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Courts & crime, 1908

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Prosecution of Leaders. Authorised by Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2

The Crown Law Department made application to Judge Heydon, President of the Industrial Disputes Court this afternoon, for leave to prosecute about…

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Rioters in Court. Imprisonment Without the Option

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 2

At the Water Police Court on Saturday several cases arising out of the strike were heard before Mr. Smithers, S.M…

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The Police Again

The Worker · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 3

Mr. E. Emerson writes, complaining off the treatment he received at the hands of the police at the Haymarket last Friday. He was looking on while some of the…

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The Police and the Public

The Worker · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 3

Dear Worker,— As on many previous occasions when organized Labor has been fighting for its rights, and police and military have been…

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Wagga Land Appeal Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2

A court of review for the hearing of appeals against assessment of the land tax will be held at Wagga on September 12…

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St. John's Tennis Court Opened

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2

The St. John's Tennis Court was opened by the Rev. G. A. Carver yesterday, in the presence of about 60 persons. In declaring the court open. Mr…

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The Back of Beyond. a Story of Lincoln's Murder

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 3

If the Paris police fail to penetrate the mystery which, so far, surrounds the bomb explosion in the Bois de Vincennes. It will not be the first…

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Old-time Memories 11. the Pholman Bros.' Murder Near Narandera

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 6

Some thirty years ago I was living about five miles from Narandera. One night, just before going to bed, my wife remarked to me…

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Mute Wife’s Talk. Husband Makes Cmplaint in Court

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 3

Chester Godman, 516 West Van Buren street, Chicago, a mute, contested his wife’s suit for separate maintenance because she, also a mute, talked…

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Special Court Under the New Liquor Act. Tuesday, July 28. (Before His Honor Judge Gibson and Messrs Stevenson & Nisbett, P.M's.)

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 3

The Special Court constituted under section 70 of the Liquor (Amendment) Act, 1905, was held at the Court House, Tumut, on Tuesday…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY. Before W. W. Lockwood, J.P. Drunkenness and Language

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 3

Frederick Robert Southee was charged with being drunk, and with using obscene language in a public place. Plea, not guilty on both charges…

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A Child Smothered Verdict of Wilful Murder. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 2

A verdict of wilful murder against some person, or persons, unknown, was returned at the inquest on the body of a newly-born child found on…

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Liquor Court. Ten Hotels "Called On"

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 2

The Special Licensing Court for the purpose of carrying out the vote recorded at the last Wynyard election, when the reduction issue wan carried,…

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Two-headed Baby. High Court Decision. No Law Broken. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 2

The High Court to-day decided in important point of law in delivering judgment in an appeal in the case Doodward v. Spence. The property in dispute was…

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Relieving Police Magistrate

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

Mr. H. S. Hawkins, relieving Police Magistrate, will attend the courts at Narandera to-day, Coolamon on Thursday, aud probably Henty on Friday, in…

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Normanhurst Court a Disastrous Fire. Many Treasures Destroyed. Lord Brassey's Narrow Escape London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

A fire, which originated in the kitchen, on Sunday afternoon destroyed the eastern part of Normanhurst Court, the Sussex seat of Lord…

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A Solicitor Arrested. Charged with Stealing. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 3

The police arrested in Pitt-street this afternoon a solicitor named Herdert H. Jones, on a charge of stealing. Accused was subsequently brought…

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Brutal Murder

The Worker · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 7

Adolf Bock was bludgeoned by George Hudson at Hythe, T., on Thursday last, and died in the Hobart Hospital on Saturday night. After he had left Bock for dead,…

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Solicitor Arrested. Alleged Theft. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2

Albert H. Jones, a solicitor practising in Sydney, was arrested in his office this afternoon on a charge of stealing £585 from Charles Rogers. It…

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The Allandale Murder. Death Sentence Commuted

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2

The Executive Council has given formal approval of the determination of the Cabinet to commute the capital sentence passed upon Frederick Davies…

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