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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

338 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 17

In Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 2

Barrister: 'You say you had called to see Miss Billings' and were at the house at the time the burglary was committed?" Witness : 'Yes, sir.'…

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Murderous Assault Adelaide

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 2

Vikter Sandg[?]en, seaman, of the Russian barque Fabrwohi, died at the Adelaide Hospital last night from injuries received during Monday night from unknown assailants at…

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Police Responsible

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 3

The police were the defendants in a case of an unusual character at the Southwark County Court yesterday, 28th January…

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In Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 1

Magistrate: 'Prisoner, have you any visible means of support?' Prisoner: 'Yir, sir, your honour.' (To his wife, a laundress): 'Bridget, stand up,…

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Appeal From Full Court

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

The Full Court has granted leave to appeal from the decision o f the Full Court in refusing to make the rule absolute for juror Andrew Brown to…

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General Pavloff’s Murder . an Audacious Assassin. Bis Fight with Pursuers

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 6

A ‘‘Victim of the Terrorist campaign, General Pavloff, Chief Military Prosecutor of the Russian Army, was assassinated at ten o’ clock in the…

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A Girl’s Story. Her Betrayer Court Martialled

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 4

An extraordinary story was related in the Kilkenny, Police Court an the 10th January, in connection with the [?] on John Fleming a Waterford engineer…

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Tre Gininderra Police Station

The Age · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 2

THE new Police Station at Gininderra was finally inspected and passed by Mr. Davis on Tuesday of last week, and the contractor, Mr. W. J. Brown, of…

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Princess Fined. London Police Court Story

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 4

A charge of assaulting her late cook, Cecilia Jacobson, brought Princess. Toussoun, of 3 Kent Terrace, Regent's Park, the widow of an Egyptian prince…

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A French Tragedy. Trial at Vasailles. Daughter Charged with Patricide

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 5

The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph writes on January 30th:— Zola might have added a chapter to “LaTerra” with the story of a murder now…

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Tom Mann in Court. Fined for Insulting a Constable. Melbourne

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 6

The persevering way in which the socialists have been endeavouring to increase the circulation of their newspaper was indirectly responsible for the appearance of Tom Mann…

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Class Influences. Police Court Contrasts

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

The other day in a Sydney Court, Harris Weingott, a clothing manufacturer, was fined 20/- for brutally…

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Thaw Murder Trial

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

The jury in the Thaw murder case in New York were unable to agree, and have therefore been discharged. The newspapers, in commenting upon…

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Selected Verse. Ballad of Reading Gaol

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 4

"With slouch and swing, round the ring, We trod the Fool's Parade! We did not care: we knew we were The Devil's own brigade…

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Local & General. Licensing Court

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

The license of the Albion Hotel was on Saturday transferred from Mr. Thos. Pooley to Mr. Patrick John Ryan…

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Matricide Charged. Millionaire's Wife Arrested

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 3

On 18th February, the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote: Mrs Leopold Wallau, one of the most prominent women In the wealthy…

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Charge of Murder

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

At the Albury Criminal Court, John Carey, was charged with the murder of Patrick McNamara at Mulwala on March 13. For the defence it was stated…

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Old Murder Charge. Arrest After Seven Years

The Age · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 4

At Monaghan, to-day (13th January), John M'Caffrey of Cormaurvoy, was charged with the murder of Patrick M'Mahon, of Drumgiff, on…

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Amusing Incident in Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

'Rationals' is the name now used for the now women's divided garment. The following incident in court refers to their adoptions:--…

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“Was It Contempt?” a Country Court Incident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 4

Recent an unusual and amusing incident occurred at Clerkenwell County Court According to the L[?] “Times,” owing to the early portion of…

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