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Courts & crime, 1912

136 stories in South Coast's papers · page 6 of 7

Stealing an Overcoat

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 2

At the Poller Court yesterday, Sydney Dangles Presley, a youth of 18, was changed get on ren and with stealing on overcast from the recent hospital…

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Kangaroo Valley Police Court. Wednesday. Sept. 11. (Before Mr. F. Galbraith, P.m.) Harrison V. HOARE

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 3

Claim £10, for damages to motor car. Mr. Marriott for complainant. There was also a cross action by Hoare against Harrison for damages to his coach…

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Nowra Police Station

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 3

Mr. Mark Morton is in receipt of the following letter dated 19th Sept., from Mr. Day. Inspector-General of Police:--''Sir,--With reference to your…

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Land Court

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 6

A meeting of the Shoalhaven land Board was held at Nowra Courthouse on Thursday, Mr. Capper presiding. Annual Lease.--Henry Bourne…

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Loved the Same Man. Girl Charged with Murder

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 3

A quarrel between two eighteen-year-old girls has ended in tragedy, and one of them, Daisy Williams, found herself in the dock at Clerkenwell on…

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Charge of Murder. Parisian Drama. [?] Acquitted

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 6

The trial of Mdlle. Yvonne Berthelier, the young woman accused of having shot and killed her own mother and the man named Lang[?] with whom…

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Camorra Sentences. Court Tragedy. Prisoner Cuts His Throat

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 3

Amid intensely dramatic scenes the verdict in the prolonged Camorra trial was given to-day (said the Viterbo correspondent of the "Daily News and…

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Sugar Commission. Judgment of the High Court. Mr. Tudor Satirical

The Nowra Leader · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 6

The Minister of Customs was in a satirical mood on Saturday when referring to the judgment of the High Court on the appeal by the Colonial…

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Novel Court Scene

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 October 1912 · page 7

A trial in court at Tilsit, East Prussia, hung on the testimony of a young peasant girl of seventeen, Therese Stobbert (says the "New York…

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Novel Court Scene

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 3

A trial in court at Tilsit, East Prussia, hung on the testimony of a young peasant girl of seventeen, Therese “Stobbert (says the “New York…

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Attack in Court. Attempts to Escape

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 6

An exciting scene marked the commencement at Agram on Tuesday of the trial of a student named Luka Jukies, who attacked the Royal…

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Snubbing Royalty. Invitations to Court Functions

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 3

Although no reply is asked for on the cards of invitation to any Court function, it is understood that anyone being unable to obey the command will…

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Police Victim of Apache

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 3

An apache of 17, when asked by a policeman at Tavernay to show his papers, replied, "There are my papers," and fired point-blank at the policeman…

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Wyndham Police Court

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 28 October 1912 · page 3

At the police court held a[?] Wyndham last week, Davi[?] Kiss (of Yambula) pleaded guilty to cutting timber o[?]…

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Eden Police Court

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 11 November 1912 · page 4

AT the above Court, on Friday last, before Mr G. S Shepherd, P. M, H. H. Rose, Forest Guard, v. F. W. Kelsall. Charge -- Unlawfully…

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Licensing Court

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 11 November 1912 · page 4

The license of the Royal Hotel, Pambula, was transferred from Mr C. L Brown to Mr P. F. C. Putensen. Mrs C. Robertson was granted a…

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Alleged Assault

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 13 November 1912 · page 2

At the Police Court on Monday morning, before Mr. Shepherd, P.M., William Thomas Brown was charged with assaulting Louis…

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Police Court. Monday with November (B[?] M. Shepher, P.H.

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 4

W, T. Brown was charged with on 26th October assaulting Louis [?] a Frenchman A cross charge on infl[?] bodily [?]…

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Royal Court Social Items

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1912 · page 7

Apropos of the Royal visit to Mrs. Jones's cottage in Wales, a writer in the "World" is reminded of a story of Queen Victoria. On one of her stays in…

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Emperor's Humor. Court of Japan

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1912 · page 6

The death of the Emperor has given opportunity for the Tokio Press to collect anecdotes of the deceased monarch (said a Reuter message from…

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