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Courts & crime, 1909

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Murder and Piracy. the White Rose Case. Pirate Sentenced to Life Imprisonment. Suva

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 3

The trial of Joseph Mortleman, charged with piracy and murder in connection with the seizure of the schooner White Rose, occasioned…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, April 20. (Before Mr. Stevenson, P.m.) Drunkenness

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 4

A respectable looking middle aged man bowed politely and acknowledged his guilt to a charge of drunkenness. He said he was anxious to go to work…

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Wee Waa Murder. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 2

The trial has commenced at the Armidale circuit court of Stanley Williams charged with the murder of Harry Johnston at Wee Waa The…

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Police Court. SATURDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbott, P.M. Jumping the Rattler

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 2

Walter Barbour pleaded guilty to travelling on a wheat truck on a train on Friday night without a ticket. Fined 20/, in default seven days' light…

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A Serious Case. Doctor and Nurse Charged. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 3

Dr. Hargraves Hanson, 56, and Florence Faber, 40, a nurse were remanded to-day on two serious charges…

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A Nurse's Predicament Charged with Concealment of Birth. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 3

The inquest on the body of the infant found in the grounds of Rywalmere Hospital was concluded to-day at Parramatta. A nurse named Jean…

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Piracy and Murder. One Accused Found Guilty. Sensational Sea Story. Suya

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 3

The trial of Joseph Mortieman and Fred Skerrett, charged with piracy and murder in connection with the seizure of the American schooner White Star…

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Serious Charges. Doctor and Nurse Before Court. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 3

At Paddington Police Court to-day (Hargraves Hanson (56), a medical practitioner, and Florence Faber (20), a nurse, appeared on remand on two…

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Gambling Prosecution. a Magistrate's Comments. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 3

For being in possession, of a gambling machine. Reginald Danes, a hairdresser, was to-day fined £15. An order was made that the machine be…

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Big Jewel Theft. German Princess Victimised. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

A German Princess has been robbed of jewels valued at £40,000 whilst travailing in a train between San Reme, a favorite Reviera resort, and Lugana,…

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A Court Order

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

Willis was to have appeared at the Quarter Sessions in the case in which Thomas William Daley was charged with having, on February 3,…

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Wagga Gaol. Rumoured Abolition. Paring in the Prisons Department

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

An unpleasant rumour, which it is to be hoped will prove a canard, was circulated in Wagga yesterday to the effect that the Comptroller-General of Prisons…

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Wee Waa Murder. Jury Disagree. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

The jury disagreed in the Wee Waa murder trial. It is understood that 11 favored a verdict of murder, but one of manslaughter. The accused was…

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Alleged Child Murder. a Shocking Case. Parents Committed. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

At the inquest on the body of Edna Wilson, four months old, found dead in a cot, medical evidence showed that the skull was fractured and three…

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Will Appear in Court Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 2

It was stated at the Darlinghurst Sessions this morning that Mr Willis would in all probability appear to give evidence in the blackmail case…

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Broken Hill Miners' Claims Upheld. High Court Confirms Their Demands. a Unanimous Judgment

The Worker · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 31

The judgment of the High Court of Australia, in the appeal by the Broken Hill Proprietary directors against the decision of the Australian Court of Arbitration in…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 3

John Walsh, who represented that he was a bookmakea, Sydney, was charged with maliciously damaging a window by breaking the frame and glass, the…

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Mount Hope Police Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 2

At the Mount Hope police court on Saturday, 16th instant, before Messrs A. St. Clair and R. O. Moore, Js.P., the following cases were disposed…

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Hillston Police Court. (Tuesday, 27Th April. Before Mr. A. Ormonde Butter, P.m.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 2

Robert Arthur Wills was charged "That he did falsely pretend that a certain cheque for £12 10s, purporting to be signed by Arthur Hollis Botts,…

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A Militant Mayor. Defies the Police

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 3

The bylaws committee reported to Broken Hill council meeting that the police had been requested to enforce the "moveon" clause in the city streets…

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