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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, August 7. Before Mr. M. J. McMahon, P.M.

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 3

Found guilty of using indecent language in Baylis-street on Wednesday afternoon, Jack Jones was fined £5 or in default two months'…

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Police Strike. Strikers Repudiated. Fresh Trouble on Railways

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 4

The South London Tube and the Nine Elms railway strike has been repudiated by the executives of the unions concerned. Fresh trouble,…

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Tube Men Firm. Afraid of Police Bill. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 4

The strikers employed on the South London Tube have reaffirmed their determination not to resume work until the Police Bill has been…

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Wagga Picture Shows. Casein Equity Court. Hardy v. Gelme and Others. Interim Injunction

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 3

An ex-parte-application for an injunction was made in the Equity Court, Sydney, on Thursday, before Mr. Justice Harvey, by the…

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Police Strike. Back to Normal. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 August 1919 · page 2

There is no doubt that the industrial situation in Liverpool is a great deal brighter than it was a few days ago. The possibility of a general…

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A Brutal Assault. Alleged Intent to Rob

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

James Larkin, alias "Swing-in-the-Centre," a notorious old offender, was charged with assaulting George Albert Nicholls with intent to rob him of £2…

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Committed for Trial. Cootamundra Assault Case. Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

At the local Police Court to-day, before Mr, H. Halcombe, P.M James Larkin, alias "Swing in the Centre." a notorious old offender,…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, August 11. Before Mr. M. J. McMahon, P.M.

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 4

A charge against Stephen G. Beagley of having in his possession a rug reasonably suspected of having been stolen, was dismissed. the…

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Police Court. Yesterday. Before Mr. Holcombe, P.M. Drunks. A couple were dealt with. After Hours!

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

John Kelly, returned soldier, pleaded guilty to being found on the licensed premises of the Commercial hotel at 9 p.m. on 6th July…

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Police Strike Ended. Commissioner Congratulates Force. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

General Sir Neville Macready Commissioner of Police, announces that the police strike is over. He has issued an order congratulating…

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Double Tragedy. Man Killed, Woman Injured. Alleged Maniac Arrested. Charge of Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

Word was received in Wagga yesterday that a tragedy had occurred at Little Springs, a lonely spot about 60 miles from Wagga, in winch a man had…

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Sinking of the Myola. Marine Court's Finding. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 3

The Marine Court held in inquiry into the sinking' of the Myola. The Court found that Donald McNiooli, second engineer, was in fault, and…

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Police Strike Ended. Announcement by London Commissioner. Men Complimented. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 1

The London Commissioner of Police announces that the strike is over, and congratulated all ranks on the way they upheld the traditions…

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The Loss of the Myola. the Marine Court's Finding The Second Engineer in Fault. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 1

The Marine Court found Donald McNickoll, second engineer of the ill fated steamer Myola, was in fault in not setting the pumps in…

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Assault at Arms

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 August 1919 · page 4

There was a fair roll up of the public at the Town Hall on Friday night last, when the local Repatriation Committee successfully…

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Gibbs Before the Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 August 1919 · page 2

Following the shooting affair which took place at Little Springs on Monday, Walter Norman Gibbs (aged 28), who was arrested on suspicion of having…

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Wagga Murder. Victim Refuses to Return Gun. Promptly Shot by the Owner. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 1

In connection with the Wagga murder case it is reported that the murdered man, Tasker, had a gun belonging to Gibbs, and had refused…

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Police Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 4

The P.M. had a long list of rases to try on Tuesday and Wednesday last. The Narandera Pastures Protection Board (through its inspectors)…

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Murder and Suicide

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 3

A man named Walter Norman Gibbs 28 years of age, strangled himself in a prison cell at Wagga on Tuesday afternoon by fastening his…

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Le Cornu Charged. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 2

The City Court was crowded to-day when Le Cornu, president of the Federated Council of the Seamen's Unicea was charged with having committed…

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