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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, July 21, (Before Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, P.m.) Stealing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 4

Frank Cook, on remand, was charged with stealing a saddle and bridle from Yabtree woolshed, near Tarcutta, of a value of £5, the properly…

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Prisoners and Staff Stricken Epidemic in Gaol Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 2

Thirty members of the staff at Pentridge Gaol and 130 prisoners are affected with influenza…

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Police Court. Yesterday. Before Mr. J. T. Renehan, J.P. Alleged Assault

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 2

Michael Collins appeared on a charge of assaulting William Henderson Black, at Nubba, last Saturday, thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm…

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Rioters Before the Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 3

Sixteen men were charged before the Melbourne Police Court with taking part in the disturbance and they were fined various amounts…

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Police Stoned. Much Damage to Property

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 3

Prior to the arrival of the police one of the leaders of the men went amongst the crowd, urging any women who might be present to go…

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Accusing a Detective. Two Men Charged. Matter of Fifty Pounds. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 4

The hearing of the case against George Miller and James Wallace, charged with having conspired to falsely accuse Detective George Ferguson of crime was…

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Walsh. Convicted of Urging the Continuance of Strike. Fined £200 and Sentenced to Three Months. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 1

Thos. Walsh, secretary of the Seamen's Union, was convicted of urging the continuance of the strike, and fined £200…

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March of Unemployed. Police Guard Government Offices. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 3

A crowd of several hundred men and women marched in a procession this afternoon. They were very dejected and some of them half-heartedly sang…

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Important Test Case. Court Declines to Reduce Bonus. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 2

In the Court of Arbitration at West minster a test case affecting the ship-building and engineering trades was decided against the employers. The…

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Men in Uniform. Police State Not Soldiers. League Presidents Advice. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 3

The police state that a number of uniformed men who took part in yesterday's demonstration were not returned soldiers at all and were…

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Delighted to Plead Guilty. Why Seamen Refused Arbitration. Walsh's Speech to Court. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 July 1919 · page 3

Walsh, who pleaded guilty, said that the gravamen of the charge against him seemed to be that he advised the members of his society to refuse to work…

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Police Court. Tuesday, July 22. Before Mr. M. J. McMahon, P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 5

J. T. Bean (rabbit inspector) v. James Roach, failing to adequately destroy rabbits on his holding at Gillenbah…

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Bribes for Police. Detective Ferguson's Statement. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 4

The hearing of the case against Miller and Wallace in connection with charges made against Detective Ferguson, was continued to-day…

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Senator Millen Emphatic. Arbitration Court for the Men. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 3

Senator Millen has issued a statement re the strike. Stating the claims of the seamen, he said that the court could deaf with them all, and had, in…

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Hillston Police Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 5

At the local police court yesterday morning, before Messrs. R. W. Stewart and F. Johns. J'sP., Marcus Vincent Horne and Patrick Joseph…

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Mr. Considine, M.H.R. Sentenced to Three Weeks' Imprisonment. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 5

Mr. Considine M.H.R. at the City Court, was sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment on a charge of having made disloyal utterance at the Green…

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A.L.P. Expulsions. Court to Be Moved. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1919 · page 3

According to Mr. J. S. Garden, secretary of the Labor Council, a large number of metropolitan Labor leagues and other unions have condemned the A.L.P…

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Before the Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 2

This morning both the parties were brought up at the local police court, Mr. A. D. Donnelly presiding…

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A Sensation How Jack Elliot Died. a Charge of Murder. Arrest of Elliott's Wife and a Young Man

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 2

"That you on the 6th day of July, 1919, at South Gundagai, did feloniously and maliciously murder John Thomas…

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Police Court. Yesterday. Before Mr. Halcombe, P.M. Drunk

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1919 · page 4

Hercules Hull, fined 5/. Martin Corbett, fined 2/6 or 24 hours. Fine paid. Arthur Ernest Peachman, remanded…

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