A Petty Theft. Municipal Chaff
Thomas Jones, a drover, was charged with staling chaff valued at 8d., the property of the Wagga Municipal Council, on 8th May. Accused was…
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The Courts. Police Court. MONDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Indecent Language
William Richard Warren was charged with the above, and was fined £2 and 8/6 costs. He asked for time, but Senior-sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Actor Charged with Bigamy
James B. Atholwood, a well-known actor in the Williamson companies, at present playing in Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, has been charged with bigamy…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Charge of Murder
The following verdict was returned by the jury which inquired into the circumstances surrounding the death of Con O'Hara, formerly a ganger on the railways, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Licensing Court
A special licensing court will sit on Monday, June 15, and licensees whose licenses expire on June 30 should give notice of their intention to apply for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder by Syndicate. Laporte Farm Crimes. Letters of the Victims. London, May 11
No doubt whatever is now entertained that the Laporte Farm murders, near Chicago, disclose a series of terrible crimes in that city. Laporte is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State v. Commonwealth. Payment of State Pension a High Court Appeal. Involved
The High Court has reserved judgment in the special case of the State of New South Wales (plaintiff against the Commonwealth of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrested for Murder
Two members of the crew of a collier have been arrested at Westport (New Zealand) on a charge of murdering Ernest Burke, whose body…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →King Manoel's Firmness. Censures the Court Doctor
King Manoel and the Government continue with a firm hand to re-establish constitutional legality, wrote the "Daily Mail" correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Courts. Police Court. THURSDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Liquor Act
Walter Sheather Woodhouse, produce merchant, of Stockinbingal, was charged at the instance of First-class Constable Noble under suction 17 sub-section 2 of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Very Latest. Arrest for Alleged Murder. SYDNEY
A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of Alexander Brown, whose body was exhumed yesterday, under suspicion of having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gambling Scandal in New York. Police Trapped
An illegal gambling saloon established as a trap some weeks ago in the "tenderloin" district by Commissioner Bingham, chief of the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dentist Claims £570 for Teeth. Bill for £3000. £65 Charged for Removing Single Tooth
M. Justice Grantham's court in the King's Bench Division was crowded recently when Mr. Edwin Joseph Richardson, licentiate in denial surgery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder by Syndicate. the Indiana Horror. People Who Disappeared. Confession by Lamphere. Woman's Awful Crime. London, May 15
In connection with the Indiana horror Lamphere, an employee at the farm of Mrs. Guinness, at Laporte, has confessed that he caught Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai Police Court. Monday, May 18. Before Mr. Nisbett, P.M. Drunk and Language
THOMAS McALISTER, for drunkenness in Punch-street on Saturday night, was fined 20/. For indecent language on the same occasion he was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inhuman Conduct. Cruelty to a Horse. Offender Sent to Gaol for a Month
John Anderson was charged at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Stevenson, P.M., with cruelly illtreating a horse, and pleaded not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Witness' Expenses. Failure to Attend Court. Full Court Decides. Must Have Conduct Money. Sydney
Having failed to attend as a witness for accused on a charge of horsestealing at Albury Circuit Court in April last, Byron M'Mahon was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local Option Court. Sydney Suburban Hotels. Nine to Be Closed. Sydney
A special local option court has decided to close five hotels at Balmain, two at Burwood, one at Ashfield, and one at Waverley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, May 18Th, 1908. BEFORE Mr. J. H. Nesbitt, P.M.
A DRUNKENNESS AND BAD LANGUAGE. Thomas McAlister was charged with drunkenness in Punch-street on 16th May. He pleaded guilty and was fined 20s or 7…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. To-day's News. Stealing Political Clothes. SYDNEY
Mr. Mahony, M.L.A., remarked in the course of an address at Kogarah last night that the Labour party came into existence like a man who went…
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