having behaved in an indecent manner at the Humula Hotel. Mitchell…

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Items of News. Lockhart Police Station

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

Tenders were opened yesterday for additions to the police station at Lockhart. There were four tenders, John Druitt, £297, being the lowest…

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A Mean Theft. Young Woman Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

A young married woman, Violet Wilson, was to-day sentenced to six months' hard labor for having taken from a letter a cheque for £2 intended for an…

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O'connel's Hairy Man. Sent to Gaol for Yagrancy. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

Peter Muscovite, a shaggy, unkempt, wild-eyed man known as O'Connel's hairy man, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment at Bathurst to-day for…

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Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 2

A case which occupied the attention of Mr. J. D. Walker, C.M., at the Wagga police court yesterday concerned a parole passport, the property…

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Australians Are No Good. What Is an Insult? Magistrate's Doubts. Shepparton (Vic.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 3

Shamie Drasmer, said to be a Sy[?] born at Alexandria (Egypt), was charged before Mr. R. Knight, P.M., at the police court to-day with having…

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Mosman Hold Up. Three Men Arrested. Police Raid House! Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 4

Three men, James Ryan, wood[?] Albert Lewis, bootmaker, and Joseph Fitzsimmons, rockchopper, were charged at the North Sydney…

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Six Liners Detained. Foodstuff Cargoes. to Go Before Prize Court. Rotterdam

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 2

The British Navy detained six Holland-America liners, which were allowed to proceed conditionally that the foodstuff cargoes were submitted to the…

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Police Court Tuesday. January 18. Before Mr. J. H. Has[?] J.J

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 4

William J. Moore was fined [?] 24 hours for being found drunk in a public street at Grong Grong, and £2 or 14 days for using indecent language…

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St. Kilda Riot. Soldiers Court-martialled. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 3

A court-martial was held at Melbourne to-day, when soldiers who are alleged to have taken part in the riot at St. Kilda last Saturday night…

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Police Court. Thursday, January 20. Before Mr. J. H. Hassall, J.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

Frank E. Cock was charged with stealing a leather kit hag valued at 30s, the property of Henry A. Dunn, at Narandera the previous day…

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Shocking Murder. Thirteen Knife Wounds. Sydney, Monday

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

A shocking murder occurred at Auckland on Saturday night. A waterside worker named Trecherville was attacked in a clump of…

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Jackson Executed. Trades Hall Murder. "Hopeful of Forgiveness." Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

John Jackson, who was convicted of the murder of Constable M'Grath at Melbourne Trades Hall, was executed this morning. Death was…

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Items Oe News. Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 2

Two boys were brought in from Tarcutta yesterday and charged at the Wagga Court with stealing a sum of money. At the close of the…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 25. Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm. P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

William F. Elrington was fined £1 and 6s costs, is defeult 14 days in Narandera lock-up, for using indecent language at Leeton on 24th December…

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Whitton Police Court. Wednesday, January 19. (Before the P.M., Mr. C. J. Helm.)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 8

At the Whitton Police Court on Wednesday, the following cases of local interest were dealt with :— ILLEGAL DUCK SHOOTING…

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Alleged Murder. Soldier Sent for Trial. Accused a Russian. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

The inquest on the body of Michael M'Nally, the seaman who was stabbed in a lavatory at an Oxford-street Hotel, was concluded to-day. The…

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