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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1876

205 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 11

Deniliquin Police Court. Monday, January 24. (Before the P. M. )

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 January 1876 · page 2

William Davis for [?] drunk was [?] 5s or 24 hours imprisonment; and [?] using obscene language 5s or 24 hours. William Roach, for being drunk, was [?]…

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Police Court. Corowa. Monday, January 31.(Before Mr. Beg. Hare, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 February 1876 · page 3

John Carter, alias Plummer, was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from Joseph Jenkins, of Moorwatha, on or about the 13th…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, January 31. (Before Captain Brownrigg, P.M.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 15

Francis O’Hanlon pleaded not guilty to a charge of larceny. Constable Fullarton deposed : In the lockup this morning I charged prisoner with robbing a…

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Wodonga Police Court. Wednesday, February 2. (Before Messrs. W. Huon and J. Wigmore, J.P’s.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 15

NON-PAYMENT OF FARE.—Ah Sam was charged with having travelled in a railway carriage from Chiltern to Wodonga without having paid his fare. Defendant had travelled from Melbourne…

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Deniliquin in Police Court. Friday, February 4.(Before the P. M., H. Ricketson, Esq., J.P., and J. H. Davidson, Esq , J.P.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 February 1876 · page 2

John Jones pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and using profane language. Fined for each offence respectively 5s or twenty-four hours, and 10s or three days…

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Police Court. Corowa. Saturday, February 5. (Before Messrs. Hare and Brown

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 February 1876 · page 3

W. Kirvey was charged with cruelly ill-using a horse but as the evidence was insufficient to prove the offence the man was discharged…

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Thursday, February 10. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 12 February 1876 · page 10

Richard Oakman was charged with a breach of the borough by-laws. G, Dulley deposed: On Tuesday evening last, about 9 o'clock, I found a loaded dray standing in Olive-street; there were…

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Wednesday, February 9. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 12 February 1876 · page 10

A . Bosta was charged with assaulting Mr. James Hayes, who had on the previous evening found defendant in his garden, and attempted to put him out Prisoner was fined 20s. and a…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Monday, February 7. (Before the P.M )

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 February 1876 · page 2

Henry Donald, for being drunk, was fined £1, or seven days’ in gaol. Robert Galbraith, for drunkenness, was fined 5s. or twenty-four hours; for using obscene…

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Albury Police Court. Friday, February 4. (Before Captain Brownrigg, P.M., and Mr. N. P. Lockhait, J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 12 February 1876 · page 10

LARCENY.—John Cowan, an elderly man who had just been discharged from gaol after undergoing a sentence of one month for larceny, was brought up charged with having stolen clothing…

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Hillston Police Court. Saturday, 12th February, 1876. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 16 February 1876 · page 2

James Myleehrane alias James Ryan. Constable Gallagher deposed to arresting prisoner, and charged him with uttering a forged cheque of L9 5s on John Bayles, of Roto, dated July 25th, 1875, on which prisoner said that he thought that was all over, and that if…

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Corowa District Court. Friday, February 25

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 February 1876 · page 3

THE following plaints are entered for bearing before His Honor Judge Forbes:-- Annabella Thompson, by her friend…

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Police Courts. COROWA.--Monday, February 14. (Before Captain Hare, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 February 1876 · page 3

James Carter,was charged on warrant with absconding from the hired service of Robt.Gayer, of Collindina, in May, 1872. Warrant cancelled…

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Deniliquin Police [?] Tuesday, [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 February 1876 · page 2

Thomas Willis, for [?] fined £1, with the option of [?] (Before the P.M., and A. Land[?]…

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Albury District Court. Thursday, February 17. (Before His Honor Judge Forbes.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 19 February 1876 · page 9

This Court was opened at 10 o’clock on Thursday morning, Mr. Murray holding the briefs for the Crown. The bar was represented by Mr. F. Brown, Mr. M‘Do[?]gal, and Mr. Pring…

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Supreme Court. (Before his Honor Sir James Martin, Chief Justice.) BEATT V. ADAMS

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 19 February 1876 · page 17

This was an action brought against Mr. P. F. Adams, the Surveyor-General of the colony, by the late manager of his vineyard at Ettamogah, near Albury, to recover a share equal to…

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Corowa District Court. Friday, February 25

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 February 1876 · page 3

Annabella Thompson, by her friend William Thompson (Blackmore and Tnorold) v. William Cousins; defamation of character; damages, £200…

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Police Courts. COROWA.--Tuesday, February 22. (Before Captain Hare, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 February 1876 · page 3

Charles Poster was charged by Senior-constable Vizzard with indecent exposure, and was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. A…

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Death From Assault. Important to Publicans

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 February 1876 · page 1

The sittings of the Central Criminal Court for February were brought to a conclusion on Tuesday. John Foley, landlord of a Bourke street hotel, who…

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Ten-mile Creek Police Court. Wednesday, February 23. (Before Mr. Ross, J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 26 February 1876 · page 11

W. Petts v. James Kelly,—This was an action to recover for trespass by defendant’s sheep on the plaintiff’s grass-light. Mr. Nagle for the defendant. No other Justice being in attendance,…

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