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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

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Assault by a Hawker. One Month's Gaol. Thursday, June 2

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1898 · page 3

AT the Adaminaby Police Court before Mesers. J. McKensey, P.M., James McManus and D. Lette, J.S'P., a Syrian hawker named…

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Delegate Police Court. MONDAY, 13th JUNE. (Before Messrs. D. Rankin, D. Campbell, and T. Rodwell, Js.P.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 16 June 1898 · page 4

JAMS GRANT and WILLIAM FOSTER, alias JOHN OWENS, were charged with entering the house of William George Johnson and stealing a number of articles…

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Assault and Robbery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 2

Mr. William Henry Skidmore, of Moore-street, city, was assaulted and robbed on Monday evening at the corner of Moore and…

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The Deeming Case Revived. Miss Rounsevell's Presents. Appeals to the Police

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 6

Memories of the Dean case have been recalled to the Victorian police authorities lately in a most unexpected manner…

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Delegate Police Court. Wednesday, June 20th. (Before Messrs. R. Liddle, D. Rankin. D. Campbell. and T. Rodwell, Js.P.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 7 July 1898 · page 2

JOHN IVILL V. GEORGE THOMAS MORRISON.—Wages, £1, as hired servant in the capacity of mailman. Plea—Never indebted…

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The Wentworth Mite. District Court Case

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1898 · page 4

The District Court opened at Orange on Monday before Judge Docker. The Principal case was that in which Alfred Wilkinson sued the Wentworth…

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The Manaro Electorate. Revision Court at Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 6

A revision Court was held at Cooma before Mr. J. McKensey, P.M., last week, when 28 applications for inclusion in the Electoral Roll were…

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Delegate Police Court. Friday, July 29. (Before Messrs. R. Liddle, D. Rankin, and T. Rodwell, Js.P.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 4 August 1898 · page 6

POLICE V. M. Henwood. Charged with using insulting and abusive language. Plea—Not Guilty. Michael Keating deposed: Between 6…

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Settled Out of Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1898 · page 4

Some lime ago an express train, while passing through a Jonsly part of the country, killed a horse. A representative of the company…

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Cooma Police Court. Monday, 8Th August

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 August 1898 · page 2

BEFORE Mesrrs I.A. Shannon and C. Hain J.s'P. [?] LANGUAGE. Hugh Houry Macdonnell was summoned for having used obscene language in a public…

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Mining Warden's Court at Cooma. Bushy Hill Applications

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 2

At the Warden's Court held at the Cooma Court House on Monday last before Mr. J.m' Kenrey (Mining Warden) A.L. Cadogan and J.R. MacCue holders of Gold Lease…

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Cooma Police Court. Monday, 15Th August

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 August 1898 · page 2

Before Messrs. J. McKensey, P.M., and I. A. Shannon, J.P. INDECENT AND OBSCLNE LANGUAGE. Frederick Matthews for using…

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The Assault on Mr W. H. Skidmore. the Men Committed

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 August 1898 · page 2

It will be recollected that on 20th June Mr. W. H. Skidmore, of Molesworth and Skidmore, mining agents (and who represented a…

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Escape From Albury Gaol

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 6

A prisoner in the Albury Gaol, named Patrick White, serving a sentence for the larceny of a bicycle, made his escape from…

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A Grecian Court Martial

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 2

[?] omcers and staff of the Crown Prince of Greece during the Turkish-Greece war are to be court martialled…

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Hooley's Bankruptcy. Contempt of Court Cases Judgment Delivered. London, August 17

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 5

The hearing of the case in which Earl De La Warr, Mr. Martin Rucker. Mr. Broadley, and Mr. Bradshaw are…

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Cooma Warden's Court Bushy Hill Cases

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1898 · page 2

The Warden's Court opened this, morning before the Mining Warden (Mr J. McKensey). SUSPENSION OF LABOR…

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The Bungendore Coach Robbery. a Charge of Complicity. the Police Evidence. Bungendor[?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1898 · page 3

At the Police Court this morning John Henry King, on remand, was charged with robbery under arms. The police magistrate and Mr. D. Leahy,…

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A South African Romance in Love with a Queen. a Chief Put to Death. Boers Charge the King with Murder

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1898 · page 4

JOHANNESBURG, July 10.—Our war with the Swazie nation seems' likely to end in a fizzle, although it must be confessed up to a few…

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Police Court Proceedings

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 2

THE Police Court reports of the "Manare Mercury" will be a record of the business transacted, without respect to the parties interested. The suppression of…

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