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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Suffragists and Police. a Day's Proceedings. Ladies Prefer Prison

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 7

There was as much excitement this morning (reports the "Westminster Gazette" of 24th October) in the Westminster police court and its neighborhood as…

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The Magistrate

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

OUR esteemed legal contemporary has already reached No. 3 of Vol. II., and it is a very healthy and promising youngster. There are some changes…

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Cowardly Duellist. a Case of Murder

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

The Minister of Justice has ordered strict investigations to be made into the details of a strange duel which has just aroused extraordinary…

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Murder Approved. a Jury's Verdict

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

The aquittal of a dock laborer named Jalba on a charge of murdering his employer, M. August Mendl, at Braila, practically means that…

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Murder of a Bride. Girl-nurse Killed by Lunatic

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 3

Another of the tragedies of insanity has occurred at the Mattawan Asylum, where Mrs Lizzie Halliday. a gipsy woman and a criminal patient, on 28th…

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Police Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 5

Charles Smith was charged with maliciously wounding Robert Alfred Kimsey. Thomas Henry Clarke,sworn,stated:…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 9th Jaunary. Before Mr. E. Jones, P.M.

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 5

James Donongh, pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly, and was fined 5s or three days D. Mugiven was fined 10s and 6s…

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Small Debts Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 5

Abraham Butterworth v. Harriet Saddler. Claim £58s, labor performed. Mr. Thomas for plaintiff, and Mr. Cox for defendant, who admitted…

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The Licensing Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 4

AN hotelkeeper at Grafton has discovcred an alleged loop hole in the much boomed Liquor Act. On Christmas Day he did a 'roaring' trade through…

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Girl's Revenge. Murder of a Betrayer. "He Deserved to Die."

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

On 30th October the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote from New York:-- Another murder trial in which the…

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Police Court. Tuesday, 8Th January, 1907. (Before Mr. W. Brown, P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2

C. G. Wilde, on a charge of being drunk, was fined £1, and for using indesent language was fined £5…

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Court in a Cemetery. Bodies Exhumed and Photographed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 3

The remarkable spectacle of a Court of Inquiry sitting and taking evidence in a graveyard, among the tombstones, was witnessed on Wednesday afternoon…

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"The Magistrate."

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

THE January number of this excellent magazine contains a clear and simple statement of what " J.P." means. It is an eye opener, and all J's.P. ought…

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Police Court. Monday, 14th January,1907. Before Messrs. Haughton and Watt, J's.P

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

George Burns, 33, and Bernard Jennings, 39, were charged, in pany, with stealing one glazier's diamond and one pair of snips, valued at 23s 6d, from the shop of James…

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Remarkable Case. Parisian Court Puzzled

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

An extraordinary case has just been brought before one of the Parisian police courts owing to the complaint lodged by a maid-servant, who was…

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Planned His Own Murder, an Indian Police Inspector

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 3

From Lucknow on 14th October the correspondent of the London "Express" wrote:— A murder which reads like a page from…

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A Sensational Burglary. LONDON

Manilla Express · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

Armed burglars entered the residence of Mrs. Hamilton, at Crimea, after nearly throttling her and her neice, and took largo sums of money…

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A Traitor's Doom. Thieves Midnight Court Martial. a Scene in Paris

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 7

An extraordinary case has just come to the knowledge of the police. A gang of thieves, having discovered that one of their number had…

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Gollarendabri Police Court

The Moree News · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 2

Before Mr F. A Ridley, P. M. Ernest Stapleford and George Hilliard, of Moree, were charged with stealing a cheque for £6 [?]. Both…

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Quirindi Police Court Monday, 21st JANUARY. Before Messrs. G. Haughton and P. Rogers, J's.P

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 4

ONE man for having been drunk was fined 26, or imprisonment until the rising. Reginald Bennet, on remand, was…

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