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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1896

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Land Court, Delegate. FRIDAY, 2nd OCTOBER. (Before the Local Land Board.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 8 October 1896 · page 6

C.P. 96-6, 50 acres, and C.L. 96-5, 150 acres, D. E. Cotterill, for consideration adjourned. C.P. 90-12, 54 acres, and C.L. 96-8, 162…

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Delegate Police Court. Wednesday, Oct. 14. (Before Messrs. R. Liddle, D. Rankin, D. Campbell, and T. Rodwell, Js.P.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 15 October 1896 · page 4

JAMES DOWLING was charged with neglecting to remove a dead best from the township of Delegate. Defendant pleaded guilty, stating that prior to going out to…

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Police Court

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 22 October 1896 · page 3

AT the Police Court on Tuesday, L. Ryan pleaded guilty to a charge of drunk and disorderly, and was fined 10s, which was paid…

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The Boggabri Murder

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 29 October 1896 · page 6

THE two young Dederers, lying in the gaol under sentence of death for the murder of the Indian hawker Nois Ali Khan at Bangan Flat, near Narrabri…

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[?]gate Police Court FRIDAY, 23rd OCT. (Before Messrs. R. D'Arcy and D. Campbell, Js.P.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 29 October 1896 · page 6

JOHN TAYLOR, charged with furious driving through Bombala-street on the night of Sunday, the 18th, pleaded guilty, and was fined £1 with 4s 10d costs; in…

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Delegate Police Court. WEDNESDAY, 11th NOV. (Before Messrs. Rankin, Campbell, and Rodwell, Js.P.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 12 November 1896 · page 3

L. RYAN V. A. Phillips, insulting language. Case dismissed Plaintiff objected to Mr. D'Arcy sitting on this case. Mr. D'Arcy here took his seat on the…

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Our Court House

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 19 November 1896 · page 3

THE additions to the Court house have been hanging fire for some time, but it is satisfactory to learn that they are now about to, be carried out, tenders for same…

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Local Intelligence. Our Police Station

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 3 December 1896 · page 4

MESSRS. OLIVER & COMPANY, contractors, of Bombala, are the successful, tenderers for the additions to the lockup and police quarters, the price being £777…

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Police Court

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 24 December 1896 · page 3

AT the Police Court on Friday, before Messrs. D'Arcy, Liddle and Campbell Js.P., William Reed jun., was charged, on the information of Mr. R. W. Dawson…

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