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Courts & crime, 1909

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Police Request for Increased Pay. a Favourable Reply, Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 5

"Your have made [?] that there is justice in your claim, I am personally favorable to what you ask, and it will place your request before the Cabinet…

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Full Cradles at Warrnambool. Police Keep Their End Up. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 5

"We have six married policemen in connection with the Warrnambool station, and between us we have 38 children," said Sergt, Arthur, addressing…

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Husband Murder. Another American Sensation. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 April 1909 · page 2

A great sensation has been caused in America by the sprest of Mrs. Georgia Sampson, a youthful and popular hosters in New York and Washington, on a charge…

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An Escape From Warsaw Gaol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 47

The annals of the revolutionary movement in Russia are full of highly interesting material, that could be made the subject of either drama or romance. The old…

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The Children's Court. Ormond House Ii

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 7
Also in The Riverine Grazier, Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press

By degrees and in deference to a greater Sydney Scheme, Sydney is being deprived of her land marks, and amongst the comparatively few left as memories…

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Published by Special Arrangement. The Sentence of the Court. Chapter Xv.—a Suit of Plain Clothes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 9

The Angel of Hope fluttered over the dingy lodging in the steep side-street overlooking the West Bay. On the morning after her interview with Warder Magee…

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Moama Police Court

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 4

Messrs J. L. Shropshire, P.M., and John Lewis, J.P., occupied the Bench at the monthly sitting of the Moama Police Court on Tuesday…

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Police Court. Saturday, April 3. (Before Mr J. L. Shropshire, P.M.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 2

Thomas Raymond (on remand) was charged, that on 5th August, 1907, at Mathoura Station, he did steal one leather hand bag, one gold chain, a gold…

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The Black Hand. Two "Mafians" Arrested for Murder. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 2

Two ex convicts from America, named Carlo Constantine and Antonio Passa[?]nto respectively have been arrested at Palermo and charged with the murder of the…

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Alleged Wife Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 2

The death of a young married woman, Elizabeth Von[?]llanstein which occurred at Miss Kelly's private hospital, St. Kilda-road, Melbourne, on…

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Unrest in Turkey. Alleged Murder Denied

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 2

The murder of the editor of the Turkish newspaper "Serbeti," which was ascribed to an [?]nary of the Committee of Union and Progress, has…

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Charged with Embezzlement a Young Man From West Maitland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 2

The young man George Portsmouth (aged 20 years), whose arrest on a charge of embezzlement was reported in Saturday's "Border Morning Mail"…

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Murder by Order of Dinizulu. Two Natives Convicted. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 3

A special court at Pietermaritzburg, the capital of Natal, [?] sentences a native named matj[?]ne, to death on a charge of murdering a native doctor named Gr[?]…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Death of a Police Inspector

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 3

Sub-Inspector Miller died at his residence at Glebe this morning, at the age of 50 years. Mr. Miller had been recently temporarily stationed at Broken…

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A Mafia Murder. Interment of the Victim. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 2

Since the arrival in New York of the body of the American detective, Petrosino, who was murdered in Italy by emissaries of the Mafia secret society, the corpse…

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Tallangatta Police Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 4

The Police Magistrate, Mr. Rowan, sat with the Bench of Justice at Tallangatta on Tuesday to hear several important cases…

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A Rabbiter "Runs the Rabbit." and Is Trapped by the Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 2

At the Albury Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. Arthur Phillips, J.P., a laborer and rabbiter from Black Range, Andrew O'Shen, was charged with having…

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Albury Police Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 46

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Arthur Phillips, J.P., a young man named Andrew O'Shea was charged with stealing two dozen beer…

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