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Courts & crime, 1908

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Sir George Lewis's Note Paper. Further Police Court Proceedings. Prisoners Committed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 7
Also in The Riverine Grazier

Further evidence was taken to-day (17th October) at Marlborough Police Court in connection with the remarkable charge of alleged conspiracy and forgery…

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Murder in a Shop. Debtor Shoots Bailiff

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 21

Newtown, a populous suburb or Sydney, was the scene of a tragedy on Wednesday, a bailiff named Henry Sullivan being shot dead by Henry Prince…

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Corpse in a Swamp. a Murder in New Jersey. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 2

Albert Thompson, an English mechanic, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering on Christmas night a beautiful young women whose body…

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Revision Court

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 2

Mr F. W. Garstang, P.M., sat as a Revision Court yesterday, and revised the lists of electors for the Windouran and Conargo Shires and for the…

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Cablegrams. the Thaw Murder Trial. When a Millionaire Members. [?] Harry Chaw's Second Trail. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 2

[?] being mentioned in the [?] Thaw, the [?] when second for the [?]…

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The Goal Strike. Matter Before the Goal Court. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 2

The strike at home of the [?] was still in full swing to-day Four colliorios comprised in the [?] series, vizal [?]…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. the Robbery at Borlern's. Four Men Before the Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 January 1908 · page 3

Four men, named respectively [?] Simments, & years at age, a earier, Waller [?], 33, labourer, Edward Barledy, 36, [?]…

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The Burglary at Horderns

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3

The firth man, who was arrested in connection with the robbery of lowed lery from Hordern's Eroporium. Brick held Hill. on New Year a Day, was…

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Murder and Suicide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3

It is reported from West Australia that a murder, closely followed by the suicide of the murderer, occurred yesterday afternoon at Wyein, near Ounderdin. A man…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Brutal Assault on a Woman

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3

News has just been received of a brutal crimined as ault which was committed upon Mr. William Beals, who resaides with her husband at…

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Cablegeams. the Thaw Murder Trim. Pley of [?] LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 2

Mr. Martin W. L[?] the capable and bullied lawyer who has been an [?] for the delence of [?]. Thaw in [?] sound said for the murder in a New…

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Balranald Court House. the Year's Transactions

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 2

We are indebted to the court[?]y of Mr F. D. H. Sutherland (acting clerk of petty sessions for the following figures, representing the transactions…

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Charged Breaks Down. London, January 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 45

At this stage Mr. Plowden, the presiding magistrate, asked Mr. Atherley Jones, counsel for the prosecution, what impression Dr. Pepper's very remarkable…

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Berlin Scandals. Herr Harden Sentenced. London, January 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 42

The second trial of Herr Maximilian Harden, editor of the "Zukunft," before the superior Court in Berlin, on a charge of criminally slandering Count Kuno Von Moltke…

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Police Night Raid

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 43

There are still indications that the Zulu trouble is not yet over A body of police made a night raid on a rebel hiding place, and captured a dozen armed men. It is…

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Revision Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 21

Mr. C. E. Oslear, Police Magistrate, held an electoral revision court in connection with the Hume Shire on Monday. The business was purely formal, several new names…

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The Henty Burglary. a Young Man's Pluck. Eulogised by the P.M.

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 19

The man James Donald, who was arrested Under sensational circumstances on December 26th at Henty on a charge of breaking into the premises of Messrs. Bartsch and Paech,…

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Municipal Revision Court. An Alderman Disfranchised

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

The revision court for the Municipality of Hay was held at the Courthouse at 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday, before Mr. Harcourt Holcombe, P.M…

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A Land Case—High Court Decision

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 3

The High Court delivered judgement recently in the appeal O'Keele v. Wilhame, in which the appellan's Edward O'Keefe, John O'Keele, Andrew S…

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