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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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High Court of Bravery. Royal Humane Society

Nambucca News · Friday 16 July 1909 · page 2

There are some windows in London which wear the look of old pictures, hanging on the walls and looking down at the modern traffic of the street with…

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Kempsey Police Court. On Friday, before the P.M.

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 22 July 1909 · page 4

Billy Robinson, an aboriginal, was charged with having entered the Kempsey Hospital with intent to commit a felony. Constable Coates deposed to arresting…

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Murder in a Cab. Princes Chaplain Stabbed

Nambucca News · Friday 23 July 1909 · page 7

From Rome, on 25th June, a correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" writes:-- A terrible crime was committed here…

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A Fight for Life. Terrorist Attempts to Murder Russian Police Chief

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 3

A desperate attempt was recently made to kill Colonel von Kotten, Chief of the Moscow police, at a hotel in the Rue Bolivar, in the Buttes-Chaumont…

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Miss Camp's Murder Ten-year-old Crime. a Soldier S Confession

Nambucca News · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 8

During yesterday afternoon (5th April) London was started to learn that a confess ion had been made o: the murder of Miss Camp. The facts…

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Dug His Own Grave. Murder by a Priest: Capture and Confession

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 14

The town of Sarajevo is greatly excited over the discovery of a murder which has been committed by a Mohammedan priest named Hamdo Oruo…

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High Court of Bravery. Royal Humane Society

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 12

Harold Begble writes in the "London Daily Mail" :— There are some windows in London which wear the look of old pictures,…

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Police Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 6

At the Kempsey Police Court on Monday, before the P.M., Arthur Jarrett, for indecent language, was fined 10s, or seven days In the…

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Our Institutions. Darlinchurst Gaol

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 8

Clang I Bang and thE big iron gates of Darlinghurst Gaol shut upon us, making us voluntary prisoners pro tem. We were shut in hard and fast…

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After Twenty-three Years. Confession of Bygone Murder

Nambucca News · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 7

Considerable sensation was caused in Durham on 5th April, when it became known that a man named Appleton, who at Yarmouth confessed to the murder of…

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Bank Manager Sentenced

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 11

Alfred Jacobs, late manager of the Bank of Adelaide at Caltourie (S.A.) has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for embezzlement…

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The Horsham Murder

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 7

At the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at Warrnambool on Wednesday, Albert Hay and Martha Cox presented for trial before Mr…

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Trunk Mystery. Child Murder in America

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 6

The New York correspondent of the London Drily Telegraph wrote on 4th October:— Another trunk mystery, this time at…

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Murder in a Cab. Prince's Chaplain Stabbed

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 5

From Rome, on 25th June, a correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" writes:— A terrible crime was committed here to-day by an anarchist named Augusto Desantis. Don Antonio Corsi, chaplain to Prince Doria, was driving in an open…

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Police Court

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 4

On Monday, before Mr. E. Gomm, J.P., Neil Johnson, for drunkenness, was fined is or the rising. Dennis Sherry, for drunkenness, was fined £1…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 5

At Kempsey Police Court, on Friday, before the P.M. and Mr. J. W. Wilson, J.P. ALLAN MCILWAIN was charged with having at Clybu[?]a stolen one strawberry bullock…

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Forger's Hidden Revolver How Barmash Outwitted the Police

Nambucca News · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 8

When Solomon Barmash, the notorious forger, shot himself in his cell at Newgate, after the sentence of fifteen years' penal servitude had been passed upon…

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Small Debts Court

Nambucca News · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 4

Frank Elias V. M. Fleming, claim £23 18s 5d goods sold and delivered. Postponed until next court on account of no particulars being furnished with the…

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Relic of a Crime. the Flat Murder Trial

Nambucca News · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 7

On April 27 the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from Vienna:-- There was again a crowded court…

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Mitchell v. Brown. High Court of Australia

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 9

Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Barton, Mr, Justice O'Connor, and Mr, Justice Isaa[?]s. Mr. J. L. Campbell (instructed by…

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