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Courts & crime, 1858

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Goulburn Quarter Sessions. (Before the Chairman, J, W.Chisbolm, Wm. Chutfield, and D.H. Thorn, E[?]) Stealing at Wagga Wagga

The Border Post · Wednesday 21 April 1858 · page 2

John Byrnes was charged with having stolen on the 26th March, at North Wagga Wagga, a cash-box containg £5, from the dwelling of Mary Anne Smythe. Prosecutrix,…

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Police Report. (Before the Resident Magistrate.)

The Border Post · Saturday 24 April 1858 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS. —Alexander M’Dowell, Thomas Regan, Thomas Gordon, John Garvin, and William M‘Kay, were fined £2. James Fitzgerald. Charles Anderson, David…

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Murder at Chinaman’s. Flat, Ovens

The Border Post · Wednesday 28 April 1858 · page 3

On Wednesday last a shocking murder was committed by one Luke Lyons, at Chinaman’s Flat. It appeared from the evidence adduced at the inquest, that the deceased, Patrick Sexton,…

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Wodonga Police Court. Monday, April 19th, 1858. (Before Heyward Atkins, Esq., P.M.)

The Border Post · Saturday 1 May 1858 · page 2

Henry M’lllree appeared to answer an information charging him with wilfully failing and neglecting to cause to be inserted in the Government Gazette one bay horse, branded…

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Central Criminal Court. Extraordinary Case of Circumstantial Evidence,—sentence of Death

The Border Post · Wednesday 5 May 1858 · page 3

There was a special sitting of the Central Criminal Court during the earlier half of the week, for the trial of an extraordinary case of murder, probably one of the most…

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Albury Small Debts Court. Monday, 3Rd May. (Before John Roper, J.J. Keatinge, and W. Hron, Esqrs.)

The Border Post · Wednesday 5 May 1858 · page 2

The following cases were settled out of Court:—O’Brien v. Field, Harper v. Hop-good, Moor v. Roper, Keating v. Wilson, Keating v. Barclay, Keating v. Everett…

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Goulburn Police Court. Friday, 30th APRIL. (Before the Police Magistrate and John Cropper, Esq.)

The Border Post · Saturday 8 May 1858 · page 2

CHARGE OF HORSE-STEALING.—Mr John Macdonell, who had been accused of stealing three houses belonging to Mr. Peter M’Alister, surrendered to undergo final examination…

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Police Report. Week ending 7th May, 1858. Before J. Roper, J. Keating, and W. Huon, Esqrs. DRUNKENN[?]

The Border Post · Saturday 8 May 1858 · page 2

John Porter. Thos. Stallworthy. and Matthew Law. were dismissed with a caution. John Mackrell was fined 10s. LARCENY…

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Police Report. Before H. Atkins Esq. P.M. Saturday, 8th May, 1858

The Border Post · Wednesday 12 May 1858 · page 2

ROBBERY.—Edward Blakey was brought up for further examination, charged with having in his possession certain articles belonging to Thomas Deas, Constable…

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Trials for Murder on the High Seas

The Border Post · Saturday 15 May 1858 · page 3

Atrocious as were the circumstances attending the murder of the captain and third mate of the American whaling barque Junior, they sink into insignificance when contrasted with the dreadful…

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Police Report. Before II. Atkins Esq. P.M. Saturday, 15th May, 1858

The Border Post · Wednesday 19 May 1858 · page 2

William Walker, charged with drunkenness. forfeited his bail (£2). Walter Biddle, brought up on a warrant from the Beechworth Bench for…

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Murder at Blackwood

The Border Post · Saturday 22 May 1858 · page 3

ON Monday afternoon last, the 3rd instant at dusk, a youth, in the employment of a person named Purcell, took his master’s cattle to water. He drove them to a creek or…

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Police Report. Before II. Atkins Esq. P.M. Wednesday, 19th Slay, 1858

The Border Post · Saturday 22 May 1858 · page 2

WAGES CLAIM.—James Walker was summoned to answer the complaint of Isaac Rutherford for non-payment of wages. Defendant failed to appear, and plaintiff having…

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Police Report. Before H. Atkins, Esq., P.M. Wednesday, 24th May, 1858

The Border Post · Wednesday 26 May 1858 · page 2

Thomas Porton pleaded guilty to a charge of using obscene language, and was fined £2 10s. The same defendant charged with resisting…

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Lola Months in the Witness-box. —A Hough and Tumble Fight in an American Law Court

The Border Post · Saturday 29 May 1858 · page 2

In the supreme court of the State of New York, a suit brought by Mr Jobson, a literary man, upon a matter of no great public interest, has given occasion to what on tins side of the Atlantic…

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Shocking Murder in Tasmania

The Border Post · Wednesday 2 June 1858 · page 2

A [?] tragedy has been enacted at Table Cape. A small settler, named Samuel Oakes, was found murdered on the 6th instant. in the bush, a short, distance from his…

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Murder at Creswick’s Creek

The Border Post · Wednesday 2 June 1858 · page 2

Dr Clendinning, district coroner, held an inquest yesterday on the body of a man who, on the previous day, had been found dead on the Creewick Creek road…

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Police Report. Before 11. Arkins. Esq. P.M. Saturday, 29th May, 1838

The Border Post · Wednesday 2 June 1858 · page 2

STRAY PIGS.—Nicholas Daniels pleaded guilty to allowing his pigs to run at large in the public streets, and was fined 5s. Flora M’Euchern also pleaded guilty to a smilar…

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A District Court in Yass

The Border Post · Saturday 5 June 1858 · page 2

THE Courier publishes a report of a meeting lately held in Yass, for the purpose of petitioning for the establishment of a District Court in that town. The following is the petition…

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Police Report. Before H. Atkins, Esq., P.M. Saturday, 5th June, 1858

The Border Post · Wednesday 9 June 1858 · page 2

ASSAULT.—George Robertson was charged with assaulting Abraham Hibberson. Complainant deposed that defendant bad been in . his service as cook for about six months…

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