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Courts & crime, 1908

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. German Officer's Suicide.TERRIBLE Story of Murder

Evening News · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—Captain Von Godben, who murdered a brother officer, Major Von Scho[?]ebek, in the barracks at Allonsteln, East Prussia, on Christmas Eve, has committed…

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District Court. (Before Judge Rogers.) BEATTIE v GRUBMEIER

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 7

Mr. James, instructed by Messrs, M'Donell and Moffitt, appeared for the plaintiff, Malcolm M. Beattie, of Foucart-street, Rozelle, a broom-sewer; Mr. Coyle, instructed by Mr…

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Broom Makers in Court Alleged Breach of Agreement

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 7

A claim for compensation in connection with the broom-making industry occupied the attention of Judge Rogers in the District Court yesterday…

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A Row in the Street. Police Say Witnesses Are Intimidated

Evening News · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 9

At the Central Police Court Herman Grunda-man, 18, was charged with assaulting Constable Green and with using indecent language. Alexander Grundaman, 25, was charged with…

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Durham Court Stud Sale, March 11, 12 and 13

Referee · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners notify that arrangements will be made to attach a sleeping-car on the down Northern mail from Sydney to Manilla on March 10 and…

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Municipality of Temora Full Court Discharges a Rule Nisi

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 6

In the Full Court yesterday Mr. Brown asked that the case of William George Goodin Lucas, for whom he appeared, and who had, obtained a rule nisi, by when William…

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A Desperate Anarchisl. Attack on the Chief of Police. Crminal Shot Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Irritated at the efforts made to discover the murderer of Father Heinrichs at Denver (U.S.A.). an anurchist gained, admittance to the residence…

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The Mtstery Oe the Ravenspurs. a Vendetta From Hindoostan Mystery, Magic, and Murder. Chapter III.-(Continued.)

Evening News · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 9

He had made no idle boast. He knew every much of the castle. like a cat he crept to his own room, and there, merely discarding his coat and boots, he took a blanket from…

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Fined Six Hundred Pounds a Grazier's Appeal to the Full Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 7

An application was mads to the Full Court yesterday on behalf of William Obadiah Phillips, grazier, of Fish Ponds, Warlalda, fur a prohibition to restrain John…

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The Liquor Traffic in the Alexandria Electorate Cull Court Reserves Judgment

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 6

Argument was continued and concluded in the Full Court yesterday in support of writs of prohibition directed to the Special Local Option Court for the electorate of…

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Japanese Exclusion. Canadian High Court's Decision Senator Questions Australia's Position. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 9

It was decided by the Supreme Court of Canada recently that the Immigration Restriction Act passed by the Legislature of British Columbia was unconstitutional, because of…

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Local Option Vote. When Is Reduction Carried ? Argument Before the Full Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 13

The local option cases were continued. before the Full Court. (Mr. justice Cohen, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Sly) yesterday. THE ALLOWRIE POLL…

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Northern Coal Crisis. Lodges Veto the Camera Court. Anxiety for the Future

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-- Practically the whole of the lodges in the Newcastle and Maitland districts have now spoken on the resolutions submitted to them by the miners'…

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The Brighton Accident. Finding of the Marine Court. Bad Seamanship of the Captain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 10

A Court of Marine inquiry was held yesterday at the District Court with respect to the circumstances attending a mishap which occurred to the steamer Brighton in Port…

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Brighton Break-down. Verdict of the Court of Inquiry. the Master's Conduct Reviewed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 13

The Marine Court investigated yesterday the, recent, accident on board the ferry steamer Brighton whilst she was on a trip from Manly to Sydney. The radius link-pin in the low-press…

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Closing Hotels Special Court Sitting the Cricket Ground and the A.j.c

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 5

The Special Court appointed under the provisions of the Licensing Act Amendment Act, £1905, to inquire into and give effect to the local option vote taken at the last…

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Foresters' Conference District Officers and Court Robin Hood. Perpetuation of a Tiff Prevented

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 6

The 60th annual meeting of delegates of the Ancient Order of Foresters, Sydney district was continued yesterday, Bro. W. H. Watts D.C.R., presiding…

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Stockton Coal Mine. Case in the Arbitration Court a Company Out of Business

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 4

In the Arbitration Court this morning the common rule application of the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union, in connection with the Stockton Coal Mining Co. name on for…

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Lisbon Assassinations. Murder of King and Crown Prince. Results of Dictatorship. Summary Justice on Assassins. London, Feb. 7 (via Fremantle)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 9

The assassination of King Carlos and the Crown Prince Luis was not wholly unexpected. A week before the event newspaper telegrams indicated that Senhor Franco's dictatorship…

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The Local Option Vote Allowrie, Alexandria, St. George, and Camperdown. Judgment of the Full Court

Evening News · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 6

Hie Pall Court this morning delivered judgment, on the application by Stephen Major, Toohey's, Limited, Resch's, Limited, and Tooth and Company, for prohibitions directed to the…

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