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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1919

969 stories in Riverina's papers · page 45 of 49

Licensing Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 3

An application by Henry Farrell for a renewal of the billiard license of the Royal Mail Hotel was granted…

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Small Debts Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 3

Charles Seton v. Ah Ching, claim for keep of pigs. Verdict for £2, witnesses' expenses £1, and 7s court costs…

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District Court. Sittings To-day

The Daily Express · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 8

The District Court will begin its sittings in the Wagga Courthouse at half-past nine this morning, before his Honor Judge Bevan…

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£5000 Reward. for Police Murderers. London, Dec. 3

The Daily Express · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 1

[?] Victory has mares £5000 reported after evidence [?] guilty [?]…

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Drunks and Dogs. Raid by Police. Good Hauls in Both

The Daily Express · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 2

The drunks of the town were rudely startled on Thursday evening when Sergeant Gallaher, with the policy vehicle, made a complete clean up of…

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Police Court. To-day. Before Mr. Holcombe, P.M. Drunk, Language, and Resisting the Police

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 3

Joseph Storey pleaded guilty to being drunk, but not to language. Constable Burgess deposed: I arrested accused. He used the language…

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Municipal Revision Court

The Daily Express · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 2

A Revision Court for the roll of ratepayers of the Wagga Municipality was hold in the courthouse on Saturday morning, before Mr. M. J…

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Items of News. Municipal Review Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 2

The Wagga Municipal Revision Court was held in the Wagga Court House on Friday. Two names were added to the triennial list of electors…

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Police Murderers. a Further Reward. London, Dec. 3

The Daily Express · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 1

The Irish police have offered an additional £500 reward for Information as to the police murders and a tree pardon if not the actual murderer,…

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Wagga District Court. Saturday, December 6. 1919. (Before His Honor Judge Bevan.) Compensation Claimed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 3

The case under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1916 in which Teresa Annie Berrigan, Best-street, Wagga, sought to recover £300 compensation…

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Wagga District Court. Saturday, December 6, 1919.(Before his Honor Judge Bevan.) Compensation for Death

The Daily Express · Monday 8 December 1919 · page 3

When the matter in Which the arbitration of tho court was asked to adjust a claim by Teresa Annie Berrigan, of Best Street, Wagga, against…

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Burglary at Cremorne. Valuable Plate Stolen. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 2

The home of Sir Herbert Ramsay, at Cremorne, was robbed on Saturday, the thief gaining entrance by forcing the lock of a door. Silver and electro…

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Charge of Murder. Goulburn

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 2

Before Mr Williams this morning, Aleton Paul Broome, 39, was charged with having murdered his wife, Ethel Ann Broome, on December 2…

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Sydney Divorce Court

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 2

Elizabeth Jane Chapman, who, when the widow Murray, wedded a husband, Harry Percy Chapman, 16 years younger than herself, at Tumut, applied to Judge…

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Political Aspirant in Court

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 1

Richard Thomas O'Halloran. of Glehe Point in the course of examination in bankruptcy on Wednesday of last week. said he was a candidate for…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, December's. (Before Mr. J. K. O'Reilly and Mr. H. Oates, J. s.p.) Attempted Suicide

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 2

Many Townsend Warren was charged with attempting suicide at Wagga on Friday last. He was fined £3, in default of one month's labour in Albury…

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Station Hand Charged. Story in Court. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 4

A strange story was told in the North Sydney Police Court to-day by Mrs. Wheeler in the case in which Frank Harvey, 44, station hand, was…

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Manslaughter Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 4

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, James Cavanough was charged with having feloniously slain Frederick Wright…

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Opium Smuggling Powell Charged. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 2

In connection with the recent seizure of opium valued at £2,000, Joseph Powell appeared at North Sydney. Court to-day, charged with in[?]orting…

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Alleged Wife Murder. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 December 1919 · page 1

John Wilson, a middle-aged man, was placed on trial in the Central Criminal Court to-day, on a charge of alleged wife murder at Limbri, near…

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