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Courts & crime, 1908

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Corowa Small Debts Court. Wednesday, May 20, 1908. (Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 7

G. Smyth v. James Moffat, claim for £7610; Coreen Shire Council garnishee. Mr. F. A. Currie appeared for the…

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Barnawartha Sheepstealers Sentenced

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 2

At the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at Benalla, before the Chief Justice, the trial of Ralph Cheesley, of Barnawartha, charged with having stolen four…

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Robbing the Poor. Eight Mile-end Guardians Charged with Conspiracy. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 2

Eight members of the Board of Guardians of the Mile-End Workhouse, and two ex-members, have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy for aiding and…

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Cablegrams. Votes for Women. Electoral Reform Bill. Suffragettes Pester the Prime Minister. Six Sent to Gaol. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 2

A band of twenty suffragettes gathered outside the official residence of the Prime Minister in D[?]ing street yesterday morning and demanded a more definite…

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Taylor V. Jameson. Appeal Against Refusal of New Trial. Supreme Court Proceedings

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 2

Before the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Cohen and Mr Justice Sly, in the Supreme Court in Sydney on Monday, Mr Pike and Mr E. Milner Stephen,…

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American Murder Farm. the Laborer Lamphere Indicted. for the Murder of Belle Guinness. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 2

The tremondous sensation created throughout American by the fearful discoveries of nearly a score of corpses either buried or burnt on a farm at…

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Local Option Court Decision Challenged

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 2

An appeal to the Sydney Full Court which promises extensive [?]tigation was no Friday the subject of an application by Mr. Ralston, K.C. The motion is one on…

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Berlin Court Scandal. Harden's Appeal Successful. Another Re-trial Ordered. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 2

The German Reichsgericht (Imperial Court for appellate jurisliction) at Lelpsig, has quashed the sentence injured on Herr Harden, editor of the "Zu[?]ft,"news…

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Theft of Tobacco and Cigarettes

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 2

William Robertson, a commercial traveller, was charged before the police court with stealing tobacco and money, valued at a thousand pounds…

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Special Coal Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 5

Mr. Charlton, M.L.A. (North[?]land), waited on the Premier, Mr. Wade, this afternoon, with regard to the great unrest and uncertainly…

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Collecting From Shearers. A.w.u. Shed Representative Charged

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 3

Joseph Aaron Boyd was charged at the Sydney Water Police Court recently with having embezzled 10 and 15s, the property of the Australian…

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Telegrams. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Sydney, Tuesday. Assault Upon a Girl

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 2

Lizzie Mack, a servant girl employed by Mr Harrison, near Centennial Park, reports that last night, while the family were at dinner, she went out to…

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Court-martialled in Russia. Sensational Crimes Recalled. Punishment of Revolutionaries. Four Persons Sentenced to Death. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 2

An important trial by court-martial has been concluded in Russia A number of revolutionaries were presented on charges of being concerned in…

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Death of Alexander Brown. Due to Arsenic Poisoning. Jane Baikie Committed for Trail. Charged with Murder. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 4

Further evidence was taken to-day in connection with the death of Alexander Brown, whose body was exhumed at Waverly Cemetery by the…

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The Bendigo Murder. Manning to Be Executed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 41

After full consideration, tho Victorian Government has confirmed the sentence of death passed upon John Charles Manning by Mr. Justice Cussen for the murder of his wife at…

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Historic Names in Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 2

An old combination of famous names chanced to be in the list of cases. before Mr. Paul Taylor at Marylehone Police Court recently, First came Oliver Cromwell…

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Charges Against Lamphere. Murder and Incendiarism. London, May 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 43

The coroner's investigations into the mysterious murders which were committed at the farm-house of Mrs. Guinness, at Laporte, Indiana, have resulted in the…

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Accused Before the Court Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 2

In the City Court, to-day before Mr. Cesswell, P.M. and a bench of honorary magistrates, father and son were charged with stealing 49 hider…

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Special Coal Court. Teralba Miners Anxious for Its Resumption

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 3

Considerable unrest is being show among the miners in the Teralba district in regard to the suspension of the sittings of the special coal court…

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An Amusing Scene. a Great Dane in Court. Makes Friends with the Judge He Wins the Day

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 3

According to "Lloyd's Weekly" of the 29th March, a Great Dane sat beside Judge Selfe at the Marylebone County Court on the previous Wednesday, and…

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