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Courts & crime, 1907

1,182 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 60

Tumut Police Court. Wednesday, Jan. 23

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

Before Mr. Misbett, P.M. Allan McAlister, for not destroying rabbits, as per section of the Pastures Act, was fined £2, court costs 6s, cost of…

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Adelong. Police Court.—monday. Before Mr. A. W. Molineaux J. P.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

Stewart Keenan and John Thomas, under arrest, were charged with breaking and entering the house of Catherine McGee, near Batlow, and stealing therefrom…

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Modern Burglary. the Fight Between Safe-makers and Safe-breakers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 8

The struggle between safe-maker and safe-breaker has been going on for more than a hundred years; every step which the one has advanced has been quietly…

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Warden's Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

Authority to enter five acres of C. G. Purcell's land at Windowie, to mine for gold, was granted to John Gowing. Rent fixed at 2s 6d per acre per annum…

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The Liquor Act. an Important Appeal. Deferred Back to Magistrate

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

An appeal on behalf of the defendant in a licensing case was heard in chambers on Monday. Nicholls Peter, licensee of an hotel at Hay, appealed…

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Court Petty Sessions. Coolamon

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

Joseph Hibits was charged with breaking, entering and stealing from the Farmers’ Home Hotel, situated at Matong, the…

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The Police Promotions. Good-bye to Inspector Hojel

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

THERE was a representative gathering of the friends of Inspector Hojel, who has been promoted and placed in change of the Clarence police district,…

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The Father Gapon Mystery. Count Witte and the Court

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 7

With reference; to the inquiry now proceeding on the Gapon mystery, the "Tribune's" St. Petersbury correspondent sought an interview with…

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Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

John Smith, charged with being drunk and disorderly, appeared before the Police Court on Thursday, aud was fined 20/, in default 14 days'…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. P. E. Eldershaw, J.P., John Smith was fined £1, or 14 days, for having been drunk and disorderly in…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY. Before Mr. F. Pinkstone, J.P. DRUNK

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

William McClellan was fined 2/6 for this his first offence. ASSAULT AND BODILY HARM. Hercules Hull was again called on…

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A Strange Murder. Prominent Merchant Shot

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. William Whitely, universal provider of Westbourne Grove, London, was shot dead yesterday in the presence of his assistants and customers. The…

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Sensational Trial. the Murder of a Millionaire. London, Jan. 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

The trial of Harry Thaw, a New York millionaire, for the murder of Stanford White, another millionaire, was began in New York to-day. Of…

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Cable News. Latest News. Received Up to 2 a.m. Murder in America the Thaw Case. Difficulty with Jurors. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

Of two hundred jurors summoned to the trial at New York, of Harry Thaw, the Pittsburg millionaire, on a charge a murdering a leading architect named…

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Situation in Russia. an Admiral Resigns. Conflict with the Court Party. London, Jan. 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

Admiral Birileff, the Russian Minister for the Navy, has resigned because the Court Party, without consultation, expected him to support a…

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The Whiteley Murder. Sensational Development. Received at 1 A.M. LONDON, Jan. 28

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

In connection with the recent sensations London case in which a well known merchant was shot dead in the presence of his assistants, the "Daily…

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Police Court. SATURDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Railway Offense

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 2

Sidney Edward Conn was fined 5/- or imprisonment till the rising of the court for being drunk on the railway station…

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Accident to Police Inspector Garvin

The Worker · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 19

When alighting from a tramcar at his office on Tuesday morning, Mr. T. Garvin, N.S.W. Inspector-General of Police, fell heavily to the ground and broke his thigh…

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Murder by an Indian a White Woman the Victim

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

A savage murder was committed an elderly Indian, Peter Sadeek, at White Cliffs on Tuesday night. The victim was a white woman named May…

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The Whiteley Tragedy a Verdict of Murder. Who Was Rayner's Father? "Clearly a Case of Blackmail." London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

At the inquest on the late William Whiteley, the famous "universal provider," who was shot in his shop by a man named Horace Raynor, a verdict of…

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