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Courts & crime, 1907

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Police Court. Monday, July 22, 1907. Before Mr. J. H. Nosbit, P.M. All About a Horse Rug

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1907 · page 2

Wm. A. Paton, on remand, was charged with receiving a horse rug, knowing same to have been stolen. Plea—Not guilty…

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In a Police Court

The Worker · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 18

"John Smith!" Crouched in a corner of the police court, and noticeable by evident great age, sat a snowy-haired man whose watery eyes took in the proceedings in a…

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Daylight Murder. Armenian Done to Death

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 2

A blackmailer in broad daylight murdered a Tavshaian, the wealthiest Armenian in the United States, in Union Square, New York…

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Triple Court Martial

The Worker · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 17

Three officers were court-martialled at Sydney in connection with the stranding of H.M.S. Pyramus on the Barrier Reef. Gunner Collingwood, who was left in charge…

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Australian Arbitration Court

The Worker · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 12

Mr. Justice O'Connor, President of the Australian Arbitration Court, delivered judgment in the case of the A.W.U. versus the P.U. on Saturday. A special edition of…

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Divorce Court Unusual Application

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 2

In the Sydney Divorce. Court Mary Nugent Jones asked for an order to recover £55 5 11s 7d from Margaret Ellen Costello, executrix of the late…

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Murder for a Fortune American Lawyer Convicted Wife Commits Suicide. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 2

Dr. Hau, an American lawyer, has been sentenced to death at Karleruhe, the capital of Baden, for shooting his mother-in-law at Baden, in November…

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Over the Garden Wail. Wisdom Prom. a Magistrate

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 2

A lady complained to Mr Fordham. at the North Loudon Police Court on the 8th of May, that some young men from a neighbouring house came…

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Crumpe Murder. Further Details., a Lost Inheritance.”

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 7

A dramatic tale was told by the police at the Portsmouth Town Hall yesterday (28rd May), when John Langford Crumpe, a feeble old man of aristocratic…

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The Shearing Dispute. Arbitration Court Award

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 2

On Saturday morning last Mr. Justice O'Connor, President of the commonwealth Arbitration court, gave his reserved judgement in the dispute…

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Blundkr in Identity. Seven Against Ten. Police Prove Accused Innocent

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 2

A remarkable Instance of mistaken Identity was revealed at Clerkenwell Sessions yesterday, April 26th. For the prosecution. seven youths and…

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District Court. Friday, July 19th, 1907. Before His Honor Mr. Justice Rogers, K.c.) a Gillenbah Action

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 3

Hough v. Thompson. Mr. Quirk appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Kershaw for the defendant…

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Police Courts. FRIDAY. Before Mr. T. Mangan, J.P. Alleged Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 2

Two young men named Reuben Loane and Thomas Ford were charged with stealing rabbit and hare skins, and wore defended by Mr. MacMahon…

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General Cables. LONDON, July 26. Sentenced to Death

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 2

At the London Central Criminal Court to-day Richard Brinkley, charged with the murder by poisoning of Richard and Annie Elizabeth Beck,…

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Indian Unrest. an Editor and Others Sentenced. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 2

The editor of the "Yugantar," a newspaper with a large circulation in Eastern Bengal, has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for preaching…

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Sedition in india. an Editor Sentenced. London, July 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 2

The editor of the Yugantar native newspaper, which has a large circulation in Eastern Bengal, has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for…

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A Cowardly Assault. Summary Punishment. Plucky Girl Challenges Larrikin

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 8

The conduct of a grocer named Stewart O'Connell was dealt with in an exemplary manner by the Melbourne City Court Bench on Wednesday…

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The Melbourne Diamond Murder. Diamonds Valued at £3058

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 2

The Melbourne police to-day circulated particulars of the diamonds and other property stolen by the murderer of Gernard Bauer. The value of the…

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Burglary at Wee Waa

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 2

Burglars burst open Coppleson and Co.'s safe at Wee Waa with explosives, and abstracted all the cash in the safe, but left cheques to the value of [?]…

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Daring Burglary. a Store Looted. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 2

Burglars broke into Coppleson's store at Wee Waa, yesterday morning. They burst open the safe with explosives, and extracted notes, gold,…

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