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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

649 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 33

Furniture Frauds. Agent Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 3

Charles Campbell, furniture agent, was prosecuted at the police court to-day on a charge of obtaining money by means of false pretences…

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Items of News. Court-house Sewerage

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

Tenders were opened in Sydney yesterday for the installation of the sewerage system at the Court House, Wagga Three tenders were received…

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Police Court. Friday, December 28. 1917

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

Before E. T. La[?]horne. J.P. Walter Leighton, charged with being found drunk in East Street the previous day, was fined 10/-…

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Case Against Mr. Hughes. Referred to Full Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Justice Barton, in the High Court to-day, continued the hearing of a notice of motion that Mr. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister, should be…

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Police Court. To-day. Before Mr. Chippendall, P.M. Drunk

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 3

John Clarke (stranger) was fined 2/6 or "till the rising."…

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Wagga Court Transactions, &C. Return for the Year

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 3

The business transacted at the Court of Petty Sessions and District Court at Wagga, during the year just closed was generally speaking, slightly less than in…

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Police Court. Friday, January 4. (Before Mr. R. Hughes, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 4

Robert Griffiths and George Thompson were, each fined 2/6 or the rising of Hie court for being found drnuk the previous day…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, January 7. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.) Idle and Disorderly

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

Mary Wilson, described as a domestic servant, and who stated she had come from Melbourne, was charged with being an idle and…

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Manly Hold-up. Man Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

The sequel of the recent sensational hold-up at Manly tramsheds was heard to-day, when William Cosgrove was charged with having, while armed…

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Bushranging Days. Moonlite's Gang. Court Cases Continued. (Continued from a previous issue.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

THE cases against the bushrangers were resumed in the Gundagai police court on November 22nd, 1879:—…

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Serenaders Sent to Gaol Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

A man and woman who took part in serenading Mrs. Walsh, formerly Adel[?] Pankhurst at Coburg goal, were to-day sent to [?] for a month…

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Theft of Purse. Doctor's Wife Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

When the case of Jean Beagling, charged with stealing a purse, of the value of £1 7/6, the property of Farmer and Co., was mentioned before the…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 8. Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm. P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

Sylvester K. O'Keefe (impounding Officer) v. Thomas McQuillan, for allowing six horses to stray, was lined £1 10s, in default…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday, January 9. Before Mr. C. J. R. Helm, P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 4

Patten and another V. J. J. Matthews claim 212 is rent due. William B. patten saved that…

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Police Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 6

At the local police court on Tuesday last, before Mr. M. Longfield, P.M., Patrick McCabe, on a charge of drunkenness, was fined…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, January 11. (Before Messes. W. Purtell and H. Oates, Js.P.) Assaulting the Police

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 3

James Vernon Armstrong, 29, a member of the reinforcements, to the Pioneers, was charged with having used indecent language on the Wagga…

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Alleged Stealing. Matter of Faked Entries. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 3

The charge against Cedric Dorrien of alleged stealing of about £300, the property of the British Imperial Oil Company, was again before the…

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Licensing Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 6

At the quarterly Licensing Court on Tuesday last, before Messrs. M. Longfield and O. M. Thomas, Licensing Magistrates, the…

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Attempted Wife Murder. Returned Soldier Charged Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 2

George Henry Gore, a returned soldier, appeared before the police court at Brisbane on a charge af attempting to kill his wife at South…

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