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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

29 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 2

Jindabyne Police Court. Friday 15Th January. 1892

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 6

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and E. C. Body and James Thompson, Js.P. William Wallace, grazier, of Spring Vale, was charged at the instance of…

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Terrible Murder

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 10

ONE of our recent cablegrams announced that Lieutenant Annstay had confessed to the murder of Baroness Dellard. The following particulars of…

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Cooma District Court. Tuesday, 19Th January, 1892

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 5

BEFORE his Honor Judge Murray. E.P. Margoschis v. J. Donaldson. Mr. Blaxland for plaintiff. Goods £4, Verdict…

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Cooma Police Court. Wednesday, 20Th January. Before Mr. M. S. L. Love, P.M.

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1892 · page 4

John Chits, was proceeded against by Frederick Gabriel, detective in the service of the railway department for fraudulent appropriation of four augers,…

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Land Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 8

A Land Court will be holden at Darlinghurst on Monday, 8th February, from Cooma Land District, being reference for determination of annual…

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Cooma Police Court. Tuesday, 2Nd February. Before Mr. M. S. Love, P.M. Breach of Municipal Act

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

J. G. Beazley was charged with allowing filth to flow from his premises. Mr. Body pointed out that the information did not set out what the…

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Brutal Murder

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 8

A BRUTAL murder was committed on Friday night on the Blackfriars' Estate, George-street. Shortly before midnight a youth named William…

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AN Escape from Gaol

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 6

AT half-past 11 on Thursday morning a prisoner named Thomas Shelly, who was undergoing a sentence of six months' imprisonment in Wagga gaol,…

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Scientific Horse Stealing

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 2

THE following annecdote is, of course, American, but the ruse itself has been ofted practised, sometimes in fun, but, generally felonously, in other…

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An Experienced Magistrate

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 2

MINNIE Kennedy, 23, was charged before Mr. J. Giles, D.S.M., at the Central Police Court with having no visible lawful means of support…

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The French Expedition. Murder of M. CRAMPEL

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 10

A CARAVAN from the interior, which has reached the German stations in East Africa, has brought particulars of the death of A. Crampel. He had…

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Cooma Police Court. Tuesday, 6Th April, 1892

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 8

BEFORE the Police Magistrate, and Messrs Shannon and Davereux, Js.P. CRUELLY BEATING TWO HORSES. J. de K. Hassall v. Edmund…

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The Windsor Murder

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 4

MELBOUENE,—Friday.—Acting under the advice of the Rev. H. J. Scott, Angliean chaplain of the Melbourne Gaol, Mist Rouasefell has returned…

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Small Debts Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 5

Mary Kennedy v. Cornelious McTiernan. This was a claim for £6 7s 6d—house rent. Defendant, who did not appear, put a set off for £4 10s Od…

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Micalago Court of Petty Sessions. Monday, April 25th, 1892

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 5

Before Mr. Love, P.M. Walter Quigg was charged with refusing to show his ticket when Dwelling on the train and using obsene…

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The Windsor Murder

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1892 · page 6

THE trial of Albert Williams, alias F. B. Deeming, for the murder, of his wife at Windsor, the verdict of "guilty," and the passing of sentence…

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Cooma Folios Court Thursday, 3Rd May. Before Messrs. I.A. Shannon and E. Margoschis, Js.P. Stealing From the Person

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1892 · page 8

Thomas Rolfe was put forward on the charge of having on the 1st inst. stolen from the person of one Michael Casey the sum of £6 sterling…

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Cooma District Court. Tuesday, May 10, 1892. Before His Honor Judge Murray

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 4

THE May sittings of the District Court commenced on Tuesday last before His Honor Judge Murray. A large number of cases had been set down for…

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Jiadabyne Police Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 8

Before Messrs. E. C Body and James Thompson, Js.P. George Hall, a young man of about 21 years of age, appeared on summons…

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Land Court Appeal

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 8

AN appeal by Palmer Sutton, in the land district of Cooma, was heard in Sydney on Tuesday before Messrs. A. Oliver (president) and Mr. Freeman…

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