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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Lord Brooke Summoned. Butler's Story of Assault

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 5

Mr Duerdin Dutton, sollitor applied to Mr Francis at Westminster Police Court on July 2 for a summons against Lord Brooke, of Chapel street, Belgrave…

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Denied Her Own Son. Both Charged with Robbery

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 8

A shocking state of affairs was (says "Lloyd's News") revealed at the South-Western Police Court on July 10, where Annie Williams, employed as a…

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Small Debts Court

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 5

Wise Bros v Burbury. No appearance. Struck out…

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Charged with Larceny Butcher From Wangaratta Acquitted. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 3

In the Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice a Beckett and a jury, the trial was concluded in which Thomas Clark, a journeyman batcher, formerly of Footscray…

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New York Police. Commissioner Dismissed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 8

Who shall boss the Now York police, the Mayor or the Police Commissioner? It is impossible, I know, for people on your side of the Atlantic to become…

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Hay Land Appeal Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 17

The Land Appeal Court concluded a two-days' sitting, on Thursday. Messrs. H. Curry (president), C. Brandis, and W. Houston, C.M.G., constituted the court…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. (Before the P.M., and Messrs Fulton and Elliott)

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 5

An application from J. Donkin for renewal of publican's license. Bench assessed value at £195. License fee £25. Granted Mr. Whitty for applicant…

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Land Appeal Court

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 2

The Land Appeal . Court Consisting of Messrs H. A. G. Curry (President), C. Brandis and W. Houston; C.M.G. sat at Hay last week…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Monday, September 13. (Before Messrs J. Kelly and A. B. Jefferson, J’s.P.]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 2

Richard Burgess was fined 1/- or imprisonment till the rising of the Court on a charge of being drunk, and for using indecent language he was fined £5…

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Savage and Unprovoked Assault

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 September 1909 · page 3

On Saturday at the Albury police court before Messrs, D. H. Mott and E.W.C. Bennett, Js. P., Fred[?] Chapman, a tr[?] was charged with unlawfully…

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A Charge of Assault

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 September 1909 · page 2

At the Hay police court yesterday, before the P.M., William Thomas Condron was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Charles Henry Bailey…

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Mulwala Police Court. Saturday, September 11, 1909. (Before Mr. J. Lonsdale, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 September 1909 · page 4

An aboriginal named William Hayes, who was apprehended by Constable Shields (Mulwals) and Johnson (Yarrawonga), on a warrant issued a at Deniliquin, was…

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Corowa Police Court. Monday, September 20, 1909. (Before Mr. R. Hughes, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 September 1909 · page 2

John Smith, charged with stealing a horse, valued at £25, the property of William Alexander Culver, at Redlands, near Corowa, on 19th inst…

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Special Licensing Court

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 September 1909 · page 3

A special licensing court for the Licensing District of Balranald was held on Monday morning, the court being constituted by Mr M. J…

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Assisting the Police

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 33

A fact which in tho opinion of the Acting Chief Justice of this State cannot be too widely circulated, is that the public are bound to go to the assistance of the police…

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Police Court. (Before Mr J. L. Shropshire, P.M., and Dr. Hill, J. P.)

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 2

Henry Tuck, jr., applied for a district auctioneer's license. The applicant who was represented by Mr Beard, on oath said he was in…

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Sevenoaks Murder Kent Mystery Revived. London, September 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 42

The sensation which was caused throughout the country by the murder of Mrs. Luard, wife of Major-General Luard, on Igtham Knoll, near Sevenoaks, Kent, in…

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Deniliquin Police court. Tuesday, September 21(Before Mr B. P. P. Kemp [?])

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 2

William Edward Bowen, [?] being found drunk, was [?] imprisonment till the [?] Court. On a charge of using [?]…

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Hope Diamond’s History. Murder and Mystery

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 4

The sinister history of the Blue, or Hope diamond, which has been sold in Paris for £1[?],000, though it was valued at £30,000 at least, is traced in the…

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Special Licensing Court. Friday, September 24. (Before Messrs. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., and O. Wilsbire, J. P. )

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 2

An application by Robert A. Bazley, for the renewal of the license of Tattersall’s hotel, was granted. The assessed annual value was fixed at £208; license…

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