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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

1,235 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 62

Warsaw Police Chief Murdered. London, Feb. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 2

A band of terrorists assassinated M. Gruen, chief of the secret police, of Warsaw, while he was driving in a cab. The terrorists escaped…

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Alleged Contempt of Court. London, Jan. 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

"Mr. Walter Long, M.P., leader of the Unionist party in Ireland, was yesterday cited to the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, to show cause why he should not be attached for contempt of…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 2

Charles Albert Curtis was ordered to be sent to Kenmore Hospital, on the recommendation of Drs. McKiillop and Morton…

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Chief of Police Shot

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 3

Colonel Brierlski, chief of gendarmes was shot in the street. The murderer escaped…

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Warsaw Police Chief Murdered

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 4

A band of terrorists assassinated M. Gruen chief of the secret police, of Warsaw, while he was driving in a cab. The terrorists escaped…

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Crookwell Police Court. Friday, February 1

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. G. D. Hay, J. Tozar, J. T. Naughton and Wm. Bensley, Richard Camden Long (on bail) was charged that be did at Crookwell…

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Crookwell Police Court. Saturday February. 2

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

Before Messrs Tozer Bensley and Naughton Js. P. Richard Long, on remand from Young, was charged…

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Millionaire Murder Trial

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

Altogether 400 jurors have been summoned in the case in which Harry Thaw, a millionaire, is enarged with…

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Murder of an Infant. a Demented Mother

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 2

AT about 8 o’clock on Saturday morning a young married woman, Elizabeth Smith, wife of Frederick Smith, miner, of South Clifton apparently went mad and murdered her four months’ old…

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Young Police Court. Friday, February 1. (Before Messrs. R. W. Collins and J. Forsythe, Js. P.) Drunk

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 2

Richard Hurley was charged with being drunk and disorderly on 25th January, 1907, in Burrowa street, Marengo. Defendant pleaded guilty and was fined 5s with 6s…

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The Justice and the Police Magistrate

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 3

THE curious spectacle was presented in the Inglewood Court (Vic.) recently of a police magistrate defending a charge against himself, and being severely reprimanded from…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

BEFORE the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher and C. K. Chisholm. REFUSING TO PAY FOR LIQUOR, ETC. William Smidt pleaded guilty to having…

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Mining Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

A MINING Warden's Court was held this morning before Mr. Maitland, mining warden Claude Hamilton Wakefield applied for authority to enter 8 acres of land in portion…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, February 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 6

Before the P.M. and Messrs. Belcher and C. K. Chisholm. REFUSING TO PAY William Smidt was charged with refusing…

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Warden's Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 6

At a sitting of the above on Friday, before the Warden (Mr. Maitland), Claude H. Wakefield applied for permission to enter portion 89 in the parish of…

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Police Court. Tuesday, February 5. (Before W. R. Collins, Esq, J. P.) Drunk

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 5

James Green was fined 5s, with the alternative of 24 hours in gaol, for being drunk in Burrows street on Monday morning. The fine was paid…

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Insurance and Crime. Murder as a Means of Making Money

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 4

Murders in which the criminal has sought to profit by insuring his victi[?]n's life, as did B[?]sson, the Cape murderer, who killed himself on the discovery of…

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Goulburn Police Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 3

An old offender pleaded guilty and was fined 20/- or 14 days…

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Magistrate Blown to Pieces

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 3

Mr. Cortesse, the magistrate at Patterson, New Jersey, was blown to pieces while opening an infernal machine that had been sent by post. His son was seriously injured…

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The Police Franchise

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 2

DURING the course of an interview a few days ago Mr. T. Thrower, M.L.A., claimed for the Labour party the credit of giving the franchise to the police. The Chief Secretary…

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