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Courts & crime, 1919

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Theft From Blind Man. Thief Disappears. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 4

While a blind man was playing an organ in Elizabeth Street, a man who was passing picked up his box containing, about 15/- which had been…

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Grazier's Will. Dispute in Probate Court. Testator Alleged Insane. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 2

The case in which the will of the late Mr. John Phelix O'Brien, grazier of Braidwood, was in dispute came before the Probate Court this…

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Debt Collectors. Magistrate's Severe Comments

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 2

IN the Armidale Small Debts Court last week a Chinese storekeeper named Charlie Jack sued David Klemdeinst to recover £15/7/7,…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 10. Before Mr. M. J. McMahon, P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 4

police v. Stanley Russell, breach of the motor traffic regulations. Plea gutty…

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"Two-up" Raid. Twenty-eight Men Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 2

Twenty-eight men appeared before the Police Court to-day in connection with the recent raid at Bondi of a "two-up" school. Twenty-five of the…

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Confessed to Theft. "Out of Work" the Reason. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 4

Kenneth McCormack, a young man who was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a quantity of jewellery valued at £20 told the…

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Winnipeg Riot. Special Police Mobbed. V.C. Winner Dangerously Wounded. Winnipeg

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 2

A serious riot and general strike has occurred, in which the mob attacked the veterans who are acting as special…

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Lost in a Hurricane. Widows Claim Compensation. Court Awards £500 Each. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 2

Two widows whose husbands were lost when the steamer Warrigal foundered in a hurricane during the voyage from Sydney to Noumea, to-day…

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Police Court. Yesterday. Before Mr. Holcombe, P.M. Larcony

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 4

Reuben Charles Spicer, alias Ray Williams, 37, was charged, on remand, with stealing a shirt, the property of Frederick Halbish, value 5/6, at…

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Illegal Stills. Two Men Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 1

Two men, John Bourke and Albert Ducil, were remanded in the Police Court on a charge of being on premises at Botany where distillation was…

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Ganman Police Court. Thursday, June 12. (Before Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 4

James Cheney, charged with stealing hay valued at 2/6, property of Dolden and Trathen, of Ganmain, was fined £4 with costs of court 7/, and witness…

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Legal Point Raised. Charged Twice on Same Evidence. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 3

At the Criminal Court to-day Raymond Norman Collins was charged with maliciously wounding Evelyn Collins, his wife, with intent to do her grievous…

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Bathurst Inquiry. Police Discredit Woman's Story. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 7

The police discredit the story of Mrs. Leslie, who stated that she was struck by a train at Bathurst. The woman is still in a low condition. Her…

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Hotel License Case. Police Protest Peculiar, Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 7

During an application for the transfer of a hotel license, the police offered opposition based on a report of a Police Inspector in the country…

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Warehouse Theft. Investment Bonds Stolen. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 June 1919 · page 4

Thieves entered the premises of John Devenish, furniture warehouseman, city, and got away with £150 worth of investment bonds…

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He Got a Farthing Ot a Farthing "In and Out of Gaol." "Joey Carruthers."

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 16 June 1919 · page 2

At Cooma District Court last week John Oliver Weston, butcher and grazier at Berridale and Jindabyne, sued Police. Sergt…

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Police Court. Yesterday

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 3

Before Messrs. Holcombe, P.M., and Doldge. J.P. Sidney Hull 'pleaded guilty to indecent behaviour at Stockinbingal…

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Jockey Nash Charged. MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 1

Richard Lionel Nash, jockey, appeared at the Melbourne City Court on a charge of having murdered Alice Elizabeth Nioa, at…

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Charged with Slaying His Father. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 1

The sequel to the Gloucester street shooting affair was at the police court to-day, when Albert Robertson was charged with…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, June 16. (Before Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, P.M.) Liquor Cases

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 4

Albert Charles Menneke, Joseph Melville, Alexander Robert Rudd, and Edward Waters pleaded guilty to having been found on the licensed premises of…

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