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Courts & crime, 1907

1,267 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 64

Accident to a Police Officer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 5

A serious accident happened to -day to Inspector-General gervin of the police Department. While stepping of a tram he fell and broke his leg it is…

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Cablegrams. the Murder Whitely Verdict of Wilful Murder. a Peculiar Development. Is Rayner Whiteley's Son? London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 2

The inquest on the body of the late William Whiteley has been held. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against Rayner…

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Albury Small Debts Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 5

Before the P.M. yesterday T. H. Mate & Co.. Ltd., proceeded against W. Gardiner to recover £3/17/ for goods sold and delivered…

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Millionaires and Murder the Trial of Henry Thaw. Difficulty in Obtaining a Jury. Three Hundred Men Summoned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 5

Great difficulties still [?] the trial of Henry Thaw, the Pittsburg millionaire, for the murder of Stanford White a millionaire architect, in a…

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Turkish Secret Police. Extortion and Robbery

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

The German Government is demanding the punishment of Fehit Pasha, chief of the secret police at the Yildiz palace in Constantinople…

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St David's Presbyterian Church Annual Meeting of Congregation a [?] Court to Be Established

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 3

The annual meeting of the congregation of St. David's Presbyterian Church was held in the School Hall last evening. The Rev. J. J. Jackson presided ant there…

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Cablegrams. the Murder of Whiteley Two Gay Old Boys. the Mystery of Louisa and Who Was the Father of the Child Whiteley or Rayner? London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

The mystery surrounding the birth of Rayner the man who shot dead Wm. Whiteley, is still attracting attention…

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Barham Police Court JANUARY 29. (Before the P.M.)

The Independent · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

Theophilus, Richard McConnell was charged with failure to suppress and destroy rabbits. He pleaded not guilty, and proved a certain amount of work done, and…

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Murder Approved. a Jury's Verdict

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 6

The aquittal of a dock laborer named Jaiba on a charge of murdering his employer, M. August Mendl, at Braila, practically means that…

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Strike on the Sonoma Fifty Strikers Sentenced. Four Weeks' Imprisonment

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 3

A strike occurred on the steamer Sonoma on Wednesday, just as she was about to sail for San Francisco, and her departure has been delayed. The…

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Cablegrams. the Murder of Whiteley Will of the Victim. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

The late William Whiteley has made some handsome bequests to the charities. In his will he has bequeathed a sum…

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The Father Gapon Mystery. Count Witte and the Court

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 5

With reference to the inquiry now proceeding on the Capon mystery, the "Tribune's" St. Petersburg correspondent sought an interview with…

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Troubles in Russia. the Daily Assassination. Another Police Official. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 2

The revolutionaries in Russia seem to experience not the slightest difficulty in keeping up their average of one assination per day…

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When a Millionaire Commits Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

The empanelling of the jury for the Shaw murder case has now been completed. All the younger men have been…

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Daysdale Police Court. Thursday, January 31,1907. (Before Messrs. W. II. Castle and J. G. Johnston, Js. P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 3

R. H. Bow was fined 1- or imprisonment till the rising of the court, for being drunk, and 10 or 7 days imprisonment for using…

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Cablegrams. Blackmailing Turkish Official Chief of Police at Yildiz Palace. Denounced by Britain and Germany. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

Further evidence of the blackmailing, cruelty, and extortion practised by Fehim Pasha, Chief of the Secret Police at the Yildiz Palace at…

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Release of Prisoners. Charged with Excessive Zeal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 2

Owing to all the prisoners and fortresses in Warsaw being filled to overflowing, the Governor of the Provinces has ordered the release of all prisoners…

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Wahgunyah Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday, 2Nd February. (Before Mr. J.W. Beaven,P.M.)

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 3

Joseph Nugent v James J. Nugent, claim for money paid, £4 17s 6d. Order for amount, with 2s 6d costs. Joseph Nugent v Edward Daniel…

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Police Cases

The Independent · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 4

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before the Police Magistrate, a man named John Hall alias John Coulter was charged with attempting to steal…

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Police Cases

The Independent · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before the Police Magistrate, a man named John Hall alias John Coulter was charged with attempting to steal…

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