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Courts & crime, 1908

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The Station Murder. Mrs. Wilson on Trial. the Aboriginal Recalled. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 2

Further evidence was given at the Georgetown police court to-day in the case in which Fanny Wilson in charted with the murder of the governess,…

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City and Country Police. a Question of Garments. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly to-night the Colonial Secretary, in reply to a question, said it was a fact that city police were supplied with white…

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Shooting in Court. Lawyer and Clerk Shot. Sensation in Berlin. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 2

A Berlin merchant named Grosse was non-suited in an action he brought in the High Court at Leipzig, and as soon as the decision was given he drew a…

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A Murderous Litigant. Fires at Judge. Kills Clerk of Court. London. Nov. 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 2

A Berlin merchant named Grosse, having been non-suited in an action in the High Court at Leipzie, fired ten shots…

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Police Court. Friday, Nov. 20. Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 7

Ernest Mills was charged with being drunk and disorderly at the Royal Hotel on October 19th. Mr. Nadin said accused had…

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The Spies at Work Police "Noses."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 3

It seldom happens that a police spy finds himself in the position of the man who was stated, in the course of a case at Clerkenwell Sessions, to have been…

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Mystery of a Skeleton Collapse of a Murder Charge

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 4

After a trial lasting two days, and characterised by some unusual incidents, three men and a woman charged at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, with the murder…

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Correspondence. Revision Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 4

The P.M. (Mr Geo. Stevenson) wrote, advising the Council that he had appointed the 14th of December as the day set down for Revision…

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Murder of a Zulu. Death Sentence Passed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 2

The Special Court, presided over by Sir W. J. Smith, judge of the Transvaal, Supreme Court, which was appointed to ' try Dinizulu and his lieutenants on…

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Freeman—wallace Bankruptcy. Freeman Sent to Gaol. for Prevacation and Evasion Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 2

In connection with the bankruptcy of J. Howard Freeman and Richard Wallace, the bankrapt Freeman was further examined to-day…

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A Youth Surrenders. Statement to the Police. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 5

In connection with the sensational accident in Centennial Park last evening a youth named Ernest Edward Braden, aged 16½, residing at…

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Industrial Court. Dismissal of a Workman. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 2

The President of the Industrial Arbitration Court to-day granted an application on behalf of the Attorney-General for leave to prosecute John…

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A Husband's Crime. Murder and Suicide. Finds Lost Wipe to Shoot Her London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 2

William Bernard Davey, aged 24 years. residing at Workshop. Nottinghamshire, came to London to search for his wife, from whom he was…

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Domestic Tragedy. Husband and Wife Separated. Meeting Followed by Murder and Suicide. London, Nov. 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 2

William Barnard Davy, 24, residing at Workshop, Nottinghamshire, came to London in search of his wife, from whom he was separated. Having…

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The Station Murder. Trial of Mrs. Wilson. How the Deed Was Done. Blackfellow's Strange Story Georgetown (Q.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 8

Mrs. Fanny Wilson again appeared at the police court yesterday morning, charged with the murder of Nellie Duffy at Carpentaria Downs…

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Stealing a Purse. Woman Sent to Gaol

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 3

An elderly woman named Eleisha Sydenham was charged at the police court yesterday (before Mr. Stevenson, P.M.), with stealing a purse…

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Criminal Assault

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 2

At Dunedin Percy Johnston pleaded guilty to a serious assault on a girl and was sentenced to twelve years…

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The Station Murder. Police Constable's Evidence. Horrible Details. Georgetown (Q.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 2

Fanny Wilson appeared again to-day at the police court, in connection with the murder of Miss Duffy. Constable Reynolds, further…

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Police Court. SATURDAY, Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. "Scaling the Rattler."

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 2

William Burns was charged with having travelled on the railway without paying his fare. Plea, guilt; and he was fined 20/- or…

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Boyish Mischief. the Police Hoaxed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 3

yesterday a boy, who refused to give his name, informed the police that a human skill way lying on the beach at Taylor Bay. The Police searched…

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