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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1849

88 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 5

Ireland. Daring Murder in Letterkenny

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1849 · page 2

SAMUEL DAVIS, Esq., surgeon was shot dead at his own door on Friday se'nnight. His house is in the public street, and the spot where the deed of blood was committed is more exposed and…

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Police Office

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1849 · page 2

Before Lieut Wilton of the Mounted Police William Harvey was charged with drunkenness and was fined ten shillings, or twenty-four hours imprisonment in the cells…

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Police Office. Tuesday Before the Police Magistrate

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1849 · page 2

John Byrons was charged with drunkenness, ami was fined 10s., or 24 hours imprisonment in the cells. John Frazer was charged with drunkenness and was fined £1 and 6s. costs or 24 hours imprisonment. He…

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WEDNESDAY Before the Police Magistrate

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1849 · page 2

Patrick Wilde was charged with drunkenness and was fined 15s or in default of payment 24 hours imprison-ment. Ellen Doherty was sentenced to three months…

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Police Office. MONDAY Before the Police Magistrate

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1849 · page 2

William Harris was charged with drunkenness and was fined 5s., or 24 hours imprisonment. Robert O'Brien was charged with cattle stealing. The examination was conducted with closed doors and hence…

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Police Office. Monday. Before the Police Magistrate

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1849 · page 2

Dowlas Arnott was charged, with drunkenness, and was fined fifteen shillings, or forty-eight hours, to the cells. A former conviction was proved Against him. Phoebe Vickery was charged with larceny. The…

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Murder on the Turon Mountains

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1849 · page 2

A shepherd named Benjamin Fox, in the employ of Mr. Irwin, was murdered a few days ago by some person or persons unknown. It is supposed that the man was engaged in driving his sheep when the awful event occurred…

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Police Office. Monday. Before the Police Magistrate

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1849 · page 2

Mary Prior was charged with drunkeness and was fined £1, or 72 hours imprisonment. Henry Dwyer and Robert Brown were brought before the Court on suspicion of being concerned in the…

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Murder at Moreton Bay

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1849 · page 3

A shocking murder has been perpetrated here under the following circumstances :—two men, named Molloy and Leonard, left South Brisbane on Sunday morning, the 16th instant, intending…

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Police Office. SATURDAY. Before the Police Magistrate

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1849 · page 2

William Jentle was charged with drunkenness, and was final 10s., or 24 hours imprisonment in the cells. James Robertson was charged with a similar offence and received n similar fine…

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Cousin Sally Dillard. Scene—a Court of Justice in North Carolina

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1849 · page 4

A b eadless disciple of Themis arises and thus addresses the Court:—"May it please your worship, and you, gentlemen of the jury, since it has been my fortune (good or bad I will not say) to…

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Police Office. MONDAY. Before D. M. Irving, Esq., J.P.

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1849 · page 2

William Orchard was charged with drunkenness, and was fined 10s., or 24 hours imprisonment in the cells. This was the only case on the list. TUESDAY…

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Wellington. the Small Debts' Court. Before S. Curtis, Esq., J.P., and—Cornish, Esq., J.P.

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1849 · page 2

Fannon v. Close.—This was an action to recover £10, for a horse borrowed by the defendant from the plaintiff. The defendant put in no set ofF, and a verdict was given for the plaintiff…

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Police Office. Saturday. Before the Police Magistrate

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1849 · page 2

James M'Donaugh was charged with drunkenness, and was fined £1, or seventy-two hours in the cells. MONDAY. Before the Police Magistrate…

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Horrible Murder

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1849 · page 2

The Bench of Magistrates were occupied the whole of this day, investigating a charge of wilful murder, preferred against a man of the name of Joseph Marsh, hut keeper to Francis Little, Esq…

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Wellington. Police Office.—july 21st, JULY, 1849

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1849 · page 3

John Benson, charged with being a runaway from Black Heath. The prisoner hail been convicted at the Autumn Assizes, in 1848, for horse stealing, and sentenced 3 years in irons.—Apprehended by the Wellington Police…

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Police Office. SATURDAY. Before the Police Magistrate

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1849 · page 2

Thomas Jarvis was charged with drunkenness, and was fined 5s. or 24 hours imprisonment in the cells. Patrick M'Elwaine charged with drunkenness, was fined 15s. and 2s. costs, or in default of payment 24 hours in…

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The Bristol Murder

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1849 · page 4

At the Gloucester assizes, on Tuesday, Ann Thomas was tried for tlie murder of her mistress, Miss Jefferies, at Bristol, by beating her on the head with a stone. The prisoner is a good-looking…

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Wellington. Police Office, July 30Th, 1349

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1849 · page 3

John Wright (mentioned in the issue of the 28th ult., as having been apprehended on the 19th, with fire arms and skeleton keys being found in his possession) was brought up for further examination, and interrogated as to…

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Police Office. MONDAY. Before the Police Magistrate and G. Rankin Esq

Bathurst Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1849 · page 2

Bridget Thorpe, was charged by Thomas Eagles, special constable, in the night-watch, with having been drunk in Barrack Lane, on Saturday night. Constable Finnerty, deposed that the defendant was drunk when she was brought…

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