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Courts & crime, 1907

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District Court. (Before his Honor, Judge Rogers, K.C.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

In the District Court on Saturday, before his Honor, Judge Rogers, K.C. the Australian Joint Stock Bank sued Henry Solomon for the recovery of…

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Wagga District Court Saturday. Feb. 16, 1907. (Before Judge Rogers, K.C.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

Judge Rogers, K.C., heard two civil cases in the District Court on Saturday. The Australian Joint Stook Bank sued Henry Salomon .storekeeper, for £85 6s…

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Police Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 2

Monday, February 18, 1907 Before Mr. J. H.Nesbit, P.M. BAD LANGUAGE AND RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR. C. Cayton pleaded guilty to…

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Small Debts Court. Monday. February 15th. 1907 Before Mr. J. H. Nesbit, P.M. G. W. Last V J. GUYMER

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 3

Claim £2 3s 9d. Mr. Fraser for plaintiff G. W. Last deposed : I am suing defendant for a refund of £21 3s 9d : he was overpaid that amount for shearing at my shed at…

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The Whiteley Murder. Raynor Remanded

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 3

Horace Raynor appeared before the Mary lebone Police Court yesterday, charged with the murder of Mr. William Whiteley, the London merchant, whom…

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A Venezuelan Revolution. Leaders Sentenced to Death. London, Feb, 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 2

The revolutionist, General Parches, and eighteen of his followers, including three Americans, have been sentenced to death at Caracas in…

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Land Appeal Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 4

Sittings of the Land appeal Court of New South Wales will be held at Darlinghurst, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, the 23th day of…

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Arbitration Court Cannot Jail

The Worker · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 3

The question whether or not the Arbitration Court had powers to send persons to jail was dealt with by the New South Wales Full Court on Friday in a judgment…

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The St. Peters Tragedy. Verdict of Murder. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 2

At the inquest to-day on the bodies of Samuel Joseph Leith and Henry Albert Medhurst, the victims of the St. Peters tragedy, the Coroner found…

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The Millionaire Murder. a Providential Impulse. London, Feb, 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 2

At the trial of Harry Thaw, in New York, Dr. Evans stated that during his examination of Thaw the latter had indicated the belief that…

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Struggling for Jurisdiction. Full Court Grants Prohibition

The Worker · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 7

N.S.W. Full Court on Tuesday gave judgment in an appeal by the Haberfield Proprietary Limited, against an order of the Arbitration Court. The Bench consisted of…

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Got Their Wool Off. Police Persecution of a Young Shearer

The Worker · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 6

Darwin McCulloch, a young shearer, thinks it is high time that the Sydney police were prevented from persecuting him. His experiences certainly give him…

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W. P. CRICK. Tho Full Court on the Nolle Prosequi

The Worker · Thursday 21 February 1907 · page 11

The case in which William Patrick Crick was called on before N.S.W. Full Court, at the instance of the Incorporated Law Institute, to show cause why he should not be…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 20Th February. (Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.m.) Alleged Theft

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 3

Police v. Stewart Keenan, of Batlow; charged with that, on or about the months of February, 1905, he did, at Batlow, steal one gold brooch, of the value of £2 10s, the…

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Tumut Police Court. Wednesday, Feb. 20. Before Mr. Nesbitt, P.M.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 2

Municipal Council v. C. Piper, £1 3s 4d n.s. dues, and same v. J. Lees, £1 16d, n. s. dues. Mr. Emanuel for the prosecution. Verdicts were…

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Adelong. Police COURT.—Tuesday Before Mr. J. H. Nesbitt, P.M.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 2

Two cases of shooting ducks during close season were called, and postponed a week. SMALL DEBTS…

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Warden's Court

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 3

IN the Warden's Court on Tuesday before Mr. Warden Nisbett, Daniel Scott applied for an authority to enter on portion 49, ph. Calafat, for the…

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Died After Boxing. Judge, Referee and Seconds Charged. the Coroner's Inquiry

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 6

At the South Western Police Court, on the 28th December, Joseph Cohen, 46, fruiterer, Blackfriars road; William C. Lovett, 33, coach pointer, Cabul road…

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Goldsmith's Shop Rifled. Under the Eyes of the Police

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 6

By an extraordinarily daring burglary on the 21st December, under the very eyes of the police, the Oxford street premises of the London Goldsmiths'…

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A Forgery Case. the Prisoner Sentenced

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 4

Chas. Pearce was indicted upon a charge of forging the name of Thomas Morris upon a cheque, and uttering the same upon Thomas Dobney and Co., on…

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