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Courts & crime, 1860

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Albury Police Court. Wednesday, August, 1, 1860

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 4 August 1860 · page 3

(Before His Worship the Mayor, and Dr. Keatinge, Esq., J.P.) William F.Lilley and Alexander Dempster, charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct,…

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The Police Magistracy

The Border Post · Saturday 4 August 1860 · page 2

The rumor that Mr. George Smith, of Sydney, is likely to become our new Police Magistrate, seems to have gained ground, and that gentleman appears to have found…

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Albury Police Court, Wednesday, 1st August, 1860. (Before the Mayor, and J. J. Keatinge, Esq

The Border Post · Saturday 4 August 1860 · page 3

DRUNKARDS—Alexander Dempster and Wm. Lilly were charged with drunkenness. They were discharged with a reprimand. HORSE STEALING.—M. H. Davis was charged…

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Albury Police Court, (Before the Mayor and J. J. Keating Esq., J.p.) Effects of Nobblers

The Border Post · Wednesday 8 August 1860 · page 2

Joseph Rutledge was charged with drunkenness on the previous evening, he admitted the soft impeachment, but pleaded in extenuation that he was not in the habit of taking nobblers but that…

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Albury Police Court. (Before His Worship the Mayor, and Dr. Keatinge, J.p.)monday, August 6, 1860. A clean bill of health. Tuesday, August 7-

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 8 August 1860 · page 2

Joseph Routledge, charged with drunkenness. Prisoner pleaded guilty. Fined five shillings, or twenty four hours imprisonment. William Wild, charged with the same offence, was…

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Police Court, Wodonga. Thursday, August 9, 1860

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 11 August 1860 · page 2

Robert Savage, charged with drunkenness, was admonished and discharged. BRIDGET MORRISSEY V. ELLEN QUIRK. lady complainant bad walked a distance of…

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Albuby Police Court. Wednesday, August 8,1860

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 11 August 1860 · page 2

Charles storey, of Albury, was informed against, for that he, oil Sunday last, did violently assault and beat with a piece of pa[?]ng, one Joseph Ward, a cook at the Hum[?] and did, at the same time, threaten to do…

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Albury Police Court, (Before the Mayor and J. J. Keatinge Esq., J.P )Wednesday, August 8th, a Lotuario

The Border Post · Saturday 11 August 1860 · page 2

Joseph Ward prayed for sureties of the peace against Charles storey. Complainant stated that he had waited on Mrs. Storey at the request of of that lady, she having enjoyed the honor of his…

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Albury Police Court

The Border Post · Wednesday 15 August 1860 · page 2

(Before the Mayor and J. J. Keatinge, Esq., J.P) Saturday, August 11th [?] An OLD [?]…

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Albury Police Court, Saturday, August 11, 1860. (Before His Worship the Mayor, and Dr. Eeatinge, J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 15 August 1860 · page 2

Elizabeth Murray, charged with drunkenness, planed guilty. Admonished and discharged Michard Burns, pleading guilty to the same offence, was likewise admonished and discharged…

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Deniliquin Police Court. [Before the Police Magistrate, and Messrs. Peppin, M’Laurin, and Morison, J.p.] Friday, August 10

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 17 August 1860 · page 3

Thomas and Elizabeth Davis appeared to answer a charge of disobedience to orders, preferred against them by R. Patterson, Esq. , It appeared that, Davis and his wife arrived…

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Murder at Moonlight Flat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 18 August 1860 · page 4

At the Castlemaine Circuit Court, on Saturday, William Smith was indicted for the wilful murder of Ma[?]y Smith, on the 12th of May last, at Moonlight Flat. The Solicitor—General and Mr. Wright…

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Albury Police Court. Wednesday, 15th August, 1860.[Before J. T. Fallon, Esq., J. P.] Drunken Ness

The Border Post · Saturday 18 August 1860 · page 2

George Petty and William Russell were severally charged with this offence. The former was discharged with a reprimand ; the latter was [?]ulcted in the sum of [?], with the alternative of…

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Albury Police Court. Wednesday, August 15, 1860. (Before His Worship the Mayor, aud Dr. Keating, J.P.)DRUNKARDS

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 18 August 1860 · page 2

George Petty, admonished and discharged. William Russell, fined five shillings, or twenty-four hours…

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Police Court, Wodonga. Thursday, Arousi 16, 1860. (Before Lane, Esq., P.M, of Yackandandah, and William Huon, Esq., J.P. LEPER V. E. CRAIG

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 18 August 1860 · page 2

Mr. Miller for plaintiff. This was a claim on the part of the plaintiff for £64 6s. for 241 rods of fencing, and also for certain slabs and bark supplied to defendant. The defendant…

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Albury Police Court. Wednesday, August 22. (Before Captain Brownrigg, P.M.; and C. G. N. Lockhart, Esq., C.L.C. and J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 25 August 1860 · page 2

Thomas Bundall, an unfortunate inchri[?], was fined five shillings or twenty-four bouts’ imprisonment. James O’Halloran, charged with using obscene and…

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Albury Police Court. Saturday, August 25th. (Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS

The Border Post · Wednesday 29 August 1860 · page 2

Two individuals both answering to the name of James Miller, were severally charged with drunkenness. They were respectively fined 5s with the tentative of twenty- four hours in the…

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Albury Police Court. Saturday, August 25. (Before Captain Brownrigg, P.M.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 29 August 1860 · page 2

Two individuals, each claiming the name of James Miller Were charged with too fervent devotion at die shrine of Bacchus. Fined 5s., or twenty.four hours'-imprisonment…

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Police Court, Wodonga. Monday, August 27. (Before William Huon, Esq, J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 29 August 1860 · page 2

William Mitchell was charged with lunacy and interrupting divine worship on Sabbath last Remanded for medical inquiry…

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Albury Police Court

The Border Post · Saturday 1 September 1860 · page 2

The police sheet since Monday last has been blank with the exception of Wednesday last when James Keighran appeared to answer a remanded charge of assault. His bail was enlarged until…

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