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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime
28 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 2 of 2
PALMER, who is said to be the actual murderer of Mr. Halligan, was arrested in the scrub on the bank of the Mary River, about two miles from Gympie, at 2 a.m. on Monday, 31st ultimo. The man by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE witnesses—McNevin, Archer, and Shepherd—were cross-examined on Friday last by Palmer for two hours. McNevin was afterwards placed in the dock as an accessory to the murder. Palmer made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE have received the following particulars in connection with the murder on official authority. It appears that Palmer was at Gympie last year, and was one of the two men who stuck up the Gympie…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IN the Cork Police Court on Saturday a boy, named Charles M'Sweeney who, with a man named Smith, had recently been fined, at the suit of constable Clarke, for disorderly conduct, and who,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lot A, portion 1, 40 acres, about 1 mile southerly from Stevenson's conditional purchase of 40 acres, on the Wog Wog River Selected by Wm. Alexander. Parish of Yowaka…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lot A, portion 11. 70 acres, near Binda Creek, adjoining the southern boundary of Welby's conditional purchase of 40 acres. This lot contains improvements, and was applied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Rockhampton journals are filled with lengthy details of the examination of the prisoners charged with murdering the unfortunate gold-buyer Halligan. We append the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This was an action to recover damages in a case of slander brought by Samuel Thicknesse, of Coolamatong, against Mrs. Joseph Chalker, of Seymour. The alleged slander was that Mrs. Chalker had circulated reports to the effect that…
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