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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1917

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Middle Park Bank Robbery. Men Before the Court. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1917 · page 4

Angus Murray and Robert Bennett were charged at the City Court to-day, with having robbed, while armed with a rifle, Harold David Brooke, officer in…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, September 24. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) Alleged Sheep Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 4

Michael Clunc, on remand, surrendered to his bail in answer to a charge of having on or about September 9; at Mangoplah, stolen a sheep of the…

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Country Police Return

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 2

Sergeant Murphy and Constables Moore and Brodie have returned to from strike duty…

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P.M.'s COURT. On Licensed Premises

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 2

Before Police Magistrate Helm last week, C. Dale, F. W. Bushnie, and S. Alchin pleaded guilty to being found on licensed premises…

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Wagga Police Court. Wednesday, September 26. (Before Mr. John Saunders, C.m.) Alleged Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1917 · page 3

Percy Diebert, aged 16 years and 9 months, who was arrested at Tarcutta, was charged with having, on or about September 22, at the Horse and…

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Inciter Sentenced to Three Months

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1917 · page 2

John Kearney was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labor, on a charge of inciting persons to go on strike…

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The Court Roared

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 27 September 1917 · page 2

An Irishman had been appointed crier in a country court in a district where there were a great many Chinese…

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Extraordinary Story. Assault an Bobbery by Armed Gang. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 3

Patrick Kelly, jockey, of Ascot Vale (Victoria), informed the police that the was awakened while in bed by a noise as of someone walking in an adjoining…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Mock Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 2

The procession in connection with the above to-morrow previous to the opening of the session, will start from the Albion Hotel, headed by…

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The War British Advance in Flanders. Anzacs Heavily Attacked. Aerial Raid on England. Russian Ex-Minister Sentenced. Thursday Afternoon

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 2

General Haig attacked on Wednesday morning on a wide front in the sector castward and north castward on ypres. Good…

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Death of Sinn-fein Leader. Hunger-striking in Gaol. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1917 · page 7

A Sinn Fein leader, Thomas Ashe, who was sentenced to death after the rebellion, the sentence being subsequently commuted to servitude for…

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Sinking of Port Kembla. Court's Finding. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1917 · page 3

The court of inquiry into the sinking of the Port Kembla declared that the weight of evidence slowed that the explosion was internal, due to placing a…

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Police Court. Saturday. Before Messrs. F. E. Crook and P. J. Curley, J.P. Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 October 1917 · page 2

James Dawson, 42, was charged with stealing from the person of Harry New, l gun metal watch, 1 rolled gold chain and sovereign…

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Quinologist Case. Appeal to High Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 October 1917 · page 4

The question as to who owns the racehorse Quinologist is still in dispute, Mr. E. A. Cockran, of West Australia, the plaintiff in the action which was…

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Solicitor Sentenced. Heavy Defalcations. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1917 · page 2

James Francis Hayes, an lpswich solicitor, was sentenced at Brisbane by the Chief Justice to ten years' imprisonment on charges of stealing and…

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American Draft Law. Attorney Sentenced for Obstruction. San Francisco

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1917 · page 2

Attorney Daniel O'Connell was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for conspiring to obstruct the selective draft law. The judge unsparingly…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, October 1. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) a Question of Company

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1917 · page 4

Mildred Doubleday, one of the women concerned m the sulky incident in Wagga last week, appeared on summons issued at the instance of the…

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Killed by Motor Car. Driver Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1917 · page 2

Max Butcher was remanded at the police court to-day with having feloniously slain a woman whose name is unknown…

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Police Court. To-day. Case Withdrawn

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1917 · page 3

Watson, on remand (see report on fourth page), was brought up again to-day, before Mr. Crook, J.P., and at the request of the military…

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Police Court. To-day. Case Withdrawn

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1917 · page 1

Watson, on remand (see report on fourth page), was brought up again to-day, before Mr. Crook, J.P., and at the request of the military…

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