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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

419 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 11 of 21

Berrima Gaol Escapee

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 4

AT the Bathurst Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, Thomas William Vaughan or Cant, who escaped from Berrima Gaol on April 7, pleaded not guilty to…

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Watches on the Shelf Strange Burglary Story

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 3

Charles Melhuish, 55, was Indicted at Newington Sessions for burglary at the Belgrave Hospital, Kennington. Mr Bodkin prosecuted, and Mr Elliott…

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Federal Arbitration Court. Before Mr Justice O'connor A.W. UNION V. Pastoralists' Association

The Moree News · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

This case came on for hearing this week. Mr Reid K.C., appeared for the claimant onion, and Mr Shand, K.C. and Mr Broomtield for the…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday, 12th June, 1907. Before Messrs. W. Cadell and W. P. B. Hungerford, J's.P

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 5

WORALL v. Haynes.--Claim for balance of rent Mr. Thomas appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. O'Halloran for defendant, who…

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The Melbourne Murder. Sydney

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

The latest development in connection with Bauer's murder is that a young lady clerk states she heard two heavy…

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Doctor's Ruse. Elopement and Theft

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 7

A doctor, who for a long time resided at Havana, has just been arrested at San Sebastian for swindling. The story is a curious one…

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Swindling Morgan. a Count Charged

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 3

From Rome, on 10th April, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:-- The charges against Count Bosdari, of…

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Police "Raid" at Manilla

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

THE police made a "raid" on a Manilla billiard room after midnight on Saturday. A ladder was secured at the back premises, now abuilding, and taken up…

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Police Precepts. Whiskers Barred. Fines for Flirting

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 7

Like the Senator in New Jerse[?]y, who proposed a tax on whiskers, Mr Collins, the Chief of Police at Chicago, has pronounced against…

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Anarchists Fool the Police Congress Under the Stars

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 2

On 3rd April the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from Berlin:-- While squads of police and detectives were scouring the countryside high and…

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An Assault

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1907 · page 2

An ex-police constable at Perth was sentenced to four months' for assaulting his wife and daughter…

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The Melbourne Murder

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 5

NOTHING that would set the police on the track of the man who murdered Mr. Bauer in his office in Modem Chambers on Friday week has so far…

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Local Licensing Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 4

At the local Court House yesterday morning, before Messrs. W. Cadell and W. P. B. Hungerford, L.M's., an application by Donald McDonald for the…

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Murder of a Sister Condemned Brother Protests

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 2

For the murder of his married sister, Mary Ann Alpe, of South street, Walworth, on 23rd February, a laborer named Arthur Parker Hawkins,…

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The Cradle of a King. Ceremonies of the Spanish Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 2

The family life of the Spanish Court is conducted with much simplicity; and since the advent of Queen Victoria Eugenie several English customs have…

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The Police of the Coast

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 7

Now that there is little or no smuggling, there is an impression that coastguards have very easy lives. During the summer months, when the…

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Police Court Tuesday, June 25

The Moree News · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 2

Before W. Brown, Esq., P.M. [?]UNDER FALSE [?]W. R. Cuff was charged with the…

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Burglary at Mackenzie and Sons, Limited

Manilla Express · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 2

A DARING burglary was committed in the early hours, of Sunday morning at Messrs M. C. Mackenzie and Son's establishment…

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Police Court. Monday. (Before Mr. F. S. Mackenzie, J.P.)

Manilla Express · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 2

Alfred Strettles was charged with stealing a football from Thomas Marstaeller at the Junction Hotel on Saturday night. After hearing the…

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Police Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 4

AT the local Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. E Rogers, J.P., Jas. Murray, for being drunk in George street on the previous day, was fined…

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