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Courts & crime, 1914

142 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 8

Yesterdy’s Court. (Before Mr. Shepherd, P.M.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 2

Michael Corrigan pleaded [?] allowing horses to stray in the streote of Bega, and was [?] and 6/ Court costs…

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Boy Besieged. Keeps Police at Bay for Hours

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 3

Stanley Luppi. the 18-year-old boy who was arrested on December 6 after keeping the police at bay for hours with a revolver, was charged at Newcastle (England) with…

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Beihnd the Veil. Secrets of Russian Court. Book by Count Vassili

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 3

To many unsophisticated people such a book as "Behind the Veil at the Russian Court," just published, suggests all sorts of thrilling possibilities…

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Yesterday’s Court. Before Mr. Shepherd, P.M.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 2

Clive Sharp pleaded guilty to allowing a horse to stray on the 23rd February and was fined 5s, court costs 6s, or 8 hours. Time was…

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Monday's Court (Before [?] Shepherd, P.M.)

Southern Star · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 2

C. Sharpe was fined 5s and 6s costs, for allowing horse to stray in the municipality. Thomas [?]ll, junior was…

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Cobargo Police Court. Friday, February 27th. (Before Mr. Shepherd, P.M.)

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 4

James Gilbert was charged with being drunk in the yard of the Cobargo Hotel on 6th February, and pleaded not guilty…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 10. (Before Mr. Fineham, P.M.)

The Nowra Leader · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 3

James May pleaded guilty to[?] and using obscene language at Huskisson in a public place on January 31st…

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POLICE v. James Shearin

The Nowra Leader · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 3

James Shearin was charged with [?] behaviour at Bemaderry railway station on 7th February. Mr. K. Ryan appeared for the…

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Police News. Tuesday, March 10 (Before Mr. F[?]ham, P.M.)

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 4

James May pleased guilty to drunkenness and using obscene language at H[?] in a public place on January 31st…

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Yesterday’s Court. (Before Mr. Shepherd, P.M.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

Colin Munro pleaded guilty to using indecent language on the 6th inst. Constable Whitton gave evidence…

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District Court. (Before His Honor, Judge Fitz hardinge). Wednesday, 18th March

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 2

Several cases, which had been settled, were struck out, and in some instances others were continued, Ca Sa Motions,…

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Angry President. Threat to Court-martial 100 Officers. Burlesque Dinner

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 6

President Wilson and his Cabinet are highly incensed at the frolics of the Carabao Club, consisting of officers of the United States Army and Navy, who at the…

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"Golden Rule Gus." Giant on Giant's Job. Police Chief Who Cleaned Up City

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 3

Berkeley, the university city of California, is said to be one of the cleanest towns, morally and physically, in the world, and the giant chief of police, Gus Vollmer, gets most…

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Small Debts Court. FRIDAY, 27th. MARCH. (Before Mr. Shepherd, P.M.)

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 4

There were no police cases at the Court on Friday, and the Small Debts Court cases were disposed of in five minutes…

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Police Ghost. Latest Phase of "Third Degree."

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 3

The use of a ghost by the Los Angeles police in working the "third degree' on a man accused of murder has been denounced by the lawyers of the prisoner, who…

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Town Mourns Murderer. Hanged for Brutal Crime. March on the Gaol. One Youth Reprieved

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 6

Seldom does the execution of a murderer evoke such a demonstration of indignation on the part ol the populace as occurred at Manchester, when Ernest Kelly, aged 20,…

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Convict Captain's Sin. Breaks Down in Court

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 6

Captain William H. Heal, formerly of Hills-road, Cambridge, who is now serving a sentence of three years' penal servitude, broke down in the Bankruptcy Court in making an application for his discharge…

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Girl Cashier and Man Friend Pathetic Scene in Court

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 6

Sobbing bitterly, Edith Overton, a girl cashier, pleaded guilty at Birmngham Quarter Session to stealing £350 from her employer. She blurted out, "I was drawn into it by bad company."…

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Yesterday’s Court. (Before Mr. Shepherd, P.M.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 2

Hilda Rogers, married woman, applied for prohibition orders to be issued against her father, Henry Glass, and brother, Wallace Glass. Mrs…

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Link by Link; or the Chain of Evidence. a Great Detective Story. Chapter Iv. Murder and Mystery

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 2

I was a bachelor, but managed to maintain a cosy little household in a cottage near the water's edge, and a little east of the bridge that spans the Harlem at the head…

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