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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

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Police Court. Saturday. Before F. E. Crook, J.P. Larceny

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 3

John Pollock, aged 40, was charged with stealing from William Walsh, on 31st May, a silver watch, a silver chain, and a pocket knife, valued in…

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Wagga Police Buildings. "Worst in the State."

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2

An inquiry as to whether anything had been done to was to be done towards obtaining the erection of new police buildings in Wagga was made at…

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Court Proceedings Tennis, Tea, and Trouble

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2

Our Canvas Town chronicler writes: Under the above leading heading in the columns of our big newspapers you find how John Smith has had a…

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Summons Court. (Before the P.M.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 4

Police v. Sarah Clark; breach of the Liquor Act A fine of £3, with 6s costs, was imposed. Thos. Curtain v. P. J. Madden;…

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Licensing Court- (Tuesday, June 5Th). (Before Mr M. Longfield, P.M., and Messrs. T. Cadell and A. Rasmussen, Js.P.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 4

Applications for renewals of publican's licenses were granted as follows:—Sarah Clark, Mt. Hope A. Edwards, P. J. Madden, and H…

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Wagga Police Buildings

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 2

At the Council meeting on Thursday evening Aid. E. E. Collins asked if anything further was to be done in regard to the proposed new…

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Charged with Wife Murder. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 4

William Eyles was again placed on his trial at the Criminal Court to-day charged with having murdered his wife at Five Dock in October last…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. A. Gates, P.M. Breaking, Entering, and Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 3

Harry Moore, alias Charles Claylon, a peg-legged stranger, was charged with breaking and entering the produce store of Jack Roberts,…

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Stealing Letters

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 8

At tbe Cootamundra police court on Monday last, before Mr. Gates, P.M., Michael Chapman was charged with stealing three letters whilst in transit from…

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Alleged Assault

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 3

Thomas Edward West was charged with common assault, upon Bertha Gray, at a tent on the 24th May. Prosecutor: Defendant came to the…

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Stealing a Cheque

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 4

Frank Edward Cook was charged with having stolen a cheque at Belmore, near Humula, on June 7. Herbert James Smith a…

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To-day. Before the P.M. Stealing Letters

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 3

Michael Champion, on remand, charged with stealing three letters whilst in transit from Gundagai to Muttama, valued at £2/14/…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, 11th JUNE, 1917. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 4

James Miller, on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 5/. A charge against James Thomas Quinlan of keeping his licensed…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, June 11. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) Licensing Prosecutions

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 4

John Quinn, of Humula, and Fredrick Powell, of Humula, were charged with having been found on the premises of the Humula Hotel…

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Scene in Supreme Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 1

An unusual scene occurred at the Supreme Court this morning when a stranger intimated that he desired to conduct the ase for the plaintiff in the…

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Late Judge Pickburn Reference in Industrial Court. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

The Industrial Arbitration Courts adjourned to-day to 2 o'clock. out of respect to the memory of the late Mr. Justice Pickburn. Justices…

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Unpatriotic Theft. Stealing Soldiers' Comforts. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 4

A youth named Keith Taylor, 18 pleaded guilty at the Criminal Sessions on a charge of stealing a postal article. Judge Ducker stated that the articles…

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Tumut Police Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 2

On Wednesday last, before Mr. Gales. P.M., Margaret O'Connor, was lined L5, with 6s. costs, for using obscene language; and on…

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Five Dock Murder. Sentenced to Death. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court before Mr. Justice Pring, the trial of William Graham Eyles was continued on a charge of murdering his wife at…

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Sentenced to Death Five Dock Murder. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 2

On the resumption of the trial of William Eyles for alleged wife murder, accused entered tho box and denied any knowledge of the murder. His defence…

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