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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Police Court. Thursday, January 30. Before Mr. J. W. McQuiggin, J. P.

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 5

Geo. Fergusson pleaded not guilty to riotous behaviour and obscene language. Constable Walsh gave evidence as…

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

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 3

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

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London Police. Constables Arrested. Charged with Pound with Jemmy and Skeleton Keys

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 3

Two constables stationed at the Victoria Dock, named Robert Gordon and William Cousins, were remanded at West Ham on Saturday, September 28th…

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The Military Court of Inquiry

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 7

"Now that the Military Court of Inquiry at Chelsea Barricks has concluded. its investigation into the case of Lieutenant Woods, at the 42nd…

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Court Tolstoi's Views on Wealth

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 2

What strikes us most in Count Tolstoi's letter in reply to Mr Rockefeller's question, "What shall I do with my fortune?" is the tendency to attach…

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Bowral Police Court

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

At the Bowral Police Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. H. Foord, A. Stephons, and J. Stokes, J's.P. Raymond S[?] Bnardman proceeded against Kasper Wallace Drescher for unlawful detention of a watch…

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The Military Court of Inquiry

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 7

"Now that tho Military Court of Inquiry at Chelsea Barracks has concluded its investigation into the case of Lieutenant Woods, of the 42nd…

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Local Government Brevities. From "The Magistrate."

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 4

Mrs. Mitchell (Warringah) was, on 3rd Jan., fined £2 for refusing to allow a sanitary [?]nspector to inspect the premises of J. L. Mitchell—also for setting a dog on the…

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Police Court. Wednesday, February 12. Before Mr. J. W. McQuiggin J.P.

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 4

Leslie McIntosh was charged with having a bicycle in his possession suspected og having been stolen. Constable Walsh deposed that he was in…

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

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 6

From New 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 Picton Post · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 6

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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Garrison Drama. the Allenstein Tragedy. Murder of Major Von Schoenebeck. Captain Von Goeben's Confession

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 6

The "Westminster Gazette" on 3rd January sports that Captain von Goeben's confession of the murder of Major von Schoenebeck, was wrested from him…

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Police Court. Thursday, February 27. Before Messrs. R. H. Antill and J. W. McQuiggin, J's.P

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 4

Charles Hanghton pleaded guilty to being drunk and discovery in the bar of the Sanatorium Hotel. The Oaks, and was fined 5s 24 hours…

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Camden Police Court. Thursday, February 27Th. (Before Mr. D. R. Jamieson, P.M.)

Camden News · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 8

Herbert Macleod was charged with the embezzlement of the sum of £42, the property of his employer, Mr John E Moore, trading as Betts and Co., storekeeper, Camden. Mr. F. R. Cowper…

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The New Police Magistrate

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

A meeting of magistrates was held on Monday at the Cooma courthouse to bid farewell to Mr. F. G. Galbraith, police magistrate there for seven years, who has…

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Routed by Robbers. the Swiss Police

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 6

From Geneva on 23rd December the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:- Four young Sicilians, aged from…

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Summoned to Court. Man Walks Forty Mtles. a Trumpery Matter

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 6

An extraordinary story of how Stephen O'Neill, a man of seventy-four, walked forty miles to answer a police-court summons was told at the…

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Police Court. Thursday, March 5

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

Before Messrs. C. Dunn and A. W. Teale, J's.P. Alfred Darlington v. Oxenbridge junr. No appearance of defendant…

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Anti-military Will. Chancery Court Decision

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 7

Mr Justice Swinfen Eady on Saturday, 21st December, decided an important question, raised under the will of Robert William Beard, of…

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Anti-military Will. Chancery Court Decision

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 7

Mr Justice Swinfen Eady on Saturday, 21st December, decided an important question, raised under the will of Robert William Beard, of…

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