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Courts & crime, 1908

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Blackball Mine Dispute Arbitration Court Proceeding. Recovering From a Union. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 5

The legal proceedings in connection with the dispute at the Blackball mines have reached an interesting stage. One of the miners, a man named Hickey…

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The Cooma Burglary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 18

There was some little excitement among the spectators at the Cooma police court, when William Johnson, who had escaped from prison and was recaptured a fortnight…

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Amusing Scene in a Police Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 4

It was at the police court. A witness for the defence had been examined, when the prosecuting solicitor stood up to crush him…

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The Cooma Gaol Brea[?] Johnson's Further Sentences

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 3

Johncon, the pr[?] who brekr[?]anol at Cooma recentily and gave great difficulty over his reeap[?] while serving a sentence for five years…

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Charge of Child Murder. Young Woman Arrested

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 43

After a search made on Saturday the police discovered the body of an infant buried in the gully, about half a mile from Balranald. The mother of the child, Margaret…

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Wahgunyah Police Court. Saturday, April 25, 1908. (Before Mr. Joseph Pearce and Mr. R. Kilborn, Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 7

The following parents were prosecuted by the police for not having their children vaccinated: -- D. C. W. Kuschert, Robert H. Nation…

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English Suffragettes Attack Parliament Repulsed by Police

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

The Suffragettes who, under the auspices of the Women's Social and Political Union, are holding a three days Parliament of Women at Caxton Hall…

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English Suffragettes. Attack Parliament. Repulsed by Police

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 8

The Suffragettes who, under the auspices of the Women's Social and Political Union, are holding a three days' Parliament of Women at Caxton Hall,…

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A Ghastly Murder. Latest American Sensation. Created by Septuagenarians. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

A herrible murder tragedy, containing more than usually abhorrent features, is reported in advices received from New york to-day…

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Alleged Murder

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 2

Marian Smith, who was arrested at Surrey Hills on a charge of having murdered May Spears, about March first last, has been remanded for a week…

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Police Court. Monday, April 27. (Before Messrs. O. Wilshire and J Kelly, Js.P.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 2

William Mitchell pleaded guilty to a charge of ill-treating a horse by driving it in a vehicle while the animal was suffering from sore shoulders. A fine of…

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Simplicity at Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 3

Simplicity in the rule of the Court at Albens. The captain of an American [?]ship was once asked to dinner by King George, and rather…

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How [?] Police Exycey Confessions. [?] Convictions with B[?] Light and [?] Organs

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 3

It is not much note than a century and a ball since English prisoners who refused to confess were tortured until they spoke or died. So late as…

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The Allendale Murder. Inquest on Lilian Bridger. More Sensational Developments. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 May 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 mile north of…

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Konongwootong Estate. Special Court Fixes Price at £10 A/

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 3

The decision of the Victorian Lamds Compensation Court in the case of the Konongwootong South Estate was dollvored on Thursday, in the Second Civil Court…

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Cablegrams. Native Reprisals. Bomb Outrage in India. a Magistrate Aimed At. Missile Misses Its Mark. an Englishwoman Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

A dastardly outrage has been committed at Muzaffarpur a luge town in Bengal India. H[?] mile north east of Patna. A Mrs. Kennedy and her daughter were…

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Charged with Riotous Behavious

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 2

A drover named Ma[?] Jones we last night arrested by Sergt. Black [?] and Const. Kersley on a charge of [?]…

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The Allendale Murder. Inquest on Lilian Bridger, the Bloodstained Clothes. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 3

The inquest on the body of the young girl Lillan Bridger, 17 yours old, which was found with the thront out in an open…

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Berlin Court Scandals. Charges Against Eulenberg. Revival of the Prosecutions London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 2

Apparently the last has by no months been heard of the Berlin court Scandals, which caused such a forment in Germany last year…

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Attempted Wife Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 5

A cook named Louis Stephen Despoges, 29 years of age, was charged at the police court to-day with shooting at his wife with intent at…

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