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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

556 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 28

Stealing a Swag

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 2

At the police court on Thursday before the Police Magistrate, James Fleming alias Smith, was charged with stealing a swag…

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Escape From Wagga Gaol. Wagga

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 4

A half-past 11 o'clock this morning a prisoner named Thomas Shelly, who was undergoing a sentence of six months' imprisonment in Wagga gaol,…

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Tocumwal Police Court. Wednesday, Feb. 24. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Mr. E. Hillson, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 3

Andrew Jackson was charged with stealing £1 from the person of Charles Green, and was sentenced to two months' hard labour in Deniliquin gaol. Charles Green…

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The Rosewood Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 26

A resident of Albury has received the following letter from a friend at Tumbarumba : — “I have noticed in various newspapers many conflicting accounts of the recent murder…

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Ruthehglen Police Court. Monday, February 29, 1892. (Before Messrs. Herrin and Bayliss, Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 3

Constable Connolly v. Henry Connor, drunk and disorderly. Fined 2s. 6d., or 12 hours. Constable Connolly v. Daniel Seymour,…

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The Murderous Assault at Bowna. Hanley in the Dock. Examination of the Assaulted Man Wright. the Accused Committed for Trial

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 25

The accused man, Henry Hanley, who stands charged under a special section of the Criminal Law Amendment Act with assaulting and rubbing the old man Wright at the…

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Corowa Police Court. Saturday, February 27, 1892. (Before Messrs. Donaldson and Piggin, Js.P.) A prohibition order was granted against F. King. Monday, February 29. (Before Messrs. Piggin and Lang. Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 2

D. H. M'Guiness was summoned for allowing his licensed promises to fall into disrepair. Case dismissed. (Before Messrs. Watson and Lang, Js.P.)…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Saturday, February 27. (Before the Police Magistrate)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

George Young was charged with [?] and fined 20s or seven days. He was also [?] with assaulting constable McGarrigle while [?] execution of his duty, and was sent to gaol [?]…

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Deniliquin Small Debts [?] Wednesday. March 2: (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

John Gibbs v. G. C. Gillort [?] supplied, £[?] 4s. Postponed for a [?] P. T. Middleton v. G. C. [?] [?] c., £42 6d. Postponed for a week…

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Deniliquin Municipal Court. Monday, February 29

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 4

A special meeting of the Council was held on Monday evening last for the purpose of electing the standing committees for the year, and for making a call of the whole Council on Monday evening next…

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The Windsor Murder Mystery. Traces of the Murderer and his Victim

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday, — In reference to the Windsor mystery it appears that about a week before last Christmas a man engaged a house owned by…

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Moulamein Police Court. Monday, 1St March. (Before E. L. Rowling, P.M, and G. C. Jaffrey. J.P., Esprs.)

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 3

Thoodore Rossow appeared on summons charged by the Police with cruelly ill-treating four dogs, by ne[?]tecting to provide them with proper sustenance for the space of six…

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Wahgunyah Police Court. Friday, March. 4. (Before Mr. W. C. Bavl[?], J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

W.[?] and J. Ill[?] charged with [?] in a public [?] 24 hours' [?]. SATURDAY, MARCH 5…

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Corowa Police Court. Tuesday, 8th MARCH, 1892. (Before Mr. F. C. Piggin. J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

James Litt, drunkenness. Fined 5s. Police v. Ah Yen, exercising his worldly labour or business upon the Lord's day. Fined 5s. or two hours in the stocks…

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Diabolical Murder. a Woman's Body Found Under a Hearthstone

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 24

A murder, which is as completely enshrouded in mystery as the disappearance of Farrell from Collingwood many years ago, or the death of the servant girl whose…

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Deniliquin Police Court Saturday, March 5.(Before the Police Magistrate)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 1

James Campbell for being drunk was fined 5s or 24 hours. James Face for vagrancy was sent up for a month…

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Hay Land Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 2

The Land Court, consisting of Messrs Frank Rogers (president) and Messrs S. Freeman and C. Brandis, commenced a sitting at Hay yesterday. The following cases were dealt…

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The Windsor Murder. Further Developments. Extraordinary Revelations

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 1

Details of the arrest of Williams will be found oh our fourth page. The Melbourne Argus cabelgraphed to its London correspondent to ascertain the…

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CORBETT'S H.L. Case Again. Queer Proceedings. The President of the Land Court "Cannot Understand."

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 2

At the Land Court to-day a reference from the Hillston Land Board for determination whether John Corbett's homestead lease No. 225, was sublet in a bonafide manner…

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The Windsor Murder

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 3

The Melbourne daily papers of Saturday last contain intelligence of a startling development in connection with the Windsor tragedy, viz., the arrest of the supposed…

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