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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

187 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 10 of 10

A Strange Murder

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 4

A girl named Hannah Kelly, a waitress employed at the Central Hotel, Annulate, was found dead in bed on Sunday morning with her…

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Murder "Diviner." Some Strange Questions

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 7

The "diviners" working on the scene of the murder of Mrs. Luard have already made a serious blunder, By the order of Mr. Wilkinson, of…

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Police Court. Monday, December 14. Before Hon. E. A. T. Pery, P.M., and Mr. V. Becke, J.P.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 2

John Henry Tonkin, aged 18, was charged with assaulting Stanley Tonkin, aged 14, on Sunday evening last. The mother gave evidence of the assault by the…

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Poisoned by Arsenic a Murder Trial. Recalls the Maybrick Case

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 12

The little Assize Court at Appleby, Westmorland, was crowded on 28th June during the hearing of a murder trial which, In some respects, recalls the…

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New Zealand Attempted Murder

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 4

Maud Buchanan, a married woman, has been committed for trial at Invercargill, New Zealand, on a charge of attempting to murder Vera McKay,…

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Equity Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 3

In the Equity Court last week, before Mr. Justice Simpson, Chief Judge in Equity, a suit was heard of Robert James Robinson against John…

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MacNamara V. Martin. Before the High Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 10

MR.GORDON, K.C., and Dr. Brissenden, instructed by Mr.H.F. M'Kay, of Coffs Harbour, (by his agents, Messrs, Colquhoun and Bassett),…

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Equity Court. Sydney Wednesday, Dec 16. Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, Chief Judge in Equity. ROBINSON v. SUMMERVILLE

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 9

Mr. Loxton and Mr. Cowen, instructed by Mr. D. Cowan, of Taree (by his agent, Mr. F. C. Petrie), appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. J. M. Harvey, instructed by M. C. M. Boyce…

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