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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1916

910 stories in Riverina's papers · page 32 of 46

Police Court. Wednesday, September 20. Before Mr. M. C. J. Coghlan, J.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 2

Michael Bonfield was fined 5s or the rising for being found drunk in East Street; and John Smith was fined 40s. in default…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday September 25th, 916. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) Unlawfully on Licensed Premises

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 4

Francis Edward Ryan, for being found on licensed premises at Royal Hotel, Wagga, during prohibited hours, to wit, at 8.15 p.m. on the night…

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Death Sentence. Appeal to Full Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 4

The Full Court refused to grant leave to Edward Steiner, who was sentenced to death on a charge of having murdered a Chinese, Choy, Ton, at…

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Alleged Treason. Men Before Court. Bail Refused. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 3

The four men arrested in connection with Saturday's raid on the headquarters of the I.W.W., were charged at the police court to-day with treason. The…

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Junee Robbery. Suspect Arrested in Melbourne. Smart Work by Police. Committed for Trial

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 3

On the night of the 14th. September, or early on the morning of the 15th a robbery took place at Junee, when the safe of the Loftus Hotel was burgled…

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Robbery at Junee. Loftus Hotel Safe Opened. Man Committed for Trial. Smart Police Work

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 3

When the safe at the Loftus Hotel, Junee, was visited on the morning of September 15 it was found to have been opened during the night and £44 in…

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Broken Hill "Police Now Masters." Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 4

A telegram was received this morning by the Inspector-General of Police from the inspector in charge of Broken Hill district, which stated that the city…

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Industrial Court. Employees' Federation Appeal. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 2

The Employers' Federation of New South Wales applied to the Industrial Court for leave to appeal against the award of engine drivers and for the…

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Fierce Fighting. Irresistible Assault

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 2

Mr. Phillip Gibbs writes:—The enemy massed many machine-guns against us. It was hard and fierce lighting. The enemy did not yield…

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Murder at Police Station Constable the Victim. Mysterious Crime. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 3

The Inspector-General of Police received a telegram stating that Constable George Joss Duncan, stationed at Tottenham, was murdered while in the…

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Soldiers Charged. Alleged False Certificate. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 3

Two uniformed members of the Commonwealth Military Forces, named William Henry Evens and Arthur Charles Cross, were committed for trial at the…

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Records in Murder Trials. Legal Tangles in Capital Cases

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 3

For the third time the other day a jury was unable to agree as to the guilt or innocence of Samuel Hermon, indicted at Downpatrick Assizes on…

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Court Manners in the Cow Barn. a Little Sarcasm From the "Chicago Herald."

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 6

Speak kindly to the gentle cow, and never, never tease her ; Take off your hat ; politely bow ; do all you can to please her…

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Our Police Magistrate Recalled

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 2

What appears to be an arbitrary act on the part of the Attorney-General has been committed upon our police Magistrate (Mr. A Ormonde Butler),…

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Police Court. Tuesday, September, 26Th. Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P. M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 2

Samuel Langham, George W. Collins, and William Coughian were each fined 5s and 6s costs for failing to send their children…

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Alleged Robbery at Burrowa. Ex-marrar Resident Charged

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 2

At the Burrowa Police Court, on September 16th, a woman named Mary Matilda French, aged 29, on remand, who was employed as cook at the Court…

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Small Debts Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 2

Thomas Powell v. H. S. Mackenzie, claim £10, damages caused by dogs killing sheep. Mr. Matthews appeared for…

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Police Court. Wednesday. Before Messrs. F. E. Crook and F. Pinkstone, J. P. Drunk and Disorderly

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 3

John McGuinness, a coloured man, was charged as above, and the police complained of his misconduct. Fined £1 or seven days' imprisonment…

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Waterside Workers' Meeting. Objection to Police. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 3

About 2500 waterside workers attended a mass meeting in the basement of the Town Hall this morning to discuss matters concerning the…

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Chapiter Xxviii. Tun Voice at the Back or the Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 6

OLLIE Hills was accompanied into court dy a constable. He kept…

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