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

Courts & crime, 1904

1,472 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 74

Heard through the Telephone. Murder and Suicide. London

National Advocate · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 3

Garfield, a barkeeper &t Minneapolis telephoned to n friend " Listen and you will hear something." A woman's shriek and revolver shots…

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Orange Police News. Friday, January 8Th. (Before Mr E. Marriott, M.p.) Jumping the Rattler

Leader · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 2

James Leslie Lamont, 32, was charged that he did on the 6th day of January, 1904, travel in a railway carriage employed in N.S.W…

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Police Court

Leader · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

The above will be held to-morrow (Wednesday) at 10 a.m, when the P.M. from Orange will adjudicate…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 12. (Before the Relieving Police Magistrate) Charge of Vagrancy

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

Annie Gardiner was charged with having no visible lawful means of support. Accused pleaded not guilty…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Monday, January, 11Th. (Before the Relieving Police Magistrate, Mr. Meares, and Dr. W. F. Bassett.) the Palme's Oakey Hotel

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

Charles Francis Franks applied for the renewal of a publican's license for the Royal Hotel, Palmer's Oakey. The application was opposed by the…

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Lithgow Police Court. Friday, January 8. (Before Dr. Asher and H. Dyball, Js.P.) DRUNK

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

Ada Brown was charged with being drunk on Bowenfels-road on the Previous day. She pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, or imprisonment until the rising of the…

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A Hungarian Charged. with Robbery of Jewels. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

A Joung Hungarian named Erdmann Raimund was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with having a quantity of jewellery in his possession…

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Burraga Police Court. Monday, January 4. (Before T. A. Smith, P.M., T. P. Hackney and G. H. Burcher, Js.P.)

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

Adam A. McKell, on remand, charged with unlawfully assaulting Margaret Wilson. Margaret Wilson deposed: I am…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. (Before Major Bracey, L.M., and W. J. Thompson.)

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

A billiard license was granted to Thomas The quarterly report, which was very satisfactory, was also presented, after…

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Licensing Court. Monday, January 11Th. (Before Messrs E. Marriott, Hon. A. T. Kerr, and P. J. Flanagan, Licensing Magistrates.)

Leader · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

Henry Wilson, of the firm of Buckham and Wilson, was granted a renewal of his license. Sydney Joseph Jackson, of…

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Orange Police News. Monday, January 11 TH. (Before Messrs E. Marriett, P. M., P. J. Flanagan and Hon. A. T. Kerr, Js.P.)DRUNKENNESS

Leader · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

Frank Lindsay, 47, was charged with being drunk in Summer-street, Orange. Accused pleaded guilty. The P.M. said the fact of a man…

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Fatal Result of an Assault, Perpetrator Committed for Murder. a Strange Coincidence

Leader · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2

A serious affair, resulting in the death of Edward Canon, aged 24, took place al Winter’s hotel, Wellington, between 6 and 7 o’clock on…

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Dubbo Doings. Dubbo Alleged Outrage. Police Court Proceedings. Dubbo

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2

The Police Court was crowded on Monday morning when John Crane was charged with criminally assaulting Hazel wa'man in Elsten Park, Dubbo,…

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Another Dreadful Tragedy. Murder and Suicide

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2

Another of those shocking domestic tragedies, the news of which is received in the city and suburbs with horror from time to time, and with which the…

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A Newtown Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2

A tragedy was enacted this morning at the corner of Watkin and Wilson streets, Newtown, in a twostorey building in which, an elderly…

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Sensation at Wellington. Charge of Murder., a Man Killed. a Strange Coincidence. Wellington

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2

A sensational affair occurred at Winter's Tattersall's Hotel, in Lee Street, about tea-time on Saturday night, when it is al eged, a man…

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Orange Police News. Tuesday, January 12 (Before Mr E. Marriott, P.m.) a Diseased Beast

Leader · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2

Senior Constable Kibble proceeded against James Stuart Leeds for that on the 5th of August, 1903, at the sale yards, Orange, lie did sell a…

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Police Court

Leader · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 4

At the Police Count yesterday, before the P.M., only one case was called, which was withdrawn on the application of Mr Green, who…

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The Dubbo Assault Case

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 11

John Crane, who is described as being about 50 years of age, has been committed for trail on a charge of ravishing Hazel Watman, aged 14½, at Dubbo,…

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Licensing Court

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 2

Quarterly Licensing Courts under the Liquor Act 1898 for the consideration of applications for Publicans, Colonial Wine, Brewers, and Spirit Merchants, Booths,…

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