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

Courts & crime, 1907

394 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 19 of 20

Ran Amok with a Razor. Police Savagely Attacked at Midnight

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 6

An onslaught of a most savage and deadly character was made on two Liverpool policemen about midnight on Tuesday, 1st October, while they uere in…

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Mr. Asquith's Persecutors : Women Suffragists at Marylebone Police Court

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 6

Mrs. Starbora. Mrs. Knigh, Miss Kenney. Miss [?]…

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Police Court. Thursday, December 5. (Before the P.M., Mr. J. W. Fletcher.) Weights and Measures

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 10

W. H. Roache pleaded guilty to a breach of the Weights' and Measures' Act, his set of scales being 1 1/2 lbs light. Mr. A. E. McIntosh, who appeared…

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Police Court. Bogan Gate, 29Th November. (Before Mr J. W. Fletcher, P.m.) Breaches of Liquor Act

Western Champion · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 22

Jas McDonald and James Egan both pleaded guilty, by proxy, of being unlawfully on hotel premises during prohibited hours, and were…

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Warden's Court. Thursday, December 5

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 10

Warden's Bailiff v. Anderson and Hunter, to show cause why four mining tenements should not be declared abandoned —Case struck out…

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A Gambler's Wife Pathetic Tale in the Divorce Court. Grim Struggle for Existence

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 4

A pathetic tale of domestic unhappiness was related on 7th June to Sir Francis Jeune in the undefended suit for divorce brought by Mrs Lulu Barbara Marian…

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High Court of Australia. (Before the Chief Justice and Justices Barton and Isaacs.) COGHLAN V. GRANT. Friday, November 29

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 7

Mr Rich, instructed by Messrs Curtiss and Barry (on behalf of Messrs Phillips and Fina, Cowra), appeared for defendants in support of…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, December 6. Before the P.M. (Mr. J. W. Fletcher), Dr. Corfe and Mr. J. D. Mackay

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 7

Renewals of billiard licenses were granted to Sidney Wildie and A. G Litchfield, Peak Hill. T. Golding applied for a billiard…

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Police Court, Wednesday, .December 4, 1907.(Before Mr. Butler, P.M.)

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 4

A. Breeze was called to answer a charge of indecent language at Woodstock. First-class Constable Kirkland informed the [?] that the summons had not been ;…

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Horse Stealing Case

Western Champion · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 4

At the Orange Police Court on Tuesday William David Randall and Charles Arthur Randall were charged with stealing a roan gelding, the property…

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Arrest in Evening Dress. Cultured Woman Charged

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 3

A handsome, cultured, stylishly dressed woman, giving her name as Chrissie Price, aged twenty-seven, of Elm House, Emmingforth street, Birkenhead, was…

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Recalled to Life. Forty-two Years in Gaol

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 5

After being in prison for forty-two years Antonia Bagatti stepped out into a new world free, but a bent old man of seventy-three. In 1865…

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Circus Murder. Sentence of Death Closes Sensational Munich Trial

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 5

At Munich, on Wednesday, 2nd October, David NIederhofer was found "Guilty" of the murder of Bernhard Hendschel, and sentenced to…

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Murder in Zion City. Trying to Exorcise a Demon

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 6

A terrible murder, committed in the name of religion, writes the "Daily Mail" New York correspondent on 20th September, is reported from Zion City,…

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Arrest in Evening Dress. Cultured Woman Charged

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 5

A handsome, cultured, stylishly dressed woman, giving her name as Chrissie Price, aged twenty-seven, of Elm House, Emmingforth street, Birkenhead, was…

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Appeal Court

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 4

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Police Court. Tuesday, December 4, 1907.(Before Mr. J. T. West, J.P.)

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 4

Michael Bergin was charged with being drunk in Kendal Street on the 9th instant and pleaded guilty. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent language. In the…

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Recalled to Life. Forty-two Years in Gaol

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 7

After being in prison for forty-two years Antonia Bagatti stepped out into a new world free, but a bent old man of seventy-three. In 1865…

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Murder in Zion City. Trying to Exorcise a Demon

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 8

A terrible murder, committed in the name of religion, writes the "Daily Mail" New York correspondent on 20th September, is reported from Zion City…

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Circus Murder. Sentence of Death Closes Sensational Munich Trial

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 7

At Munich, on Wednesday, 2nd October, David Niederhofer was found "Guilty" of the murder of Bernhard Hendschel, and sentenced to…

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