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Courts & crime, 1907

1,267 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 64

An Infernal Murder. by an Infernal Machine. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 3

An extraordinary dynamite outrage is reported from New Jersey, U.S.A. A magistrate of Paterson named Cortesse received as infernal machine…

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The Thaw Murder Trial. a Woman's Sacrifice. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

A great impression has been made by the evidence Riven by the wife of Harry Thaw, the New York millionaire, who is now being tried for the murder of Stanford White…

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Balrabald Police Court. (Before Mr. T. H. Boyntcn, J.P.)

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 5

Ebam Richardson.—Charged with indecent language and fined LI, in default seven days' imprisonment. MONDAY…

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Police Ammunition

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 2

It has recently been reported that a policeman, in a chase after two…

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Murder of an Englishwoman. in Rhenish Prussia

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 5

Miss Lake, a young Englishwoman, was murdered in a wood near Essen, in Rhenish Prussia, in October last, but the Police failed to arrest the murderer…

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Police V. Peter. Conviction Quashed

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 2

The appeal by Nicholas Peter against the decision of the Hay police magistrate in a prosecution by the police under the Liquor Act was finally…

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Troubles in Russia Attempt to Murder Count. Witte. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 2

Another attempt has been made upon the life of Count Witte, formerly Prime Minister of Russia. An infernal machine with clockwork…

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Cablegrams. General Cables. a Gaol-breaking Feat. a Twenty-one Foot Corridor Excavated. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 2

Ten prisoners who were confined in a gaol at St. Petersburg for political offences escaped under extraordinary circumstances…

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Jerilderie Police Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 5

At the police Court, on Monday last, before the P.M., the case of Clarence Alexander Kennedy, for disobeying an order of the Court made…

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Modern Burglary. the Fight Between Safe-makers and Safe-breakers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 3

The struggle between safe-maker and safe-breaker has been going on for more than a hundred years; every step which the one has advanced has been quietly…

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Licensing Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 5

Before the P.M. and Mr. T. Wise, on Monday last, Edward McGrady applied for a, renewal of his annual publican's license. The police…

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Magistrate's Fate. Killed by Infernal Machine. London, February 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 43

A tragedy has occurred in the city of Paterson, in New Jersey, U.S.A., which is believed to have been instigated by a revengeful feeling on the part of some of…

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WANGARATTA. Thursday. Electoral Revision Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 3

Mr. J. W. W. Beaven, Judge of the Revision Court, sat at the Court House to-day to revise the ratepayers and general lists for the Wangaratta Division of…

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The Father Gapon Mystery. Count Witte and the Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 7

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

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Albury District Court. Wednesday, February 13. (Before His Honor Judge Rogers.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 46

W. Wiesner and Co. v. M. Hannan claim for £33/7/5, goods sold and delivered. Mr. Tietyens for plaintiff and Mr…

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Cablegrams. Female Suffrage the House of Commons Demonstration. Women Before the Police Court. Fifty-eight to Go to Gaol. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 2

The Liberal newspapers, the "Tribune," "Chronicle," and "Daily, News," complain of police brutalities in connection with the Women's…

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Russian Police Story

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 4

Some years ago one of the leading Russian diplomatists found, on his return home from a great dinner party in St. Petersburg, that his…

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A Revengeful Murder. Shot Dead for Treachery

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 5

The Moroccan ribesman Ben Man[?] who recently deserted Raisull, and joined the Sultan's" forces has been shot dead in revenge for his…

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Rabbit-Proof Fencing. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. v. Larcombe. Appeal Upheld by Full Court

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 2

A telegram was received from Sydney yesterday announcing that the Full Court had sustained the appeal (with costs) of C. H. Larcombe against the…

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The Essen Murder. Another Man Arrested. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 February 1907 · page 2

A canor named Bayeri has been arrested on a charge of being an accomplice in murder of Miss Madeline Lake in a wood near Essen…

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