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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1910

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday, April 6, 1910. (Before Mr. C. F. Batler and Dr. Shortt, L.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 5

Margaret O'Leary and John William Doughney were granted renewals of licenses for the Court House and Mill Hotels respectively…

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The Shire Council Sued. Corowa District Court. Wednesday, March 28, 1910. (Before His Honor Judge Rogers and a jury consisting of Messrs D. C. Young, F. Jager, A. M’Nib and F. J. Sammons (foreman)

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 3

Bridget Maher v. Berrigan Shire Council, Mr Chubbs, instructed by Mr J. A. Hargrave, of Yarrawonga, for plaintiff. Mr E. Milner Stephen, instructed by Mr…

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Theft From the Mim[?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 2

A man named Peter Barnett has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Birkenhead for stealing the stores of the Antarctic expedition ship Nimrod…

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Deniliquin Police Court (Before Mr J. L Shropshire P

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 2

Police v, John Robinson.[?] was charged that, being the [?] stage carriage he did carry more than the license allowed…

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Two Desperate Soldiers Fight with the Police. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 2

An account of a desperate fight between a couple of artillerymen and the police was given at the Sydney Police Court to-day…

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Murder of a Girl. Portuguese Sentenced to Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 April 1910 · page 4

The tragedy at Nuriootpa, south Australia, early in March, when the little girl. Norma Emma Plush, aged 13 years. was shot in the kitchen of her father's house…

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Murder of a Prospector

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 April 1910 · page 3

At Broome (W.A) on Thursday six aborigines were sentenced to death for the murder of John Pritchard Jones at Yampf Sound, near Derby, in January last…

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Magistrate and Solicitor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 32

At the sitting of the Colac (Vic.) police court, Mr. T. W. Hancock, solicitor, and the police magistrate (Mr. G. Read Murphy) came into conflict, and Mr. Hancock…

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His Daughter's Honor. Father Charged with Murder. Verdict of Acquittal. London, April 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 42

A remarkable murder trial was concluded yesterday at the Cape Town Supreme Court. The accused was Major Ronnie Ma[?]lean, who is well known throughout South…

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Gorse Hall Murder Mystery

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 4

The history of Gorse Hell remains a mystery. Many months have elapsed since George Harry Storrs was stabbed to death in his home after a fierce struggle with an…

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Soldiers and Police

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 33

The police and the military came into conflict in Sydney at a late hour the other night. Constable Newtown had occasion to express disapproval of the conduct of…

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Refusing Aid to Police

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 32

An unusual case came before Messrs. Garside and Goldspink, J.P.'s, at the City Court, Melbourne, when, on the information of Plain-clothes Constable Hickling…

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Maritime Strike. Trouble at Marseilles. Stokers Sentenced. London, April 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 42

The maritime strike at Marseilles, which was precipitated by the naval reservists, continues. French bluejackets have replaced the stokers on a few mail steamers…

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Hay Circuit Court

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 2

A Court of Assize was held at Hay on Wednesday, Mr Justice Pring presiding. Mr H. H. Merewether prosecuted for the Crown, instructed by Mr…

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Caucasian Robberies. Pillage and Murder. London, April 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 42

A sensational robbery at Kizlyar, in Caucasia, is reported by Reuter's agency at Tiflis. A band of 20 robbers pillaged the Treasury and killed all who offered any…

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Acquitted of Murder. Woman Wrongly Imprisoned. London, April 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 42

At the end of 1908 Mary Kelliher, of Boston, Massachusetts, was charged with the murder of her husband, three of her children, and two other relatives by…

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Jurymen in Tears. French Murder Trial. London, April 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 41

A remarkable trial has just been concluded in the Paris courts. It related to the murder of her husband by a young woman, whose story of her sufferings aroused…

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Tennessee Political Feud Murder of an Ex-senator. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 2

On March 22, 1909, Colonel Cooper, and his son, Robin Cooper, were convicted of the murder of ex-Senator. Cormack, a politician of National reputation at Nashville…

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"Murder Will Out" Millionaire Philanthropist's Past. a Brigand 40 Years Ago. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 2

A sensation has been caused in Germany by a development which occurred in a libel case this week in which Herr Karl May, a septuagenarian millionaire philanthropist…

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Poisoning by Germs. Amazing Charge of Murder. Doctor's Trial Begins. London, April 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 28

The trial of Dr. Bennett Clarke Hyde, of Kansas City, on nine separate indictments for murder, has commenced. Dr. Hyde was the family physician of the…

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