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Courts & crime, 1908

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Interstate Magistrate

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2

Frequently the services of an Inter-State Magistrate are required for the registration of documents, and the making of affidavits, etc., in connection with…

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Sequel to a Divorce. Petitioner Arrested. Charged with Conspiracy. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2

Frank Carter, a dentist, who was a party to a recent divorce case, was charged at the Police Court to-day with having in May last year…

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Magistrate's Views Endorsed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 2

Confirmation of the views recently expressed by the P.M. in regard to the rating appeal cases appears in the "Shire and Municipal record." The…

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An Old Servant. South African Campaigner Sent to Gaol

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 4

Taking the police words on the one-hand and the accused's own statements on the other, John Johnson of Hibernian extraction and a…

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Discharging Soap Suds. Sanitary Prosecution. Offender Fined. Strong Remarks by the Magistrate

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 4

Henry Martin Johnstone, licensee of the Home Hotel, was charged on the information of JosephMuiler, sanitary inspector, with allowing soap suds to…

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Paris Murder Mystery Sensation in French Capital Madame Steinheil Arrested. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 2

A Paris magistrate to whom application was made has ordered the exhumation of M. Steinheil, the well- known painter, and his mother-in-…

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Paris Murder Mystery. the Bodies to Be Exhumed. Sensational Developments. London, Nov. 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 2

Further developments in connection with the sensational murder of M. Steinbeil (a well-known painter) and his mother-in-law, Madame Tapy,…

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A Murder Mystery

The Worker · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 31

A sensational discovery was made lust Friday at Rushworth, Vic., in the shaft of the Rushworth Gold-Mining Co.'s property. The shaft was water-logged, and…

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Murder of a Governess

The Worker · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 31

The Carpentaria Downs, Q., murder case, in which "Billy" Wilson, an aboriginal, and Mrs. Wilson, wife of a station manager, are charged separately with…

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General Cable News. Commoner Charged with Fraud. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 2

Mr. Horatio Bottomley, Liberal member of the House of Commons for South Hackney, yesterday answered a summons at the Guildhall Police Court, charging…

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Murder in Fiji. Trouble Amongst Indians. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 3

The steamer Tofua arrived from Suva to-day, and brought news of the murder at Nadi of an Indian woman, who was found dead with her throat…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. a Chinese Seriously Injured Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 3

Fie Kie Jaug. aged 45, a Chinese storekeeper was found unconscious this morning on the floor of a shop in Globe-street, city in a pool of blood and under…

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The Paddington Tragedy. Mother-in-law Blamed. Verdict of Murder and Suicide. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 2

An inquest on the bodies of William Mather and his wife, Martha Mather, the victims of the Paddington tragedy, which occurred on Tuesday,…

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The American Fleet. Officers Court Martialled Dismissed the Service

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 4

Both officers and men of the American fleet were loud in their praises of Australia and of the warmth of its hospitality; that hospitality, however,…

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The Murder of Muss Duffy the Trial of Billy Wilson. Aboriginal's Fresh Confession. Georgetown

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 2

The case in which Billy Wilson is charged with the murder of Miss Duffy, was resumed at the police court to-day…

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Stolen Nelson Relics Prisoner Sentenced

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

Today (September, 16th) at the Old Bailey, before the Recorder (Sir Forrest Fulton), the trial was resumed of the working shoemaker…

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A Sydney Murder

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 2

Fie Kee Jang, the Chinaman who was found injured in his shop in George-street yesterday, died to-day. The police are unable to locate the…

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Alleged Murder. Nurse Charged. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 5

At the City Court to-day, Florence Hope (48), a nurse, was charged with the wilful murder of a young woman named Bertha Elizabeth Whitford,…

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Criminals Sentenced. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 7

Judge Docker passed a number of sentences at Darlinghurst sessions to-day. In the case of two prisoners convicted, one of burglary and the other…

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Attempted Murder

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 2

Three of the Bengalis have been arrested for intending to murder Sir—Frazer, Lieut.-Governor of Bengal…

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