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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. Halcombe, P.M. Stock Straying

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 2

Sydney Winters pleaded guilty to allowing two horses to stray in Hoven street. Fined 5/, costs 6/. Jack Harrington pleaded guilty to…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, October 28. (Before Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 2

Arising out of a disturbance at Uranquinty a few weeks ago, William Webber and John Cranston appeared on summonses charged with riotous…

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Daily Riots. Conflicts with the Police. (Reuter.) LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 2

It is persistently reported that riots occur daily in various parts of Germany, resulting in conflicts with the police and in loss of life. Lack of raw…

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£3 Per Week. Full Court and Living Wage

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 3

The Industrial Full Court delivered reserved judgment on Monday upon a question specially argued as the interpretation to be given by Judges to…

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State Parliament. Administration of Liquor Act. Alleged Police Partiality Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 2

In the Assembly, replying to Mr. Levy (Darlinghurst), the Attorney-General stated that reports had been received from the police denying his…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 November 1918 · page 2

At the Leeton Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. J. A. Stewart, J.P., George Hubert Quinn and John Bryant Gibson, were charged with…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, November 4. (Before Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1918 · page 6

James Harold Birmingham was charged with stealing a quantity of No. 10 galvanised wire. Mr. P. R. Higgins appeared for…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, November 4. (Before Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, P.M.) Dirty Premises

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 November 1918 · page 4

Everard Kost was proceeded against by the sanitary inspector on a charge of keeping dirty premises. The evidence stated that defendant kept a…

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Dennis Glasheen, Solicitor. Report to Full Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 November 1918 · page 4

An allegation respecting the professional conduct of Dennis Glasheen, solicitor, was to-day reported to the Full Court by the prothonotary, Mr. Walsh,…

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Leeton Police Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 2

At the Leeton Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. McMahon, P.M., George Hubert Quinn and John Bryant Gibson, two young men, were charged…

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Stealing a Tent

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 2

William Smith, 48, a stranger on remand, was charged with stealing a tent, valued at £3, the property of James Brown, a miner near Wagga…

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Police Court. Yesterday. Before Mr. Holcome, P.M. Indecent Language

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 2

George Ernest Price, a returned soldier, aged 21, pleaded not guilty to using indecent language at Wallendbeen on 26th October, to Constable ornisby…

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The Housing Problem. Fair Rents Court for Wagga. Not Favored by the Council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council a letter was received from the hon. secretary of the Wagga Branch of the A.L.P., informing the…

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Police Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 4

At the local police court on Monday last, William George Sutton was fined 10s or 24 hours for drunkenness. The fine was…

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Licensing Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 4

An application by Margaret Morant, for a renewal of the license of the Racecourse Hotel was granted…

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Small Debts Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 4

Patrick Madden V. Samuel Devanyon. Claim for goods sold. Case adjourned…

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Terrorism in Principal Towns. Robbery Anr Murder Rampant. the Hague

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 4

Gangs of deserters and soldiers on furlough are terrorising the neighborhood of Berlin and other large cities. They hide in the day time and rob…

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Lord and Lady Dudley. Suit in Chancery Court. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 6

The Chancery Court on Wednesday heard the Countess of Dudley's application for the rectification of a separation deed dated October, 1912…

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Wagga District Court. Friday, November 8. Compensation Claim

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 November 1918 · page 4

Mary Wheeler, widow of the late Bartholomew Wheeler, who was killed at the Wagga railway yards on July 11 last, through Mr. P. R…

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Police Court. Yesterday. Before Mr. Holcomb, P.M. Alleged Assaults

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 November 1918 · page 4

Doo How V. Charles Schofield. Mr. MachMohan for plaintiff. Mr. Robison, for defendant. Charlie Ah Yan appeared as an…

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