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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1901

101 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 2 of 6

A Yarmouth murder case

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 2

Herbert John Bennett, charged with the murder of his wife at Yarmouth, has been sentenced to death. The evidence was…

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The Wyndbam Murder. MR. J. J. Durack's Tragic End

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 6

PERTH (W.A.), Friday:—News has been received from Wyndham from a person who has just returned from the [?] of the tragedy at De[?] Station. The…

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The W. A. Murder. Capture of the Perpetrators. Perth, (W.a.)

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 2

A message from Wyndham was received here yesterday announcing the capture of the aboriginals who recently murdered Mr. J. J. Durack at Denham…

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Murder for a Piece of Cake

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 1

An occurrence of a most extraordinary nature is reported from Armentieres, in France. A little girl of eight years old killed another little girl of three in order…

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Amusing Court Proceedings Out West

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 4

A law case, "out West," in which a Chinaman accused a white man of having robbed him, is reported in an American newspaper as follows:—…

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Cooma Police Court. Monday, March [?], 1901

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1901 · page 2

Bureau Messrs. F. H. [?]. P. M., and W. H. Goodwin, J. P. [?] LANGUAGE…

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Small Debts Court. Monday , March 25, 1901

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1901 · page 2

S. D. Ryrie V. Thomas G[?]es. Plaintiff claimed £1 5s commission. Mr. Blaxland appeared for plaintiff and Mr. Ameas for defendant…

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Police Court, Bombala Tuesday, March 26th. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.M.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 4

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Warder's Court, Delegate. WEDNESDAY, 37th MARCH, 1901. (Before Mr. Wardea W. Burton Smith.)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 5

Application [?]W.H. [?]gold-dredging [?]G.L. perish of Curr[?] County [?] W[?] Mr. Panton of [?]…

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Baden-Powell's police

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1901 · page 2

General Baden-Powell, chief of South African police has stopped recruiting for the force, Eleven thousand men are now in the force…

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Cooma Wardens Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 2

MONDAY, APRIL 15TH 1901. Before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, Mining Warden. The following applications were…

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Cooma Police Court Monday, April [?], 1901. Before Mr. F. H. Galbr[?]ith, P.M. [?] OF [?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 3

Early [?] was st[?]ged with [?]gls November last a gold [?] raised of [?] sd, the property of Stewart Donald Ryrie. [?] Woods deposed that from in…

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Cooma Licensing Court. London, April 22,1901

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 3

Before Mr. F. H. Galbraith, P.M., and Messrs I. A. Shannon and J. H. Montague, J. P[?]., Richard James Goggin…

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Murder by blacks

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

The blacks have murdered a white man and native boy at North Leopold rangers, Western Australia…

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Assault and Battery. Globe

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 4

The scientific burglars of England have found their counterpart in Spain. A thief who looks like a well dressed…

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Adaminaby Police Court. Thursday, 2Nd May

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1901 · page 2

Before Mr. Galbraith, P.M. and Messrs. M. O'Neill, B Crows, and F Mould J'sP…

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General Baden-powell's Police

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1901 · page 2

The number of the South African [?] to be raised in England says a March Exchange, will probably be increased from…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Thursday. Mysterious murder at Goulburn

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 2

Henry Schnoor, an elderly Germao, was discovered dead in his premises, a second-hand store in Goulburn, just before eight o'clock…

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The Goulburn Murder. the Inquest Opened

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 13 May 1901 · page 2

There are no fresh developments in connection with the murder case, reports the "Post" Detective Brown, of Sydney, arrived on Friday, and has…

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