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Courts & crime, 1906

282 stories in South Coast's papers · page 10 of 15

Licensing Court

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 8

At a special sitting of the Shoalhaven Licensing Court, yesterday, James Pritchard (for whom Mr Marriott appeared) applied for a renewal of the license of the Numba Hotel…

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Nowra Police Court. Tuesday, August 7. (Before the P.M. and Messrs Monaghan and Alley, Js.P.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 8

Prank Foster appeared charged at the instance of Frederick William Smithers, Inspector of Fisheries, with having at Greenwell Point caught fish for sale with a…

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Police Court

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 3

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Christian Science. Medical Man Charged. the Case of Dr. Adcock. Interesting Details

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 2

Several references have recently been made in the cable news to the trial of Doctor Charles Robert Adcock, who is alleged to have caused the death, by…

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Studio Mystery. an Artist Murdered. Police Baffled. Unknown Murderers

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 7

The "Daily Mail." of 21t May furnishes the following details of the crime:— THE SURROUNDINGS…

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Bankruptcy Court

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 4

In the Bankrupted Court, on Wednesday last, before the Deputy-Registrar Z. Moriarty, the single meeting [?] P. J. Williams…

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The Wide World. Police and Public. Rome Secretary’s Inquiries

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 7

With a [?] to having his inquiries [?] into the case of Mme. Eva [?] who was wrongfully arrested by the [?] in Regent street, London,…

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A Young Man Sent to Gaol

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 4

At the Lismore sessions on Thursday, Alfred Thomas M'Elhone, a young man not unknown in, Nowra, charged with assault, was sentenced to one month's hard labour at…

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Bankruptcy Court

Southern Star · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 2

IN the Bankruptcy Court, on Wednesday before the Deputy-Registrar, Mr. Z. Moriarty, the single meeting re P.J. Williams, laborer, of…

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The Back of Beyond. a Story of Lincoln's Murder

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 2

If the Paris police fail to penetrate the mystery which, so far, surrounds the bomb explosion in the Bois de Vincenncs, it will not be the first…

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The Wide World. Education and Criminality. a Police Magistrate's Views

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 8

The late Sir James Vaughan retired from tye Bench in 1899, after thirty-five years as a Metropolitan magistrate He was at Bow street…

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Banco Court. (Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Cohen in Sydney on Thursday last)

Southern Star · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 2

RE Reuben Warren (W. J. Tippett and another respondents). Mr. Pickburn, instructed by Messrs Bland and Cunningham, of Bega,…

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Christian Science. Medical Man Charged. the Case of Dr. Ad[?] Inter[?]ting Details

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 6

Several [?] have [?] made in the [?] of Doctor Charles [?] was [?]…

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Woman's Alleged Burglary. a Daring Exploit

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 2

A middle-aged woman named Emily Mason, of no fixed address, was charged at Chester Police Court on 21st May with breaking and entering…

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Charged for the Moonlight

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 7

A gentleman who recently returned from a tour in Spain tells this story: I left Seville on foot, after a stay of a week, and was twenty miles away when I was overtaken by…

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Studio Murder. Remarkable Evidence. Doctor's Discoveries. Punctures As Clue

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 2

Evidence of a startling character was given yesterday (25th May) at the Paddington Coroner's Court when the inquest was opened on Mr…

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Charged for the Moonlight

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 2

A gentleman who recently returned from a tour in Spain tells this story: I feft Seville on foot, after a stay of a week, and was twenty miles away when I was overtaken by…

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Nowra Small Debts Court. Tuesday, August 21. (Before the P.M.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 10

Municipal Council v. H. M'Grath for £5 8s lighting rate. Mr Marriott for Council, Mr Trench for defendant, who pleaded not indebted…

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The Back of Beyond. a Story of Lincoln’s Murder

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 6

If the Paris police fail to penetrate the mystery which, so for, surrounds tho bomb explosion in the Bois de Vincennes, it will not be the first…

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Woman’s Alleged Burglary. a Caring Exploit

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 6

A middle-aged woman named Emily Mason, of no fixed address, was charged at Chester Police Court on 21st May with breaking and entering…

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