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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1859

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Miscellaneous. the Murder Near Rotherham Two Versions of It

The Border Post · Saturday 1 January 1859 · page 4

On Saturday week an inquest was held on the body of Sarah Hare, who had been murdered by her sweetheart, John Taylor Whitworth, at St. John’s,…

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Local Intelligence. Albury Small Debts Court

The Border Post · Wednesday 5 January 1859 · page 2

The last sitting of this Court took place on Monday, before Heyward Atkins, K. Herriott, W. Huon, and J. Roper, Esqrs. All future business will be transacted in the New District…

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Atrocious Cass of Child Murder

The Border Post · Saturday 8 January 1859 · page 2

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Herald communicates to that journal the following particulars of a dreadful tragedy which hand been perpetrated in the neighborhood of the French…

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Murder at the Indigo

The Border Post · Wednesday 12 January 1859 · page 2

About 9 o’clock on Saturday evening, a most cold-blooded murder was committed on the mainroad from Beechworth to Indigo, and only a few hundred yards from the diggings. The deceased…

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Atrocious Attempt to Murder a Clergyman

The Border Post · Saturday 15 January 1859 · page 4

The Derry Journal gives full particulars of the lute diabolical plot to murder the Rev. Alexander Nixon:— On Monday last a report reached…

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Colonial Intelligence. the Indigo Murder the Inquest

The Border Post · Saturday 15 January 1859 · page 4

Yesterday, at one o’clock, an inquest was old before the District Coroner, on the body of Joseph Hartwiy alias German Joe, whose [?]was recorded In our yesterday’s issue…

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Murder and Attempted Highway Robbery at the Omeo

The Border Post · Saturday 15 January 1859 · page 2

Information has been received in Beechworth, via Melbourne, of the commission of a desperate murder on the Omeo gold-field, attended with circumstances of unusual hardihood and audacity,…

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Colonial Intelligence. the Omeo Murder

The Border Post · Wednesday 19 January 1859 · page 4

The Melbourne papers supply additional particulars respecting the dating and fatal attack by bushrangers on Mr. Green and his two companions, on the “5th January, while…

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Local Intelligence. Indigo Police Court. Wednesday, January 19th, 1859. Before W. H. Gaunt, Esq., P.M., and Dr. Gemmell, J.P.

The Border Post · Saturday 22 January 1859 · page 2

Michael John Page Hanify appeared to answer an information laid against him by Mr S. Whitelaw, for an assault. Mr Ogier appeared for the defendant…

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Colonial Intelligence. Extraordinary Confession of Murder

The Border Post · Wednesday 9 February 1859 · page 4

Late yesterday news arrived in town that a man annual Dauber bad surrendered himself to the Carisbrook police, and hail confessed to having been implicated in the murder of the two…

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Colonial Intelligence, Central Criminal Court, Tuesday , 8th February before His Honor the Chief Justice . the Queen u. LANG — LIBEL

The Border Post · Wednesday 16 February 1859 · page 4

The indictment Laving been road, containing the libel complained of, the Attorney General opened the case and commenced by stating his intention of explaining the…

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Murder at Burwood

The Border Post · Wednesday 23 February 1859 · page 4

The circumstances attending the perpetration of the revolting murder of the man Perry’ at Burwood, are at present the subject of a searching inquiry. The City Coroner…

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Colonial Intelligence. Murder Near Bogolong

The Border Post · Wednesday 23 February 1859 · page 2

ON last Sunday afternoon, some excitement was occasioned in Yass by a rumour that a man had been murdered at Bogolong Creek, about twenty miles from Yass. On enquiry it…

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Dreadful Murder at Daylesford. (From the Castlemaine Advertiser.)

The Border Post · Saturday 26 February 1859 · page 2

On Saturday night, last a man named Smith was stabbed near the racecourse by some unknown individual. It is supposed that the assassin was a foreigner, with whom deceased had had at…

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Colonial Intelligence. the Murder at Apollo Bay

The Border Post · Wednesday 16 March 1859 · page 2

We are inde[?] to the Geelong Advertiser for the following particulars of this dreadful [?] :— An [?] was held on the 5th instant, at…

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Shocking Murder Near Braidwood

The Border Post · Wednesday 23 March 1859 · page 2

An Inquest was held at Jinglemonie, on Tuesday last, touching the death of John Keating, otherwise,“ Long Jack.” Deceased was well known in this district. The…

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Local Intelligence. Albury Police Court. Before 11. Alking, Eq. P. M., and W. Hum Esq., J. P.

The Border Post · Wednesday 30 March 1859 · page 2

On Thursday, Henry Forster, charged with drunken [?] was dismissed with a caution. On Friday, Julia Sherman, appeared to and were a [?] for [?] a [?] the…

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Frightful Murder and Attempted Suicide. (Maryborough Advertiser)

The Border Post · Wednesday 6 April 1859 · page 3

The inhabitant! of Back Creek were startled, on Monday afternoon, by the intelligence that a man bad murdered his wife, and afterwards cut his own throat. On proceeding…

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Police Report. Monday 11 th April. Before H. Atkins, Esq., P. M.

The Border Post · Saturday 16 April 1859 · page 2

Terence O’Brien was charged with being illegally on the premises of Henry Bayliss. It appeared from the evidence that about midnight on Sunday the prosecutor heard…

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Local Intelligence. Police Heport. Wednesday, April 27th, 1859. Before H. Atkins, Esq., P.M.

The Border Post · Saturday 30 April 1859 · page 2

LARCENY.—Michael Conly was charged with robbing the hen-roost of Mr. Bennett, in Townsend Street, Albury. Patrick MeMahon, police constable, deposed, that about midnight on the…

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