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Courts & crime, 1917

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Another Court Case

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

[?] George M'Neill was charged at the Police Court with having, at a meeting in the Domain, unlawfully threatened to commit and endeavored to…

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Buckley Before the Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

A. W. Buckley, M.L.A.. appeared at the police court to-day, charged with seditious utterance and conspiracy. He was remanded till Wednesday…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, August 27. (Before Mr. C .J. B. Helm, P.m.) Alleged Wife Desertion

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 1

Arthur Samuel M'Glasham was charged with having descried his wile at Burwood, leaving her without lawful means of support. Sergeant…

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District Court. Saturday, August 25. (Before His Honor Judge Bevan

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 4

Thos. J. Walsh v. Mrs. Searle, claim £200 damages, alleged breach of agreement under a lease…

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Country Police Return

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 2

A number of police who were brought from Newcastle, Maitland and the South Coast a couple of weeks ago to strengthen the city force are being…

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Builders' Laborers. Plaint in Federal Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 4

The Federal Arbitration Court commenced the hearing of a plaint by the Australian Builders Laborers' Federation. Respondents represented 768…

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Albury Sensation. Men Before the Court. Albury

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 3

George Cunningham was charged at the Albury police court to-day with stealing a fur coat, valued at £19, the Properly of Gardiner, and Company,…

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Germans Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 4

Two Germans, named Herman Grammen and Erich Zurn, pleaded guilty at the Parramatta Sessions today to breaking and entering at the…

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Strike Leaders in Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 2

Four strike leaders, Kavanagh, Thompson, Willis and Buckley, appeared at the Police Court this morning and were further remanded till Monday week…

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Police Court. Tuesday, 28th August. Before Mr. G. J. B. Holm. P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 6

John S. Millard was charged with unlawfully assaulting John Spencer on 22nd inst; also with unlawfully assaulting Catherine…

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Murder by Youth. Result Op Cinema 'Thriller.'

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 7

At Essex Assizes, Chelmsford, on Friday, Froderiek Edward Livingstone, a lad of sixten, was charged with the wilful murder of Louisa Burrow Walker…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, 28th August. (Before Mr. G. J. B. Helm, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 6

Margaret Mi[?]horpe v. C. F. Pearce, claim £1[?] damages do[?] by a dog, alleged to be defendant's, worrying [?] sheep…

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I.w.w..men Charged. Six Months Without Option

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

Eight men Tom Barker, Rudolph Mathias Benjamin Goldberg, Michael Sweeney, Patrick Quinlan, Carl Fridland, Norman Rancie, Arthur Wyer, and…

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Strike Tragedy. Men Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

Reginald Wearne was before the Police Court to-day charged with having feloniously slain Mervyn Flanagan, while James Flanagan, said to be a…

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Strikers Meet No Victimisation Insisted Upon. Motion for Ballot Refused. Wearne Before the Court. I.W.W. Men Sent to Ga0l Mass Meeting of Unionists. Government Criticised. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 4

A mass meeting of the members of the unions on strike was held at the Town Hall this morning, at winch 5000 were present…

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I.w.w. Men Sentenced

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 September 1917 · page 2

Frederick Millwood, wharf laborer, and Samuel Miller, car builder, were each sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labor, for being…

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Charge of Murder. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 September 1917 · page 2

At a late hour last night a well-known Brisbane chemist, R. Turton, and a woman named Phillips, were arrested on a charge of the murder of a young…

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Police Court. To-day. Before Mr. Chippendall, P.M. About a Military Overcoat

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 September 1917 · page 3

Thomas Flynn, a stranger, pleaded guilty to being in unlawful possession of a military overcoat. The police evidence was that he…

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American Pacifists. Dispersed by Police. Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 September 1917 · page 4

Pacifists, who endeavored to meet in St. Paul and other cities recently, opened a gathering here this afternoon, but were quickly dispersed by…

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