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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1873

235 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 7 of 12

Bega Police Court. Tuesday, July 22. BEFORE Messrs. H[?]lingden, Ritchie, Broad, and Stiles

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1873 · page 2

Mrs. Orchard applied for a prohibition to the publicans against supplying her husband with liquor. She said he was not unkind to her or the children, but he…

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Miscellaneous. Shocking Murder and Attempted Suicide

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1873 · page 4

A SHOCKING tragedy took place in Hot[?] yesterday morning. A woman who kept a small grocery shop at the corner of Howard and Little Howard streets…

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Sale at the Police Office Cooma. On Monday the 18th day of August, 1873. Country Lots. County of Beresford

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1873 · page 4

Lot A, portion 12, 40 acres, parish of Wangrah, on the right bank of Wangrah or Ryan's Creek, about three quarter of a mile above Margaret Brodie's…

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Law Courts. Cooma Police Court. Monday, 4Th August

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. MURDER. Cathorine Sheeby appeared to answer her bail for the remanded case of…

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Miscellaneous. Suspected Murder of a Carrier

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1873 · page 4

JAMES M[?], who was well known in this district, started from Kelso for Orange with landing, on Thursday, the 17th July, driving a waggon with nine…

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Tumut Police Court. Friday, 25Th July

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1873 · page 4

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and E. G. Brown, Esc., J.P. W.F. N[?], teacher of the Tumut Public School, appeared to answer the…

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Sydney Police Court. Friday, 1St August

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1873 · page 4

JOHN William Richard Townsend was charged with having, by false pretences, obtained from Antony Sev[?] Appleton goods of the value of £400. Antony S…

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Bega Police Court. Thursday, July 31

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1873 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. F. Berne, J.P. William Britten and William Askew were charged with feloniously breaking into the premises of Mrs. Ann White,…

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Law Courts. Cooma Police Court. Thursday, 7th AUGUST

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. DRUNR. "Jackey the Tailor" was sent to gaol for a week…

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Government Land Sales. Sale at the Police Office, Cooma. On Monday, the 18th day of August, 1873. County of Beresford

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1873 · page 3

Lot A, portion 12, 40 acres, parish of Wangrah, on the right bank of Wangrah or Ryan's Creek, about three quarters of a mile above Margaret Brodie's…

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Cooma Police Court. Thursday, August 14

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1873 · page 2

BEFORE Inspector Battye, J.P. Ellen Ann McGrath was charged with having no visible means of subsistence or place of abode, she having given herself…

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Sale at the Police Office, Cooma. On Monday, the 8th day of September, 1873. Country Lots. Parish of Blakefield

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1873 · page 4

Lot A, portion 6, 40 acres, about 2 miles south-casterly from J. Williams's conditional purchase of 40 acres. Selected by E. Williams…

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Government Land Sales. Sale at the Police Office, Cooma. On Monday, the 18th day of August, 1873. COUNTRY [?] County of Berenford

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1873 · page 4

Lot A, portion 12, 40 acres, parish of Wangrah, on the right bank of Wangrah or Ryan's Creek, about three quarters of a mile above Margaret Brodie's…

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Horrible Double Murder at Forbes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1873 · page 4

IT is seldom the lot of a writer to be called on to describe a more horrible and heartrending murder than has been just committed a few miles from our…

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Law Courts. Cooma Police Court. Saturday, August 16. BEFORE Mr. S. Robinson J.P. PROTECTION

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1873 · page 2

Job Stafford Gerrott was brought before the Court for protection, he suffering from deli[?]um t[?]mens. The accused was discharged…

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Law Courts. Cooma Police Court. Thursday, August 21. BEFORE the Police Magistrate

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1873 · page 2

George Stopp, senior, charged with having been drunk in a public place, was fined 10s.; in default of payment, 24 hours' imprisonment. The fine was paid…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, August 29Th

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Dr. Morton and Mr. Bryne, —Hickey, of Irish Corner, Araluen, appeared to a summons charging him…

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Supreme Court, Sydney. Monday, August 18, Jury Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1873 · page 2

BEFORE Judge Faucett and a jury of four. [?] GOWING V. RITCHIE AND ANOTHER. This was an action in which damages…

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Bega Police Court. Tuesday, August 19

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 August 1873 · page 2

Police v.Rixon.—James Rixon was charged with having, on July 25th, permitted cards to be played at the Commercial Hotel…

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Law Courts. Cooma Police Court. Saturday, August 23

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 August 1873 · page 2

BEFORE the Police Magistrate, William Beach, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5[?] MONDAY, AUGUST 25,…

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