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Courts & crime, 1911

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Murder of a Colonel Dr. Hyde Secures New Trial. Kansas City

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 2

The sensational case in which Dr. Hyde was recently found guilty of the murder of Colonel Swope, a wealthy resident of this city, by means of poison, is to be…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, April 11. (Before Mr. Roberts, P.M.) Assault

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 31

Thomas Matchett, grazier, of Morven Estate, charged J. A. Turnock with assault. Mr. Tietyens for the prosecution. The prosecutor deposed that he was…

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Berrigan Polloe Court. Before Mr Shropshire, P.M. SMALL [?]

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 3

The Council of the Berrigan Shire v. [?] claim for 16s 11d, balance due on arrears of [?] Verdict for amount…

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Industrial Turmoil. Strike Riot. Conflict with the Police. Vancouver, April 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 42

A violent conflict occurred yesterday between strikers employed on civic contracts at Prince Rupert and the police. Many combatants on each side were wounded with…

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Albury Circuit Court. Monday, April 10. Before His Honor Acting Justice Ferguson

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 31

Dr. Andrews, Deputy-Sheriff, also occupied a seat on the Bench. Mr: E. H. Cohen, Judge's Associate. Mr. Coffey, Crown Prosecutor…

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Police Court. Tuesday, Afril 11. (Bafore Mr Jefferson, J.P.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 2

James Alfred ;Grant . was fined 10/- or seven days' imprisonment on a charge of being found drunk. John Castles, for a similar offence,…

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The Clapham Murder Steiner Morrison Reprieved. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 2

The efforts to save the life of Steiner Morrison, who described himself as an actor and claimed to have been born in New South Wales, have been successful…

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Error in Medical Book Author Sent to Gaol. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 2

A very unusual tragedy has been the subject of legal proceedings both civil and criminal. It appears that a serious misprint…

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Daring Murder and Robbery in a Railway Carriage. Moscow

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 2

A desperate crime was committed in a railway carriage travelling on the line between Baku and Moscow. Two brothers named De Lanin, who…

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Double Murder by Brigands Dreadful Crime in Sardinia. Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 2

Brigands attacked a secluded villa in Tempio, in the island of Sardinia, and killed an aged noblewoman because she refused to reveal the hiding place of her…

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The Clapham Murder Morrison's Reprieve. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 2

Mr. Winston Churchill, the Home Secretary. in reply to a question in the House of Commons to-day, made a statement on the reprieve of Steiner Morrison, who…

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Albury Ex-constablened at Wagga Police Court

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 2

Yesterday at the Wagga Police Court, David Henry Eadie, who, at the latter end of last year was a police constable at Albury, but resigned from the force…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing at Darlington Point

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 2

At the Darlington Point police court on Thursday, 12th inst., before Mr. Longfield, P.M., and Mr. O. B. E. Conolly, J.P., Richard Looby and Stephen Petch were…

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Berrigan Police Court. Wednesday, April 12. Before Mr. Shropshire, P.M.

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 5

Corowa P.P. Board v. H. Y. Brown, failing to continuously and effectively destroy rabbits on his holding. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and gave…

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Expensive Misprint. Author Sent to Gaol. Paris, April 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 43

A remarkable case of death having been caused by a misprint in a book has occurred. The book was a popular medical publication, and as the result of the…

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How Foreign Police Are Armed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 21

English policemen are the only ones in the world who go unarmed at all times and under all circumstances. The German police carry revolvers for…

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Clapham Murder. Morrison Reprieved. Doubts of Guilt Suggested. London, April 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 43

The Home Secretary has granted a reprieve in the case of Stinie Morrison, who was convicted and, sentenced to death for the murder of M. Beron, on Clapham…

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Murder by Tribesmen. Mr. Williamson's Fate. Bound and Mutilated. Calcutta, April 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 42

It was at first believed that only two of the native party with Mr. Noel. Williamson, assistant political officer, when he was murdered by Abor tribesmen near…

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Tocumwal Court. (Before Mr J. L. Shropshire P.M.)

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 2

Sergeant Fraser v. J. Angwin: breach of the Liquor Act. Plea guilty. Fined 20s, 6s costs. Same v O. Peers, similar offence…

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