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Courts & crime, 1912

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To Make Court Plaster

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 3

Soak a sufficient quantity of [?] in warm water for twenty-four hours; expose It to heat over the fire till the greater part of the water is dissipated,…

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Revelations. Russian Secret Police. (Late Chief of a Political Division of the Secret Police of Russia) in the "Inter-Ocean."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 7

Of all my experiences in the Russian Secret Service I recall no more intercatin, case than my adventure with Dmitry Bogroff, the revolutionist who…

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Wagga Police Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 4

Mr. J. D. Walker C.M. was remarkably lenicht in daring with case brought before him yesterday morning at the Wagga Court House. James…

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A Paris Murder. Sweep Confesses to Crime. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 2

Pierre Pierri, a sweep, has conferred to the murder of a woman in a Paris hotel. On the police searching his rooms they found the body of another…

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The Glebe Murder

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 2

The Glebe murder trial was concluded this morning. A large number of the public were present, and there was a wild scramble for seals…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, P.M. WAGES

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 2

William Shannon versus Patrick O'Shaughnessy, claim £3. William Shannon deposed: I am a groom, and commenced work for…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, January 29th, 1912. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.m.). Insobriety

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 5

John Phillips, on remand with numerous convictions against him for drunkenness, and unseemly behaviour, pleaded guilty to having been found…

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Police Court. Monday, January 29, 1912. Before Mr. Geo. Stevenson, P.m.) a Bad Character

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 3

James Larkin was charged with being drunk in Bylis-street on Saturday night last and also with being found in the bar of the Union Club…

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The Glebe Murder. Evidence Adduced. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day Campbell Nairn Moir was placed on trial on a charge of murdering Henry Trevascus at the Glebe on October 31…

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The Glebe Murder. Moir on Trial. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 3

The trial of Campbell Nairh Moir, who was charged with the murder of Henry Trevascus at the Glebe, commenced this morning at…

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Land Appeal Court. Pastoralists Object to Personnel

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 2

At a largely attended meeting of the council of the Pastoralists Union of New South Wales, held at the union's offices, the president (Mr. Philip…

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Glebe Murder. Trial of Campbell Moir Opens Pleads Not Guilty. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 2

The trial of Campbell Nairn Moir, charged with the murder of Henry Trevascus, at Glebe, commenced this morning at the Central Criminal Court…

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Late Judge Cohen Criminal Court Tribute. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 2

Before the business of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning, Mr. Bavan paid a high tribute to the memory of the late Justice Cohen…

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Riot By Strikers. Police Attack Unemployed New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 2

The mounted and foot police used their clubs to disperse a meeting of the unemployed on Sunday. They arrested 25 to break up the meeting…

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Globe Murder. Trial of Moir. Verdict of Guilty Returned. Mercy Recommended. Accused Unmoved. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 2

The Glebe murder trial was resumed to-day. For the defence Dr. Chisholm Ross, a brain specialist, deposed that he had examined Moir and…

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The Glebe-road Murder

The Worker · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 29

The trial of Campbell Nairn Moir (19) on a charge of having at Glebe-road, Sydney, on Oct. 31, 1911, murdered Henry Trevascus, was opened at the Central…

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Charge of Murder Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 2

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Lawrence Lawless, aged 36, was arraigned on a charge of murdering Tina Lucy Cover, at Glen Morn,…

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Sentenced to Death Against Judge's Opinion. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 2

Albert Reeves, at Norwich Assizes to-day pleaded guilty to murdering his son. He called evidence to rebut the prison doctor's testimony. He…

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Alleged Suborning Jury. Attorney Charged. Los Angeles

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 2

Attorney Darrow was indicted by order at the Grand Jury and charged with attempting to bribe a jury in the M'Namara case…

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Jewel Theft. Story Told to Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 7

A strange story was told at the Swindon Police Court to-day (wired the "News" correspondent on November 2, when Robert Wilson (42) and…

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