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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Police Court. Monday, May 11Th. (Before Mr. W. G. Burton Smith, P.M.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

CORNELIUS POWER and George Bray were charged with stealing two £1 notes from the person of Allan Deen. Mr. McGuinn appeared for the accused…

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Police Court. Saturday, May 9. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.m.) Alleged Larceny

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

Cornelius Power and George Bray, on bail, were charged with stealing two £[?] notes from the person of Allan Dehm, at Dubbo, on the 7th instant…

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Police. Presentation to Constable Nolan

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

ON Monday afternoon Constable Nolan, who some time ago was transferred to Orange, was presented by the Dubbo police with a silver cake basket on the eve of his marriage with…

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A Receiver Sentenced

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 5

William May an elderly man, was to-day sentenced to two years penal servitude for receiving stolen property…

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Alleged Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 5

AT Sydney, on Thursday, the body of a man was exhumed at Waverley cemetery, that of Alexander Brown, aged 56. Deceased, who was noted for his fine physique followed the…

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The American Murder Case

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 5

The man Lamphere, who was employed by Mrs. Guinness at the farm at Laports, has confessed be caught her burying at night the dismembered body of a Norwegian, and ever…

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[?]E Murder [?]Richard Mait[?]

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 8

EDWARD LAVEND [?]ked up from the drawings on his [?] intricate, rather meaningless dr[?] to the uninitiated eye, and fixed [?]ward gaze upon some…

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Murder Mystery. a Paris Sensation

The Western Herald · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 6

What (writes the "Daily Mail" of 4th February) appeared at first to be m[?]ly a crime of a nature not [?]nfrequent in Paris has developed into a mystery…

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An Assault Case

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 2

At the Police Court on Friday before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.M., Daniel Lynch proceeded against a half-caste named Thomas Brown for assault. Mr…

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Warden's Court. Tuesday, May 19

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 2

An application was made by J. Madden and J. Inch for six months' suspension of conditions of Mining Lease No. 9710. The hearing was adjourned to the next court…

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Master Burglar. "Friend" of Police

The Cobar Herald · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 7

HOW HE RAIDED A PLAT. "Professor Moriarty," depicted by Sir Conan Doyle in "Sherlock Holmes," who crouched in a web of crime, has a living…

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Two-Up. a Contingent Before the Court

The Cobar Herald · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 4

Before. Mr. Dove, T.M., on Tuesday, some 34 men were summoned for playing the game of two-up to the annoyance of passers-by…

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The Coal Court. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 4

Mr. Wade, referring to the special coal court at Newcastle, says that it is impossible for it to go on while strikes continue. Miss Meskell had a sensational experience…

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Master Burglar. "Friend" of Police. How He Raided a Flat

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 7

"Professor Moriarty," depicted by Sir Conan Doyle in "Sherlock Holmes," who crouched in a web of crime, has a living counterpart in Joseph Hepburn, who, as…

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Commercial Travellers Charged with Stealing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 3

A Commercial Traveller named Robertson was charged at the Police Court with stealing tobacco and money valued at £1000 from Peter Matheanu. After Tallinghurst was also…

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Police Court. Tuesday, May 26Th (Before Mr. W. G. Button Smith, P.M.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 2

SAMUEL SCHUMACK was proceeded against by the Railway Commissioners for travelling without a ticket from Narromine. Defendant was fined 10…

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Police Court. Monday, May 25. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.m.) Alleged Trespassing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 2

Ernest McIntosh and Patrick Carney were fined 10s each for trespassing on the railway station yard at Narromine on the 19th inst…

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Charge of Theft

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 4

IN our issue of Wednesday brief mention was made re a charge of alleged theft against William Arohihsld Robinson and Arthur Tollioghurst Fuller, particulars are…

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The Bendigo Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 4

The Victorian Cabinet to-day further considered the case of the condemned man Manning, whose execution is fixed for next Monday. It was decided that three medical men…

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Desperate Gaol Breakers. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 4

Eighteen prisoners eseaped from Tiflis gaol, Trans-Caucasia, after a bomb had been thrown and two sentinels shot dead…

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