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Courts & crime, 1907

1,182 stories in Riverina's papers · page 57 of 60

The Monte Carlo Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 2

Mrs. Goold, who, with her husband, has been found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Levin, at Monte Carlo, told her lawyers she would prefer death to…

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Wagga Police Court. Before Mr. Stevenson, P.M. Monday, December 9th

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 2

A grazier named Charles Dennis, of Tarcutta, proceeded against Frederick Gibbon on a charge of assault. Mr. Mitchelmore represented complainant…

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Cricketer Cotter. Fixed for Assault Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 2

At the police court to-day. Albert Cotter, the New South Wales fast bowler, was fined £2 for assaulting a police constable. A second case was…

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Small Debts Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 2

At a sitting of the Wagga Small Debts Court yesterday before Mr. Stevenson, P.M., Charles Fred. Sydenham, as agent for the Wertheim Sowing…

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The Coal Strike Sitting of the Court. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 2

The Special Court to hear the Newcastle coal dispute held its first meeting at Newcastle to-day. The President (Judge Heydon), announced that…

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Strange Case. a Marriage for Money Ends in the Divorce Court the Woman Proposes

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 1

A remarkable story of a marriage be tween an old woman and a young man was told in the Sydney Divorce Court on Thursday, when Hannah Alexander…

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A Drunken Clergyman. Sentenced to Deprivation

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 2

The Bishop of the See has sentenced Rev. James Henry Taylor, vicar of the Church of Isle Abbotts, Somerset, who has been convicted of frequent…

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Police As Swagmen

The Worker · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 5

The police resorted to a novel ruse in order to surprise a "two-up" school at Blayney (N.S.W.). They dressed as swagmen, and in this way managed to invade…

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Employer Assaults Union Secretary. Magistrate's View of "Reasonable Force." Bumptious Mr. Levien

The Worker · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 30

Another illustration of the trouble union secretaries have with a.certain kind of employer when asserting the rights of unionism, was supplied in the Water Police…

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The Special Coal Court. Proceedings Opened

The Worker · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 27

The Special Arbitration Court, appointed under Royal Commission, to arbitrate on the matters in dispute between the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors'…

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General Telegrams. SYDNEY, Wednesday. Arbitration Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 2

Mr. Justice Street has been appointed deputy President of the Arbitration Court. ESKBANK IRONWORKS…

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The Goold Murder Visit of a Neice. Mrs. Goold Violent. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 2

The noice of the Goolds, who lived with them until a few days before the murder of Madame Levin, and who is credited with being an indirect cause…

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A Marked Man. Murder Gang at Work. Martial Law Proclaimed. London, Dec. 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 2

Two rebels belonging to a murder gang were found in the kraal of a loyal chief in Zululand. The intended victim was aware he was a marked…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 2

John Fitzgerald, who was remanded from Moss Vale, and twice remanded at Murrumburrah, was charged with having, on or about 21st November, stolen three head of…

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Murder and Robbery

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 2

Cisy Broadfoot, a typist, was found with her skull fractured in her employer's office at Glassgow, and the safe in the office had been robbed…

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Daring Burglary. Legislator Robbed. Jewellery Stolen in Broad Daylight

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 2

A flaring robbery was perpetrated at the residence of Mr. George W. Fuller, M.H.R., Neutral Bay, this afternoon. While the inmates were in another…

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Police Court. THURSDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Stamp Duties Act

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 3

Frederick Allen Morgan was charged with giving an unstamped receipt. Plea, not guilty. Constable McKenzie stated the facts that…

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General Cables. LONDON, Dec. 13. Cowardly Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 2

The body of Rita Broadfoot, a typewriter, was found in her employer's office at Glasgow with her skull fractured. The safe had been robbed…

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A C.p. Inspector Eulogised References in the Land Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 2

When the December sittings of the Wagga Land Board doted on Thursday evening, advantage was taken of the opportunity afforded by the presence…

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Retribution. Five Years for Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 2

At the Criminal Court to-day, John Thomas Kenney, found guilty of having assaulted and robbed a sailor, wes sentenced to five years' imprisonment…

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