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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Nottingham Murder. Shooting of a Clerk. Story of the Crime

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 3

The "Daily Mail" of 20th November has tho following in reference to a sensational case at Nottingham, which was the subject of a cable message to "The…

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Collarendabri Police Court. (Before F. A. Ridley, Esq., P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 2

Ernest Stapleford was charged with stealing a valuable security, to wit a cheque value £6 11s, the property of Bargally, of Collarendabri…

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Gloucester Gaol-breaker's Recaptured. Tracked by Police

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

A Gloucester correspondent telegraphed to the "Dublin Warder" on 2nd November:--The four convicts who escaped from Gloucester on Thursday…

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From the Police Court

The Moree News · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday, Mr Brown, P.M. congratulated Mr M'Cabe on him promotion at the same expressing regret at his departure…

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Murder Temptations

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

Murders of children for the sake of the ornaments with which fond but foolish parents deck them is a crime so common in India that it passes almost…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY. (Before W. Brown, Esq., P.M.)

The Moree News · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 1

One drunk was fined 10s or three days. Another 10s, together with 20s for language; and a third offender was fined 20s or 4days for supplying…

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Police Court. Wednesday, January 23. (Before Mr. W. Brown, P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 6

Michael Maloney was fined 20s, or in default 14 days' imprisonment, for supplying liquor to an aboriginal native of New South Wales…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, January 23. (Before Mr. W. Brown, P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 6

Francis Hall, Traffic Inspector, Railway Department, v. William Powell. The charge was that not being a…

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Police Court

The Moree News · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

On Friday last David Davies appeared before Mr W. Brown, P.M., on remand, charged with stealing a buy more, the property of Henry Pike, on…

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Modern Burglary. the Fight Between Safe-makers and Safe-breakers

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

The struggle between safe-maker and safe-breaker has been going on for more than a hundred years; every step which the one has advanced has been quietly…

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The Father Gapon Mystery. Count Witte and the Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 3

With reference to the inquiry now proceeding on the Gapon mystery, the "Tribune's" St. Petersburg correspondent sought an interview with…

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Gaol-bird Novelist. Again in the Dock. His Strange Adventures

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

The police have discovered in the rooms of a convict named Sporn, who came up for trial to-day, a manuscript entitled, "The True Account of the Adventures of…

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Charge of Assault

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

AT the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. W. T. Langworthy and F. S. Mackenzie, J's.P., Daniel Marques was charged with unlawfully assaulting…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 30Th January, 1907. (Before Mr. W. Brown, P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 5

Wm. Hoddon was charged with using indecent language, Mr. Hogan appeared for the defence, and asked for an adjournment . The P.M. granted…

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Petty Debts Court. Friday, 1St February. (Before Mr. W. Brown, P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 5

E. L. Seymour v. H. H. R. Broughton, claim for wages £6 18s. Mr. Zlotowski for plaintiff, Mr. Stirton for defendant. £3 14s paid into…

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"On the Knee." Naval Stokers' Mutiny. Story at the Court-martial. the Offenders Sentenced

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 7

English files to hand by the latest mail contain lengthy reports of the trial by court-martial of naval stokers at Portsmouth, alleged to be implicated in the…

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Struggle with a Convict. Pandemonium in Gaol

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 3

A prisoner in Portland convict establishment made a daring attempt to secure his freedom recently. About eleven o'clock a warder…

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A Lake Mystery. Student Kills His Sweetheart Some Pitiful Letters. Verdict of Murder

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 7

The mysterious death of Miss Grace Brown, a beautiful factory girl, last July, was one of the greatest sensations of the year in the State of New York…

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Sheep-Routed Police

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 4

A 90lb. sheep, fresh from the hillsides of lower Virginia, upset the equilibrium of the Southern police station tho other day, says the…

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Empty Bouse Murder. Mystery of a Boy's Body

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 3

Further inquiries support (according to the "Daily Mail" of 21st November) the assumption that the fifteen-year-old lad, Squire Kynston, whose naked body…

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