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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

649 stories in Riverina's papers · page 18 of 33

Alleged Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 4

Frederick Jennings were charged with having, on June 7, stolen a teat of the value of £1 10/. the property of Elizabeth M'Innes, of Fitzmaurice-street, and…

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Assault and Insulting Words

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 4

William Ford, on ball, was charged with having at Uranquinly on JUne 7, assaulted Caress Caddes, a wheat inspector, and also with having at the…

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Alleged Bigamy. Young Woman Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 3

A young woman, Phyllis Clampitt, was chanted at the police court with alleged bigamy. Evidence for the prosecution was…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, June 17. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Hein, P.M.) Travelling Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 4

Curwin Maclure was charged on summons, of the instance of the public with resting to forward a travelling statement in respect of sheep, also with…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. Chippendall, P. M. Weights and Measures

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 1

Fred. A. Smith pleaded guilty to having in his possession, for use of trade, a weight which was un just…

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Steamer's Mails Stolen. Theft During Voyage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 3

During the voyage of the steamer Beyen to San Francisco, a Sydney gang got away with 6 bage of parcel mail, valued at £250. There is no clue to…

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P.M's COURT

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 2

The P. M. (Mr Helm) visited Lockhart for his monthly Court on Tuesday. Three person pleaded guilty to…

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Suicide in Hospital. Murder Trial Recalled. Tumbarumba Sensation

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 4

An inquest was held in Sydney last week concerning the death of William Cecil, a patient of the Parramatta Mental Hospital, whose body was…

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District Court. Before Judge Bevan Ca Sa

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 June 1918 · page 1

His Honor, after hearing evidence in the case in which A. S. Robison sought to get a ca sa order granted against an old age…

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Coolamon Tragedy. Burke Before Criminal Court. Sentenced to Death. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 4

The circumstances surrounding the death of a woman whose body was found in a tent near Coolamen on April 12 last were related in the…

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Coolamon Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 2

On the fourth page [?] issue and be found an account of the trial and sentencing of the man Burke for the murder of his wife at Coolamon on…

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Items of News. District Court and Quarter Sessions

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1918 · page 2

The sittings of the District Court will be commenced to Wagga on July 12. The latest date upon which plaints may be filed for this court is Thursday next,…

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Wagga Police Court. Cases From Currawarna

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court on Monday last, David Lamb Wise, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Currawarna, was charged that on May 24 be did not keep…

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Coolamon Tragedy. Burke Sentenced to Death

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, Daniel Burke was charged with having murdered Mary Burke at Coolamon on April 12th last…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 18. (Before Messrs. E. Harrison and E. T. Lapthorne, Js.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 6

Thomas Casey pleaded guilty to a charge of being found drunk in a public street on the 15th inst., and was fined 10s…

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Powerless Police. Cannot Arrest for Disloyalty

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 5

IF any person takes off his hat and calls for three cheers for the I.W.W., or says "Damn the King of England," the police cannot…

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Ring Stealing. Man Committed for Trial Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1918 · page 3

James Biggs, described as an agent, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a tray containing 23 gold rings, valued at £196, the property of Edmund…

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Shooting Affray at Hospital. Nurse Seriously Wounded. Ex-patient Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1918 · page 6

There was a shooting affray at the State Hospital at Lidcombe last night. It appears that Nurse Donnelly was on duly in the day room, when a man…

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Domain Disturbances. Police Precautions. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1918 · page 1

The Inspector-General of Police announced to-day that every possible precaution had been taken by the police to prevent a recurrence…

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Language and Assault. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1918 · page 2

Two men named Edward Sexton, 32, and Thomas Bates, 27, described as laborers, were charged at the Police Court to-day with having used indecent…

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