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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Sequel to Prison Drama. Police Prefect Dismissed

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 7

From Semlin, a town on the Servian border, a correspondent of the London " Daily Mail" wrote on 2nd October…

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Sequel to Prison Drama. Police Prefect Dismissed

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 3

From Semlin, a town on the Servian border, a correspondent of the London " Daily Mail" wrote on 2nd October…

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Police Blunder. Judge's Son Arrested. Scotland Yard Apologises

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 6

An astounding mistake by the police, followed by a complete apology on their part, occurred on Tuesday evening, 22nd October, when Mr H. Jaspar Selwyn…

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Girl Strangled. Body Found in Ditch and Lover Confesses to Murder. Funeral of the Victim

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 7

The dead body of Annie Elizabeth Haloes, the eighteen-year-old servant of a Hinckley clergyman, was found in a deep ditch near Croft on Monday…

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Girl Strangled. Body Found in Ditch and I Lover Confesses to Murder. Funeral of the Victim

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 3

The dead body of Annie Elizabeth Haines, the eighteen-year-old servant of a HInckley clergyman, was found in a deep ditch near Croft on Monday…

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Sir George Lewis's Note Paper. Further Police Court Proceedings. Prisoners Committed

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 7

Further evidence was taken to-day (17th October) at Marlborough Police Court in connection with the remarkable charge of alleged conspiracy and forgery…

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Daring Burglary

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 2

A daring burglary was committed at Moss Vale on Friday night or early next morning, when the tobacconist shop of Mr. J. Wade was entered and goods to the value of…

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Burglary at Moss Vale

The Picton Post · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 4

Mr. J. Wade's tobacconist's shop at Moss Vale was broken into on Friday night or an early hour on Saturday morning, and between £30 and £40…

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Polite Court. Thursday, January 2. Before Messrs. C. Dann and A. W. Teale, J's.P. Driving Without Lights

The Picton Post · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 4

The Inspector of Nuisances (Mr. Jas Bell), on behalf of the Municipal Council, proceeded against Messrs. L. Nicolson jnr., W. L. Bollard, T…

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Murder by a Lover. Girl's Mother Tells the Story

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 6

A coroner's jury at Slough returned a verdict of wilful murder and felo-de-se on 13th November against Charles Ernest Squire, aged twenty-three,…

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With Fratricide. an Artist Is Charged

The Picton Post · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 3

Early yesterday morning (llth November) an artist named James Ansted, aged thirty-two, son of Mr Windsor Ansted, a man of independent means, residing…

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Police Court Saturday, January 18. Before Messrs. R. H. Antill. J.P.

The Picton Post · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 4

William Filzgerald pleaded guilty to drunkenness and was fined £1 on 14 days. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of resisting Constable Walsh…

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Moss Yale Police Court

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

The following cases were dealt with before Mr. Maitland, P.M., at the above court on Wednesday- Gale and Paine v. Mrs. M. C. Lawrence claim £2 16s 2d for professional fees.—The amount was…

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Murder by Perjury

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

The perjurer (under the Mosaic law) was to undergo the punishment which he sought to bring upon his innocent neighbor by his perjury. This is a much…

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London Police Courts. Amazing Forgery Story. Financial Agent Sent for Trial. Tale of a Request for Blank Cheques

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 7

An amazing story was told in evidence at the Mansion House on 24th September, when Guy Richard Preston, a financial agent, Tho Chatel, Ceodar road,…

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Police Court Thursday, January 23. Before Dr. Parry, J. P.

The Picton Post · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 4

P. H. Rofe was fined 5s. with 6s. costs, in default 24 hours, for allowing stock to stray on the streets of the municipality…

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Murder by a Lover. Girl's Mother Tells the Story

The Picton Post · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 3

A coroner's Jury at Slough returned a verdict of wilful murder and felo-dese on 13th November against Charles Ernest Squire, aged twenty-three…

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Scientist's Crime. Seized with Murder. Wife's Heroic Struggle

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 2

From Now York on 17th November the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:- Mr Lucian Marcus Underwood, an…

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The Venice Crime. a Charge of Murder. Countess Tarnowska

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 2

The trial (writes "Lloyd's Weekly" on 24th November) begins shortly, at Venice, of Countess Maria Nicolaevna Tarnowska, who, with two of her lovers…

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Stabbed to Death. Murder of Capetown Moneylender. a Cry in the Night

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 7

By the last mail from Capotown (reports "Lloyd's Weekly" of 24th November) comes the news of a mysterious and bloodthirsty tragedy…

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