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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

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Grant Before Court. Remanded for Eight Days. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 4

At the Central Police Court, [?] Grant was charged with shooting at Detective Thornley with intent to murder him. Grant and William Taylor…

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"One Eye Open" How the House Bucked. Wanted to Lock Up the Police

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 4

Here is a yarn which the "Adaminaby Advocate" tell of Gundagai's new Police Inspector:—"Old hand here and at…

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New Police Magistrate

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 July 1918 · page 2

Under the recent re-arrangement of the districts presided over by police magistrates. Mr. Helm, who has sat at Leeton since the establishment of…

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Unhappy Russia. Appeasing Germany. Paying Foe Mirbach's Murder. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1918 · page 2

M. Tehicherin, Bolshcvik Foreign Commissary, informed the German Charge d'Affaires in Moscow that over 200 of the Left Social Revolutionaries,…

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Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1918 · page 4

The quarterly sitting of the Wagga Licensing Court was held, at the Court House yesterday, before Messrs L. A. Fosbery and W. Purtell,…

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Prisoner Escapes. Through Floor of Police Waggon. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1918 · page 6

While a number of prisoners were being taken from the Paddington police station to the Darlinghurst lockup in the police patrol motor…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, July 29. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.) Travelling Stock

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1918 · page 4

James W. Morrow, of Collingullie summoned at the instance of the police for failing to obtain a permit and travelling statement with respect to 175…

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Fined for Gambling. Maltese in Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1918 · page 1

Thirteen Maltese before the Police Court to-day were charged with being found in a common gaming house in Surry Hills. The keeper of the…

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District Court. Thursday, July 25. (Before His Honor Judge Bevan) Share Farming Dispute

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1918 · page 4

R. Renniev. Mrs. B. A. Waddell, claim £66 15s 8d, damages for alleged breach of share farming agreement…

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Alleged Theft of £770. Three Men Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 July 1918 · page 1

Three men, Terry Farmer, Sydney Gi[?], and Gordon Claney, were charged at the Police Court to-day with having at Adelaide, stolen £770, the…

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Court Mourning for Ex-czar

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 July 1918 · page 2

The following cablegram lias been received by the Governor-General from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:—…

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Police Changes. Superintendent Tait Retires. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 July 1918 · page 1

Mr. John Tait. Metropolitan Police Superintendent, will retire to-morrow, after 35 years' service. He will be succeeded by Superintendent Kelly…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 4

On Tuesday at the Leeton Police Court before Mr. Holm, P.M., Ernest Franc[?] W[?]son was charged with driving without a light. He pleaded…

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Mr. Helm's Departure. Farewell at Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1918 · page 3

Before leaving the bench after the conclusion of the Police Court yesterday morning, Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M. referred to the fact that that was his…

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Assault on Constable. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1918 · page 4

Thos. Vidler, a man with only one leg, was remanded at the Police Court to-day on a charge of having inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Constable…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, August 2. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M.) Adjourned Case Dismissed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1918 · page 6

Jumps Albert Larkin (defended by Mr. P. R. Higgins) appeared on remand charged with having been found at the Wagga Railway Station for an…

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Hay Court of Petty Sessions

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1918 · page 7

The following landholders in the Hay P.P. District were before the Hay Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, 24th instant, on summons…

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Items of News. Accident at Police Station

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1918 · page 2

About 9 o'clock on Saturday morning, Mr. J. Castle, who was working on the renovation work at the police station, fell off the side of a building,…

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Stealing Phone Receivers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1918 · page 2

Latterly, some persons unknown have seemingly contracted a habit of helping themselves to parts of the pub­lic telephones in Wagga. Whether…

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Confectionery Crimes. the Toothsome Chocolate As an Aid to Murder

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 8 August 1918 · page 7

The recent alleged attempted poisoning of girl-conductors on the London omnibuses by means of poisoned chocolates, given them in seeming…

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