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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1900

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District Court. Friday, 19Th May, 1900. (Before His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge.)

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 3

D. Pfeiffer v. Edmund Hyde, claim £5 1s for subscriptions to newspaper. No jurisdiction. I. Robinovitz v. John Spurling, claim…

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Delegate Police Court. Thursday, May 24. (Before Mr. D. Campbell, J.P.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 2

STEPHEN JOHNSON, in custody, charged with being drunk and disorderly at the Royal Hotel, Delegate, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, or 24 hours in the…

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Police Court, Delegate Wednesday, May 30. (Before Messrs. D. Campbell and A. H. Jeffreys, Js. P.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 4

EDWARD KAVANAGH, charged with wi[?]ully, and wiliciously damaging a 'gate, of the value of £1, the property of Thomas Martin…

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Small Debts Court. Friday, May 26. (Before Messrs Rankin, Campbell and Jeffreys, Js.P.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 7

M. Goodman & Co. v. C. W. Evans goods sold, £8 18s. Verdict for plaintiff for amount claimed and 5s coat. George J. Johnson v. H, G. Brown…

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Boxers Murder Foreigners

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 2

On Thursday a force of 700 "Boxers" attacked 30 foreigners, including six ladies, who were escaping from Pao-ting-fu, 80 miles S. W. of Pekin…

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Cooma Warden's Court. Monday June 11, 1900

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 June 1900 · page 3

Before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, Mining Warden. John Body applied for [?]peasion for [?] months of the labour conditions on…

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Cooma Police Court Saturday, June 23, 1900 Before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, P.M. Breaking and Entering

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 June 1900 · page 2

Michael Bartley was charged with breaking and entering the shop of William Kemp, [?] at Cooma, on of about the 19th June, 1900, and…

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Small Debts Court

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 2

A. J. Norris v. M. Stanton, goods sold £2 9s 6d. Verdict for plaintiff for amount and costs. J. M. Gleeson v. John Helmers, supply…

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Police Court. Tuesday, 26Th June, 1900. (Before Messrs. F. B. Hales, P.M., H. M. Joseph and S. S. Merrifield, J's.P.)

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 2

Charles Ralph, jar., charged with using obscene language on the 4th instant in a public place, pleaded guilty, and was fined 20/- and costs 4/10. Fne paid…

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Cooma Police Court. Tuesday, 17Th July. Before Mr. F. H. Galbralth, P.M., and J. Broadhead, J. P. Charge of Cattle Stealing

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 2

Frank Ernest Thomas, grazier, living at Undoo, [?] was charged with stealing one black steer and one reap heifer, the property of Cornelius J…

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Police Court

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 2

Emma Beddingfield applied for a maintenance order against her husband James Beddingfield. Mr. Panton appeared for the applicant…

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Wardens Court

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 2

Application was made by W. McMillan, for Percy Day, Melbourne, for a three months suspension of labour conditions on Gold Lease 691, Brown's Camp…

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Circuit Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 1

Goulburn: Monday, 8th October…

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Another Murder Near Wollar. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 2

Another brutal marder has been murder has been [?] this afternoon two miles from Wollar. A telegram from Modgee states that an old man named Kerin Fitzpatrick has been…

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District Court and Quarter Sessions fixtures for 1900. Southern District

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 1

Cooma Quarters Sessions Wednesday, 24th October Cooma District Court: Thursday, 25th October…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, 24Th July, 1900. (Before Messrs. Hales, P.M., Joseph, and Stafford, J's.P.)

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 2

Feely and Co. v. T. O'Reilley, goods sold, 17s 9d. Verdict for plaintiff and costs. J. Parry v. W. Spencer, goods sold,…

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Small Debts Court. (Before the name Bench.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 4

Ernest Bruce v. Ephraim Johnson, ju[?]; values of bicycle, £9. Order for amount claimed and 13s, costs. Edward Booth v. D. Moindoe; goods…

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Fortune How to Court Her. the History of Chance. Sweeps Lotteries, and Consultations

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 11

[?] Can be more interesting than the history of the various means by which persons little blessed with this world's goods have, through all time, tried to give…

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The Drouin murder

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1900 · page 2

The jury is the case of Patrick John O'Keele charged with the murder of Frederick Richard Coban at Drenia Victoria in May Last returned…

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THE Aboriginal Outlaws Jacky Underwood Charged the Prisoners Statements

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1900 · page 2

A telegram from Mudgee states that on Friday morning in the vicinity of the Mudgee courtheuar, a crowd of people gathered, anticipating the arrival from…

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