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Courts & crime, 1916

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Dr. Liebknecht Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 2

A Berlin message says that Dr. Liebkencht, the German Socialist leader, was sentenced to 2½ years' penal servitude and dismissed from the army…

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Stock Stealing Prevention

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 2

Many stock owners in the district having noted serious depredations in their flocks, and as no trace could be found of the carcases of dead sheep,…

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Sentenced to Death

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 2

The jury returned a verdict that Casement was guilty, and he was sentenced to death…

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Sir Roger Casement. Sentenced to Death

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 2

Sir Roger Casement has been convicted of-high -treason and sentenced to death…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 27. Before Mr. G. J. B. Helm, P.M., and Mr. G. F. L. Sugden, J.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 3

Art[?] Williams and Walter J. Clayton were charged with stealing a quantity of meat, vegetables, and groceries, of North Yanco on 26th inst., the…

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Court of Appeal Question for Leeton Settlers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 7

The following letter, dated 20th June, written by the acting secretary (Mr. Bevan) for the Irrigation Commission, and addressed to Mr…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, June 27. Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, L.M., and G. F. L. SUGDEN. J.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 2

Margaret Shanahan applied for a renewal of her license of the Murrumbidgee Hotel Narandera. Mr. Mathews appeared for the…

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Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 4

At the police court yesterday. Albert James Frazer, 22, was fined 10/ or 48 for stealing a swag, the property of Alfred Collins, at…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 1

Before Mr. C. J. B. Holm, P.M., yesterday. Albert Jas. Fraser was charged with stealing a swag and contents, the property of Alfred Collins, at…

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Doctor Fined £100. "Likely to Prejudice Recruiting. Medico Goes to Gaol. Inverell

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 1

At the Buudarra Police Court, before Mr. W. L. B. Brown, P.M. of Inverell, Benjamin Sleeman was charged with having, on March 14, made…

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Ireland. Death Sentence. High Treason Trail. Casement Found Guilty. Science in Court. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 4

Sir Roger Casement, who has been on trail at the Old Balley before the High Court Bench on a charge of high reason, has been found guilty, and…

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O'malley's Pub. He Defeats the Police

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 3 July 1916 · page 4

Mr F. B. Treatt, P.M., sitting with Dr. Hawthorne in the Licensing Court at Blayney, had a knotty question to decide over an…

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Peace and Bread. Women Parade Streets. Serious Incident at Cologne. Soldiers Shoot Down Police. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 July 1916 · page 2

It is reported from Amsterdam that numbers of women and children paraded the streets in Cologne on the 24th ult., asking for bread and peace. The…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 July 1916 · page 1

Before Mr. Helm, P.M., on Saturday, Denis O'Neil was fined 5/ for drunkenness, and £1 for indecent language…

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Alleged Harboring an Alien. Appeal Against Wagga Court's Decision. Referred Back to Magistrate Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 July 1916 · page 2

An appeal of some importance under the Aliens' Restriction Order, was beard before Mr. Justice Pring in the Chambers to-day. It was from the…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, June 3. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.) Motor Without Number

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1916 · page 3

For having on June 23 driven cycle without a number, Leslie Hailiwell Maclure, a visitor, was fined £1 and 6/ costs…

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The Marrar Case. Alleged Harboring of Alien. Appeal in Chambers. Matter Remitted to Wagga Magistrate. Was Decision Erroneous? Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1916 · page 3

A matter of an unn[?]al sort was before Mr. Justice Pring in Chambers on an appeal from a magistrate's decision given at Wagga…

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Naval Code. Ex-officer Charged with Theft. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 3

Douglas Silkirk, a former sub-lientenant of the navy, has been committed for trial on an information alleging that on or about October, 1914, he then being…

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Alleged Attempted Suicide. Young Man Charged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 2

James Thomas Joseph Laney, 17, living with his parents at Gumly, near Wagga, was charged at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. D…

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Wagga Police Court. Alleged Attempted Suicide

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 July 1916 · page 4

Before Mr. J. D. Walker. C.M., on Tuesday Jas. Thomas Joseph Laney, aped 17 years, was charged that on July 3rd, 1916, he did attempt to…

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