A Court-martial Among Crows
That rooks are in the habit of holding courts-mar[?]al on their own kind has been known to naturalists, but it is not often that one witnesses…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime
Courts & crime, 1908
253 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 13
Warden's Court. BEfore Mr. Warden Elliott
Thomas Cartwright applied for permission to enter Portion, 126, parish of Goorooyaroo, for the purpose of prospecting for gold. The area…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Alpine Murder. a Death Trap. at the Summit of a Pass
Sentence of imprisonment for life was passed at Martigny last evening (14th March) on the shepherd Joseph Michaud, who committed a murder on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Courts. Wednesday, June 17, 1908. BEFORE Mr. A. Elliott, P.M. Warden's Court
Application by Thomas Cartwright, to enter and mine for gold on portion 126, county Murray, parish Goorooyarroo. The area of the portion required to be entered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sentenced to Death. Murderers Who Loved Their Victims
When William Alfred Hancocks was sentenced to death at Chester Assizes on Ju[?], for the murder of his daughter, Mary Elizabeth, aged fifteen, he saluted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Polyglot Police. Experiment in Paris. Very Successful
From Paris on 23rd April the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— After some months' hard coaching the polyglot policemen of Paris appeared for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Blow to New Protection. Judgment of the High Court. Melbourne
In the High Court to-day, judgment in the Harvester cases was given. The Court, by a majority of three to two, held that the Act was ultra vires, and that defendants…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mother and Daughter. in a London Police Court
At the West London Police Court on Ju[?] 4th, a pathetic little figure stood in the dock—a girl of 13, charged by her own mother with the theft of 10d.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Araluen Police Court. Wednesday. (Before Messrs. Elliott, P.M., and T. U. Alley, J.P.)
Thomas Simpson was summoned for using bad language on 7th June. Fined 2s 6d and 6s costs. James Marsha I was summoned for being drunk and disorderly on 13th June. Fined 10s and 6s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Murder Mystery. the Berlin Outrage
The most feverish activity on the part on the police has (according to the "Dally Mall" of 11th April) brought them no nearer to the unravelling of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Debts Court. MONDAY. (Before Mr. A. Elliott, P.m.) Chaney V. CULLEN
Robert Chaney sued Henry Cullen for £2 2s, which was alleged to have been overpaid to the latter. Mr. Gec appeared for plaintiff, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The High Court
THE decision of the High Court quashing the New Protection has opened up a very interesting question. We are now told…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lake Side Murder. Drama of Love and Crime
From New York on 30th March a correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:—Chester Gillette, the young nephew or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. the High Court and the New Protection. How the Workers Are Fooled. To the Editor
SIR,—The workers of Australia generally, but of New South Wales particularly, pride themselves on being far in advance of the workers of other countries in the matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Dogs
In their docks at Hull, the North-Eastern Railway Company have been making an experiment in the employment or dogs as police auxiliaries. So satisfied…
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In their docks at Hull, the North-Eastern Railway Company have been making an experiment in the employment of dogs as police auxiliaries. So satisfied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warden's Court
BEFORE Mr. Warden Elliott. Mr. Garraway appeared as agent for Ernest Bingay Hawkins of Moss Vale, and applied for permission to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court
THERE was only one case set down for hearing, viz., George Morton v. Alexander McPherson. Plaintiff (for whom Mr. Garraway appeared)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Appeal Court. (Before Mr. Elliott.)
Mr. Moriarty (valuer), Mr. J. H. Hincksman (council clerk) and the members of the legal profession were in attendance. Before taking the first case the magistrate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warden's Court. (Before Mr. Warden Elliott)
An application from Jas. T. Collett to enter land, por. 126, parish Goorooyarroo, county Murray, on Mr. Cartwright's property was withdrawn…
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