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Courts & crime, 1920

1,335 stories in Riverina's papers · page 19 of 67

Basic Wage. Powers of the Court. Sydney, Tricky

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 7

A case was before the Industrial Court to-day for a variation of the award of the Australian Metal Workers' Union in respect to the basic…

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Caillaux. Acquitted of Treason. Court Considers Other Charges. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 4

The High Court by a majority of 21 to 8, has rejected the charges of high treason against M. Caillaux, a former Premier of France, who was…

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Caillaux Sentenced. Three Years' Gaol. Deprived of Rights. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

Caillaux, who, as already stated has been found guilty by the Senate of corresponding with the enemy, was sentenced to three years'…

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Gndagai Murder. Verdict of Acquittal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 1

At Goulburn to-day, Mrs. Florence Amy Agnes Elliott was acquitted at her third trial on the charge of having murdered her husband, John Thomas…

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Case in High Court

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

The decision of the Commonwealth Government to impose a 13 per cent, tax on totalisator instruments was the subject of an application for an…

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Junee Licensing Court. (Before g. Shepherd, L.M., J.F. Quilter J.P., and W. J. Hiscock, J.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

Before the business of the Quarterly Licensing Court was called at Junee on Friday, Mr. J. F. Quilter, J.P. senior member of the Bench. welcomed Mr…

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Our Police

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 4

Until the millenium is attained we shall go on meeting policemen. And to our mind, the best kind of a police [?] one who carries out his…

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Police Shot Dead

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2

Sergeant Crean and Constable Goldrick were shot dead by an ambushed man while patrolling the Upton railway station County Cork…

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Officers' Wives Flogged Ten Years' Gaol. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2

The "Times" correspondent in Berlin states that the Volga (Russia) Soviet in pursuance of a decree against extravaganee, has adopted a policy of…

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WEXFORD Police Attacked Bombs and Rifles Used

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 5

At Wexford a sergeant and five police from Clanroch beat off 300 attackers armed with bombs and rifles. The fight lasted two hours…

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Totalisator Tax. Case Before High Court Judgment Reserved. Significant Admission. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 3

The application on behalf of the Automatic Totalisators. Ltd., to restrain the Federal Commissioner of Taxation from imposing the 13 per cent. tax on…

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The Tote Tax Over-ruled by Full Court Judgment Unanimous SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 1

The Tote tax was over-ruled today in the Full Court, the court holding that the Automatic Totalisator Company, Ltd., and Colin Stephen,…

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The "Silk Mask" Burglar Killed by the Police £10.000 Worth of Loot LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 1

A message from Chicago says: Harry James, the "silk mask" burglar, has been killed by the police. Upon searching his home, loot to the…

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Beaten to Death. Colored Men's Attack. Three Natives Charged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 3

Charles Fowler (45), ship's fireman. was beaten to death by a number of colored men near his home, Balmain last night…

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Attempted Suicide. Sadlier Before the Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 3

Before Mr. George S. Shepherd P.M., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, Edward James Sadlier, 54 years of age, was charged with…

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Industrial Disputes. the Court's Authority. Judge's Declaration. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

Mr. Justice Higgins to-day heard the application of the Waterside Workers' Federation against the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association for an…

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Sentenced to Death

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 2

The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy on account of Broome's domestic troubles, and the…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 2

A sensational report of an alleged assault and rebbery at Wagga has been made to the police. Walentine Smith, a resident of Junee, who is at present…

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Kenmore Murder Trial. Broome Sentenced to Death. Pathetic Scenes in Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

At the Goulburn Circuit Court on Tuesday, the trial commenced of Alston Paul Broome, of Tumut, on a charge of murdering his insane…

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Local and General Broome Sentenced to Death

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

Goulburn Circuit Court on Tuesday and Wednesday was engaged in the case of Altson Paul Broome, charged with murdering his wife, Ethel Ann…

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