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Courts & crime, 1910

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Sydney Murder Mystery. Nurse Brown Committed for Trial. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1910 · page 2

A verdict of murder was returned by the city coroner to-day at the conclusion of the inquest regarding the death of Ivy Alice O'Brien, whose body…

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Compositors & Operators' Appeal. Dismissed by Industrial Court

The Worker · Thursday 15 September 1910 · page 18

Judge Heydon delivered judgment last week in the Industrial Court on the appeal of the employees against the award of the Printing (Compositors and…

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Police Court. Tuesday, Sept. 13Th, 1910. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 3

Henry Haldane was charged with using indecent language in East Street. Accused said he could not deny…

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Police Court. Tuesday, September 6Th, 1910. (Before Mr. R. W. Stewart, J.P.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 3

Robert Atkins pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in Magee Street on the 5th inst., and was fined 2s. 6d., or two days in Hillston lockup…

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Police Court. "Wednesday. Before Messrs. E. Doidge and F. Pinkstone. J.P. Liquor Cases

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 4

Arthur Phillips was charged with being on the premises of the Railway hotel during prohibited hours. Plea not guilty…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, September 13Th. (Before G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 3

Michael Thomas Mickelson v Thomas George Matchett. Claim for trespass £10. Mr. Matthews appeared for the…

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.p.) Friday, September 16. a Smart Capture

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 4

The local police on Thursday effected a smart capture of a ndah wanted at Henty for theft. The man wanted, George Edward Skinner, was brought…

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Crippen Murder Trial. Further Medical Testimony. London, September 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 2

Hawley Crippen, charged with having murdered his wife at Hilldrop-crescent, Camden-road, London, and Ethel le Nove, his typist, charged with…

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Cruelty to a Child Woman Sentenced to 14 Days. Husband Offers to Do Time. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 6

At the South Melbourne Court to-day a young married woman, Inez Brett, residing at 109 Danks-street, Albert Park, was sentenced to 14 days'…

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Charge of Assault

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 2

Edward Decks, a young man, was placed upon his trial for the second time, at the criminal Court, on a charge of assaulting a girl, aged 17,…

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Coolamon Police Court. Friday, September 16. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 4

A number of prosecutions against persons for allowing cattle to stray, who being first offenders, were fined. 5/ and costs of court…

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Small Debts Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 4

Hall v. Harris.—This was a case arising out of the sale of property at Marrar. Plaintiff sued to recover £5 which he claimed was an overcharge…

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The Third Trial. Sydney Murder Case. Shocking Allegations

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 1

A man named Peter Brady was presented for a third time to stand his trial on a charge of murdering an infant 6 months old named Roma…

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Crippen Murder Trial. Traces of Poison. London, Sept. 17

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 2

Further witness in the trial of Dr. Crippen and Miss Le Neve, on a charge of murdering Crippen's wife, did not improve the case against the accused…

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Sentenced to Death

The Worker · Thursday 22 September 1910 · page 19

Wm. John Phillips, who outraged and murdered his eight-year-old daughter under revolting circumstances at Willoughby, Sydney, on April 16 last, has been…

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Sentenced to Death. an Atrocious Crime, Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1910 · page 2

The trial of Edward Dicks for an alleged criminal assault at Lindfield was concluded. The jury after being locked up all night, found the prisoner…

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Crippen Murder Trial. Was the Body Mrs. Crippen's? Le Neve Only Waiting for Her Death. London, September 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1910 · page 2

The inquest into the death of Mrs. Crippen was resumed to-day. Dr. Crippen, her husband, is charged with the murder of his wife…

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The Lindfield Assault. Dicks Sentenced to Death

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 2

Edward Alfred Dicks, a young man who was charged at the Central Criminal Court with criminally assaulting a girl of 17 at Lindfield on…

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Police Court. Saturday. September 17Th

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 2

Alfred J. Wilson, aged 17, laborer, Hillston, was charged with having stolen, on or about the 15th inst., a pair of trousers and coat, of the value…

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Tumut Police Court. Wednesday, Sept. 21. Before Mr. Fincham. P.M.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 2

The Indian herbalist who had been remanded the previous week on a charge of being of unsound mind (he was found roving about Newtown in…

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