Murder of King Carlos
KING CARLOS I, of Portugal, and Queen Marie, the Crown Prince, and infant son Manuel, were driving in an open carriage at five o'clock last…
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Courts & crime, 1908
932 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 47
Assaulting the Police. Sydney
A magistrate to-day sentenced a young man found guilty of assaulting the police to one month's imprisonment…
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On Wednesday before the P.M. and Mr. J. Ball, J.P., Hawkers' licenses were granted to B. Cox and R. Costello, and a second-hand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Wrecker Sentenced. Melbourne
The man named [?]ey, convicted of attempting to wreck the Horsham train, has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Licensing Court. Reserved Decisions. Sydney
The special licensing court delivered judgment to-day in several reserved points. The court held that section 7 was not only retrospective, but retroactive, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Arbitration Court. Sydney
Mr. P. Wright, the employers ropresentative on the Arbitration Court, say's that the condition of affairs is hopeless…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Man Shoots His Wife. Then Attempts Suicide. Futile Court Proceedings. Brisbane
A Gat[?]on man named Morris, charged at the police court on Friday with threatening to shoot his wife was discharged on the following day (Saturday). His wife…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hotel Robbery. Man Confesses to the Theft. Sydney
During the absence yesterday of the licensee of the International Hotel, Newtown, £58 in cash was stolen from the till. The police subsequently recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post Office Burglary. Building Destroyed. Sydney
Burglars made a most desperate [?] on the Eurobodalla Post Office in the Bodalla district. Not only did they blow open the safe with explosives but the building…
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A. G. Robertson v. H. T. Chambers. claim for £15 3s 4d for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plain[?]. Mary Muldoon V. Louis Frohmuller…
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BEFORE Mr. F.S. Isaacs, S.M., Sydney, on Friday, at the Water Police Court, Leo. Swinson, 29, winch-driver, and Sydney Swinson, 25, winch-driver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Von Veltheim Sentenced. Veltheim's Career. a Scoundrel at Last Gets His Deserts. Bad Character From Childhood. Some of His Misdeeds. London
Frank Von Veltheim has been sentenced to twenty years. (Frank Von Veltheim who had been extradited from France was charged on…
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1908. Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, P. M. and J. McLean, J. B. A defendant who had indulge in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Casino Police Court. FRIDAY. (Before Mr. F. Adrian, P.M., and Messrs. R. Page and A. P. Carlton, Js.P.)
JAMES WALSH was charged with permitting drunkenness on his licensed premises. Mr. Kissane appeared for the defendant, and took the point that the information…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Suffragette Agitation. Parliament Approached with a Petition. Ten Arrested for Resisting the Police. London
The authorities hinting at the existence of an Act of Charles II, prohibiting more than 10 people to approach Parliament with a petition, Mrs. Parkhurst. Mrs…
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Mrs. Kennedy and another suffragette have been fined £5 each or a month's imprisonment. Mrs. Pankhurst and sever, others were…
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Mr. T. Spencor has been re-elected employers representative on the Arbltration Court…
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Yesterday, before the Police Magistrate, John Rogers, for drunkenness on the 16th inst., in Molesworth-street, was fined 5s, in default 24 hours' light labour in Lismore…
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BEFORE the P.M., Messrs. R. Page and A. Carlton, J. sP., on Friday, February 14. DRUNK ON LICENSED PREMISES…
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CONSTABLE (in the heat of giving evidence): I saw the man gallop the horse from the top of the hotel. P.M. (with a slight smile): The hotel?…
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