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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

144 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 6 of 8

Penalty of Humor. a Magistrate Dismissed

The Picton Post · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 3

Lemoine's latest victim (says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily News" is M. Lc Poittevin, who has been dismissed from his post as…

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The Murder in Saltashe Wood. [All rights reserved by the proprietors of The Camden News. Uamden. N.S.W.]

Camden News · Thursday 17 September 1908 · page 1

We all called him "Skin o' my Tooth.;" his friends, who were few; his clients, who were many; and I, his confidential clerk, solus—and very proud I am to hold that…

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The Murder in Saltashe Wood. [All rights reserved by the proprietors of Camden News, Camden, N.S.W ] Continued

Camden News · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 1

"To my intense amazement he showed me these cheques, and then and there accused me of having forged my brother's name and appropriated the firm's money to my own…

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Police Court. Thursday, September, 24. Before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, P.M.

The Picton Post · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 4

Andy Potter, charged with disobeying a summons served on him on the 23rd May, 1906, pleaded guilty. Constable Coleman said that the…

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An "Apache" Trial. the Victim Rescued. for a Legal, Court

The Picton Post · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 7

The "Apaches" or hooligans of Paris habitually employ the death penalty as a measure of discipline among themselves, ruthlessly…

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The Murder in Saltashe Wood [All rights reserved by The proprietors of The Camden News, Camden, N.S.W] Continued

Camden News · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 1

From that moment Skin o' my Tooth was a transformed being. He always when he has got a case 'well in hand,' as be calls it. He certainly possesses a weird faculty…

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Rigid Discipline. How Suffragists Fare in Gaol

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 7

Mr Curran, M.P., visited Holloway Prison the other morning accompanied by Mr H. L. Mosen, whose wife, Mrs Lily Mosen, was sentenced with the…

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Lion's Glass Eye. Operation at Earl's Court

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 7

Perhaps the proudest lion in the world is Nero, the "Boss of the Jungle," at the Earl's Court Exhibition. He has the unique distinction…

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An "Apache" Trail. the Victim Rescued. for a Legal Court

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 2

The "Apaches" or hooligans of Paris habitually employ the death penalty as a measure of discipline among themselves, ruthlessly stab…

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Rigid Discipline. How Suffragists Fare in Gaol

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 2

Mr Curran, M.P., visited Holloway Prison the ether morning accompanied by Mr H. L. Mosen, whose, wife, Mrs Lily Mosen, was sentenced with the…

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Lion's Glass Eye. Operation at Earl's Court

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 2

Perhaps the proudest lion in the world is Nero, the "Bose of the Jungle," at the Earl's Court Exhibition. Be has the unique distinction…

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Murdered Banker. Police Make Dramatic Arrest. Naked Assassins. Prisoner Describes the Crime

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 2

Public interest in the crime of the Hue de la Pepiniere, news of which we received by telegram last month, where, it wail be remembered, a retired…

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Police Court. MONDAY, 5th OCTOBER. Before Messrs. R. H. Antill and J. W, McQuiggin, J's.P

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 4

John Thomas Slaven was charged with having no lawful visible means of support. Accused pleaded not guilty…

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Dog Detectives. Airedale Terriers. Used by Hull. Police

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 3

From Hull, on 5th July, the correspondent of the London "Dally News' wrote:— Police dogs have been tried at Hull for…

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Murdered Banker Police Make Dramatic Naked Assassins. Prisoner Describes the Crime

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 2

Public intercut in the crime of the Rue de is Pepiniere, news of which we received by telegram last month, whore, it wall be remembered, a…

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Salvation Army Sale of Work Opened by Hon. W. McCOURT

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 2

The Sale of Work, in aid of the Salvation Army Self Denial Fund, took place on Monday night last in the Oddfellows' Hall, Bowral. There was a large gathering…

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Woman Dies by Gas. Police Puzzled. Supposed Broken Jet

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 3

The circumsances surrounding, the death of Mrs Marlon Mathews, who was found unconscious in her room at 276 Huron street yesterday morning, are…

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Women in Gaol. Countess Russell on Their Clothes

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 3

The Counters Russell writes to the "Daily News" of August 1. Your paper has always been open to anyone anxious to bring wrong-doing…

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Police Court. Thursday, October 29th, 1908. Before Mr. F. H.Galbraith, P.M.

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 4

Henry Hill, senr., and George Hill were charged in company with stealing 221bs. of bran of the value of 1s 6d, the property of Mr. C. H. Pickard, of…

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"Infectious Insanity." the Yacht Club Murder Case

The Picton Post · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 3

From New York on Angust 19 the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— Captain Hains, who is in prison for…

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