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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1918

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Returned Soldier Attacked. Colored Man Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 2

Samuel Hobart, a colored man, was charged at the Police Court to-day with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Maurice Gorman, a returned…

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Warder Charged with Theft. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 2

Francis Owens, a gaal warder, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing £43 belonging to the Prisoners' Aid Association…

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Crowds Charged by Police

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 2

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent reports that mounted and foot police frequently charged with drown swords crowds of strikers in the streets and…

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Charge of Stealing Wheat Sacks

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 4

George Downey was charged by Inspector Duprez with stealing one bale of bags. of the value of £13 8/9, the property of John Jeremy and Co.,…

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Alleged Stealing. Accountant Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

Charles Brook Shaw was charged at the Police Court with stealing £274, the property of John Borthwick, of Invervell. The police prosecutor stated…

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Five Charges. Dangerous Aboriginal Sentenced. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 3

Roy Governor, a relative of the notorious aboriginal, Jimmy Governor, was sentenced to 5½ years on five charges of burglary with violence, stealing…

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Police Court. Tuesday, February 8. —[?] Before Mr. R. Hughes, J.P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 6

M. T. Warren was fined 10s. in default three days, for being found drunk and disorderly the previous day; and £5, in default…

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The North Sydney Murder. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

The inquest concerning the death of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith, was resumed to-day. The husband, Charles Smith, who had been…

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The New Court

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

No deefinite date has yet been fixed for the opening of the Petty De[?] Court at Leeton, but Mr. Helson the Police magistrate is expected to pay…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, January 7, 1916. (Before Mr. J. Saunders, C.m.) Alleged Abduction

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 3

Henry Joseph Bugg, aged 20, was brought up on warrant, charged with having, at Goulburn, on December 6, taken away Ivy Olive Ginn, a female…

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Cowardly Assailant. Goes to Gaol for a Year. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 4

At the Bathurst Quarter Sessions, Judge Scholes sentenced a German named Otto Baltrazlis to 12 months' hard labor on a charge of maliciously wound…

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Police Court

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

At the local police court on Tuesday last, before Mr. M. Longfield, P.M., the following cases were dealt with…

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Licensing Court. Friday, February 8. (Before Mr. C J. B. Helm. L.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 6

Flora Collier, as executrix of the estate of A. Collier, deceased, applied for a transfer of the publican's license for the Racecourse Hotel, Wagga,…

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Wagga Mining Court. Friday, February 8. (Before Mr. C J. B. Helm, Mining Warden.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 6

George T. K. Cole's application for authority to enter 25 acres of private land at Tarcutta and mine for gold, was granted, for six months, the rent…

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Alleged Assault. Widow the Victim. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 4

Richard Burrows, an elderly man, was charged at the Police Court today with assaulting Muriel Redley a widow residing at Coogee. He…

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Warden's Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2

Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, Mining Warden, at Wagga yesterday, Leonard R. Fosbery applied for authority to enter about 23 acres of private land…

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Sly Grog Selling. Mother and Daughter Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 1

A girl named Isabella King pleaded,, guilty at the Police Court to-day to a charge of selling four bottles of beer without a license, at Yarra Bay…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, February 11. (Before Mr. C. J. U. Helm, P.M.) Straying Stock

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2

Sydney Crisp, summoned by the Wagga Council's inspector for having permitted stock to stray in the streets of the municipality, pleaded guilty per…

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Items of News. Special Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2

Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, L.M., and Messrs W. Purtell and J. K. O'Reilly, J's.P., members yesterday, a special auctioneer's license to sell in…

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Unionist and Non-unionist. Assault Action. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 1

In the District Court Henry James Dawkins brought an action against Thomas Williams, claiming £200 compensation for alleged assault…

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