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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Corowa Police Court. Wednesday June 3, 1908. Before Mr. H. Giles Show, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 3

I.O.N. v. William Roe, straying cattle. There was no appearance of defendant, and the I.O.N. asked for an…

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Bomb In a Jug. Gaol Breakers Stratagem. London, May 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 42

A plot which depended for its success upon daring and address has resulted in the escape of a number of prisoners from a closely-guarded gaol in Russian…

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Paris Burglars. Midnight Robbery and Murder. London, June 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 43

Paris has been startled by the report of a sensational burglary which was committed in a suburb last night. The scene of the crime was at the village…

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The Goo Goo Eyes. They Failed in Court. Owner 13 Gaoled

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 3

The Chicago "Inter-Ocean's" correspondent, writing from New York on the 2nd of March, wrote:—The Invasion of the Harlem police…

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Corowa Small Debts Court. Wednesday, June 3, 1908. (Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 3

T. Parkin and Co. (D L. Talt) v. Jas. Dawson claim £38 8s, 7d., dishonored promissory note. There was no appearance of…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Saturday, May 30. [Before Mr B. P. P. Kemp, J.P.]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 3

Robert McPherson was fined 1/- or imprisonment till the rising of the Court on a change of drunkenness. TUESDAY, JUNE 2…

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The Elsternwick Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

The coroner has postponed until Saturday next the inquiry into the death of Hugh Kyle Dunn, who was shot dead during a quarrel with his brother-in-law,…

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A Further Police Precaution

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

All the English and other reporter at Reval on the Baltie, where the meeting of King Edward and the Czar is to take place,…

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General Cable News a Berlin Tragedy. Heidrt Sentenced London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

The trial has concluded at berlin of Heldert, a degenerate," on a youth, whose dissected remains were found wrapped in an…

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Starving in Wild Bush Country. Living on Wombats. Commandeered Sheef for Food. Committed for Trial for Sheep Stealing Benalla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

During the hearing of a charge of having stolon sheep, heard in the Benalla Police court to-day, a statement by one of the accused persons as put [?] in which he…

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The Acting Police Magistrate

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 25

Mr. H. G. Shaw, who has been relieving Police Magistrate at Albury for some weeks, left on Wednesday, having been permanently appointed Police Magistrate at Bega…

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Sentenced to Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 33

James Albert Coleman, aged 56, was tried in Adelaide before Judge Homburg, on a charge of murdering Constable Ring at Glenelg on 29th March. Prisoner pleaded…

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Police Court. Before the P.M.

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 2

Senior Constable Davies proceeded against Ellen Bamford for making use of obscene language. There was no appearance of…

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Maitland Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 45

The trial began on Tuesday at the Central Criminal Court of Frederick Dairies Green on a charge of the murder of Lily Bridge at Allandale, in the Maitland district, on April…

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Police Changes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 2

Constable Nathaniel Ewart, of Sydney, has been appointed in place of Consiable [?]by, and arrived in Corowa yesterday to take up his new…

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Police Changes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 3

Constable Hurris, of Calcutta, has been transferred to Culcairn, where he will relieve Sentor Constable Young, who goes to Tumbarumba…

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Wife Murder at Ararat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 32

At the Supreme Court sittings held at Stawell (Vic), before Mr. Justice a Beckett, Charles Henry Deutschmann was charged with the wilful murder of his…

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Licensing Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 5

The following applications for renewals of licences were made:— M. A. McCrabb, Court House Hotel Jerilderie Mr. Meillon for applicant…

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Police Methods, and Erratic Court Decisions. [To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 3

Sir,—As one who has lived a long time in various parts of this country, and an observer of current events, I nave been struck with, to say the least of it, the…

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Local Police Court News. Before the P.M., and J. Fulton. J.P.

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 5

J. T. Murphy was charged with being illegally on licensed premises during prohibited hours. He failed to answer to his name when called…

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