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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

407 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 21 of 21

Murder of a Bride. Girl-nurse Killed by Lunatic

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 3

Another of the tragedies of insanity has occurred at the Mattawan Asylum, whore Mrs Lizzie Halliday, a gipsy wo-an and a criminal patient, on 28th…

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Court Day. Monday, December 17Th, 1906. Small Debts. (Before H. Byrnes, Esq., P.M.)

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 2

John Blake Newland v. John Townsend. —Claim £6 l6s. It was explained to the Bench that this had been a case postponed owing to the…

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Burglary at Malone's

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 7

"Ach! I'm sick iv id!" Tim Malone, with gloomy resentfulness. Having so definitely expressed his feelings, he relapsed into silence, and gazed into the…

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The London Police. a Cavalry Officer's Opinion

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 7

To the "Daily Telegraph" of 2nd October a soldier wrote over the signature "Cavalry Captain":—"The following incident may in…

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Planned His Own Murder. an Indian Police Inspector

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 3

From Lucknow on 14th October the correspondent of the London "Express" wrote:— A murder which reads like a page from…

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Police Court THURSDAY. Before the P.M.

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 2

THOMAS DWYER—Charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Alfred Quirke on 26th December. Same defendant also charged with stealing horse, sulky and harness, the property…

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In Court

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 6

Prosecutor (to card-sharper who has just been sentenced to fourteen days): "And now, my friend, to show that you bear no malice, would you mind saying why you…

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Cowardly Duellist. a Case of Murder

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1906 · page 3

On 11th October the Madrid correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from Madrid:—The Minister of Justice has ordered…

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