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Courts & crime, 1909

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Cablegrams. Russian Revolutionary Scandal. Police Agents Join Revolutionaries. and Reveal Official Secrets. London

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

The Russian censor are reported to be [?]ting a wholesale series of impeachments against all the popular and wealthy officials…

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Broken Hill Strike. Miner Gets Six Months' for Assault. Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

The hearing of the case against Vivian Shipley, charges with having assaulted a Proprietary mine official, was concluded to-day…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide. Inquest on Hofstatter. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 3

The inquest on the remains of Wilhelm Hoffstatter, who after vainly attempting to shoot his wife, placed te muzzle of the revolver to his temple…

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Cablegrams. Secret and Regular Police. Warring Systems in Russia. Extraordinary Disclosures. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 2

Great excitement has been [?] in both Russia and France at the arrest of M. Lopuklin, formerly chief of the Russian detective service, and a member of one…

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Broken Hill Strike Arbitration Court Opened. Interesting Proceedings. Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 2

Mr. Justice Higgins presided at the Arbitration Court at Broken Hill this morning. Ar. Arthur, who appeared for the…

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Indian Bomb Outrage. the Authors Sentenced

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 2

The authors of a recent bomb outrage at Midnaper, in Bengal, have been sentenced to be deported for terms ranging from 7 to 10 years…

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Corowa Police Court. Wednesday. February 3, 1909. (Before Mr. J. W. [?] P. M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 3

Lowrence Montgomery, charged with placing a [?] line in enclosed waters. [?] Pleaded guilty and was…

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Attempted Wife Murder. Husband Commits Suicide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 23

A remarkable tragedy occurred at Jille's Plains, six miles out of Adelaide, on Sunday night. Mrs. Catherine Hoffstatter, who had not been living with her husband for some…

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How the Russian Police Arrange Sensations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 47

Where, there is one successful act of revolution in wild Russia, it is computed that, fully a hundred fail. Anyone who reads the daily paper assiduously, even…

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Police Secrets. Betrayal in Russia. London, February 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 42

The disclosures made by the Russian, Azeff who, from being the chief terrorist organiser of the Revolutionary Society, became an agent of the police, have…

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Lord Cecil's Priggishness. Police Reports of the Future

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 8

The reforms in the police force which Lord William Cecil desires should add to the interest of the police reports in the future…

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Broken Hill Strike. Arbitration Court Proceedings Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 2

The Federal Arbitration Court continued it, sittings to-day, Mr Arthur app[?]ated for the complements, the miners, and Mr. A. J. [?]nack…

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Broken Hill Trouble. The Arbitration Court Opened. Broken Hill

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 2

The Federal Arbitration Court commenced its sitting to-day to deal with the "plaint" against the Broken Hill Proprietary Company lodged by the…

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The Great Court Scandal. Published by Special Arrangement. Chapter Xxvii

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 9

The King sprang up from his writing table as though electrified. "You!" he gasped, turning pale and glaring at her. "You—Claire! Why are…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday, February 3, 1909. (Before Mr. J. W. F[?], P. M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 3

A transfer of the licence of the Mill Hotel, Howlong was granted From George Wileox to Edward Gayson…

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Storyteller. Published by Special Arrangement. New Story. In our next issue will be commenced a New Story, entitled The Sentence of the Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 8

Mr. Headon Hill is well known as the author of many nowerful romances, among which may be mentioned "Guilty Gold." "By a Hair's-breadth," and "The…

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A Phonograph in Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 3

People who keep noisy dogs in their bark yards are often a cause of offence to their neighbours, who are at times driven to appeal to the law…

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Murder by a Black. Woman Killed with Sticks and Stones

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 5

In connection with the trial at Long reach of the black Bismarck for the wilful murder of Mrs. Evltis, at Jundah, Bismarck has made the following…

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Brutal Assault on a Detective. Shocking Injuries. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 2

The savage assault that was committed on Harry Hussey, a special inquiry effect of the railway [?], last night, was followed to-day by the [?] of a warrant…

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Charged with Being Insane Man Remanded for Medical Observation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 2

At the Albury lookup on Saturday, the P.M. and Mr. J.J. Kingsmill, J.P., attended to deal with a man named George Joseph Dugard, laborer, who was deemed…

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