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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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The Green Baize Masks. the Murder of the Rev. Mr. Hollest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 20

Some forty years ago, the well-to-do residents of the pleasant country of Surrey were terrorised, by a gang of burglars, whose methods wore, so secret, and whose…

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The Great Court Scandal. Chapter Xvii. (Continued.) Published by Special Arrangement

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 7

Kinder, who had spoken no word, sat looking at her, entirely absorbed by her grace and beauty. "Well, "she exclaimed at last. "I…

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Police Court. Monday, December 28. [Before W. B. Pollard, J.P.]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 3

Thomas Martin, charged with being found drunk in Napier-street, was fined 1/- or imprisonment till the rising of the Court. On a charge of using…

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Horse Stealing. Dividend Removed Form His Table. Melbourne

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 2

From all accounts some horse thieves in the Moonee Ponds district nearly succeeded in making a big haul about a month ago. An attempt was made to…

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World’s Boxing [?]hampionship. [?]IHNSON v. BURNS. [?] Wins in 14 Rounds. Fig[?]stopped by the Police. Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 2

The [?] for the world’s championship [?]ween Tommy Bur[?] and Jack John [?]ok place [?]ing. [?]cutter’s Bay [?]ght until Burns…

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Picketing Exceptionally Strict More Police in Readiness. Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 2

The picketing by the strikers of the Broken Hill Proprietary's mine is becoming particularly strict and rigorous. So objectionable is it becoming that arrange…

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Corowa Police Court. Thursday, December 22, 1908. (Before Messrs. J. D. Fraser and R. Hughes, J's.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 1

Alfred Dayle, charged with catehing fish, for sale without a license, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s. or 48 hours in Corowa lockup. On a second charge…

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Albury Police Notified. to Hold Themselves in Readiness

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

The Albury police have received instructions to held themselves in readiness in the event of anything sensational transpiring at Broken Hill. In…

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To-Day's Wires. The Latest Developments. An Attack on the Police. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 2

A sensational incident took place at Broken Hill yesterday afternoon. After the staff received their pay, seven or eight officials of the Proprietary mine…

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Broken Hill Strike. Railway Line Blown Up. Fifty More Police on the Way. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

It is stated that another [?] of police, numbering at least 50 constables, will leave for Melbourne by to-night's express, an route for Broken…

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WANGARATTA. Tuesday. Alleged Horse Stealing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 5

A man named William William was arrested at Wangaratta this morning by Mtd.-Const. Gray on a charge of horse stealing. The offence was…

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Police for Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

A squad of fifty police from Sydney Passed through Albury yesterday morning en route for Broken Hill. The men were in charge of Sub-Inspector…

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Cruel Murder of an Infant. a Shocking Tragedy. Carter Finds a Strangled Babe. Wrapped in Brown Paper. One Little Hand Protrudes. Everything Points to Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

Early yesterday morning a man named George Sharp, employed as a brick carter in Albury saw a parcel under a calvett at the intersection of…

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Arrest of a Suspect. Taken to the Hospital. Guarded by Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

Late yesterday afternoon the police in charge of the case effected the arrest of Margaret Donnelly, a single woman, described an a dressmaker, on…

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Broken Hill Strike. Fifty More Police Sent. Sydney, Tuesday. Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 5

On account of the further disquieting news from Broken Hill, still another batch of 50 police constables was to-night despatched by the interstate Several violent speeches were delivered by prominent agitators this morning. Addressing a crowd outside the Battier Trades Hall, Mr. Rosser said…

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O'neil Sentenced. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

The police constable, Herbert James O'Neil, of No. 1 Station, was brought before the Central Police Court this morning for sentence, and the…

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Murder a Constable

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

The funeral of the late Constable Hyde, who was shot by burglars at Adelaide on Saturday evening, took place yesterday. His remains were burled with military…

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Alleged Child Murder Continuation of the Inquest

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 2

It is probable that the hearing of evidence in the case of alleged child murder at Albury, as reported in the "Border Morning Mall" yesterday, will…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide. Husband and Wife

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 1

A terrible domestic tragedy was enacted at Hamilton, near Newcastle, on Tuesday morning. A young married man named Albert Leslie Randle, 26 years of age,…

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More Police for Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 2

Constable Newton, Wilson, Macauley and Cooper of Albury, left yesterday for Broken Hill. In all twenty constables have been taken from the…

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