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Courts & crime, 1893

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Berrigan Police Court. Wednesday, 1St November (Before Messrs H. F. H. Budd and W. J. Greggery, J’s. P )

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 3 November 1893 · page 2

Police v. Thomas Phillips, keeping an unregistered dog, fined 10s. Same Fred. Gordon, same offence, fined 10s…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Monday, October 30. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 2

John Emry was charged with being drunk and disorderly and was fined 5s or 24 hours imprisonment. The fine was paid, and lie took the pledge for two years…

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Deniliquin Small Debts Court Wednesday, November 1.(Before the Police Magistrate.)DEFENDED CASES

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1893 · page 1

Alexander Lee v. Andrew Hamilton. Claim for damages £10; Mr. Laman for the plaintiff and Mr. Wilkinson for the defendant…

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Alleged Horse Stealing. a Lad the Accused

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 November 1893 · page 2

At the police court this morning, before the P.M., Cubitt Ross, a lad, apparently about eighteen years of age, was charged with horse stealing…

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Charge of Horse Stealing

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 2

AT the police court on Tuesday before the P. M., Gobert Ross on remand was charged with stealing a horse, saddle and bridle. Senior Constable Eggleston deposed:…

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Balranald Police Court. November 1St, 1893. [Before E. L. Rowling, Esq., P.M. and W. O. Close, Esq., J.P.]

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 2

T. Lewis, in custody, charged with obtaining money under false pretences with intent to defraud, from W. Lutz, Mr. Crang, for plaintiff, intimated that…

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Small Debts Court. November 3Rd. [Before E. L. Rowling, Esq., P.M.]

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 2

James Carter sued Geo. Bautovich for £3 12s balance of rent due. Mr. Crang, for defendant, stated that there was no such person as Geo. Bautovich…

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Corowa Police Court. Friday, Nov. 8, 1893. (Before Mr. F. C. Piggin, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 November 1893 · page 2

Wm. Duncan, drank. Fined is or imprisonment till rising of the court. Edward Brett, drunk. Fined 1s. or imprisonment till rising of the court…

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Rutherglen Police Court. Wednesday, November 8,1893. (Before Messrs. Bayliss and Herrin, Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 November 1893 · page 2

Chin Yon, charged with un[?]wfully as[?]ing Feo Ken, was discharged,…

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Swimming for the Police

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

The Evening News says :—“No one will find fault with the proposal to establish a police swimming club, and Sergeant Parkinson deserves credit for proposing it. The…

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A Supreme Court Action

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 November 1893 · page 17

The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning refased to grant a new trial in the case of George Lintott v. the Bank of New South Wales. The plaintiff obtained a verdict for £630 at the Circuit…

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Crime in the United States. an Epidemic of Murder. London, November 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 November 1893 · page 21

Something like an epidemic of murder is just now raging in the United States. A [?]t instance was the assassination of Mr. Harrison, the Mayor of Chicago, who was [?]hot…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Monday, November 6.(Before the Police Magistrate.)SUMMONS CASE

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 3

A. H. Tripp v R. Rundle. The defendant was charged with, using abusive and insulting language. Mr Wilkinson appeared for the defendant. His Worship after hearing the arguments of Mr…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday, November 15. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr, Street J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 4

H. pusterla v. Grabam Brougham, claim for £1 15.; verdict for plaintiff. G. Garnett v. D. M’Cormack, claim for £6 5[?].; verdict for plaintiff…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, November 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 25

George M Caw and John Wallace were charged, on remand, with forging and uttering a cheque for £13 5s., purporting to be signed by A. N. Mitchell for Mitchell and Son. There…

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Wahgunyah Police Court. November 10, 1893. (Mr. W. C. Bayliss J. P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 2

Peter Mellon, obscene language in a public place, fined 5s. or 24 hours. MONDAY Nov. 13th, 1893. (Mr. W. C. Bayliss J.P.)…

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Corowa Police Court. Saturday, Nov. 11, 93. (Before Mr. C. Johnson, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 2

James Thomas, drunk fined 1s. Thos. Banks, stealing goods from D. Cranin, was remanded till Tuesday following…

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Arrest of a Medical Electrician. C. B. Harness Charged with Fraud. London, November 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 20

Mr. C. B. Harness, the president of the Medical Battery Company Limited, of 52 Oxford-street, has been arrested on a charge of fraud…

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A Serious Result of "Larking." a Young Man Severely Injured. Two Men Charged with Inflicting Grevious Bodily Harm

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 2

Last night, about 7 o'clock, Charles Hollard, the "boots" at the Caledonian Hotel, met with a very painful injury, from the result of which he now lies in the Hay…

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Wodonga County Court. Tuesday, November 14. (Before his Honor Judge Chomley.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 19

Edward O’Connell v. Bank of Australasia—an action to recover £147 damages for the illegal seizure of 98 head of stock at Tintaldra. Mr. M’Hugh, instructed by Messrs. Wilkinson…

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