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Courts & crime, 1908

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[All Rights Reserved.] the Murder in the Night Express. Chapter XVII.—(Continued.)

The Australian Star · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 8

It was to be a great funeral—as pompous and imposing as Harrington could make it, as public as his wedding had been. The whole county was asked to it, everyeone…

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The Liquor Traffic. Application Fop Prohibition. Against the Kiama Local Option Court. Hearing by the Full Court

The Australian Star · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 4

An application for a writ of prohibition was made to the Full Court this morning on behalf of Stephen Major, of Jamberoo, directed to the Special Local Option Court…

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The Mystery Op the Ravenspurs. a Vendetta From Hindoostan Mystery, Magic, and Murder. Contents

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 7

I. THE SHADOW OF A FEAR. II. THE WANDERER RETURNS. III. THE CRY IN THE NIGHT. IV. 101 BRANT-STREET…

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In Swaziland. a Police Force Created. London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 1

The creation of a police force in Swaziland has been gazetted…

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The Coal Crisis. the Miners and the Court. Objections to Evidence in Camera

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The committee of management of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation held a protracted sitting at the Trades-hall on Saturday last, when the…

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A Council's Relief Rate. Quashed by a London Court. London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 1

The rate of 3d in the £ imposed by the Battersea Borough Council for relief works for the unemployed, has been quashed by Mr. Wallace at the Clerkenwell Sessions…

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Police Courts Stealing From the Person

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

James Allen, a barber, was charged yesterday, at the Central Police Court, with stealing from the person of Michael Joseph O'Driscoll a watch and chain, small sum of money, and other articles,…

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Stealing a Whip

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 7

The case against George Thomas, 32, labourer, of stealing a whip from Alfred Jackson, was resumed before Mr. Payton, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday. The…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

Before his Honor Judge Rogers, K.C., in No. 2 District Court.—At 10 a.m.: Appeals against city assessments. Causes: Beattie v Grub[?]cier, Wat[?]ins v the Warringah Shire Council…

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The Bordern Burglary Case for the Defence.the Hamper of Jewellery

Evening News · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 5

The bearing of the charges against Daniel Simmons, Walter Clifton, Edward Buckley, Arthur Simons, and Charles W. Telford, of having broken and entered the premises of…

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Knocked Down by a Motor. a Chauffeur Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 8

On Saturday evening a lad named Fred Nelson, or Box, was crossing King-street, Newtown, near May-street, to board a stationary tram, when a motor car coming along struck…

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Drunken Men on Trains. a Magistrate's View. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 8

During the hearing of a charge to-day against a man named John Hines for travelling in a train without a ticket, Mr. Dove, P M., passed some strictures on the practice…

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Court of Arbitration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

No. 2 Jury Court, Supreme Court, Sydney.—Before the Deputy President and Members.—At 10 a.m.—Per hearing: Cold Storage Employees' Union, claimant, and the Pastoral Finance Association,…

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Supreme Court Case

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 1

A circular was read from the Dubbo Board asking for a contribution towards the expense of conducting an appeal against the local…

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Court of Marine Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

Before his Honor Judge Backhouse and assessors, in No. 1 District Court—At 10 a.m.: Re the Brighton…

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Murder by Order. a Zulu's Excuse. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 7

A Zulu who has been arrested at Zombolwana on a charge of murdering the loyal chief Sitsitshile in August, 1906, declares that he merely obeyed his chief's…

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Terrorists Hanged. Court-martial's Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- Seven of the Viborg Terrorists, sentenced to death by a court-martial sitting at St. Petersburg, have been hanged…

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Over-worked District Court Judges

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

The Premier explains that the position of the District Court judges has received his attention. These judges, he says, are very much overworked. Not only has increased labor been cast…

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Arbitration Court Cold Storage Workers

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 7

The dispute between the Cold Storage Employees' Union and the Pastoral Finance Association Ltd., was continued yesterday afternoon in the Arbitration Court…

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A Brutal Fellow Richly Deserved Punishment Gaol Without the Option for a Wifebeater

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 7

Arthur Hagon, 28, labourer, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday with having assaulted his wife and a neighbour named Joseph R. Dixon, and with having…

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