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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

1,281 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 21 of 65

Orange Police Court Tuesday, April 28. (Before Mr. E. Marriott, P. M.) Straying Stock

Leader · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

Four ratepayers of Orange were proceeded against by the Council of the Municipality, of Orange for allowing stock to stray in the borough,…

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Capertee Small Debts Court. Friday, April 24. (Before A. O. Edwards, P.M.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 3

Thos. Wright v. Mrs. Turley; claim for damages for a broken shaft of a sulky. A defence was filed, but was held by the Bench to be informal, and a verdict was…

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Died in Gaol SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

Mathew Birch, who was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment for drunkenness, died in Darlinghurst Goal to-day, from the effects ofdrinking methylated spirits…

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Cassilis Police Court. Monday, April 20, 1908. Before S. J. Scully, Esq., J.P. No Visible Means of Support

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 24

Alfred Yeow was charged with having no lawful visible means of support. Accused pleaded not guilty…

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The Maitland Murder Discovery of Blood-stained Trousers. West Maitland

National Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

The inquest on the body of Lilian Bridge, whose mutilated body was found near her father's house on a recent night, was resumed to-day…

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Cooma Gaol Escapee Johnson Sentenced Goulburn

National Advocate · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

At the Circuit Court to-day, William Johnson pleaded guilty to having escaped from Cooma gaol. He was also charged with stealing £149 14s 3d…

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Sunny Corner Police Court. Wednesday, April 29

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 3

(Before the P.M. and R. W. McCfill, J.P.) Harold Thompson was summoned by Constable Head for illegally using a horse, the property of Donaldson Bros., of…

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Wallerawang Police Court. Monday, April 27. (Before R. H. Bulkeley. J.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 3

William Rutherford was charged with indecent behaviour at Portland on the 25th inst. Arrested by Constable Hamilton. Plea, guilty Fined 2s 6d, or 21 hours…

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Telegrams. Gaol Escapes.an Old Criminal. a Three Years’ Sentence. Sydney

Leader · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

At Goulburn to-day, William Jonnson pleaded guilty to escaping from the Cooma Gaol. He was also charged with robbery…

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Allandale Tragedy. Police Searching. Green Still Indifferent. Sydney

Leader · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

Nothing fresh has occurred in connection with the Allandale tragedy. The police failed to find the weapon with which the murder was…

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A Cabman Charged SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 4

At the Globe police court to-day, a cabman named Thomas Kickham was remanded on a charge of having fired a revolver at Fortunato Cevasco…

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Small Debts' Court

National Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 4

The following cases were dealt with at the Bathurst Small Debts' Court:— Edgley and Co. v. Sid Langham, goods sold and delivered, Verdict for plaintiff for 12s 4d, with…

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Anarchism in America the Murder of a Priest

National Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 2

Not since the famous Haymarket outbreak in Chicago, writes a San Francisco correspondent, have Anarchists have been so active and so reckless in America as…

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The Ballarat at Murder. Iles Acquitted. Melbourne

Leader · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 4

The trial of William Vincent lies on a charge of the murder of Mary Graham, at Vale Park, was concluded at Ballarat Supreme Court to-day…

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Mudgee Police Court. Tuesday, 21St April. Before the P.M. and Mr. C. H. Tuckerman, J.P. Alleged Assault

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

Edward Joseph Gossage was charged with, on the 11th April, maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Mary Jane Gossage…

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Magistrate's Life Threatened. London

National Advocate · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 3

Mrs.Kennedy, the wire or a barrister. has been killed by a bomb outrage at Mazaffarpur, in India, The police are seeking for two young Bengalees,…

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Cassilis Police Court. (Before O. A. Edwards, P.M.)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 3

Police v. William Henry Roberts. Removing timber from Crown Lands without a license. Fined 1s and 6s costs…

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Lithgow Police Court. Saturday, May 2. (Before J. E. Ireland and A. B. C. Burke, Js.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

Thomas Manning, on remand from the previous day, was again before the Court, The charge of having insufficient visible means of support was withdrawn by the…

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Modern Bluebeard. “Made in Germany.” Wholesale Murder. London

Leader · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

A man named Koch, a basket-maker in Germany, has been arrested for murdering and cremating his wife. Koch is suspected of similarly…

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Murder and Cremation Arrest of a German Artisan Suspected of Seven Murders London Friday, afternoon ' i

National Advocate · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 3

What is believed to have been a sensational series of crimes has just been brought to light at Grossrom—stedt, in Saxe- Weimar-Eisenach,…

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