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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

1,014 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 51

Murder Through Fear. a Double Tragedy. Due to Cowardice

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 6
Also in Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press

From Paris, on 24th December, the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wired:— A man named Jollbois, who shot dead…

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Albury Circuit Court. Tuesday, April 14, 1908. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 7

Patric John Byrne was arraigned on a charge of stealing a more, the property of Ray Bowman Pearce, at Burryjan, on February…

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Small Debts Court. (Before the P.M., and Messrs. T. Wise and W. Elliott J.P's

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 4

Langdon v Lawrence £2 15s. No appearance of either party. Struck out. Daniel McLeish v H. S. Wrathall…

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Albruy Circuit Court. Deputy Sheriff: Dr. Andrews Judge's Associate: Mr. W. K. S. Mackenzie Clerk of Arraigns. Crown Prosecutor: Mr. Henry Normand M'Laurin. Tuesday, April 13. Alleged Horsestealing. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 46

Patrick John By mo was charged with that he did at Burryjaa, N.S.W., on 13th February, 1903, steal one bay mare, property or Roy Pearce; there was a second…

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Dinizulu's Secret Trial. Removing a Magistrate. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

Diniziun, the Paramount Chief of the Zulus, who is being tried in secret at Pleteremaritzburg on a charge of disloyalty and incitement to murder, has applied for the…

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Police Court. Thursday, April, 16. (Before Mr B. P. P. Kemp, J.P )

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 2

John Edward Headly was lined 1s or imprisonment till the rising of the Court on a charge of drunkenness. For indecency Headly was fined 10s or two days’ in gaol…

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A Murder That Wouldn't Out. Change Open While Burial at Sea Is Practised

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

One April afternoon in 1887—it 'should' be mentioned that the dates, names, and other superficial details in this narrative are fictitious—two…

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The Deadly Umbrella. Man Charged with Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of the man William Welbourne, who died as the result of injuries to his eye, caused by the organ being pierced by an…

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Cooma Gaol Escapes Captured While Asleep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 43

The police for a fortnight have been scouring the country for Win. Johnson, who escaped from the Cooma Gaol on April 3. On Friday night they noticed a…

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Police Court. (Before W. E. Meek and F. Hoyle J.'sp.)

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

W. P. Conway (alias Bubs Conway) was charged with using obscene language in a public place at Tocumwal. He pleaded guilty…

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Power of Local Option Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 39

A question of some importance in connection, with the Liquor Act came before Mr. justice Pring in Chambers in Sydney on behalf of Francis Jones, of Broken Hill,…

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Berlin Court Scandal. Another Editor in Trouble. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

The Berlin Court Scandal has been brought before the public again in consequence of a fresh libel action having arisen…

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The Allendale Murder Young Girl Found in a Paddock. Resumption of the Inquest. Blood Stained Clothing Produced. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

The inquest on the young girl Lilian Bridger, 17 years old, who was brutally murdered in an open paddock at Allendale, 10 miles north of…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday, April 22, 1908. (Before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 6

A renewal of wine license was granted to William A. Martin, Corcen. A trainer of the license of the…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Sentenced for Indecent Assault

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

The two youths named Walter Stevens and Thomas Lang, who were found guilty with a strong recommendation to merey at the Darlinghurst Sessions, of indecently…

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Corowa Police Court. Monday, April, 27, 1908. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

Mary Ann Sullivan, charged with stealing a jacket and pair of boots, value £106 Fined [?]2 or 14days imprisonment. Fourteen days were…

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The Special Coal Court. Judge Heydon Retires. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

A telegram was received from Newcastle this morning announcing that Messrs. Forsythe and Bowling, two members of the special coal court, appointed…

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The Eight to Work. Union Secretary Charged. Plaintiff Nonsuited

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 6

At the local court, Port Adeladie, on Monday, the secretary of the Boller Makers and Tronbuildorn Society, Thompson Green, was sued for £250 damages by…

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Infant's Body Found. Coroner's Verdict. Wilful Murder

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

Some excitement was caused in Balranald on Saturday last, when it became known that the police, after considerable search, had discovered the…

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