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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1912

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General Cables. LONDON. Saturday. Murder by a Lascar

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 2

The second engineer. Mr. McCres, of the steamship Clan Lamont, has been murdered. The tragedy took place between Aden…

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Police Sent to Newnes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 2

Owing to the strike at Newnes assuming serious proportions, a number of police left Sydney for Newnes list night…

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Cooma Police Court. Monday, January [?]th, 1912. (Before Mr. Har[?]rt Holcombe, P.M.) Charge of Endorsement.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 2

Vivian Phillips was charged, on remand, with having between September, 1911, and January, 1912, while in the…

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Sentenced for Espionage

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 3

The trial of Bertram Stewart, the English barrister, at Berlin, for espionage has concluded. Stewart was sentenced to…

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During Burglary at Toorak

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 2

A burglar entered the residence, of Mr. H. Murphy, at Toorak on Saturday evening, while the occupants were at…

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General Cables. LONDON, Monday. The Persistent Woman to Cool in Gaol

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

Mrs. Pankhurst, the persistent suffragette, has been sentenced to two months imprisonment, and several others to…

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District Court

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 2

The District Court was commenced this day, when several formal matters and undefined cases were disposed of…

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Was it Murder? BRISBANE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 2

The body of Tom Kingston, was found 150 yards away from, his camp on Unda station. Ara[?] with a bullet wound in the…

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Eden Police Court. (Before Mr. M. J. McMahon, P.M.)

The Bombala Times · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 3

On the 11th inst., John Kilroy was, on the application of Maud Pearl Gun Hung, of Delegate, charged with failing to make adequate provision for…

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Cooma Police Court. Charge of Setting Fire to a Dwelling

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 3

At the Cooma Police Court, on Saturday, before Mr. Harcourt Holcombe, P.M., Ewald Richter was charged with…

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Delegate Police Court. Thursday, April 25, 1912 (Before Harcourt Holcombe, Esq., P.M.)

Delegate Argus · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

Henry Preston, jnr., charged with being a drover in charge of travelling sheep, did fail to produce on demand a permit as…

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Cooma Licensing Court Interesting Proceedings

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

At the Cooma Licensing Court on Monday last, Mr. Harcourt Holcombe, P.M. (chairman) and Messrs. I. A. Shannon and J.E…

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LUST Of Gold. Locksmiths Terrible Crime. Pitiable Scene in Court

The Bombala Times · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2

BERLIN, Tuesday.—The trial of Trenkler, a looksmith, charged with having murdered the wife and daughter of a city jeweller in…

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Police Court. Wednesday, May 21St. (Before Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M.)

The Bombala Times · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 2

John Whiteley charged with stealing goods on May 17th from the store of J. Law Hawk, to the value of 9s. He elected to be dealt with summarily, and…

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Cooma Police [?] Monday, May 27, 1912. Before Mr. H. Holoomba, P.M. Drunk and Disorderly

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 2

Isaac Cogan was fined 23, or one month, for being drunk and disorderly in Sharp-street, Cooma, on 25th instant…

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Cooma District Court. Thursday, June 13th. (His Honor, Judge Fitzhardinge presided.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 2

Several minor cases were disposed of, and in others settlements were made, report of which will appear next issue…

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Police Court. Friday, June 28Th, 1912. (Before Mr. Holcombe, P.M.

The Bombala Times · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 4

A first offender, charged with, on June 8th, having used indecent language in Maybe-street, pleaded guilty and was fined Ios and 6s…

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[?] (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson). Serving an Aboriginal with Liquor. Magistrate's Decision Appealed From

Delegate Argus · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 4

The following report appeared on a recent issue of the "Daily Telegraph," Sydney:—Mr. Alze Thomson (instructed…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. Holcombe (P.M.), and Messrs. Earle and Smith (L.M.'s)

The Bombala Times · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 4

Mrs. Goggin's application for a renewal of a publican's license for the Royal Hotel, Delegate, was postponed until the certificate of…

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Tragedy at Barham. Man Shot Dead by Police

The Bombala Times · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A telegram from Koondrook states that a dramatic encounter between Constable Lacey and a man named…

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