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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

649 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 33

Wagga Police Court. Friday April 18. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1918 · page 7

George Watson, on remand, was charged with having stolen the sum of £113/6, the property of William Fuller. Inspector Duprez conducted the…

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Alleged Sheep-stealing

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1918 · page 7

James William Kirkby, on bail, was charged with having stolen 31 sheep, the property of Mr. Tclacon Lloyd. Inspector Duprez conducted the…

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Murder at Coolamon Man Beats His Wife to Death

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1918 · page 5

With his clothes covered in blood, a man entered the police station at Coolamon at half-past nine yesterday morning and told the police he had come to…

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The Assault Case

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 April 1918 · page 3

Grainger asked for an adjournment of this, as he required the same witnesses. Granted…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 April 1918 · page 3

John Dougan was fined £5, or one month…

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Special Court at Wagga. Intricate Mining Matter

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1918 · page 1

A special court was held at the Wagga Court House on Friday, before Mr. C.J.B. Helm, P.M., when James Holland, of Pullitop, appeared in…

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Common Assault

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1918 · page 1

Robert Hart, aged 18, and described as a jockey, was charged with having, on the previous evening, assaulted. James Hawkins, junr. He pleaded…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, April 15. (Before Mr. C.J.B. Helm, P.m.) Indecency

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1918 · page 1

Walter Besant, 26 years of age, was charged with having made use of indecent language within hearing of persons passing in Fitzmaurice-street…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. Chippendall, P.M. Adjourned Stockinbingal Case

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 April 1918 · page 4

Frank stokes was charged with that, on 2nd March he was found on the licensed promises of the Commercial Hotel, Stockinbingal,…

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The P.m's. Court. Tuesday, April 16, 1918. (Before Mr C. D. Helm, P.m') Failing to Destroy Rabbits

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 17 April 1918 · page 2

Wagga P.P. Board, through Rabbit Inspector Irving, proceeded against Kennedy Bros., of Arajoel, for failing to destroy rabbits…

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Daring Theft. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 4

A diamond, ring worth £105 was daringly stolen from Mr. Ellis Davis jewellery establishment this afternoon…

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Murder at Coolamon

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 3

With his clothes covered in blood, a man entered the police station at Coolamon at half-past nine on Sunday morning and told the police he…

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Keeping Lively in a Hun Gaol

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 7

Not all the money made in Ruhleben was spent in the camp. Some was remitted to Britain to keep the home fires burning while the wage-earners…

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Our Wires. Sentenced to Death Sydney, This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 5

Wm. Alfred King convicted at Dubbo Circuit Court of assaulting a girl, aged 15, near Wellington has been sentenced to death…

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Police and Firemen's Art Union

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 2

On Monday night in the Sydney Town Hall the art union in aid of the hospitals in the State, in connection with the Police and Firemen's…

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Change of Assault. Balmain Opium Case. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 4

James Law and Robert Po[?]were before the police court to-day on [?] charge of assaulting Customs officer Bradley, of Balmain, by attempting to…

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How We Charged Up the Ladders of Death

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 3

Just how does a man feel when he charges against the Germans for the first time? Arthur Guff Empey, an American boy, has' been in many charges with the British Army,…

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Local and General Police and Firemen's Art Union

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 2

On Monday night in the Sydney Town Hall the art union in aid of the hospitals in the State, in connection with the Police and Firemen's…

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The Coolamon Tragedy. Accused Before the Court

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 2

In connection with the above, On Saturday last, before Mr. A. W. Stinson, J.P., Daniel Burke was charged with maliciously and feloniously killing one, Mary…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, April 19. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) Indecent Behaviour

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1918 · page 3

Walter Besant, 26 years of age, was brought up on remand, charged wish indecent behaviour on the bank of the Murrambidgee River on Saturday…

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