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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1863

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Kiandra. Police Office, 10th JUNE, 1663. (Before V. D. Kant, Esq, J.P.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1863 · page 5

OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES. Thomas Smith, alias Stater, alias Davis, was charged with obtaining money under false pretences, by means of forged cheques, drawn on the…

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Tuesday, June 23, 1863. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Dr. Merryweatker, J.p.) Petty Thieving

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1863 · page 4

An elderly man, who gave his name as James Fitz Roy Kelly (Phoebus, what a name!), was charged with having stolen a coat, the property of one John Baizer…

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Assaulting the Police and Rescuing a Prisoner. Thursday, June 25,1863

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1863 · page 5

William Bryant (or Terrible Billy), remanded from Monday, was charged with having assaulted the police and rescued a prisoner. Mr. Gordon, Sub-inspector of Police, being…

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Police Intelligence. Monday, June 22,1863. (Before R. Dawson, Esq., P.M., and Dr. Merryweather, J.P.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1863 · page 4

A man charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and it being his first offence, was fined 6s. Edward Price was charged with being drunk and disorderly on Saturday night. He pleaded…

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