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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1891

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[?]Niliquin Police Court. Friday, February 6. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 3

[?] was charged with using obscene land[?] [?] was fined 10s. Robertson v. Mrs Horton. Defendant was using threatening language…

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Tocumwal Police Court. Tuesday. [?] (Before the Police Magistrate, and Mr E. [?] J.p.) Prosecutions Under Stock Act

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 2

A. McCullough (Inspector of tock) [?] Howard. Defendant wan charged [?] in his returns on or before the 31st[?] required by the Act. He [?] that [?]…

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Hay District Court

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 2

THIS court opened on Thursday before His Honor Judge Forbes. H. B. Broughton v. L. F. Clayton, commission £62 5s 6d. Mr. Harris applied for…

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[?] Small Debts Court [?] Wednesday, February 4. [?]Mr James Watson, J.p.) Summons Case

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 3

IcMillan v. Phillip Bayliss. Defendant [?] with illegally impounding a cow, the [?] plaintiff. The case was adjourned [?] day…

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Balranald Police Court. Wednesday, 4Th February. [Before E. L. Rowling, Esq., P.m.] Larceny

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 February 1891 · page 2

John Marr was charged, on the information of Harry Lewis Harben, with having, on the 13th ult., entered the garden of the said H. L. Harben,…

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Corowa Police Court. Monday, February 9. (Before Messrs. Dul[?]unty and Donaldson Js.P)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1891 · page 2

James Carroll on remand charged with being of unsound mind; was discharged, on Dr. Loughrey testifying to his being in a fit state to be at large…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Saturday, February 7. (Before the Police Magistrate)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 February 1891 · page 3

George Stevenson was charged with drunkenness, [?] was fined 20s or 7 days. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11. (Before the Police Magistrate.)…

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Deniliquin Licensing Court. Thursday, February 12. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 February 1891 · page 3

W. J. Davies was granted a special auctioneer’s license…

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The Land Court Barrister

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 February 1891 · page 2

WE have a dim recollection of a local contemporary once upon a time fiercely inveighing against a certain method adopted by local Land Boards in…

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District Court. Wednesday, 11Th February. [Before His Honor Judge Forbes.]

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 2

M. Dowdican v. W. W. Jobson.—Claim, £10, for cash advanced in July, 1888. Plaintiff was non-suited, expenses of one witness to be paid to the…

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Rutherglen Police Court. Tuesday, February 17

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 February 1891 · page 3

C. K[?]rath and Stanley Owen, for selling tobacco without a license, pleaded guilty and were each fined £2. A similar charge against G. H. Williams…

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Wahgunyah Police Court. Tuesday, February 17. (Before Messrs. Kilborn and Pearce, Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 February 1891 · page 3

Rachel Kelly v. Rachel King, assault. Mr. Lovibond appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bamber for the defendant. The case was dismissed without prejudice…

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Corowa Police Court. Saturday, February 14, 1891. (Before Messrs. Dulhunty and Donaldson, Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 February 1891 · page 3

John Snaring and James M'Farlane, charged with riotous conduct on the bridge the previous night, were fined 10s. or 24 hours' imprisonment…

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The Land Court. Tuesday, February 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 February 1891 · page 15

Euphemia Green appealed against the value of improvements as appraised by the Corowa Local Land Board in respect of her conditional lease. The object of the appeal was to secure formal…

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A Court Levee in the Air

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 February 1891 · page 2

At the time when Peter the Great's foreign conquests and internal reforms had drawn upon him the eyes of all Europe, Louis XIV. sent to the Russian court a French envoy of…

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The Latest Murder in Whitechapel. Strong Evidence Against the Man Arrested. No Proof of Identity with “Jack the Ripper.” London February 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 February 1891 · page 18

Early on Friday morning the body of a woman, who had been murdered and afterwards mutilated, was discovered in White chapel, the circumstances leading to a…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Monday, February 16. (Before this Police Magistrate)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 February 1891 · page 3

Wm. Walsh, Wm Digman and Wm. Pollock, for drunkenness, were discharged with a caution. Constable Will v. Wm. Cashman, Assault. Dismissed. George Dudgeon s. A. Rosenfeld. Detention…

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Land Court, Darlinghurst. Wednesday, February 11. (Before Mr F. E. Rogers, Q. C. ( President), Mr F[?], and Mr Brandie.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 February 1891 · page 3

The consideration was renamed of three appeals (which were taken together) which had been lodged by W. R. N. Virgoe against the granting by the Deniliquin Local Land Board of…

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Stealing From the Person

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 2

At the Police Court on Saturday, before the P.M., James Smith was charged with stealing £4 odd shillings from the person of Colbert O'Brien…

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The Gouffe Murder

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 4

The circumstances of the Gouffe murder at Paris, the nature of which and the trial of the prepetrators caused such a marked sensation recently, may…

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