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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

27 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 2 of 2

Cooma Police Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 8

THE Police Court, on Friday and Saturday last, two charges of alleged sheep stealing against Thomas Woodcroft, were heard, before Mr. Love…

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Cooma Police Court. TUESDAY [?] Nov., 1891. BEFORE Mr. S. Lova P.M., Alleged Indecent Assault

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 8

Wm. Ward was charged with having indecently assaulting Mary Smith, woman, aged 73. Mr. [?]…

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"Warden's Court. WEDNESDAY, llTH November. Before Mr. Warden Love. TRESPASS

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 5

The case of F. de K. Hassall v. Jeremiah Eldridge was called; claim, £20. Mr. Blaxland for plaintiff; Mr…

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The Sheep Stealing Cases against Thomas Woodcroft

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1891 · page 5

The rapid increase in the crime of sheep-stealing has been noticeable all over the colonies, and bus begun to assume alarming dimensions. The…

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Scene in a Police Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1891 · page 7

At the Liverpool (Eng.) Police Court lately a well-dressed young man was charged with having embezzled three sums—£3 14s, £2, 10s, and £2, the…

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Land Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1891 · page 8

AT the Land Court held at Darlinghurst on Friday (before Mr. Rogers, Q.C., president, and Mr. Freeman and Mr. Brandis, members) the president…

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A Terrible Murder by Boys

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1891 · page 9

DETAILS of a ghastly murder of a boy of eight by two other boys of about the same age were published in the Liverpool papers on Thursday…

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