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

Courts & crime, 1856

106 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 6

Local Intelligence. Police Court. Saturday, October 25

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 October 1856 · page 2

Before Dr. Palmer, P.M. [?] charged with having been [?]in the public streets, was fined forty[?]…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court. Wednesday, October 29th

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 November 1856 · page 2

(Before Dr. Palmer, P.M., Captain Battye and J.F. Clements, Esquires.) William Taylor, Charged with having been found drank in the public streets, was admenishel…

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Police Court. Saturday, November 1, Before Dr.Palmer.P.M

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 November 1856 · page 2

Matthew Dowd, found in tho streets in a state of imbecility, was ordered to find sareties to be of good behaviour, himself in £20 and two in £10 each, in defunlt was sentenced to 14 days…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 November 1856 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, NOV, 5th THURSDAY, NOV. 6 TH. There was no business before the Court on either of these two days. FRIDAY, November 7th. Before D. Palmer, P.M…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court. Saturday, November 8th. Before Dr. Palmer, P.M.

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 November 1856 · page 2

Ellen ward, charged with drunkenn [?], and using absence language, was lined 40s. MONDAY, November 10th. Before Dr. Palmer, P.M. & J.M. Marsh, Esq…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 November 1856 · page 2

Wednesday, 12tH Nov., and Thursday, 13th. There was no business before the court these two days. Friday, Nov. 14th. Before Dr.Pain, P.M.,…

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Murder Near Dover

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 November 1856 · page 4

The excitement occasioned, by the murder of Caoline and Maria Back had not been per milled to subside when two others apparently of equal atrocity had been…

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Murder of Two Sisters by a Soldier

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 November 1856 · page 4

Two young female were murdered near Folkstone on the 3rd of August, under circumstances of a peculiarly painful and distressing nature. The murdered…

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Police Court. Saturday, November 15th. Before Dr. Pahner, P.M.

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 November 1856 · page 2

Rose Nelson, Charged with drunkenness, was fined 20s. MONDAY, November 17th. Before Dr. Palmer, P.M…

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Local Intelligence. Court of Requests

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 November 1856 · page 2

Before J. West, Tortius, and J. J. Asho, Esquires. FORD v. SCULLION. This was a summons for £4 19s. 9d. the…

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Mor Eton Bay District Court Bill

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 November 1856 · page 3

The ATTORNEY GENRRAL moved that the Moreton Bay District Court Bill be read a second time. The object of the bill he said was at once to establish a district court at Moroton Bay, at…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court. (Before Dr. Palmer, P.M., and J. Clemonts, Esq.) WEDNESDAY, November 19th

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 November 1856 · page 2

John Cotton, charged with drannkenness, for the twenty-fourth time, was fined forty shillings. Charles Dutton, alias the Dake of Noweastle, [?] with using [?] was…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court. Saturday, November 22

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 November 1856 · page 2

(Before Dr. Palmer, P.M., Captain Battye, and J. West, Tertius, Esquire.) Margarot Carroy, charged with using obscene language, was fined three pounds: or, in default…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court. Wednesday, November 26th. (Before Dr. Palmer, P.M.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 November 1856 · page 2

Alexander Dawson was again brought up on a charge of having stolen one cow, the property of Patrick Toner. Mr. Macintosh appeared for the prosecutor…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court. Saturday, November 29th. (Before Dr. Palmer, P.M., and Capt, Battye, J.P.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 December 1856 · page 2

Margaret Noakes, Charles Morris, Elizabeth Jackson, and Patrick O'Connor, were charged with having been found drank in the public streets. Margaret Noakes and Charles Morris…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court. Wednesday, November 3

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 December 1856 · page 2

Before Dr. Palmer, P.M., and Captain Battye, J.P. George Holmes, charged with drunkenness, was fined 20. James Freeny, charged with disorderly conduct…

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Murder Near Macquarie Mount

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 December 1856 · page 2

Since our last we have been furnished with the particulars of a murder attended by circumstances of a partic[?]larly atrocious character, in the neighhour[?] of Mount Macquurie…

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Local Intelligence. Police Court. Friday, December 5th. (Before Dr. Palmer, P.M., Captain Battye, J.P., and J.J. Ashe, Esq., J.P.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 December 1856 · page 2

John West, charged with using threatening and obscene language, was fined five pounds ; or, in default of p[?]yment, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment…

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Victoria. the Williamstown Murder

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 December 1856 · page 4

On the 19th. November, Thomas Smith alias Captain Melville, was arraigned at the Supreme Court, Melbourne, charge, in conjunction with eight…

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Police Court. Wednesday, December 10, 1856. (Before Captain Battye, J.P.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 December 1856 · page 2

James D'Arcy, charged with drunkenness, was fined 20s. Cornelius Ryan, charged with using obscene language, was fined £5; or, in del[?]lt of…

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