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Courts & crime, 1908

1,014 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 51

The Waterside Strike. Attitude of Employers Federation. No Strike Pay Distributed. Two Carters Dissatisfied. Arbitration Court Proceedings. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 5

No steps were taken by the Employers' Federation this morning in the direction of supporting the coastal steamship companies in their fight with the Wharf Laborers'…

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A Murder Charge

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

Joseph Rossiter was to-day committed for trial on a charge of shooting at Paddington on February 29 a woman named Mary Williams with intent…

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Special Mining Court

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

The commission appointing the special mining court to inquire into duferences exicting in the coal trade at Newcastle, will expire on April a next,…

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Dog in Court. an Amusing Test. Rival Owners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 3

Mr Curtis Bennett, at the Westminster Police Court on 10th January, was called upon to decide the ownership of an Irish terrier, the rival claimants being…

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The Roughs of Paris. Canine Police Aids. How They Work

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 3

In spite of frost and snow there was a fair attendance of interested persons on the Vincennes racecourse on Monday, 6th January, when a…

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Police Court. Saturday, March 28. (Before Mr J. I, Shropshire, P.M.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

Phillip Ledgerwood was fined 5/- or 24 hours’ imprisonment for drunkenness. James Burke, alias James Watt, was sentenced to three months’…

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Scene in Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

The following aneedote of an emi[?] lawyer is said to be literally true, The gentleman in question who was then quite young, was…

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Simplicity at Court

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

Simplicity is the rule of the Court at Athens. The captain of an American warship was once asked to dinner by King George, and rather…

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Cablegrams. the Knave of Diamonds. Takes the First Truck. Lemoine Released From Gaol. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

Lemome, the French engineer, who has been under arrest at Paris on a charge of defrauding Sir Julius Wernher (partner in the De Beers Diamond Co.) of £61,000…

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Rioting in Rome. Heaving Bricks During a Funeral. Police Shoot Down Mourners. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

Serious rioting has occurred in the streets of Rome in connection with the funeral of a working man. The police directing the traffic ordered…

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The Knave of Diamonds. and the Card Up His Sleeve. Proceeding in Bow-street. Magistrate Orders Him Up. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 3

Following almost immediately on the release by the French court of Lemoine, the French engineer who was arrested at Paris on a charge of defrauding Sir. Jullus…

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Daysdale Police Court. Thursday, April 2, 1908. (Before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 3

Mary McCarthy v. George Smyth, for illegal detention of waggon. Case dismissed. Mary McCarthy v. William…

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Local Option Court. Five Hotels Closed at Redfern

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

The sittings of the special local option court were coatimuted to day and evidence was taken concerning the dotels in Reddern. The court decided, in…

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Daysdale Small Debts Court. Thursday, April 2, 1908. (Before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 3

William A. Quin v. T. L. Pascoe, claim of £18171 for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff and 6, costs…

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Albury Warden's Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 6

Before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M., Wardon, yesterday, William Frolg and Co., [?], applied for a prospecting aron of 20 seres for mining [?] on the Stony Park…

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Chiltern Insolvency Court

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

At the Chiltern [?] Court to-day, [?] Honor Judge [?] Joseph S. Williams, of Rutherglon,…

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Balranald Small Debts Court

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 2

At the above court on Thursday morning, before Mr J. L. Shropshire, P.M., and J. A. L'Hotellier, J.P., W. A. Todd sued Henry Hearl, charging…

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Chiltern County Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 6

The Chiltern County Court was opened to-day, His Honor Judge Eagleson presiding. Henry D[?] V. Denis Martin;…

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More Cattle Driving. Encounter Between Raiders and Police, London

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

A mob of several hundred cattle, which were being depastured on a farm at Elphin, county Roscommon, have been successfully driven by Irish cattle raiders…

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Murder and Suicide. a Goldfields Sensation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 29

On Saturday night a miner named Peter Cromeri, employed at the Ivanhoe mine, and living in King-street, Boulder City (W.A.), murdered his wife with a, revolver, and…

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