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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1878

314 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 15 of 16

Land Sales. Sale at the Police Office, Queanbeyan. on Friday, 6Th December, 1878. Country Lot.—County of Murray, parish of Werriwa

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1878 · page 3

Lot A, portion 28, 40 acres, adjoining the south boundaries of F. Kenny and J. H. Grosp's portions of 640 acres each. Last offered 27th May, 1868…

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Sale at the Police Office. Quenbeyan. on Friday. 6Th December, 1878 Country Lot.—County of Murray, parish of Werriwa

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 13 November 1878 · page 3

Lot A. portion 2[?]. 40 acres, adjoining the south boundaries of F Kenny and [?] H. [?] portions of 640 acres such. Last offered 27th May, 1868…

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Sale at the Police Office Cooma. on Friday, 6Th December, 1878. Country Lot.—County of Walla[?] parish of Bu[?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 13 November 1878 · page 3

Lot A. portion 64. [?] acres 2 roods, on the road from Rocky Plains to G[?]ged, [?]rick, and adjoining parts of the [?] boundary of John Hay's portion No. [?]…

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Sydney Supreme Court Thursday, 7Th November. Before Judge Faucett and a jury of four. the Bank of New South Wales V. Patric Malone

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 13 November 1878 · page 3

Mr. Butler, QC, and Mr.Davis, instructed by Messrs. Allen, Bowden, and Alien, appeared for the plaintiff. The defendant did not appear and…

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Victorian Police Murderers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 3

THE Victorian Police Gazette of the 6th instant gives the following description of Edward Kelly and his associates in the murder of constables…

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Sydney Criminal Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 3

ANDREW MACFARLANE was convicted of carnally abusing one Mary Bulcher, a girl under twelve years of age, at Liverpool, on October l0, 1878. After,…

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Sale at the Police Office, Cooma. on Friday, 6Th December, 1878. Country Lot.—County of Wallace, parish of Bullenbalong

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 4

Lot A, portion 84, 53 acres 2 roods, on the road from Rocky Plains to Gogedzerick, and adjoining parts of the east boundary of John Hay's portion No. 80,…

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Sale at the Police Office, Queanbeyan. on Friday, 6Th December, 1878. Country Lot—County of Murray, parish of Werriwa

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 4

Lot A, portion 23, 40 acres, adjoining the south boundaries of F. Kenny and J. H. Gro[?]'s portions of 640 acres each. Last offered 27th May, 1868…

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Cooma Police Court. Monday, 18Th November. Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. James Litchfield and John E. Body, J.'sP

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 20 November 1878 · page 3

William Weekes, charged by Senior-constable McClelland with using obscene language in Sharp-street on Saturday was brought up,…

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Sydney Supreme Court. Wednesday. Before Justice Faucett, and a jury. BARBOUR V. RICKETSON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1878 · page 2

At last this case has come to an end. His Honor finished his lengthy summing up this morning, and the jury retired at 11.15 to consider their…

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Sydney Criminal Court. Tuesday, 19Th November. Before Sir William Manning. Arson at Bombala

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 November 1878 · page 3

Charles William Crawshaw and J[?]nna Crawshaw were charged with on 2nd July, 1878 at Bombala, feloniously setting fire to a certain…

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Sale at the Police Office, Cooma. on Friday, 6Th December 1878. Country Lot.—County of Wallace, parish of Bullenbalong

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 November 1878 · page 4

Lot A. portion 84, 53 acres 2 roods, on the road from Rocky Plains to Gegedzerick, and adjoining puris of the east boundary of John Hay's portion No. 80,…

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Sale at the Police Office, Queanbeyan. on Friday, 6Th December, 1878. Country Lot—County of Murray, Parish of Werriwa

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 November 1878 · page 4

Lot A, portion 28, 40 acres, adjoining the south boundaries of F. Kenny and J. H. Gro[?]'s portions of 640 acres each. Last offered 27th May 1868…

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OMMITTED.—Leader, police, &c

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 4 December 1878 · page 3

JOHNNY COWAN will give his popular entertainments, in conjunction with the great wizard, Benson Lees, at Cooma Hotel, on Thursday,…

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Sale at the Police Office, Cooma, on Friday. 6Th December, 1878, Country Lot.—Country of wallace, parish of Bullenbelong

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 4 December 1878 · page 4

Lot A, portion 84, 53 acres 2 roads, on the road from Rocky Plains to Gegedzerick, and adjoining parts of the east boundary of John Bay's portion No. 80…

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Sydney Supreme Court. Wednesday, November, 27. Flora, the Castaway While Woman, Adopted and kept captive by The Wildbilligy Tribe of Aborigines. Herrescue and Death. Chapter Xiv

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 4 December 1878 · page 3

BEFORE the chief Justice. Justice Hargrave, and Justice Faucett. Ex TARTE O'DWYER IN AN GODFUZY V. O'DWYER. The two tribes lived in perfect harmony for several moons on the Guningara and Bem Rivers. They remained hereabouts because the…

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Buckley's Crossing Police Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 3

Wednesday, 4th DECEMBER, 1878. BEFORE MESSRS. r. Dawson P.M., A. W. Brooks, F. Keon, H. Watson, and A. Blomfiled, J's.P…

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Cooma Police Court. Monday, 2Nd December. Before the POLICE magis[?]te and Mr. james Litchfield, J.P. Illrgally Using

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 4

Henry Stapes was charged with illegally using a horse the property of Thomas Fraser. Mr. Biddulph, for complainant, applied…

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Sydney Supreme Court. Friday, November 29

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 3

BEFORE the Chief Justice, justice Hargrave, and Sir William Mannlog THE QUEEN V. C. W. [?] This was a case stated by His Honor…

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Sale at the Police Office, Cooma. Ok Wednesday, 18Th December, 1878. Country Lot.—Country of Wallace, parish of Gegedzerick

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 4

Lot A, portion 67,280 acres, on the right back of Brigga' Creek, and adjoining the north boundary of W. H. Brooks' portion No. 11 of 138 acres, and the east…

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