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Courts & crime, 1908

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Albury Court Statistics

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 41

The Acting C.P.S., Mr. C. W. Thomas, has kindly supplied us with the following return of business transacted by the C.P.S. office at Albury for the year ending 31st December,…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Messrs. Fulton, Wise, and Rochfort

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3

A. M. Hawkshaw v Ernest Bell, £3 12s 6d for board and lodging. Mr. Meillon for plaintiff. Non-appearance of defendant, case heard exparte under…

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Court of Appeal. (Before Mr. C. E. Oslcar, P.M.)

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

The Mahonga and other appeal cases against the unimproved valuations of the, Coreen Shire Council, were withdrawn. Mr. Nicolson…

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Jerilderie Licensing Court. 13th January, 1908. Before Messrs T. Wise and J. Fulton, Licensing Members

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3

The quarterly report of 23 licenses were gone through and all being favorable were received. An application for a transfer of the license of the Railway…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday. January 15, 1908. (Before Dr Lang and Mr. J. M. Cooke, Js.P.)

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

Auctioneers licenses were granted to John D'Arcy Fraser, and John, Thomas Joseph Salmon. The hawker's license of N. Elias was…

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Appeal Court, (From our Correspondent)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 2

A Court for hearing appeals against the assessments made by the Wakool Shire Council was held at Moulamein on Friday, 10th inst., Mr. F. W. Garstang…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Wharf Laborers Strike Before the Arbitration Court

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

The [?] when has arisen between the Newcastle what [?] Union and the newcastle and [?] River Steampship company, again…

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Burglary in Wyse Street. a Peculiar Affair

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 January 1908 · page 3

On Saturday evening a sum of money, totalling [?]22 mysteriously disappeared from the residence of Mr. Wilson, which is a wooden house on…

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Rutherglen Police Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 3

Considerable interest was taken in the police court proceedings at Rutherglen on Friday owing to the fact that five of the borough…

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Alleged Stealing From the Person. a Local Case

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

At the Hay Police Court, on Saturday, Thomas Kelly was charged with stealing from the person of Farrell Clafley, the sum of £5…

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Wangaratta Police Court Tuesday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

The Wangaratta Court of potty Sessions was hold to-day before Measrs G. Phillipson and P. s. Thomson J. S. P…

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Selling German Milftary Secrest. a Tailor Sentenced

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

A taller named Witheim Michaelis, has been sentenced at Liopzie to six years' penal servitude for selling millitary information to the French authorities…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

A quarterly licensing court was held on Monday morning, before Messrs J L Shropshire (L.M.) and Nield and Dr. Foster (members). The district…

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Wakool Shire Council. Appeal Court

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 3

A court for the hearing of appeals against the assessments made by the Wakool Shire Council, was held at Moulamein, on Friday, 10th instant…

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A Crippled Special Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 3

In addition to Judge Heydon, Mr. Forsyth, a member of the special Mining Court, is now confined to his home at Dudley through illness. The nature of his…

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Peculiar Case of Theft

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 41

One of the most peculiar eases of theft on record is reported from Jamaica, Long Island. Nicola Salerni, 21 years, old, has been sentenced to ten days in the Queens…

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Bogus Caronet Sent to Gaol

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

A man named George Croft, who had posed an "Sir John Marwick Bart," was charged at the City Court to-day with having obtained…

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Five Sent to Gaol. London, January 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 42

Five arrests were made in connection with the disturbance. The women were brought before a magistrate, who proposed to release them upon their entering into recognisances…

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The Bruce Romance. New Zealand Witness. Charged with Perjury. London, January 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 42

Another sensational development has occurred in connection with the attempt made by Mr. George Hollamby Druce to support his claim to the estates of the Duke of…

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Thaw Murder Trial. a Remarkable Story. Young Girls Debauched. London

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

Some extraordinary evidence was given at the Thaw trial yesterday. A Mr. Comstock, president of the New York "Society for the Suppression of…

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