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Courts & crime, 1909

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Beechworth Supreme Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 4

In the Beechworth Supreme court on Thursday, before Mr. Just[?]en, Elizabeth Allice Kelly petitioned for a divorce from her…

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Friendly Appeal Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 3

The full Council sat at the Municipal Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon last and heard appeals from several ratepayers against the…

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Manslaughter by Chinaman See Young Sentenced. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 5

The trail of the Chinaman named See Young on a charge of murdering Thomas Stanfor, which arose out of the stabbling affray in Camphell street on March 15,…

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The Wee Waa Murder Williams Sightenced to Ten Years Strong Remarks by the Judcie. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 2

The man Stanly Williams, who had been found gullty of manslaughter in [?] with the death of Harry Johnston near Wee Waa on December 4, was…

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Wee Waa Tragedy. Williams Sentenced

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 25

Stanley Williams, a youth, 18 years of age, who stood his trial at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, on a charge of murdering Harry Johnston, near Wea…

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The Wee-waa Murder

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

Stanley Williams, a youth eighteen years of age, who stood his trial on a charge of murdering Harry Johnston, near Wee Waa in December last…

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Lovers Take Poison. Man Sent to Gaol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 25

The case in which Auriel Langdalo poisoned herself and died, and her lover, Walter Attwell, took poison and recovered, was finally disposed of in the Supreme Court…

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Re-Trial on Murder Charge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 33

The second, trial of Stanley Williams, on a charge of the murder of Harry Johnston at Wee Waa on Decemher 4 last was proceeded with at the Central…

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A Sydney Tragedy Attempted Murder

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

At a late hour on Wednesday night a yoase man, [?] to be Boh Marcy, a bookmarker,[?]…

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Corowa Police Court. Wednesday, June 16, 1909. (Before Mr. J. W. Fletcher, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 3

J. Crisfield, junr., disobeying order of the Court. Information withdrawn, on defendant paying up the due amount…

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Beechworth Supreme Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 33

In the Beechworth Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Cussen, Elizabeth Alice Kelly petitioned for a divorce from her husband. Mr. Ahrens appeared for…

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Jerilderie Licensing Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 5

At the Jerilderie Licensing Court before the P.M. and Mr. J. Fulton, J.P. the following renewals of hotel licenses wore granted…

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Tragedy in Sydney. Attempted Murder. Assailant Shoots Himself

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 24

At a late hour on Wednesday night a young man, supposed to be Bob Macey, a bookmaker, shot at Agnes Brooksr bank, a waitress at the Surry Hotel…

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Murder in a School. Crime by Masked Men

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 8

At the Seine Assizes three men and a woman are being tried for a brutal murder committed at Antony, a suburb of Paris, in July last (said "Lloyd's Weekly…

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Murder in Bengal. Extremists' Vengeance. London, June 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 42

The activity of the extremists in Bengal has been exhibited in an atrocious crime, details of which are reported by Reuter's agency at Calcutta…

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Native Police Mutiny. American Governor Attacked. London, June 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 42

A mutiny among the native constabulary at Davao in the island of Mindanao, the second largest of the Philippine group, led to an extraordinary situation…

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General Cable News London, Thursday. Serious Accusations Against the Indian Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

The inquiry into the conduct of the police in connection with the Midnapore bomb cases is proceeding. Several witnesess have accused the police of…

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Detective Abroad Return of Detective. M'manamny. Police Methods in Other Lands

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 43

While absent from Melbourne on official duty Detective Sergeant M'Mananmay who returned on Monday in charge of a prisoner extradited from London, used…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday, June 16 1909. (Before Mr. J. W. Fletcher, P.M., and Dr. Lang)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 3

Elizabeth Chapman, Howlong Hotel, Howlong, assessment, £156; license fee, £25. Margaret Green, Post Office Hotel…

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Sentenced to Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 4

The terrible picture of a father left to see his child die upon a sinking ship revives the point, which the doctors frequently raise, as to whether…

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