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Northern Rivers · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Latest Cablegrams. Sequel to Monte Carlo Murder. London

Northern Star · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 3

Miss Girundin, Goold's ' niece, has died in the Monaco Hospital from decline, the result of grief. (Vere Goold and his wife were convicted…

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Gambling Scandal In New-York. Police Trapped

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 2

An illegal gambling saloon established as a trap some weeks ago in the "tender-loin" district by Commissioner Bingham, chief of the New…

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Loss of the Bega. Marine Court Inquiry. Foul Play Not Suggested. the Captain's Evidence. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 3

The Marine Court opened an inquiry today into the loss of the steamer Boga. Doctor Brissenden, who represented the Department of Navigation, said it was…

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Casino Police Court

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 2

YESTERDAY, before Mr. Fitzhardinge, P.M., and Messrs. R. Page and A. P. Carlton, J.'sP. W. H. Carmont. Inspector of Nuisances,…

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Special Mining Court. May Reassemble. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 7

Six thousund out of eight thousand miners in the Newcastle district voted on the question of enforcing discipline in the ranks [?]509 for and 2504 against…

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Alleged Stealing. Two Men Arrested. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 3

Yesterday evening detectives arrested two men, one charged with stealing, and the other on a charge of receiving about £100 About £26 worth of goods alleged to have…

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District Court Fees

Northern Star · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

A material reduction has been made in the fees payable on entering plaints in the District Court. Formerly a fee of 5s was charged on the lowest scale, and 10s and…

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An Amusing Case. Escaped From the Police Office

Northern Star · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 3

Among the matters which were not in the regular list of the Full Court business on Monday[?] were two which turned out to be somewhat Gilbertian in their ultimate[?]…

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Wholesale Secret Murders. a Murder Sydicate. Bodies Buried on Farm. London

Northern Star · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 3

The American Police have discovered a system of wholesale murders, the bodies of the victims being disposed of by burial on a farm occupied by a man named[?]…

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Broken Hill Morals. Police Officer in Defence. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 3

The remark of the Rev. John Paterson in reference to the morals of Broken Hill have been strongly resented in that city. Sub-Inspector Sawtell, head of the…

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Lismore Police Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

Before Air. Fitzhardinge, P.M., Charles McKenzie, charged with being drunk in, Woodlark-street on Saturday evening, was fined 1s, or the rising of the…

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Casino Police Court. Friday, May 8

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 8

BEFORE the P.M., and Messrs. R. Page and A. P. Carlton, J's.P. W. H. Carmont v. John Lynn, charged with loitering on…

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Alleged Gold Stealing, an Arrest Made. Launceston

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 3

The Police arrested a man named Arthur Long on the arrival of the steamer Loongana from Melbourne, and charged him with stealing and receiving an ingot of…

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An In[?]ant's Death. Wilful Murder. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 3

At an inquest on the body of a baby, found on a doorstep at the Globe recently, the Coroner returned a Verdict of murder against some person or persons unknown…

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Incendiary Fires in Berlin. Police Watching 7000 Houses. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 3

Two hundred incendiary fires have been reported in Berlin since February. The police are their their wit's end. watching seven thousand houses…

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Our Kyogle Budget. Police Court

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

ON Saturday last, before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, P.M., and Mr. J. H. Allen, J.P., the following cases were disposed of: -- W. Gunn, disorderly…

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A Murder Syndicate

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

THE American police last week discovered a system of wholesale murders, the bodies of the victims being disposed of by burial on a farm occupied by a man named…

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The Chicago Murders. Murder Syndicate. Incriminating Letters. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 5

The supposed wholesale mueder and robbery, as reported from America, was thus disclosed—A fire occurred on a farm at Laporte, in the State of indiana, and four…

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Court Accommodation. Judge Expresses Disapproval Holds Court in Shire Office. Murwillumbah

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 5

The District Court was opened to-day before His Honor Judge Gibson. The following cases were disposed of:— Thomas Hayle v. Edward Shields, an…

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Dentist Claims £570 for False Teeth. Bill, for £3,000. £65 Charged for Removing Single Tooth

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 7

Mr. Justice Grantham's court in the King's Bench Division was crowded when Mr. Edwin Joseph Richardson, licentiate in dental surgery of the Royal College of…

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