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Courts & crime, 1907

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Unionism and Murder. Tee Idaho Trial. History of the Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 7

The New York correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus" forwards the subjoined interesting details of the above case, concerning the trial in which we have published cable…

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Police Court. FRIDAY, 21st JUNE, '07. Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., Dr. H. J. H. Scott, and Mr. F.A. Parbury, J's.P

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 2

THE Licensing Inspector proceeded against Geo. Kinnaird, Jas. Dennewald, and Albert J. Ball, for, being on the licensed premises of the…

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Brown V Brown. Judgment in the Equity Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 5

On Monday Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, in the Equity Court, delivered his reserved judgement in the suit in which William Brown, of Newcastle, was plaintiff, and John Brown and…

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Attempt to Blow Up Police Station. a Bomb Thrown. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 4

There was a daring attempt to blow up the police station at Wattle Flat on Saturday morning. The constable in charge at the station Was awakened…

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Fiendish Murder and Mutilation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 5

A "Black Hand" gang in New Orleans captured a boy and demanded £1200 ransom from his father, Mr. Peter Lamana, a wealthy merchant. It was said the money was wanted to…

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Sentenced for Assault. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 2

F. S. Taylor, found guilty at the Sessions to-day of assaulting a girl aged, 9 years, at Leichhardt, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, June 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 8

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M. IMPROPER LANGUAGE…

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Highway Robbery. Brutal Assault

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 4

A savage assault and robbery took place between Leura anil Wentworth Falls on Tuesday evening after dark. MY, Childs, traveller and collector for Mullany and Co.,…

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The Melbourne Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 2

The murder of Bernard Baner, the diamond merchant in Modern-Chambers, Melbourne, is still unsolved. The detective are of opinion that the…

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Magistrate and His Cab. What Mr Isaacs Heard

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 2

Mr Isaacs, S.M., gave the Crown Law Department a nut to crack at the Globe Police Court on Tuesday morning. Since magistratos' cab allowances…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Arrest of a Bondsman

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 2

A sensational development arose out of a charge of gold-stealing preferred against Walter Sullivan at the Bairnsdale Police Court (Vic.) on Tuesday…

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Scene in Court. Woman Hurls a Hat Pin

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 4

Constable Hadon Spyer had a narrow escape at the Water Police Court, Sydney,on Tuesday morning. A young married woman named…

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Swindling Morgan. a Count Charged

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 3

From Rome, on 10th April, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— The charges against Count Bosdari, of…

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Late News by Cable. London, June 27. the Idaho Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 5

The defence in the case of Tom Moyer (president), William Haywood (secretary), and Pettibone, another official of the Western Federation of Miners at Boise, Idaho, on a charge…

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Highway Robbery. Brutal Assault

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 4

A savage assault and robbery took place between Leura and Wentworth Falls on Tuesday evening after dark. Mr. Childs, traveller and collector for Mullany and Co.,…

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Saturday Afternoon, in Gaol

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 3

It may not be generally known that shops close" at 12 o'clock on Saturdays inside gaol walls. Work for the week has them ended, and until…

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The Melbourne Murder

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 4

Inestigations into the mysterious murder of Mr Bernard Bauer in his office in Modern-chambers, Melbourne, and the robbery of several…

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Swindling Morgan. a Count Charged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 6

From Rome, on 10th April, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—The charges against Count Bosdari, of…

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Charge of Horse-stealing. a Boy's Story

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 3

At the Ryde Police Court, Charles Bevan, 23 years of age, of Carlingford, was charged with having stolen a bay mare, the property of Henry…

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Murder of a Diamond Merchant

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 4

No information has yet been obtained which tends to throw any light on the mysterious murder in Melbourne of the diamond merchant, Bernard Baner. It…

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