Stationmaster Charged with Theft. Brisbane
At the Townsville Court yesterday William Conley, the local assistant stationmaster, was charged with theft from the railway station. He plended…
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Courts & crime, 1907
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Silverton Police Court
In the Silverton police court on Saturday, before Mr. Dove, D.S.M., Mrs. Annie Ford proceeded against Richard O'Connell, licensce of the Silverton…
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Horace Rayner was yesterday committed for trial for the wilful murder of William Whiteley, of the West-bourne Grove Emporium…
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In the Wardens Court this morning, before Mr. Warden Dove, Reuben Broadbent applied to be registered for a mineral lease, No. 1390, situated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swindling, Career Checked. Twelve Months' Gaol. Melbourne
An extraordinary impostor, Charles Block, was cut short to-day in a prosperous career of swindling He fastened on to a charitable accountant…
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Details of the career of a plausible and accomplished swindler were disclosed before the recorder at the Old Bailey on January 26, when James…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Op a Missionary. London
Germany demands £5000 compensation for the murder of a German missionary in Persia. Otherwise vigorous measures will be taken…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thaw Murder the Wife's [?]Dence. a Terribel Story. (From the Melbourne "Argus.")
The latest American cable messages give the following particulars of Harry Thaw's trial:- After waiting days empanelling the…
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It is reported from Cooktown that a female, aboriginal has killed another aboriginal woman by striking her with a block of wood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand St. Aughteraien's Strike. Men Defy the Court. Wellington
The Canterbury slaughtermen's strike continues, and new hands are being engaged. The men assert, that they do not intend to pay the fines inflicted by…
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Mr. Dove, D.S.M., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day, nnd inflicted the following fines:—Thomas Quinn, indecent language, 40s. or 14 days;…
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The Bavarian murderer Mueller, who was found guilty under dramatic circumstances of mtirdoring a school girl and a widow, has again been sentenced…
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While being examined in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday George. Plowman persistently evaded the questions of the Registrar, who at length…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town Clerk's Fraud. Nine Months' Gaol. Perth
At the Criminal Sessions yesterday Arthur Stevens, ex-town clerk of York, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, for stonling the funds of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Perth Baby-farming Case. Mrs. Mitchell Committed. On a Charge of Wilful Murder. Perth
The inquest on the death of the infant Ethel Booth, which led to the investigations into the Perth baby-farming cases; was concluded yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE A.M.A. and Its President. Mr. Joseph Norton in Court. He Refuses to Apply for Bail
Before Mr. Dove, D.S.M., in the Police Court to-day, Joseph Norton ex-president of the A.M.A., was charged, on the information of Robert…
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Mr. Dove, D.S.M., adjudicated in the Police Court to-day. James Douglas, for drunkenness, was fined 2s. 6d. or three hours, and for an offence against…
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George Thompson, an elderly forger of cheques, was to-day sentenced to 12 months imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.m.a. and Its President. Mr. Norton Before the Court
The hearing of the case against Joseph Norton, ex-president of the A.M.A., which was begun yesterday, was resumed before Mr. Dove, D.S.M.,…
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Mr. Dove, D.S.M., adjudicating in the Police Court to-day, fined three firstoffending drunkards each 2s. 6d. or three hours. Edmund Conroy, for…
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