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Courts & crime, 1909

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A Boundary Fence. Important Land Court Decision. Judgment Against Minister

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 4

The Land Appeal Court last week gave an important decision with respect to a reference by the Minister to it, in which the President (Mr. H…

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FRIDAY. Before, the Police Magistrate. VAGRANOY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

James Talbot was charged with the above; and he pleaded not gui[?]ty. Constable Noble deposed: I received complaints as to defendant's conduct, and…

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Wanted for Murder

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 3

The steamer Apelde, on which a German Darned Wilheburg Gerlach, who is wanted for the murder of Frank Coleman at Dungog, arrived at Suez…

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Police Court Tuesday, November 30. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

Edward Ambrose, Herbert Emanuel, Peter Maroney, Louis Pridmore, and William Stearne were each fined 10s or 48 hours imprisonment…

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Police Court. Wednesday. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. DRUNK

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

Ernest Fountain was charged, with the above, and a list of previous convictions was read against him. Fined 5/- or 48 hours…

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Murder Will Out. Confession After Eleven Years

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

Emile Rossberg, now undergoing a sentence of 12 years' penal servitude for burglary at Slegburg, has confessed to a crime which horrified Berlin some…

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Yacht club tragedy. Author's Trial on a Charge of Murder

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 4

The yacht club tragedy at Bayside,Long Island in August last has its sequel tomorrow in the trill for murder of Mr. X. Jen[?]t Hains, the well-known writer of sea stories says New York…

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Concealment of Birth. Purkis Charged As an Accessory

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 2

George James Purkis was brought up before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P., at the Wagga police court on Thursday morning and was formally charged as an…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

Before' Messrs. S. H. Dickson and F. Pinkstone, J.P. HINDERING THE POLICE. A young man, a recent arrival here…

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At the Court. Leaders Before the Magistrate. Change of Venue Sought. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

Messrs. Bowling, Brennan, and Burns appeared before the magistrate at the Newcastle police court to-day. Inspector Goulder gave formal evidence…

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Acquitted of Wife Murder. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

Alfred Selby, placed on trial in the Criminal Court on the charge of having murdered his wife by shooting her with a revolver, pleaded not guilty. A…

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Gundagai Police Court. Monday, December 6, 1909. (Before Mr. Nisbett, P.m.) Unlawfully on Premises

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

James Pratt was charged with being unlawfully on the premises of Charles Perry, Black Springs, on the 4th December Accused pleaded not guilty…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, December 4, 1909. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) "Bunning the Rabbit."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 4

Micheal Bamford Hennessy was fined 20/ or three days for taking and using a horse, the property of Charles Frederick Protor, farmer, of Lake…

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The Dungog Murder. Arrest of Suspect. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

The German, Wilbelm Gerlach, who is suspected of the murder of Frank Coleman, at Dungog, in October last, has been arrested at Suez. A Sydney…

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Bowling Charged with Inciting the Strike. Railway Men Refuse to Strike. Free Labor on the Northern Mines. Hopeful Signs in the South. Monday

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

Bowling, Brennau and Barns have been charged with conspiring to instigate certain persons to strike, that being an not made illegal by the…

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Police Court Monday, December G, 1909. (Before Mr. Nisbett, P.m.) Unlawfully on Premises

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 3

James Pratt was charged with being unlawfully on the premises of charles Perry, Black Springs, on the 4th December Accused pleaded not guilty…

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A Biased Police Inspector

The Worker · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 3

The Inspector's report with reference to the Noorong hut accommodation furnishes a striking instance of the absolutely biased attitude of many of the…

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Was It Murder?

The Worker · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 19

The mystery of the woman's foot, with boot and stocking, found about the middle of October on the beach at Elwood, V., is not yet beyond all hope of being solved…

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"Tommy" Burns in Court

The Worker · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 19

"Tommy" Burns, the well-known boxer, was defendant in an action commenced on Friday last in the County Court, Melbourne, before Judge Box, in…

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Mr. Gray Before the Court

The Worker · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 13

Mr. Gray appeared before the Central Police Court on Monday, and was remanded to the Water Police Court on Thursday…

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