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Courts & crime, 1907

1,267 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 64

Beechworth Assize Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 3

At the Assize Court on Thursday, before his Honour, Judge Hodges. frank Kent was indicted for the alleged larceny of money from Mrs. Morrison, of…

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Accident to a Police Inspector

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 3

Sub-Inspector Alexander Gray, of Bendigo, was found dying insensible on the roadway in Williamson-street soon after 12 o'clock on Saturday night…

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A Clairvoyant in Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 2

The unusual scene of a woman in a trance was witnessed on Friday at the Central Police Court, Sydney. Mary Scales, who was proceeded…

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Wahguhyah Police Court. Saturday, March 23, 1907. (Before Messrs, R. Kilborn and J. Pearce. Js. P.) Riotous Behavior

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 3

Peter Nugent and Denis Myles were charged with riotous behaviour. The charge against Myles was withdrawn, and Nugent was fined 5s., in default 48 hours…

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Famine in China. Robbery, Murder, Incendiarism. Port Darwin

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 4

News by mail from the East states that the famine in North China is working desperate havoc, and reports from the various centres emphasise the…

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Buthergleh Police Court. Friday, 22Nd March. (Before Mr. R. J. Barrows and Dr. R. J, Barris, Js. P.) Insulting Behaviour

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 3

George De Manual was charged with behaving in an insulting manner. Constable Jones stated that on the previous day he found accused behaving in a strange…

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Albury Licensing Court Booth Licenses Granted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 3

Mr Thos. H. Griffith J.P., deputy Licensing Magistrate, presided at the Albury Licensing Court yesterday, in the absence of Mr C. E. Osfear P.M…

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WANGARATTA. Monday. Court of Petty Sessions

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 3

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Saturday, before Messrs. Phillipson and Pinkerton, J's.P., George McKenzie was charged with being found…

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Murder in Morocco. French Doctor Killed. for Practising Wireless Telegraphy. by a Fanatical Mob. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 2

A fanatical mob at Marakeesh 7in Morocco, enraged at the action of a French doctor named Mauchamps, who was conducting a series of experiments…

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The Thaw Murder Trial. a Commission in Lunacy. Affidavit by Thaw's Mother. Denies That He Is Insane. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 2

Mr Sustice Fitzgerald sat without a jury on Saturday as a Commission to consider certain affidavits bearing on the mental state of Harry Thaw, the…

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WANGARATTA. Tuesday. Court of Petty Sessions

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 March 1907 · page 2

At the Wangaratta Court of Petty Sessions to-day before Messrs. J. Trotman and W.K. Allan, J's.P. James Sullivan was charged with…

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Illicit Drink Traffic. Police and Publicans. Connive in New York. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 March 1907 · page 5

A sensation has been caused in New York in connection with, the keeping open of drinking saloons during prohibited hours, and the…

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Cablegrams. Moorish Fanatics. Murder in Morocco the Stoning of Dr. Mauchamp France Demands Reparation. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 March 1907 · page 5

Following upon the stoning to death (and afterwards repeatedly stabbing the body) of Dr. [?]auchamp at Marakeesh, the southern capital of…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. a Murder Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 March 1907 · page 3

The hearing of the case in which George Longson was charged with the murder of Ruby Heron on December 11 last was concjuded to-day. The…

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WANGARATTA. Wednesday. "Wanted" by the Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 March 1907 · page 3

A case-fortunately unusual in this town-has just come under police notice. which deserves mention. A man named J. A. Heatherwood, formerly…

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Cablegrams. the Thaw Murder Trial, Prisoner's Mental Condition. Commission in Lunacy Appointed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 March 1907 · page 3

Mr Justice Fitzgerald, who sat without a jury to hear affidavits filed by Mr Jerome, prosecuting attorney in the case in which Harry Thaw is…

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The Whiteley Murder. Rayner Sentenced to Death. London, March 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 42

The trial of Horace George Rayner for the murder of Mr. William Whiteley, the "universal provider," by shooting him in his office in Westbourne-grove on January…

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The Whiteley Murder. Rayner Sentenced to Death. London, Mar. 23

The Independent · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 1

The trial of Horace George Rayner for the murder of Mr. William Whiteley, the " universal provider," by shooting him in his office in…

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Ill-Treating Natives. German Farmer Sentenced

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 46

From time to time accusations have been made against the Germans in South-West Africa of ill-treatment of the natives, and a definite case has now been sheeted home…

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Corowa Police Court. Monday, March 25, 1927. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 7

Thos. Williams, a stranger, was fined 10s or two hours' imprisonment for using indecent language…

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