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

Courts & crime, 1896

793 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 40

An Embezzler Sentenced. WOLLONGONG

National Advocate · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 3

J. Egliesh, convicted of embezzling £1104, of the Harbor Trust, was sentenced to eighteen months hard labor…

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Licensing Court

Molong Argus · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 2

BEFORE Messrs. John Black and H. S. M. Betts. Js'P. A renewal of licers[?] was granted to Mr. W. Taylor of Cudal, and a transfer of the Swan…

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A Woman Sentenced to Death

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 3

Elisabeth Miller has been found guilty and sentenced to death at Tamworth for murdering her husband by administering strychnine…

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Appointments under Justice. MR. C. E. Smith to Be Police Magistrate at Bathurst. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 3

The following official appointments were supplied in to-day's Gazette. Mr. Chas. Edward Smith, Police Magistrate, Armidale, to be Police Magistrate, and…

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An Ex-M.P. sent to Gaol WOOLLONGONG

National Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 3

Francis Woodward, ex-member of Parliament, solicitor, was convicted this morning on a charge of larceny as a bailee, and sentenced to 3 years'…

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Bathurst Police Court Friday April 10Th 1896. (Before Messrs W. C. Kelk and J. Simmons J's P.) Drunkenness

National Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 2

A drunk was fined 5s or imprisonment until the rising of the court. INDECENT LANGUAGE. A first offender appeared on a charge…

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Sentenced to Death

National Advocate · Monday 13 April 1896 · page 2

At the Tamworth Circuit Court on Friday, before Mr. Acting-Justice Cohen, Elizabeth Miller was tried on a charge of murdering her husband, Thos…

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The Coonabarabran Murder

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1896 · page 2

The woman, Isabella Milleren, condemned to death for the Coonabarabran murder, has, it is said, previously been before the Court on a charge of insanity…

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Police Court. Tuesday, April 14Th. (Before Hon. E. Webb and Mr. John Hughes, Js.P) Alleged Robbery

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 14 April 1896 · page 2

Henry Shalvey was charged with stealing a pennyweight of gold from a Chinaman, having a rifle in bis possession at the time…

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Charged with Murder. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1896 · page 1

Five men, two convicts and three conjures, were arrested at Bath on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Henry Smith, a retired gasfitter and ironmonger, in Muswell…

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Charge of Stealing Gold

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1896 · page 1

At the Bathurst Police Court, yesterday morning before the Hon E. Webb and Mr. J. Hughes J's P, Henry Shallway,. 19 miner, was charged with having robbed Ah Kew of…

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Stealing a Bike

National Advocate · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 1

William Hunt, laborer, Bristol, was charged at Highgate with stealing a bicycle, the property of J. W. Joy, of High-road, Whetstone. .Prisoner in May…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Case

Molong Argus · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 2

AT the Molong Police Court on Friday and Saturday last, before Dr. Ross and Mr. W. H. Couch. Js.P., Daniel Smith appeared to answer a charge of stealing…

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Committed for Burglary. SYDNEY. Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 3

Nathanel Thomson and William Ellison were committed for trial for burglary at Annandale. Ellison was the man whom a policeman shot at…

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Terrible Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 17 April 1896 · page 3

Late yesternight the body of a young woman, named Florence Collins, aged 19, was found lying on a seat in the Manly reserve, alongside her being a six…

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Theft at Kelso

National Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon while Mr. Brown and family of Kelso,were at the show, on entrance was effected to their residence from which were stolen a night…

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Brutal Assault on a Jockey

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 3

A jockey named Millen was brutally assaulted by two men in an oyster saloon in Pitt-street yesternight. He was kicked about most unmercifully and had to be taken…

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Sunny Corner Police Court. Wednesday, 15Th April, (Before Messrs. H. Donaldson aad T. J.Eather, J's.P)

National Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 1

James Lamont was charged with having committed an indecent assault on Adelina Nattress, a girl of 18 years of age, at Sunny Corner, on the 9th inst…

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Bathurst Police Court Saturday, April 18. (Before Mr. W. G. B. Smith, J.p.) Unlawful Games

National Advocate · Monday 20 April 1896 · page 2

Patrick McGuire, 29, dealer, was Joseph Black, 36, saddler, were charged with playing at unlawful games. The former had been indulging in thimble…

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Police Court. Monday, April 20Th, 1896. (Before the Hon. E. Webb and Mr. John Hughes, J's.P.) Charge Op Robbery with Arms

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 20 April 1896 · page 2

Henry Shalvey, on remand, was charged with robbing one, Ah Kew, of one pennyweight of gold, he being armed at the time with a rifle…

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