Worth the Risk. Cashier's Remarkable Comment When Arrested for Theft
"I have been expecting this," Bald Percy Ferguson, when he was arrested in Brixton road on 2nd August. "They have been a long time making up their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1907
338 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 14 of 17
Police to Aid the Municipalities
IN past times offences against the municipal codes were often regarded by police constables as matters which might well be left to the councils'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telephone Murder. Day of Surprises. a Wife’s Jealousy of Her Sister
The correspondent of "the London “Daily Mail” wrote from Carlsruhe on 18th July:— Dr. Carl Han, the young Washington…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Burning of Coongoola Woolshed. Accused Before the Court. Cunnamulla (Q.)
At the Police Court to-day William Riley, on remand from Glen Innes, was charged with unlawfully burning Coongoola woolshed on November 10, 1894…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court. Monday October 14. (Before Messrs. G, R. Williams and D.M. Campbell’s P) Assault
Alice Batty was charged with assaulting Leslie Moore -on the 7th Instant and. pleaded not guilty:—Mr. Gee for complainiant, Mr. Fell for defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bribe to Murder Kruger
VETHEIM, recently arrested in Paris on an extradition warrant on a charge of blackmailing Mr. Solly Joel, asserts that the late Mr. Barney Barnato…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Worth the Risk. Cashier's Remarkable Comment When Arrested for Theft
"I have been expecting this," said Percy Ferguson, when he was arrested in Brixton road on 2nd August. "They have been a long time making up-their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police to Aid the Municipalities
In past times offences against the municipal codes were of ten regarded by police constables as matters which might well be left to the councils own…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood Police Court. Monday, October 14. (Before Messrs. G. R. Williams and D. M. Camphell, J's. P.) Assault
Alice Batty was charged with ass[?]ulting Leslie Moore on the 7th instant, and pleaded not guilty. Mr. Gee appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Fell for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Quirindi Murder. Sentence of Death Passed. Tamworth
At the Circuit Court to-day, George Toffis was charged with murdering a girl named Mand Fletcher, at Quirindi on July 29. Mr. R Windeyer instructed by Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Famous Gaol-breaker. Braves the Police. Visits His Home
James Lynchehaun, the most famous prison-breaker of the past decade, whose extradition from America on a charge oil being a fugitive after conviction for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police to Aid the Municipalities
In the past times offences against the municipal codes were often regarded by police constables as matters which might well be left to the council's own…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kidnapped by Police. Russian Officials Who Carry Off Girls
The very large number of quite young girls of respectable families who fall into the clutches of the political police is a feature of the present epidemic of arrests at Odessa…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Braidwood Police Court. MONDAY. (Before the Police Magistrate)
Michael Joseph Ryan, of Majors, near Queanbeyan, was charged under the Electoral Act with intent to deceive and defraud by forging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, October 21.(Before Mr. A. Elliott, P.M. FORGERY.)
Michael Joseph Ryan appeared before the Court, charged with forging, an-electoral claim. Mr. Gee for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"A Gentleman at Large." Wife Charges Husband with Theft
Mr Plowden had the novel experience on Saturday, 24th August, of hearing a case in which a married woman prosecuted her husband for stealing her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Child's Story of Murder. Witness of a Father's Crime
A pretty child of twelve years, with long golden locks, described to the Nottingham coroner yesterday, )August 16th a ghastly crime. She was Alice Maud…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Braidwood Police Court. Monday. (Before A. Elliott, Esq., P.m.) Alleged Forgery
Michael Joseph Ryan was charged with having forged an electoral claim. Mr. Gee appeared for defendant. G. R. Williams deposed he was Registrar for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supposed Murder
The decomposed remains of an infant, about 6 months, old, has been found partially buried in the sand at Bondi. The right arm was missing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The Crimson Circle." Magistrate's Plain Speaking
After a weeks's remand the two Peckham youths, James Lyle and Douglas Page, who confessed to sending letters threatening the vengeance of "The…
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