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Courts & crime, 1908

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Wagga Police Court. Riotous Behavior

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 4

William Perriman was charged at the Wagga Police Court yesterday on the information of Constable Murphy, with riotous behavior in…

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Police Changes

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 2

Constable Harris, of Calcutta, has been transferred to Culcairn, where he will relieve Senior Constable Young, who goes to Tumbarumba…

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Inspector General of Police

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Garvin, Inspector General of Police, together with Superintendent Elliott, paid a visit of inspection to Wagga on Saturday last. Be went…

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Domestic Tragedy. Gaol Warder Shot. a Family Dispute. Brother-in-law Arrested

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 2

Hugh Kyle Dunn was shot dead by his brother-in-law, James Watson Rosier, at Elsternwick on Friday. The victim is a supernumerary warder at…

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Woman Killed in the Street Alleged Result of Quarrel. Man Charged with Causing Her Death

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 2

A fatal altercation occurred in Pitt-street (Sydney) at about 10 o'clock on Saturday night, whereby a married woman named Jessie Wilkinson,…

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Wast Maitland Murder

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

The Criminal Court was crowded to-day when Frederick Green, a young man, was placed on trial on a charge of murdering Lily Bridges, near West…

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Very Latest. Divorce Court. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

The popularity of the Divorce Court is not diminishing. At the sittings which commenced this morning there are 55 cases according to the judge,…

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Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 2

All old offender named Arthur McNally was changed with drunkenness at the Wagga police court on Tuesday. It was stated by the police that he…

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Living on Wombats. Famished Victorian Selectors. Charged with Sheep-stealing

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 3

At the Benalla police court on Tuesday Henry John Coulter and his two sons, Thomas and George, were charged with having stolen four sheep, the…

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Living on Wombats. Famished Victorian Selectors. Charged with Sheep-stealing Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 3

At the Benalla police court to-day, Henry John Coulter and his two sons, Thomas and George, were charged with having stolen four sheep, the property of…

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Sentenced to Death

The Worker · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 31

Carl Deutschmann, who shot his wife dead, and severely injured her stepfather, at Ararat, V., on April 11, was tried on June 4. The defence was a…

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Wagga Police Court Alleged Forging and Uttering

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 4

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before the C.P.S., Mr. Coghlan, J.P., Bernard Ahern was fined 5s or in default imprisonment until the rising of the…

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Supposed Child Murder

The Worker · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 31

Griffiths Stevens and his wife have been arrested at Cootamundra, N.S.W., on suspicion of child murder. The couple, with their ten months old child, had been…

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Death Sentences Commuted. The Coongoola Murder

The Worker · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 31

The sentence of death imposed on Wm. Riley, for the wilful murder of Ernest Henry Martyr, at Coongoola, Q., in 1894, has been commuted to imprisonment with…

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Tobacco Robbery Two Men Charged. Thousands of Pounds Involved. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 2

William Robertson and Arthur Till[?] charged in connection with extensive thefts of tobacco and eigar ettes, [?] been further remanded…

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A Shocking Murder. Ten Years' Imprisonment. London, June 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 2

In April last a horrible murder was discovered in Berlin. A "de[?]rate" named August Heidert killed Hermann Blechert, a boy of 14 years, whom he…

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The Iron Trade in N.s.w. Arbitration Court Recognizes Piecework

The Worker · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 23

In Sydney on Tuesday the N.S.W. Arbitration Court gave its award in the industrial dispute between the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Iron Trades…

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The Allandale Murder. a Girl Battered to Death. Trial of Frederick Green. Plea of Insanity. Alleged [?]Ereditars Weakness

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 2

The trial of the young man Frederick Green, who is charged with the murder of Lily Bridge at Allandale, near West Maitland, on April 14, was…

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Latest Telegraphic News. SYDNEY, Thursday. the Allandale Murder

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 5

The trial of Frederick (Green, who is charged with the murder of Lily Bridge at Allandale, near Maitland, on April 14, opened at the metropolitan sessions…

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News From the Capital. Sydney, Thursday. the Allendale Murder

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 2

The trial of Frederick Green for the alleged murder of Lily Bridge, at Allandale, was resumed to-day. Evidence was given by several witnesses…

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