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Courts & crime, 1910

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Warden's Court, Tumut. 27th September. Before Mr. James, Warden

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 2

Re application, W. D. Heather and John Kitto, for water race on Adjungbilly Creek; and Thomas Frost, objecting thereto. Mr. Heather was…

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Pay Clerk Sentenced

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 2

Edward James Thompson. the pay clerk in the Public Service who pleaded guilty to the charge of having embezzled at Narandera, £50 11/3, the…

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Alleged Theft at the Rock

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 2

Duncan M'Laurin was brought up before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday on a charge of having stolen £25, the…

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Official Police Report

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 2

An official statement issued from the headquarters of the police: "This is an extremely serious affair. It is a revolution in miniature…

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Sentenced to Death. for Offence Against a Young Woman

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 2

After taking up practically the whole of the Court's time on Wednesday, the hearing of the charge against the young boundary rider, Thomas Brown,…

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Wagga Circuit Court. Thursday, September, 29. Before Mr. Justice Sly

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 2

Judge's Associate, Mr. N. de H. Rowland; Crown Prosecutor, Mr. F. S. Boyce. The Court opened at 9.30 a.m., the…

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Darling River Murder. a Sensational Story. Life of the Two Russians. How the Crime Was Committed. Alleged Confession

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 6

The "Age" prints the following story concerning the man Senkovitch, who was arrested in Melbourne on Tuesday in connection with the murder of his…

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Wagga Circuit Court Man Sentenced to Death. Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 4

The criminal panel of the Wagga Circuit Court was concluded before Mr. Justice Sly last night. Sarah Jane James, 18, pleaded not guilty…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, October 3, 1910. (Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) Fellow Workman Robbed at the Rock

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 2

Duncan McLaurin was brought up on remand on a charge of having stolen the sum of £28, the property of James McGuigan, at The Rock, on…

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The Bourke Murder

The Worker · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 19

Senkovitch, the Russian lad, arrested for the murder of a compatriot near Bourke, appeared before the Melbourne City Court last Thursday, and after…

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Alleged Murder at Coonamble

The Worker · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 19

At Dubbo, Darcy Wm. Bridge was charged with murder at Barradeen, near Coonamble, on July 24. Accused asserted that his mate had been Kicked by a horse…

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A Negro Burned. Dragged From Gaol. Vancouver, Oct. 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 2

At Alabama, U.S., Richard Withers, a negro, was dragged from gaol by 400 whites and burned at a state. The victim was suspected of assault on a…

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Brutal Murder. Foreign Sailors Row. Victim Cast Overboard. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 2

A mysterious tragedy occurred at Woolloomooloo early this morning. It appears a number of the crew of the cargo steamer Anglo Bolivian went…

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Industrial Conflict Police and Strikers. Many Wounded. Berlin, Oct. 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 2

At Cologne, in a conflict between the striking excavators and the police last night, thirty were wounded. One policeman was fatally injured…

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King Honors Police Speech to Royal Guard

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 7

In consequence of heavy rain on Saturday morning, the King (says "Lloyd's News." of July 10) altered his arrangement to Inspect the…

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr. J. D. Walker, J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 1

On Thursday William Child was fined £2 or a month in prison for acting in an indecent manner in Baylis-street. Thomas Trainer (alias Smith)…

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Wagga Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 2

Messrs. Geo. Stevenson, P.M., and W. Purtell, constituting the Licensing Bench at the Wagga Court House yesterday, granted a renewal of his…

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A Monk's Elopement. Commits Murder to Conceal Guilt London. Oct 10

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 2

The Austrian police have arrested a monk named Maoch on a chnrge of having murdered his brother and eloped with the widow. Matech, it…

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Sentenced to Death

The Worker · Thursday 13 October 1910 · page 19

At a boarding-house in Adelaide on August 10, a tragedy occurred, the result of which was that Arthur Hines (40) was last week sentenced to death for the…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

The Worker · Thursday 13 October 1910 · page 19

At Gore, in New Zealand, James Loutit went to the residence of Edward Horrell, and threw a quantity of burning "scrim," saturated with kerosene, into the bedroom…

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