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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

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Gaol Brokers. Capture Effected at Fish River. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 3

Up to this morning no further news of the Bathurst escapees has been received by the Sydney police. They have been informed, however, that two…

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Ex-czar and Family. Prince Lvoff Certain of Murder. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 2

Prince Lvoff, who has been Interviewed in London, said that he was imprisoned at Ekatcringburg last spring and charged with engaging…

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Bathurst Gaol Breakers Story of Escape. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 3

Further particulars of the capture of the Bathurst escapees show that Constable Randall waded through the waver aud covered the men with a…

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Sinn Fein Prisoners. Barricade, in Gaol. Belfast

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 2

Sinn Priner prisoners have barricaded themselves in thier wing in goal and declared their defiance to the authorities and military. Officials have…

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Theft of Drapery. Three Men Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

Robert M'Ewin, 45,Edward Buckley and Alfred Parker, both 33, were charged at the Central Police Court this morning with entering the warehouse…

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Stock Stealing

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

The Graziers' Association of New South, Wales, has made a suggestion to the Government that persons who are trucking shall give 24 hours'…

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Alleged Assault on Chinese. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 3

Charles Herbert Lyons appeared at the Police Court to-day charged with having been armed with a revolver, and having assaulted Ling Sing on the…

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Police Court. Thursday. Before Messrs. T. Mangan and T. Williams, Js.P. Drunk

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 1

John McGuinness (an abor[?]al), on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 2/[?] or "the rising."…

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Soldiers Delayed. Inquiry Into Sardinia Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 3

Returning soldiers on "B" list were due at noon to-day, but owing to train delays the mail did not reach the city till this afternoon. The military…

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Leeton Police Court Clark's Christmas Cheer. Broached on the Passage. Two Young Men Convicted

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

At the Lecton Police Court on Friday last, before Mr. McMahon, P.M., John Bryant gibson, 22 years of age, was charged that on the 21st…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, January 2. (Before Mr. M. J. M'Mahon. P.m.) Indecent Language

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 2

Martin Hayes was charged with drunkenness and the use of indecent language in Baylis-street. He pleaded guilty, and Constable John M'Carthy…

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Polish Disturbances. Germans Act As Police. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 4

It is reported from Berlin that German troops, are proceeding to Upper Silesia. A regiment of artillery and a regiment of infantry hare gone to…

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Influenza Epidemic. Dancer Apparently Over. Contemptible Theft From Nurse. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 2

Dr. Cumpston, speaking to-day regarding the influenza epidemic, said there had been no fresh cases in the State for about a fortnight. The…

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Duck Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4

James Harold Birmingham, Edgar Thomas Jackson, and William James Jackson, were Charged with having, on or about January 1, 1919, at…

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Alleged Theft

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4

Edward James Hodges surrendered to his bail upon the charge of having stolen harness to the value of £10, the property of Albert William Hartland…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4

The above trio were next charged with having on or about January 1, 1919, at Gobbagumbalin, stolen one sheep, the property of William…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, January 6, 1919. (Before Mr. J. M'Mahon, P.M.) Fight at Humula

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4

Frederick Wills and Robert Victor Wilson were charged on summons, issued at the instance of the police, with having behaved in a riotous manner at…

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Items of News. Police Cells at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

A telegraphic despatch states that tenders have been opened for erecting additional cells, etc., at the police buildings, Wagga. Five tenders are to be…

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Tipsters in Court. Case Adjourned. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 4

Two well-known turf tipsters. Alfred Vockler and C. W. Hopkins, were separately proceeded against at the Central Commons Court to-day on information…

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Attempted Suicide. Waitress Charged at Lockhart. Lockhart

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 3

At the Lockhart Police Court yesterday a waitress names Molly Jones was charged with attempted suicide by means of drinking lysol. The bench,…

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