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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1884

434 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 22

Sentenced to Death

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 4

The Herald thus describes the last scene in the trial of Morgan, charged with the murder of Margaret Nolan at Panmure:— The scene in the Assize Court on Saturday evening…

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The Pretty Pine Murder

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 2

Our Melbourne contemporary, the Argus, does not often overstep the limits of prudence in a leading article, and give publicity to opinions based on exports statement of a case; but in its reference…

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Novelist. a Terrible Legacy, a Story of English and Australian. Life. (Continued.) Chapter Iv. the Murder in Yorkshire

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 2

ON Sunday evening, three days before the Wednesday on which the great race at Epsom was to take place, two men were seated in a private room of an hotel in Doncaster. The…

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Hay Police Court. Saturday, 17th May. (Before Mr Pearce, P.M., and Mr Lakeman. J.P.)

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 21 May 1884 · page 2

Peter Felix, a foreigenr, was brought up on remand charged with being of unsound mind. He had now recovered, and the Bench discharged him, on the promise that he would not take any drink…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, May 20.(Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1884 · page 10

John Galvin v. Elizabeth Kelly.—Defendant in this case was charged with assault and battery. There was also a second charge of using obscene language. Both cases were taken…

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Tee Deniliquin Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1884 · page 15

With reference to the. case of the French convict Cordini, who was sentenced to .death for murder at the Deniliiquin. Assizes,. M Julien De Court, the consul at Sydney for…

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Corowa Police Court. May 20th, 1884. (Before Captain Hare, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 May 1884 · page 2

John Roy, changed with drunkenness and obscene language was fined 5s. for each offence or 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Novelist. a Terrible Legacy a Story of English and Australian Life. (Continued.) Chapter Iv. the Murder in Yorkshire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 May 1884 · page 1

ON Sunday evening, three days before the Wednesday on which the great race at Epsom was to take place, two men were seated in a private room of an hotel in Doncaster. The…

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Small Debts Court

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 2

George Barnes v. James Woods—Goods sold and delivered, L2. Settled out of court. James Vincent v. David Nigle—Work and labor done, L6. Part of amount settled out of court…

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Euabalong Police Court. (Before Messrs N. C. O'Neill, P.M., and D.E. McKellar, J.p.) May 19th, 1884

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 24 May 1884 · page 2

Senior-Constable Moritz v. Sarah Brooks, of Lake Cudgellico—For keeping an ill-governed and disorderly house at Cudgellico. Case dismissed as the Bench considered two of the witnesses' evidence (who…

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The Panmure Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1884 · page 15

Interest has been revived in the Panmure murder case by the production of a knife which the son of the condemned man has found in the garden of Morgan’s house. It…

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The Pettavel Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1884 · page 15

With respect to the Pettavel murder, it would appear from the following paragraph from the Geelong Advertiser as if the new trail struck by the police in this matter was a false…

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A Domestic Tragedy. Wife Murder at the Melbourne Zoological Gardens

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1884 · page 15

A tragic incident occurred at the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne, last week, by which the Royal Bengal tiger sustained severe domestic bereavement. It appears that for some…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Monday, Mat 26. (Before the Police Magistrate)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 3

Point was charged with being an habitual aid. There were over twenty previous conjis against her for the same offence, lour of had been since the beginning of the present…

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Deniliquin Licensing Court. Monday, May 281 (Before the Police Magistrate)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 2

M. Warren, of Moul[?]ein, applied through Mr Edwards, for a booth lioanse for the 30th and 3 [?] inst. The appliostion was granted; as also was that for having musc[?] and dancing on his likened premises on the…

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The Pretty Pine Murder

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 2

The following correspondence, which led to[?] respite of the execution of the condemned cri Cordene, has been handed to us for publication Telegram to the French Consul, Sydney…

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The Pretty Pine Murder

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 4

The following letter has been sent to the French Consul. at Sydney, by Mr. Ochil tree, of Deniliquin:— Deniliquin, May 23, 1884…

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The Pretty Pine Murder

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 2

THE action of the Executive is respiring tie convict Cordeue for fourteen days shows a commendable deference to the opnions of the gent lessen who have so warmly advocated on…

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Hay Police Court. Monday, June 2. (Before Mr Lakeman, J.P.)

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 4 June 1884 · page 2

Henry Coleman and Susannah Coleman, charged with drunkennesss, were discharged, but the former was fined 20s or 7 days' for indecent exposure. John Sowter, who had been arrested for false…

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The Murder Near Bourke

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1884 · page 15

'It will he remembered that some time ago the dead body of a man was found about 18 miles beyond the gravel pits on the route to Bourke, and about 432 miles from the…

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