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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

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Town Clerk Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 September 1916 · page 2

Frederick Marley, town clerk at Mackay (Queensland) was remanded on bail in the sum of £1000, on a charge of having stolen £1450 from…

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Warden's Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 11 September 1916 · page 2

Mr Warden James dealt with the following cases at the Warden's Court on Friday:— C. F. Roper was granted an…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M., Daniel Nevin was proceeded against by the police for wing indecent…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. A. Ormonde Butler, P.M. Petty Theft

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

A man named Frederick [?] was charged with stealing a shoulder of bacon, about [?] weight, valued at 6/, the property of John Reid, [?] who…

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

There was only a small list of cases at the Wagga Police Court yesterday. Robert Beaver was fined 5/ and 6/ costs for failing to send a child to…

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Wagga Police Buildings

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

Small, though much needed, alterations to the police station building in Morrow-street are being carried out. At present persons wishing to visit the…

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Irresistible Assault. Irishmen's Wild Dash. Prisoners Beg for Mercy. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

Mr. Philip Gibbs says that the Irish troops' charge through Guillemont on Sunday, the 3rd inst., was one of the most astonishing feats of the war. They…

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Warden's Court. Friday, Sept. 8, 1916

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

Air important sitting of the above court was held on Friday, before Mr. James, Mining Warden. Three months" suspension to…

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Warden's Court. Saturday. Before Mr. Warden James

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

Authorities to enter and prospect for gold were granted as follows:— James [?] 3 acres adjoining the Federal mine at Cullinga, on the [?]…

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Wagga Police Buildings

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1916 · page 2

Mr. G. M'Rae, Government architect, accompanied by Mr. A. E. Bracken, district architect, have been visiting Wagga, and have completed an…

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Wit in the Police Force

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1916 · page 2

For good or evil there is no one—not ever an old soldier—so ready-witted as a seasoned constable. Most men, for instance, would be non…

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New York Strike. Police Use Revolvers. New York

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 September 1916 · page 2

There ere serious strike disorders in New York. Strikers are stoning the trams, and the police are using their revolvers…

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Warden's Court. Tuesday, 5/9/16. Before Mr. Warden G. James

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 14 September 1916 · page 2

The following applications were granted, in the parish of Calafat, to mine for copper—D. t. Dairies, for 6 months, lent 1s 6d per acre…

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Wednesday. Stealing, Forging, and False Swearing

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 2

George McCloy and Henry Robert Shrugg, in soldiers' khaki uniforms, were in the [?] charged with stealing money (£3/18/- and £8) the property of…

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Police Court. Before Mr. A. Ormonde Butler, P.M. TUESDAY. Before Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M.

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 2

[?] was [?] £5 and costs for [?] a horse. Colin Campbell, charged with knowingly allowing drunken persons on his…

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Police Gourt. Tuesday, September 12. Before Mr. C.J.B. Helm, PM

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 5

Joseph White was fined £1 and [?] costs a charge of using obscene language in Charles Street in July last…

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Wagga Police Buildings. Disgrace to Department. Ald. Collins' Criticism

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1916 · page 6

Speaking at Thursday night's meeting of the Wagga Council Ald. Collins said that in 1908 £1300 was placed on the estimates for the purpose of effecting…

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The Police Intervene

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 18 September 1916 · page 2

The same parties were then called as defendants in a case, in which the police prosecuted them for riotous behaviour in…

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Police Court Friday, Sept. 15 1916. Before Mr. 0. Butler. P.M. No Rabbit Destruction

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 18 September 1916 · page 2

Gundagai pastures Protection Board v. F. Armytage, failing to destroy rabbits on Bongolong Estate…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 2

Before Messrs. F. E. Crook and T. F. Mangan, J.P…

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