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Courts & crime, 1909

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Alleged Theft

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 3

At the Rutherglen Police Court on Friday, before Messrs Pearce, O'Grady and Burrowes J P's, a stranger giving the name of Joseph McGrath was charged…

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Daysdale Police Court. Thursday, February 4, 1909. (Before Mr. J. W. Flotcher, P. M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 3

A. MucDonald, for using obscene language, was fined 5 and 6 costs. John Joseph O'Meara, for being found in unlawful possession of 102…

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More Hindu Assault Cases

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 2

Arising out of the [?] Singh v. Gunga Singh and Tar[?] Singh, three more [?] were issued yesterday afternoon [?]…

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A Woman Goes to Gaol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 43

Mrs. Carrie Gibson, wife of the city librarian was before Mr. Barnett, S.M., ut the police court on Monday, charged with having on February 1, in…

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Bomb-throwers Sentenced. London, February 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 41

The trial of three Indian natives for placing a bomb on the railway line at Midnapur has concluded. The accused, were Santosh Dass, Surendra Mukerjee…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 33

Mr. C. D. Hogan, an old resident of Reddestone, eight miles from Glen Lines, N.S.W., and his wife, were attacked by an Indian named Frederick Boswell, who…

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Retribution in Paris. Two Murderers Sentenced. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 2

The trial has concluded at Paris of two men named Court[?] and Renard on a charge of murdering M. Augusts Remy, a wealthy retired stockbroker in June last…

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Indian Anarchy. Another Native Murder. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 2

A [?]gan student named Base, from Bar[?] three shots from a receiver during the trial of several anarchists in the [?] Court…

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Russian Scandal. Starving Peasants Defrauded. Ex-governor Sentenced. London, February 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 42

The trial of Baron Fre-derick Forgray, formerly Governor of Nijni-Novgorod, on charges of negligence and corruption, recalls a grave scandal which was brought…

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Chinese Court Gruesome Story. and Empress London, February 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 41

The Paris magazine, "La Revue," comes out with what it professes to be the cumstantial story of the last days of the Emperor, Kuang-hsu, and the Dowager…

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A Cattle Buying Transaction. Discussed in the Small Debts Court. An Interesting Case

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 2

In the Hay Small Debts Court, on Tuesday, before the P.M., Henry Stratton sued George R. Horton to recover £7, alleged to be due for…

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Storyteller. Published by Special Arrangement. The Sentence of the Court. Chapter I.—a Pink Tumbler and Two Pale Faces

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 8

From where the old doctor sat, just within the open French window of his study, there was little, else to be seen in the gathing gloom of night but the sparkle of the…

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Alleged Assault Cases

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs J. Kelly, W. B. Pollard and M. J. .Carew, J’s.P., Percival Richard Waddy appeared on summons…

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Cablegrams. Anarchy in India. Authorities Alarmed. Bomb Thrown at a Train. the Viceroy Aimed At. Sin Seditious Hin[?]os Sentenced. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 2

An [?] feeling is being manifested in India at the frequency of [?] operations. Numerous [?] of crimes by natives have been reported recently, while…

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Anarchism in India. Murder of Mr. Biswas, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 2

Bear, the native student who fatilly what Mr. Auntesh Biswas, the public prosecutor, in the Allpur Court has conf[?] has crime…

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Items of News. Albury Police Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 2

On the opening of the Albury Police Court yesterday the cases Dhurum Singh and Juggar Singh, on bail for assaulting Devan Singh on February…

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A Summons for Assault

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 2

At the court of petty sessions, yesterday, before the P.M., Edward Haines was charged, on summons, with assaulting Louis Napoleon Gobetti…

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Comedy at Brighton Court. a Remarkable Witness

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 1

Sergeant Skehan prosecuted at Brighton on Friday George Britten, a young billiard marker from Elstern wick, who was charged by Constable…

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Indian Assassin Sentenced to Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 2

Bo[?], the Hindu student who killed Ashu[?]osk Biswa[?], public prosecutor in the Al[?]pur Court, has been sentenced to death for the crime…

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Bribing Sea Pilots. the Charges Proved. Certain Officers to Be Fined. Water Police Implicated. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 5

The Royal Commis[?]on appointed to inquire into the allegation that certain sea pllots had improperly accepted gratuities and bribes form masters…

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