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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

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Convicted of Assault

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 5

At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions on Tuesday before Judge Fitzhardinge., John Smith, an old man, was charged with assaulting, with intent, Nancy Iacne…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 2

At the Moss Vale Police Court on Monday, before Messrs. I. S. Ponder and E. Hewison, Js.P., Albert Adams (17) on remand, was charged with stealing from a…

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Bowral Police Court. Recovery of Billiard Balls

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 2

At the Bowral Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Maitland, P.M., John Rhodes Bell (on remand from Goulburn) was charged with stealing a set of billiard balls…

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Drowned Boy Mystery. Mother Charged with Murder

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 4

A strange story, the outcome of which was that a woman named Louisa Tiffin was charged with the wilful murder of her sixyear-old son William, was told at a Hackney…

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Campbelltown Police Court

Camden News · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 4

June 20, before Mr Wilshire P.M. James Mahony, of Minto, dairy farmer, was charged that on the 5th day of June, he had two cows suffering from Actinomycosis on his…

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Moss Vale Police Court. Wednesday, July 25. Before Messrs Maitland, P.M., and E. Hewison, J. P. Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 2

Patric Noonan was charged with assaulting and robbing James Francis Co[?]dy on the Sutton Forest road on the 12th instant. Senior-Sergt. Tho[?]dyke appeared to prosecute, and the accused was defended…

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May Day in Paris. Mob Fight Police and Soldiers

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 3

Sixty thousand troops were on duty in the streets of Paris on Tuesday, and May day did not pass without much tumult, the worst disorders taking place at…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 2

At the above court yesterday (Friday), before Messrs. A. Mowle and A. A. Carter, Js. P., Robert Winslow was charged with…

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Bowral Police Court

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 2

At the above court yesterday before Mr. Maitland, P.M., H. M. Oxley proceeded against George Ingold (a former tenant of his) to recover a sum of £10 for alleged…

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Moss Vale Police Court. WEDNESDAY. Before Messrs Maitland, P.M., and E. Hewison and J. A. Badgery, Js.P. About a Watch and Chain

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 2

Robert Hopson was charged with stealing one silver watch find chain of the value of 32s, the property of Gladys Jefferies, about the month of April last…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 2

At the above court on Wednesday, before Mr. Maitland, P.M., and Mr. E. Hewison, J.P., William Ralston pleaded guilty to…

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The Wide World. Education and Criminality. a Police Magistrate's Views

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 3

The Lute Sir.James Vaughan retired from the Bench in 1899, after thirty-five years as a Metropolitan magistrate. He was at Bow street…

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Charged for the Moonlight

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 3

A gentleman who recently returned from a tour in Spain tells this story: I left Seville on foot, after a stay of a week, and was twenty miles away when I was overtaken by…

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Moss Vale District Court

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 2

The sittings of the above court commenced on Tuesday morning, before Judge Rodgers (in the absence through sickness of Judge Fitzhardinge)…

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Moss Vale District Court

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 2

The above court was held at Moss Vale on Tuesday, his Honor Judge Rogers presiding. The legal profession was represented by Mr.A.M. Betts (Goulburn), Mr. Richardson (Parramatta), Mr. B. H…

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Moss, Vale Police Court

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 2

At the above court on Wednesday, before Mr. Maitland, P.M, and Mr Hewison. J. P., G. Gilbert was fined 5., and 2/6 costs for allowing, a cow to stray…

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Murder in a Cab. Prince's Chaplain Stabbed

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 4

From Rome, on 25th June, a correspondent of the London "Daily Mair' writes:- A terrible crime was committed here…

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Revisiion Court

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 2

A revision court, presided over by Mr Maitlnnd, P.M., was held at Bowral on Tuesday, for the the purposs of revising the rools for the Nattai Shire. The name of Stephen Cobbett was struck off, and the…

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Murder of Captain Bull. a Desperate Flight. Vivid Story of the Struggle

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 3

An official account of the attack on British officers (says the Cairo correspondent of the "Daily Mail") shows that the officers left the camp,…

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Moss Vale Police Court

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 2

Wednesday, Sep. 36th, before Messrs. Maitland, and E. Hewison, J.P. Ernest Witton Whatman pleaded guilty to neglecting to supply necessary information to the…

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