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Mid North Coast · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

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Kempsey Police Court. Monday. Before the Police Magistrate

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 2

William Hickson was fined £1 for being drunk and disorderly. Edward Gannon was fined 10s for being drunk and £1 for bad language…

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Kempsey Small Debts Court. Tuesday. Before the Police Magistrate

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 2

Mark Hicks v. H. W. T. Lee: Claim 9s 2d, meat supplied. Mr. J. Dighton appeared for plaintiff. In this case plaintiff swore that he had not received…

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Nambucca Police Court. Wednesday. (Before D. R. Smith, J. Allan, and E. Eichman, J's.P.)

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 2

Angus McKay v. Edward O'Connor, abusive language. Edward O'Connor v. Angus McKay, cross action for abusive language…

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Kempsey Police Court. Wednesday. Before the Police Magistrate

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 5

Florence Greentree and Charles Nance were charged with calling after Joseph Patrick in a manner calculated to cause a breach of the peace…

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A Foul Murder

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 6

About a month ago a terrible murder was committed at a place called the Nine Mile, near Deepwater. A miner…

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Kempsey Police Court. Tuesday. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1891 · page 2

H. Porter v. W. Traillow. -- Riding at a canter round the corner of Belgrave Street. Henry Porter said that on the 24th…

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Kempsey Small Debts Court. Tuesday. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1891 · page 2

John Jones v. M. Fitzpatrick. -- This was a claim of £7 7s 9d for work done on the road at Clybucca. A good deal of evidence was taken, the contention…

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A Court House on Fire. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1891 · page 2

A fire broke out in the County Court at Cork, during the trial of several persons charged concerning riotous proceeding at Tipperary. The…

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Terrible Murder near Nyngan

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 5

On Tuesday afternoon last, whilst a boundary rider named M'Call, employed on the Moonagee Station, near Nyngan, was going his rounds as usual, he came across…

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Kempsey Police Court. Tuesday. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 2

Charles Sutherland was summonsed for allowing cattle to stray on the streets. Henry Porter sworn said he saw…

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Kempsey Licensing Court. (Before the P.M., and Messrs. J. W. Wilson and C. Sutherland, J's.P.)

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 2

Walter John Worboys, George W. Worboys and Isaac R. Boardman, jun., applied for hawker's licenses. Application granted…

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Kempsey Police Court. Before Capt. Davies and Capt. Horne

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1891 · page 5

Mr. Justelius, School Attendance Officer, prosecuted in the following cases:-- Patrick Byrnes, for school fees…

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Supposed Wife Murder near Ballarat

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1891 · page 4

A woman named Teresa Walker, wife of a miner named John Walker, died on Friday, at Redan, near Ballarat, under suspicious circumstances, and…

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Murder and Attempted Suicide

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 5

A terrible tragedy has been enacted at Sandy Bay, Tasmania. A widow named Annie Davidson, residing at the Bay, was found on Monday morning lying dead in…

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Murder at Surry Hills. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 5

A woman named Dalton was murdered at Surry Hills on Tuesday. Her husband, who has absconded, is supposed to be the murderer. The inquest…

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A Murder and a Mystery the Story of a Reporter Detective. Chapter I. the Murder

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 6

WHEN old Jabez Felton, the rich leather merchant, a widower with three grown-up children, returned from the three months trip to…

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Bankruptcy Court. Monday. -- Before Captain Davis, District Registrar

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1891 · page 3

Re Patrick Gallagher, Smithtown. Public Examination. Bankrupt stated that he had never been bankrupt before and he had never made an…

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Sentenced to Three Years for Horse Stealing. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 4

At the Bathurst Quarter Sessions, yesterday, a man named Edward Martin, convicted for horse-stealing was sentenced to three years'…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 6

At the Ulmarra Police Court on Wednesday, before the P.M., and Messrs. Goodger and Geo. Bailey, J's.P. Reeve Waugh, and G. T. Johnson, were…

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Kempsey Police Court. Thursday. (Before Mr. H. W. T. Lee, J.P.)

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 5

C. Donnel.--Drunkenness; discharged. George Griffiths.--Drunkennes; fined 5s…

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