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Courts & crime, 1888

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The Listowel Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 37

The following particulars are given in the English papers of the Listowel murder, in Ireland, for which, according to a cable message in another column, two men named…

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The State of Ireland. Two Murderers Sentenced to Death. Attack on a Police Station. National League Meetings Announced. London, March 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 18

Two men named Hayes and Moriarty have been sentenced to death for the murder of James Fitzmaurice, a farmer, at Listowel, on the 31st January…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Thursday. April 3.(Before the Police Magistrate.) WAGES

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 2

Joseph Neville v. H. J. Poynter, claim, [?] for wages. A verdict was given for 12s [?] 10d costs. CONTINENTAL ARMIES. —The…

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Deniliquin Licensing Court. Tuesday, April 3.(Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 2

Booth licenses were granted 10 [?] and David Hanna of Moulamein, for use Moulamein races on the 10th inst. [?] have music and dancing on their [?]…

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Deniliquin Small Debts Cou[?] Wednesday, APRIL 4. (Before the Police Magistrate)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 2

M. Mackenzie [?] R. Hennessy. Claim [?] newspapers supplied. Verdict for the [?] 5s costs…

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Deniliquin Circuit Court. Friday, April G. (Before His Honour Sir Frederick Darley, Justice.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 2

The court opened at ten o’clock. Mr V. Merewether prosecuted for the Crown, [?] Townsend McDermo[?]t was the only other present…

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Jottings at the Circuit Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 2

It must have been sorely disappointing to the crowd of unwashed, ill-fed but thoroughly-irrigated and generally desreputable men, who surge into the courthouse at any and all times, that there were no…

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Balranald Police Court. Wesnesday, April. 4. (Before E. L. Rowling, PM., and A. T. Creswick, J.P., Eaqis.)

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 April 1888 · page 2

Thomas [?] assaulting one Jimmy, a Chinaman, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one month's hard labour…

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Rutherglen Police Court. Tuesday, April 10, 1888. (Before Messrs. Fraser and Meehan)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 April 1888 · page 2

D. G. Hamilton sued Paul Smith for £2 1s. 5d., goods sold and delivered. The case was struck oat. THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1888…

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Albury Police Court. Thursday, April 12. (Before Mr. T. A. Browne, P.M.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1888 · page 24

Frederick Humphries, summoned for deserting his illegitimate child, pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay 15s. per week for six months, and professional costs and costs of court. Mr…

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Wahgunyah Police Court. Monday, April, 9, 1888. (Before Mr. L. Fraser, J.P.

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 April 1888 · page 2

Cornelious M'Carty was charged with obtaining money by false pretences from Wm. Simpson, of the Vine Hotel, Wahgunyah road. The prisoner had been at…

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A Remarkable Case of Alleged Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1888 · page 9

A very remarkable case of alleged murder has been lately tried, on appeal, in India. The gist of the whole matter was the shape of the wound in the body of the deceased,…

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Rutherglen Revision Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 April 1888 · page 2

ON Thursday, April 5, Mr. T. K. Mein, clerk of Revision Court, attended at Rutherglen for the revision of the jury list and after half an hour adjourned till the 10th…

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Military Men in the Divorce Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1888 · page 8

In the Probate and Divorce Division, London, the case of Boteler v. Boteler and Block came before Justice Butt. It was a petition presented by the husband, a captain in the…

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Collisions Between Irish Peasantry and Police. London, April 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1888 · page 18

In accordance with the announced intentions of the members of the Irish National League to hold meetings yesterday in various counties by the Government, numerous…

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Latest Telegrams. Situation in Germany. Health of the Emperor Frederick, Unfavourable Symptoms. Prince Bismarck and the Court. London, April 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1888 · page 37

A good deal of anxiety continues to be felt with regard to the health of the Emperor Frederick. Unfavourable symptoms have again appeared, the Emperor having latterly been…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Wednesday, April 11. (Before the [?] Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 3

[?] Mowa was granted a hawker’s license. THURSDAY, APRIL 12. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr A. J. Park, J. P.)…

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Original Correspondence. the Oxley Races and the Police. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 April 1888 · page 2

Sir,—It is not my business to give an account of the races and ball which took place here on the 10th instant, but I consider it my duty to refer to the conduct of the police…

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Balranald Police Court. Friday, April 13

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1888 · page 3

(Before E. L. Rowling, P.M., A. Lawrence, and J. M'Intyre, Esqrs., J.P.'s.) Mr. J. Cram applied for an…

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Brutal Wife Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 April 1888 · page 9

A shocking case of wife murder took place in Chelsea on Saturday afternoon, March 3. The murderer is an old man named James White, 65 years of age, and…

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