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Courts & crime, 1910

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Police Dog's Capture

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 8

One of the police dogs now on duty in the outlying quarters of the city (says the Parts correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph") has shown his value as a…

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Commission on Divorce. Magistrate Favors Women Jurors. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 2

The principal witness before the Divorce Commission yesterday was Mr. Cecil Maurice Chapman, Police Magistrate for the Southwark District. He advocated a change…

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Corowa Police Court. Saturday, May 21, 1910. (Before Messrs. J. D. Fraser and R. Hughes, Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 5

A man named Thomas Mahoney, wandering at large not being under proper care and control. Remanded for eight days for medical…

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Nobleman Arrested. Murder for Money Alleged. London, May 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 21

A sensation has been caused in Poland by the arrest of Count Bogdan Ponikier, a well-known nobleman. A few days ago his brother-in-law, a lad of 17 years, died…

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Mahommed and Murder. Revolver Wounds Not Recognised. an Egyptian Appeal. London, May 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 42

A sensation has been caused in Egypt by the announcement that the Grand Mufti, Bakri Mahommed Abrur, one of the heads of the Mahommedan cult, has addressed a…

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The Bandits of Chicago. an Amazing Story of Crime and Police Bravery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 6

Lawlessness becomes fairly rampant at times in the States. Not even in the annals of the Wild West, however-when, in days gone by, men shot one another on…

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Burglary at Cheapside

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 2

Burglars ransacked a jewellery establishment at Cheapside and escaped with property valued at several thousand pounds…

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Recent Assault Case. to the Editor

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 2

Sir,—Having read the account of the proceedings in the case Hayes versus Lavender, I desire to say that, being in the cab Hayes was driving, I was an…

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A Violent Laborer. Insults a Magistrate and Assaults a Prosecutor. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 5

Before the Water Police Court to-day a laborer named Underhill was charged with assaulting a ganger named Oberg, under whom he had been working When the…

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Husband's Terrible Deed Triple Murder and Suicide. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 2

Jealousy supplied the motive for a terrible tragedy in Genoa. A working man of that city, named Moretti, became suspicious that his wife was carrying on an…

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Powelka the Brigand. Acquitted on a Murder Charge Mwllington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 3

Joseph Powelka, who put in some neat bushranging work last monts, has been acquitted on the charge of murdering Constable Macguire on the grounds that the…

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Riots in County Cork. Man Shot Dead by Police. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 2

The bitter feeling which exists between the followers of the rival leaders of the Irish party, Mr. Wm. O'Brien, M.P., the founder of the "United Irish League," and…

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Starved in Gaol. Startling Statement

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 4

The three released strike leaders, Messrs Butler, O'Connor, and Hutton, do not care(says the "Evening News") to speak too much of what they had…

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Box Hill Bank Burglary. a Suspect Arrested at Mulwala

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 3

A man who gave the name of Reginald Knight has been arrested at Yarrnwonga on a charge of vagrancy. He was shadowed from Mulwala, N.S.W., to Yarrawonga…

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Appeal Court at Albury. Hume Shire Valuations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 4

A [?]ourt for the hearing of appeals against valuations made by the Hume Shire was held in Albury yesterday, Mr. C. F. Butler, P.M. occupied the bench, Mr. F. W…

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Tragedy in Melbourne Man Attempts to Murder a Woman. Then Kills Himself. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 5

An appalling tragedy was enacted to day at the Sir Walter Scott HoteL comer of Elizabeth and Franklin-sts., Melbourne. A young man known as John Dean…

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Germanton Police Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 20

The following cases were dealt with by the P.M. on Friday, May 27:— John Wanklyn was proceeded against by the Hume P. P. Board for having no…

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Wodonga Police Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 4

At the Wodonga Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. Harkin and Moulder, J's.P., Thomas Welsh, of Baranduda, proceeded against J. A. Wittmer and W. Bone, of…

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Police Court Sensation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 32

There was a sensational scene in the Water Police Court in Sydney on Friday morning. Wiliiam Underhill, who was described as a labourer, appeared to…

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Russian Robber Sentenced to Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 2

A trial by court-martial of 68 persons, who were charged with having committed 33 armed robberies and other crimes, has concluded at St. Petersburg. The…

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