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Courts & crime, 1908

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Tee Mew Protection. Declared to Be Unconstitutional. Judgment of the High Court

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 2

In the High Court, at Melbourne, recently, judgement in the Harvester cases was given. The court, by a majority of three to two, held that the…

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German Court Scandals. Prince Eulenberg on Trial. Valet Gives Dramatic Evidence. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 July 1908 · page 2

The trial of Prince Eulenberg on charges of committing gross unnatural offences is proceeding at Berlin. A youth named Ernest, once a valet in…

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Wahgunyah Police Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 2

At the Wahugunyah court of party session on Saturday, before Mr. R. [?]ilborn, J. P, Ernest william Morell was charged on warrant that at…

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Sheep Stealing at Urana. Craig Found Guilty. Narrandera

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 3

The man Craig, who was charged with sheepstealing at Urana, was found guilty to-day at the Narrandera Quarter Sessions. He was remanded for sentence…

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Court House Hotel License

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 2

Mr. Fletcher, P.M. Presided at a special sitting of the Albury Licensing Court yesterday, Major Wilkinson on behalf of Joseph Seymour…

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Cable News. The Suffragettes. Defendants Go to Gaol. London, July 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 42

The two "suffragettes" who on Tuesday last were arrested while engaged in smashing the windows of the Prime Minister's official residence in Downing-street, by…

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Local Option Vote. Special Court for Albury Electorate

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 3

It may be remembered that at the New South Wales State election on September 10, 1907, a poll was taken on the question of local option…

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Wodonga Police Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 2

At the Wodonga Police Court on Thursday, before Messrs. J. Rowan, P.M., 11 Harkin and A. L. Wright, J's.P. Charles G. S. Gordon, implement agent, Wodonga…

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Police Appointments

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 2

This work's issue of the N.S.W. Government "Gazette" notifies the following appointments of members of the police force :—First-class Const…

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Accused Man Re-arrested. Charged with Desertion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 2

Following in the recent abandonment of the prosecution of John Francis M'Guire, a young ex-Lifeguardsman, on the charge of murdering a woman named Emily…

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Police Court. Tuesday, July 7, (Before Mr B. P. P. Kemp, J.P.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 3

Frederick Marry was fined 20/- or seven days imprisonment for using indecent language. THURSDAY, JULY 9…

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Blackmailer's Fiendish Threats. Earn Him Ten Years' Gaol

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 2

A bad case of blackmail has been punished at Munich, in Germany. A man named Imhof, formerly a postal employe, was charged with having blaikmailed a…

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The Chaff Frauds. Referred to Commissioner of Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 6

On the motion for adjournment in the Victorian Legislative Assembly on Thursday, Mr. Bayles inquired what was being done in the matter of the…

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Urana Sheep Stealing Case Craig Sentenced to Eighteen Months' Gaol. Narrandera

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 July 1908 · page 2

At the Narrandera Quarter Sessions to-day, Acting Judge Hamilton passed sentence on Craig, who on Thursday was found guilty by the jury on a charge of…

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British Officer and Burglar. Midnight Fight in a Bedroom. Burglar Sentenced to Ten Years' Gaol. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 July 1908 · page 2

Major M. E. Cookmen of the First Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment, who is on a visit to New York, had an exciting experience in that city…

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Extraordinary Decision of a Police Magistrate

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 July 1908 · page 2

A further complaint against Beore was heard at the Malvern Court to-day, He was charted on summons with having [?] William Henry Nichols at…

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Licensing Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 July 1908 · page 2

Mr. F. W. Floteher, P.M., and Dr. W. Cleaver Woods, J.P., occupied the bench at the weekly things of the Albury Licensing Court yesterday, who the Heense…

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Wardens Court Application

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 July 1908 · page 2

A special sitting of the Albury Warden's Court was heth yesterday. Mr. [?] warden presided Albury [?] [?] [?] [?] to…

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Wahgunyam Police Court. Saturday, July 11, 1908. (Before Mr. J. W. W. Bevan, P.m.) Discharging Explosives

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1908 · page 3

John Sievers, George Elliot, and William Casey were each charged with .discharging missiles to the danger of persons in public places…

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Albury Small Debts Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 July 1908 · page 2

Mr. Fletcher, P.M., presided at the Albury Small Debts Court yesterday, when the executors of the late A. N. Puttmann proceeded against Pearce A…

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