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

Courts & crime, 1895

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2nd-Edition The-World 'Tote' Men in Sydney. One Sent to Gaol for a Month. Sydney, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 3

Sergeant Parkinson summoned Albert Sparkes at the Newtown Police Court to-day for having used a shop for the purpose of money being received in…

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Small Debts Court. Monday Jan. 21St. 1895. Before Mr. J. B. Graham, P.M.

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 2

Mrs. Campbell, v. John Pascoe, claim for £4 13s lOd, goods sold. Verdict for plaintiff. E. H. Taylor, v. Mrs. Stapleton,…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY, January, 23RD, 1895. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Wife Desertion

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

Thomas Webb, a man of color, shoemaker by trade, was charged with deserting his wife. Accused had been arrested in Dubbo…

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Bathurst Police Court Tuesday January, 1895.[Before Mr. J. B. Graham, P.m.] Still, They Come

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

Daniel Culled, 31, laborer, was fined 5s or 24 hours, for being drunk and disorderly in William-street, where he had been arrested by Constable Hayes…

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Bathurst Police Court Wednesday, January 23Rd, 1895. (Before Mr. J. B. Graham, P.m.) a Shoemaker Charged with Wife Desertion

National Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1895 · page 2

Thomas Webb, a half caste, 42 years, shoemaker, was charged with wife desertion. Mrs. Webb informed the Bench that accused had left her without tellingg…

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The Parkes Attempted Murder

National Advocate · Friday 25 January 1895 · page 2

The name of the woman who was committed at Parkes for trial in Bathurst for shooting with intent to murder at William Ollirer is Ashpoli. She is a…

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Is it Murder?

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 2

The very much decomposed remains of an unknown man were found on Thursday in a closed cottage at Liverpool…

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Forging and Uttering a Cheque. a Case Before the Cumnock Police Court. Accused Committed

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 3

At the Police Court, Cumnock, on Wednesday, the 16th instant, before Messrs. W. Black and C. Miller, Js.P., Fredrick Motriss, ALIAS Moyston, was charged that he did, on…

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Bathurst Police Court FRIDAY, Jan. 25th 1894. (Before Messrs J. B. Graham P.M., and J. B. Dulhunty J.p.) Summons Case. James Power V. Joseph Yeomans

National Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 2

In this case plaintiff sued defendant fur detaining a tarpaulin and a piece of rope valued at £3 53. Mr. Parker appeared for plaintiff and applied for a…

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A Sheep-stealing Case

National Advocate · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 2

At the Orange Police Court on Friday, William Bell, drover, was charged with stealing 650 sheep, the property of F. Todhunter, Wamabiana, and James…

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Sidney Court

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 2

The Quarter Sessions opened this morning with a large calender. Nine persons pleaded guilty to various offences and were remanded for sentence…

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The Strike at Eskbank. a Cowardly Assault. and Very Inadequate Penalty. Lithgow, Sunday night

National Advocate · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 3

Six youths were fined from 10s to £1 for assaulting a fellow worker who struck lately at the ironworks. They were warned that if they again were…

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Was It Murder?

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 2

Human remains sewn in a bag have been discovered in a reservoir at Coota-mundra…

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The Police Revolver. Another Shooting Case in Forbes

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 2

A wire from Forbes says:—On Saturday evening Constable Greenwood went to Stewart's Hotel at the Lachlan Bridge, Forbes, to arrest a man named Sheedy…

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Suspected Murder at Cootamundra

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

The body of a man was discovered in the Cootamundra reservoir (not the water reservoir) on Monday evening. It was tied, head down, in a bag. It…

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Bathurst Police Court Tuesday, January 29Th, 1895. (Before Messrs, W. C. Kelk and P. V. Ryan, J.'sP. Nominal Vagrancy

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 1

George Weldon, 70, cook, charged with nominal vagrancy, was remanded with a view to obtaining an order for his admission to the Benevolent Asylum…

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The Cootamundra Murder. LONDON, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1895 · page 3

In connection with the Cootamundra murder, it is reported that the body has been identified as that of a man who was discharged from a station in the locality…

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Police Court. THURSDAY, January, 31st, 1895 (Before Mr. E. T. Webb, J.p.) Two Young Hopefuls

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 31 January 1895 · page 2

John Joseph Cuncliffe and Edmund Barnett, two boys aged 12 years, were brought up under the Industrial Schools Act charged with wandering about the street…

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2nd Edition The World Assault on Non-Unionists. NEWCASTLE, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1895 · page 3

Two non-unionist miners were seriously assaulted at Newcastle to-day. Their tent and tools wore smashed, and they themselves were left in an exhausted…

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Bathurst Police Court Wednesday, January 30Th, 1895, (Before Messrs. J. B. Dulhunty and E. T. Webb, Js.P.) Drunk in Howick-street

National Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1895 · page 3

A laborer, aged 28, pleaded guilty to being drunk in Howick-street, where he had been arrested by Constable Guest, and wns fined 5s or…

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