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Courts & crime, 1911

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Clapham Common Murder. Verdict Against Morrison

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.—The inquest upon the body of Beron, the who was found murdered on Clapham Common on Sunday January 1. was concluded to-day…

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Alleged Murder. Tragedy at Wallan. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 8

At the Seymour court to-day Patrick Carmody, Frederick Carmody, William Payne, William Armstrong, and John Henry Prout were charged with the murder of Arthur…

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Dead Child. Discovered by Police Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 9

The St. Arnaud police were informed on Friday that Catherine Agnes Clarke, aged 22 years, had given birth to a child, but the whereabouts of the child was not known. The…

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Mutiny and Murder. Dredge Crew Run Amok. Captain and Mate Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 7

VANCOUVER, Sunday Afternoon.--Mutinous sailors on the dredge Irene Ruth ran amok on board at Colonial Beach Harbor, Virginia…

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Police Courts. Monday, January 30. Two Casks Stolen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 10

Thomas Leonard and George Thornton, drivers in the employ of Tooth and Company, were fined £5 each (with the option of a mouth in gaol), at the Water Court for stealing a cask each from the Hawarra S.N…

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The Whitton Tragedy. Conflicting Evidence at Inquest. Verdict of Wilful Murder

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 3

The circumstances attending the death of Mrs. Sarah Warby, 62. and her daughter, Amy May Warby, 23. who were found dead in the grounds of Billenhah Station. Whitton, on…

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Law Notices. Tuesday, January 31. Supreme Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 7

In Equity.—Before the Deputy Registrar.—At 11: Goldschmidt v Chinn, to tax costs. Probate Jurisdiction.—Before the Registrar.—At 2.15 p.m.: In re Thomas Abdy, deceased, for inquiry as…

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The Wallan Tragedy. Accused Before the Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--At Seymour to-day Patrick Carmody, Frederick Carmody, William Payne, William Armstrong, aud John Henry Prout were charged with the wilful murder of…

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Mutinous Sailors. Amok Aboard a Dredge. Murder Their Officers. Vancouver, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 9

Mutinous sailors aboard the dredge Irene Ruth ran amok aboard the vessel in Colonial Beach Harbour, Virginia. The captain and mate were both…

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Charged with Murder

The Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 3

At a coroners inquest held at Bendigo concerning the death of an infant, whose body was found floating in a dam, a verdict of murder against some unknown…

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Missing Sheep. Drover Charged with Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 14

The cases commenced at the Ashfield Police Court on Friday last, in which Frederick Sydney Martineer (45) had five charges preferred against him of stealing sheep at Flemington on January 12, were continued at the…

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Starving Blackfellows. Charged with Sheep-stealing. Dubbo

The Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 4

Five aboriginals appeared before Judge Gibson at the Quarter Sessions this morning on a charge of sheep-stealing, to which they pleaded guilty. The evidence showed…

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Death of an Infant. Woman Charged with Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The body of an infant was recently found floating in a dam at Bendigo. and on the following day a magisterial inquiry was held, when a verdict of…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 8

Detective Allchurch made further inquiries into the circumstances connected with the discovery of "the tiger's lair" at Tantanoola, South Australia. He found five additional…

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Theft at Redfern

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 2

Patrick, Ryas, 21, appeared at the Redfern Palton Court to answer a charge o stealing a above value 2s, the property of the Water and Sewerage Board, at Redfern, on January 25…

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District Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 7

Before his Honor Judge Murray.—At 10 a. m.: All undefended actions, and afterwards the following defended actions:—Bray Brothers, Limited, v Reschs, Limited; Fuggles v the Council of the Municipality…

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Alleged Sheep-stealing at Homebush. Drover Committed for Trial

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 16

The hearing of the charges preferred against Frederick Sidney Martineer, a drover, of stealing a number of sheep at Flemington, on 13th instant, adjourned from the Ashfield Court on…

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Clapham Common Murder. Verdict Against Morrison

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The inquest on the body of Beron, the miser who was murdered on Clapham Common, has resulted in a verdict of wilful murder against…

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Died in a Police Cell

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 10

BATHURST, Tuesday.--At the inquest yesterday on the body of Walter Alexander Bosworth (20), who died in a cell at the Bathurst Police-station on Saturday evening, a verdict of death…

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Missing Sheep. Drover and Slaughterman Charged. Both Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 7

The hearing of the charges against Frederick Sydney Martineer, 45, drover, of stealing a number of sheep at Flemington on January 12, was continued at the Burwood Police Court yesterday, before Mr. W…

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