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Courts & crime, 1909

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A Bank Officer Charged

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 2

Arthur Corkman, of the Linton branch of the Bank of N.S.W., Victoria, has been charged with larceny as a servant of £1230 belonging to…

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The Gayndah Murder Execution of Ross. Regret on the Gallows. Influence of a Gaol Bird. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 3

Arthur Roes was executed this morning for the murder of James Muir, in the Commercial Bank at Gayndah. Before the fatal drop, Ross thanked the…

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The Gayndah Murder. Ross Exe[?] Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 3

Arthur Ross was executed at Brisbane this morning for the murder of James Muir, a bank clerk at Gayndah. He walked firmly on to the…

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Anti-Trust Law. Refusing to Answer Questions. High Court Appeal. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 2

The High Court delivered judgment to-day in the appeal case of Huddart Parker and Company and appleton, manager, who were each fined £5 for…

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Alleged Blackmailing. Scenes in Court. Verdict Oe Acquittal. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 June 1909 · page 3

What has come to be known as the Willis case, in which Thomas William Daley was charged with an attempt to extort money, came on for bearing at…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 9th June

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

Issac James Nat! an Say, conveyed from Goulburn Gaol in charge of a warder, was charged with appropriating to his own use, between 7th…

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Sentenced to Death

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 5

At the Criminal Court, Beechworth, James Cosgrove, on a charge of an offence against a girl over 16, was found guilty and sentenced to death…

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Warden's Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

Before Mr. Warden Butler, of Yass. An application for authority to enter was granted Dennis O'Keeffe, The Oaks, per Mr. Morgan…

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Divorce Court. Objections to Bad Hours

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

Before the Judge in Divorce (His Honor Mr. G. B. Simpson) on Friday Jessie Flynn, of West Maitland, sought a dissolution of her marriage with…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY. Before Mr. Butler, P.M. of Yass (Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M., being in Sydney). Defrauding the Railways

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

William Wallis(a stranger) was charged with travelling on the railway without paying for a ticket. Mr. Inspector Alt was the prosecutor…

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A Sensational Hunt. an Escaping Murderer Baffles the Police

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 4

From Berlin, on 6th February, the correspondent of the London "Express" wrote:—A sensational hunt for an escaped…

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Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 2

At the police court on Thursday, before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P., Henry Downing, on a charge of drunkenness, ws fined 10/ or two days' gaol, it…

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Blasphemy. Street Lecturer Sentenced. a Broken Bond. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 2

Harry Boulter, a tailor's cutter, who was in February last year convicted on a charge of having used blasphemous language, and bound over to come up…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 2

The Quarterly Licensing Court for the district of Wagga will be held at the Court House on Monday, July 12th, when applications for new and renewals…

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Starved his Child. a Father Sentenced to Three Years. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 8

At the criminal court to-day, William John Higgins was charged with having neglected to provide [?] food for his child, Isabella, who died…

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Vengeance of a Nurse. Pathetic Scenes at a Murder Trial

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 6

The full benefit of unwritten law was given to Sarah Koten, the young Russian nurse who last June murdered her betrayer, Dr. Martin Auspitz…

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Wee Waa Murder. Williams on Trial. a Concocted Story. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 2

At the trial of Stanley Williams, charged with the murder of Harry Johnston, at Wee Waa, David Lips[?] deposed that while he was in…

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The "Black Hand" Blackmail or Murder. List of Victims. London, June 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 2

The police at Warson, Ohio, disc[?]ered on the premises of an Italian fruiterer named Lima, thousands of documents showing that over one…

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Assault and Robbery. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

John Lawrence was sentenced to two and a half year hard labor and George James to six months on a charge of assaulting and robbing a…

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Alleged Murder. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

A verdict of wil[?] murder against some person of persons unknown was returned at the inquest on the body of a six-weeks old infant which was…

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