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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1893

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District Court. SATURDAY, 15th JULY. [Before His Honor Judge Forbes.]

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 3

G. T. Harper and Pym v. William Bautovitch—Claim for meat supplied £2 Gs lOd. Mr. Crang appeared for the plaintiffs. After hearing the evidence of the…

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Burglary at Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 3
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

EARLY on Saturday morning another burglary was committed at Rutherglen, making the fifth daring the month. Those previously committed were confined to…

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Murder and Madness

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 9

Here is a story of the supernatural. It happened more than a hundred years ago, go that you may hope that it is not true. Yet in those days the inventions of news…

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Rutherglen Police Court. Monday, July 17. (Before Mr. W. C. Bayliss, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 3

Jas. Grogan, Chas. Stevens and John Cambile were charged with larceny of goods valued at £12, the property of Messrs. Ait[?]in and Commins, and were remanded…

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Levity in Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 29

The other day, when a witness was giving evidence in a case at Maitland, Judge Backhouse administered a rebuke for the levity displayed by him. This witness made a very…

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Contempt of Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 25

The question as to how far a newspaper is allowed to deal with matters before the Law Courts was discussed at considerable length on Monday before his Honor the…

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Mulwala Police Court. Monday July 10. (Before Messrs. W. B. Cairns and H. T. Whity, J's.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 4

Henry Collins was charged on the information of Samuel Lee, farmer. Torramia, with stealing two bags of Sheff from the premises of the…

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Men and Women As Social Beings. (From Open Court, Chicago )

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 9

It is a humiliating fact that no sooner do two persons of opposite sex begin to “show interest” in each other, each other and find profit and delight in each other’s society,…

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Corowa Small Debts Court Tuesday July 18, 1893. (Before Messrs. and Johnson. Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 3

P. K. Ritchie v. Dr. P. J. kelly, claim £410s., woods sold and delivered., No appearance of defendant. Order for amount and costs. John H. Martin (Edmon[?]son) v. Daniel Looney…

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The Recent Naval Disaster. the Court-martial at Malta. Captain Bourke’s Evidence. London, July 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 21

The inquiry by court-martial into the sinking of the battleship Victoria by the Camperdown off the coast of Syria, on June 22, was commenced at Malta…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Tuesday, July 18. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 1

Patrick Kelly was charged with stealing a cheque the value of £6 from C. Banson at Conargo, Constable Bolton deposed that from information received he went to Puckawidgee station and saw…

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A Savage Assault

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 28

Au assault of a savage character was committed in Woolloomooloo last week upon a young woman named Mary Ann M’Donald, 26, housemaid, residing at No. 136…

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Suspected Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 28

A ewe of suspected murder has occurred near Nathalie. An old man named Thomas Olivant was last week discovered by the Nathalia Police dead in a but near the river,…

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Police Allowances

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 29

Inspector Fosbery states that the allowance at present made to police officers for extra duties under the Licensing Act will be discontinued after the expiration of the current…

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Rutherglen Police Court. Saturday July 28,1603. (Before Mr. J. T. Herrin, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 3

Francis Peacock, charged with embezzlement as a government servant of 2153 19s 9d,was remanded till July 27th, Bill was fixed at £300--sell in one surety of £.00,…

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Scene in a Court-house

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 10

At [?], in Norway, [?] a merchant named [?] was sentenced to seven Years’ imprisonment for [?] When sentence had been pronounced,…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Saturday, July 22. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr Christian Walker, J.P.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 3

Patrick Kelly, on remand was charged with stealing a cheque the property of C. Branson. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour in the Deniliquin…

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Corowa Police Court. Friday, July 28, 1893. (Before Messrs. Anderson and Johnson, Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 3

James Stanton was charged with being of unsound mind. John Henry Toobey, constable of police stationed at Corowa, sworn,…

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Wahgunyah Police Court. Tuesday, August 1,1893. (Before Mr. C. L. Dobbin, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Wednesday 2 August 1893 · page 2

Jos. T. Martin v. Jno. Burke jun, goods sold and delivered, £2 4s. 6d, Order for amount and 5s. cost. James Morley and Chas. Jacobson…

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