The Carpentaria Murder
At the Georgetown Police Court, yesterday, Mrs. Frank Wilson was committed for trial on a charge of murdering Miss Duffy…
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Courts & crime, 1908
495 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 24 of 25
Eighty-seven and Sentenced to Two Years
At Tamworth Sessions on Thursday, William Henry Lancelot Jones, aged 87, was charged with stealing a cheque valued at £20 16s 6d. The accused pleaded guilty. There were several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Land Appeal Court
A SITTING of the Land Appeal Court will be held at Sydney on Thursday, 10th December. The following district cases are set down for hearing:--…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →That Wellington Widow's Money. Full Disclosure in the Court
MUCH excitement was occasioned throughout the Western District recently when it was announced that a widow at Wellington had been wheedled out of £82 by 'such a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson.) a Western Case
AT Sydney, no Tuesday, Marion Taylor, formerly Hogben, sued Edward James Herbert Taylor for a divorce, on the ground of desertion. Mr. Edward J. Spear appeared for the petitioner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts Court
In the Small Debts Court on Friday before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.M., Alfred James Polsen proceeded against William Moore for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempted Assault by a Blackfellow. Sydney
A Queensland aboriginal named "Almond" has been committed for trial at Boomi, on the Queensland border, on the charge of attempting to assault a child of 7,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Saturday, December 5. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.m.) Allowing Gaming
Son Choy was charged with allowing gambling to be carried on in his premises. Mr. R. H. Nelson, who appeared on behalf of the accused, pleaded guilty for him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipality's Liability. Important Judgment by Full Court
JUDGEMENT was delivered by the Full Court (the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Sly) on Friday in regard to the appeal by the Municipality of St. Peters against a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Bank Appeals to the High Court
The City Bank of Sydney has given notice of appeal against the decision of the chief judge in equity in the matter of the bank's claim on the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police and Evangelists
A terrible affray has occurred at Kansas City between the police and street evangelists. During the fighting one policeman killed two persons, and other policeman mortally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court. Thursday, December 10. (Before Mr. L. A. McDONGALL, J.p.) Alleged False Pretences
Raiph Brock was charged with obtaining 7s 3d from G. Gilbert by means of a valueless cheque for 7s 10d, and 6s from Alfred Cordate by means of a cheque purporting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Around the World. In the Police Museum
'Only recently,' said Mr. Ricketts, the solicitor, at Clerkenwell, 'your worship convicted a man for keeping a betting house. The police seized some slips. Now the man, as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rabbit Destruction. Friendly Court Proceedings
A very friendly feeling pervaded the parties in some cases arising out of alleged neglect to destroy rabbits which were dealt with at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charged With Assaulting a Chinaman
AT the Dubbo Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. W. G. Burton Smith, P.M., William Press, was charged with having at Dubbo, on December 7th, assaulted Cum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supposed Murder. Melbourne
Mrs. Robert Scott, wife of the manager of the Spring Gully dredge, Castlemaine, was found shot dead in a creek at Spring Gully. The circumstances surrounding the case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Revision Court
A court for the revision of the supplementary lists of electors for the Talbragar Shire sad Dubbo Municipality was opened on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, December 14. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.m.) Adjournments
Mr. McGuinn made, on behalf of Hing Jang, application to have the hearing of the case pistponed for a week. He said that his client was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder at Armidale. Girl's Shocking Death
A girl named Hannah Kelly, a waitress at the Central Hotel, Armidale, was found dead in bed on Sunday morning, with her throat cut from ear to ear…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Land Appeal Court
The following district caseswere dealt with by the Land Appeal Court flitting at Sydney:— An appeal was lodged by the executors…
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