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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1900

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Land Court. WEDNESDAY, Nov. [?] (Before the Local Land Board)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 6

C.C.P. 1900-23, 160 acres, and C.L. 1900-17, Wm. Eppelstun. Application withdrawn. Deposit and survey face to be returned…

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Small Debts Court. THURSDAY, 29th NOVEMBER. (Before Mr. F. B. Hales, P.M., and Messrs. Liddle. Rankle, Campbell, and O'Har[?].)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 6

M. Goodman & Co. v Ben Bryant, goods sold, £5 6s 1d Verdict for amount. Same v, Tho[?]. Bryant, goods sold, £27 4s 8d. Verdict of amount…

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Sleigh Hanged. in Goulburn Gaol. Speech on the Scaffold. Goulburn, Wednesday Morning

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1900 · page 2

John Sleigh, the Bombala murderer, was hanged in Goulburn Gaol at five minutes past 9 o'clock this morning. The condemued man made a short speech…

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Warden's Court. Thursday, November 29th. (Before Mr. Warden Hales.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 5

Application by W. H. Eyres for dredging lease, 100 acres, on delegate Swamp. near township. There was no appearance of the…

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Cooma Police Court Friday, 14Th December, 1900 Before Mr. I A. [?] J. P. Tm[?] of a Hat

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 December 1900 · page 2

George alfred Martin was charged with [?]ting a [?] rules. Its the properly of Arher, Barlew. The evidence was to the [?] that the succeed on the previous…

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Cooma Police Court. Friday, 31St December 1900. Before Mr. F. H. Gkelb[?] P.M. Forgery and Uppering

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 2

Sophia Manning was charged with having forced and [?]ed a cheque for [?] and obtained foods and money to that amount form Ni[?] Bookallil, with intent…

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Cooma Police Court. Saturday, 22Nd December. Before Mr.F.H. Galbraith P.M. Alleged Assault and Robbery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 December 1900 · page 2

George Sewicker and John Williams were charged with assaulting and robbing Bartholomew Mullane, at Brodbo, on December 16th 1909…

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Eden. Police Court. Friday, 21St December, 1900

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 28 December 1900 · page 2

John Hopkins appeared upon summons to answer to an information that he did on the 15th December at the Police District of Eden suffer a number of sheep…

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Supposed murder by Kanakas

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 December 1900 · page 2

A crippled foreigner named Alfred Burnsted was found dead in a humpy near Ays, Queensland, and it is a case of murder. The murder…

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Cooma Police Court. Friday, December 18, 1900 [?] Mr. F. H. Galbraith P. M. Disorderly Behaviour

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 December 1900 · page 2

[?] Blake was charged with being drunk and disorderly is Vale Street on December 27th. He [?] guilty and was fined [?] 6d…

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Small Debts Court. Dec, Friday 28Th, 1900. (Before Messrs P. B. Hales, P.M. E. Johns R. Campbell S. S. Merrifield, J. Rutherford, J.s.P.)

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 28 December 1900 · page 2

J. M. Gleeson v James Bulgaria, goods sold, £1 13d [?] Postponed by consent of prosecution. John Rutherford v James Bulgaria…

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