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Courts & crime, 1907

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Wagga police Court. Monday, July 20th. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.m.) Straying Stock

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 4

S. B. Walsh find D. E. Sullivan were each fined 5s and 6s costs, for allow-ing stock to stray on the streets of the municipality…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, July 29th. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.m.) Municipal Cases

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 4

S. P. Walsh, and D. Sullivan pleaded [?] to [?]ing [?] to stray within the Municipality. Each was fined [?] with [?] day's…

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Divorce Court Sensation

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

A divorce snit, in which Percy Purnell is petitioning for divorce from Mary Purnell, on the groung of adultry with Alexander Sinclair, from…

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The Idaho Murder a Sensational Ending. Verdict of Acquittal. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 3

The trial of the officers of the Western Miners Federation, at Idaho, U.S.A.., on charges of murdering Governor St[?]enberg, has reached a sensational stage…

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Local and General News. Wagga Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 2

A Licensing Court was held at Wagga yesterday, Mr. G. Stevenson P.M., and L. A. Fosbery J.P., being on the bench. An application by Michael Byrnes for…

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Police Court. Friday. Alleged Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 3

The case in which the two young men, Reuben Loane and Thomas Ford, were charged with stealing rabbit and hare skins, was dismissed…

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Late Telegrams. [By Wire.] Sydney, Tuesday Evening. Safe Burglary

Tumbarumba Times · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 2

Burglars burst open the safe at Cappleston & Co.'s Wee Waa explosives, and abstracted the cash, but…

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Electoral Revision Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 3

Mr. J. H. Nicbett, P.M., presided at the court for the revision of the electoral list. Sen. Sergeant Nolan and Constables…

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Ex-councillor Sentenced

The Worker · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 5

For committing a serious offence against a girl under sixteen, ex-Councillor Dugald McLeod, of Kalgoorlie, a married man, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. He…

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Theft of Wire Netting

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 2

Henry Hay, a well-known resident, was charged with stealing at Jindera about lewt of secondhand fencing wire, the property of Peter Christian Wagner…

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Private Enterprise in Murder. the Botany Meat Scandal

The Worker · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 15

Upton Sinclair regretted that his book "hit the public in the stomach" instead of "touching its heart," but the stomachic aspect of Private Enterprise's operations is…

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Idaho Murder Trials. More Rigorous Peosecutions London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 2

President Roosevelt has published without comment a telegram which three notorious anarchists addressed to him, rejoicing at the acquittal at Boise…

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Murder of Constable Guilfoyle. A. Reward Offered. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 2

An important announcement was made to-day, when the Government offered a reward of £200 for information that will lead to the apprehension and conviction…

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Sydney Shop Assistants. Award of the Court

The Worker · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 11

On Tuesday, N.S.W. Arbitration Court delivered judgment in the matter of the dispute between the Shop Assistants' Union, claimant, and Mark Foy and the Master…

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Shocking Tragedy at Qulrindi. a Victim of Jealousy. Murder of a Girl

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 2

A fiendish murder was committed at Quirindi on Monday evening. A young man named George Toffic, actuated, it is thought, by jealousy, shot a girl…

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Shop Assistants' Wages Arbitration Court's Award. Increases Granted

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 August 1907 · page 3

The Arbitration Court gave its award on Tuesday in the case of the Shop Assistants' Union against Mark Foy and others…

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The Quirinndi Murder

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 2

After shooting his sweetheart, Mand Fletcher, a youth named George Tofft battered the unfortunate girl's skull in with a rifle, at Quirindi on…

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Irish Police

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 2

Insubordination among the Belfast police is steadily increasing. Strikes in Sympathy in other parts of Ireland are expected…

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Dastardly Murder. Young Girl Done to Death

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

A terrible tragedy occurred last Monday night, about 7 o'clock, at Quirindi, when George Tofft, it is alleged, murdered Mand Fletcher,…

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Trial of Haywood. Governor’s Murderer in Court. Sensational Evidence. Charges Against the Miners Secretary Planning the Crimes

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 2

To-day Harry Orchard, the Informer In the ldaho mining murder [?] took the witness-stand at Boise City, and the case against William D. Haywood, of…

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