Court Martial Overawed. Sicilian Discipline
A Sicilian sergeant named Alestra, accused of having abandoned his position during the Cretan rebellion and of leaving a wounded comrade at the mercy of…
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Courts & crime, 1907
394 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 20
Where Etiquette Is King. Mediaeval Pomp and Ceremony of the Spanish Court
When Princess Ena. of. Battenberg becomes Queen of Spain she "will find herself mistress of no fewer than half-a- dozen magnificent palaces, veritable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court. Tuesday, January 22Nd, 1907. (Before Messrs Maitland and Williams J's.P.)
Bertram Davis was charged with having turkeys in his possession reasonably supposed to have been stolen. Accused applied for postponement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peak Hill Police Court
On Thursday, 17th January, at th Peak Hill Court, before Mr H Roberts Acting P.M., A G Litchfield was charged with allowing S Wildie to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Murder Approved. a Jury's Verdict
The aquittal of a dock laborer named Jalba on a charge of murdering his employer M. August Mend[?] at Braila, practically means that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Wednesday, 23Rd Instant. (Before Mr. Byrnes, P M )
Jno, Harris, on a charge of drunkenness, was discharged with a caution. James White for indecent behaviour in Kendal Street was fined 20s or 7 days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gaol-bird Novelist. Again in the Dock. His Strange Adventures
On 13th November the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail"' wrote:— The police have discovered in the rooms of a convict named Sporn, who came up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last Assault on Ladysmith
The decisive moment had arrived. The crisis had come. The day was closing in, and as the sun's rays waxed more dim, so the storm became more terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nottingham Murder. Shooting of a Clerk. Story of the Crime
The "Daily Mail" of 20th November has the following in reference to a sensational case at Nottingham, which was the subject of a cable message to "The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Watford Murder. a Wife Charged. Accused Acquitted
A frail looking woman in widow's weeds, named Elizabeth Taylor, described as a nurse, pleaded Not Guilty before Mr Justice Lawrance, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Virginian Sheep. Routed the Police
A 901b. sheep, fresh from the hillsides of lower Virginia, upset the equilibrium of the Southern police-station the other day, says the "Baltimore News." The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court
At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr J McKenaey P,M, b secondhand dealers! license was granted to James Millar and a hawker's license to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Court News. Thursday, February 7. Before Mr. J. McKensey, P.M. Melon Stealing
C. Reilly and Patrick Dwyer were sued for damages caused in the intent to steal melons from Mr. Weeden Bryant's orchard, Barrabadeen. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Licensing Court
The adjourned quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court was held on Wednesday last, before Messrs. J. McKensey P.M, and J. G. Lackey and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative Friday, February 8, 1907 Small Debts Court
At the Small Debts Court on Wednesday, before Mr. J. McKensey P.M, the Commissioner of Taxation obtained a verdict for £5 16s 1d against H…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Murder Goes Free
Public opinion in Italy is sharply divided on the question of a verdict of not guilty pronounced on Alberto Olive, a man of intelligence and good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. MONDAY, 4th inst. (Before Mr. Byrnes, P.M.)
Accused was fined 29s or 7 days on each, charge. ‘John Robert Buchanan, on a charge of drunkenness was discharged,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insurance and Crime. Murder as a Means of Making Money
Murders in which the criminal has sought to profit by insuring his victim's life, as did Basson, the Cape murderer, who killed himself on the discovery of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Struggle with a Convict. Pandemonium in Gaol
A prisoner in Portland convict establishment made a daring attempt to secure his freedom recently. About eleven o'clock a warder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murderous Assault. Chemist's Shop a Shambles
At the Central Criminal Court in London on the 11th December, the Common Serjeant (Mr Bosanquet, K.C.) sentenced a laboring man named Geo. Bridges to…
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