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Courts & crime, 1910

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Sensational Incident. Murdered in Court. Attempts to Shoot Police Chief

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 4

The prisoner explained that he struck his wife after a quarrel three times on the head with a heavy mallet. When cross-examined at the police office, the…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, June 23, 1910. (Before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.p.) Attempted Suicide. Swallowed a Tablespoonful of Strychnine

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1910 · page 6

George M'Donald was charged with attempting to commit suicide at Wagga on 13th June. It will be remembered that M'Donald came out of a…

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Burglary

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

The proprietor of Walker's restaurant in Park-street has reported to the police that £200 was abstracted from his safe in the shop last night. A…

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Police Court. Monday. Before the P.M. DRUNK

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 3

Hugh Coll was charged with being drunk at Wallendbeen. Plea, guilty. Constable Kilner stated the facts…

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Small Debts Court

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 3

J H. Watson v. A. Costello, claim £2/17/2 Mr. MacMahon for plaintiff. Verdict for £2/15/2, costs of court…

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Wagga Police Court. MONDAY, 27th JUNE, 1916. (Before Mr. George Stevenson, P.m.) Attempted Suicide

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 4

George M'Donald was again before the court on the charge of attempting to commit suicide, on the 13th inst., by taking strychnine. Mr. P. K…

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Wagga Police Court Monday, June 27th, 1910. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.m.) the Poisoning Case

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 4

George McDonald, a young man, was charged on remand with having attempted to commit suicide by taking strychnine at the Bridge Hotel…

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Triple Tragedy Woman and Asiaitcs. Discovery in Laundry. Murder and Suicide. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

A shocking tragedy, the lives of throe people being involved, took place at Lismore last night, but it was not discovered by the police…

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Scene at a Funeral Trade Unionists Fight Police. London, June 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

Ten thousand Parisian trade unionists attended the funeral of a cabinet maker who was killed in a brawl between strikers and police. During the…

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Tragedy at Lismore. Double Murder and Suicide. A Woman, a Chinaman and a Japanese. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 5

A SHOCKING tragedy is reported from Lismore. A European woman named Fra[?]s was found dead at the Federal laundry. In the adjoining bed-room…

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A Woman in Court. Counsel Withdraws. Committal for Perjury. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

In the Supreme Court to-day the City Finance Company sued Marie Edwards, wife of a doctor, for £336 in respect of a bill of sale. At an…

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A Double Murder. Ghastly Tragedy at Lismore. Man and Woman Shot Dead. Assassin Takes His Own Life. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

A tragedy with sordid surroundings involving three lives occurred at Lismore last night. A Japanese named Ozmosi Mori, a European woman…

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Licensing Court. Monday, June 27, 1910. (Before Messrs. Geo. Stevenson, P.M.; L. A. Fosbery and W. Purtell, J's.P.) Transfers and Renewals

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 4

Sub-Inspector Musgrave reported that the necessary structural alternations had been carried out at the Farmers' Home Hotel, the hearing of the…

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Wagga Licensing Court Monday, June 27, 1910. (Before Mr. E. Anderson, P.M., and (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.M., and Messrs. L. A. Fosbery and W. Purtell, Js.P.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 4

In the case of the Farmer' Home Hotel, licensee Mrs. Leaver, which had been adjourned from last week in order that security might be given…

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Police Assembling. Preparations for Riots

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 2

The State police are assembling to protect the fighters against any outbreak on account of race hatred…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, June 28, 1910. "A Source of Annoyance." (Before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 4

Frank M'Alister, who was brought before the court on a charge of using indecent language in a public place, is a youth who is, despite his early age…

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Nephew Runs Amok. Attempts Murder and Suicide. an Inexplicable Crime. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 3

Bert Miller, a young married man, residing at Hanging Rock, near Lismore, while on a visit to his uncle, at The Hill, Tintenbar Road, shot his…

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Unrest in Spain. Carlists and Nationalists. Police Charge Demonstrations Lancouver, June 29

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 2

Carlsits and Nationalists surrounded the Governor's Palace at Bi[?] Province of BJ[?] with Governors [?] The police charged the…

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Little Girl Murdered. Aged Spinster in Court. Brain Specialist's Evidence. "Intimations From the Devil." Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1910 · page 2

An inquest was held concerning the death of the girl May Williams, who was found dead in the house of Elizabeth Quartly with her throat cut. Miss…

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Police Court. Tuesday, 28Th June 1910. (Before G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 4

William Netting on remand, charged with stealing two knives two spoons, and two forks, valued at 7s the property of Mrs. Gertrude…

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