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Courts & crime, 1894

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Land Court of Appeal. Monday, August 13. (Before Messrs. A. Oliver, president, Freeman, and Brandis.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 38

Mr. A. P. Canaway appeared oil behalf of the Minister for Lands, APPEALS. In the appeal of Fanny Barbour against the…

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Deniliquin Police Court Monday, August 13. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 2

John Adam v. N. Christopher. Defendant was charged with keeping a dog which attacked and endangered the life of plaintiff’s ton William Thompson Adam…

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Child Murder Near Booligal

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 2

IN our last issue we briefly mentioned that a case of supposed child murder had taken place at the Adelaide Camp Hotel. On Wednesday Mr Pearce, the coroner, held…

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The Bells From the Court

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 2

A singular phenomenon occurs [?] borders of the Bed Sea at a place [?] Na[?], where intermittent [?] sounds have been heard for an [?]…

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A Petty Debts Case. the Court’s [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 2

A case of some importance to city [?] Just been decided by the Full [?] The matter was one in which John [?] sought a prohibition to [?]…

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A Parliamentary Candidate. Sentenced As a Vagrant

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1894 · page 21

A man named William Logan was charged before the Lithgow police magistrate on Wednesday with having no lawful and visible means support, and was sentenced to one month’s…

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Corowa Police Court. Tuesday, August 14, 1894.) (Before Mr. C. Johnson, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 August 1894 · page 5

Patrick Kelly, drunk and disorderly--previous convictions too numerous to mention-- pleaded guilty and was fined 10s or 48 hours' imprisonment…

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Wahgunyah Police Court. Wednesday, August 22, 1894. (Before Mr. W. C. Bayliss, J. P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 August 1894 · page 5

Petro Polletti, drunk and disorderly, fined 1s., with 1s. costs, or 6 hours' imprisonment…

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The English Divorce Court

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 August 1894 · page 4

The President of the English Divorce Court, Sir Francis Jeune, has given the Strand Magazine some interesting information on his own special…

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Tallangatta Police Court. Wednesday, August 22. (Before Messrs. Peterkin, Pearce, and Jarman, J.’sP.) Interpleader Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1894 · page 21

Jane Legge v Ada Walton. There was no appearance of the parties to this case, which was adjourned from the previous conrt.—Case struck ont…

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Sensational Murder in Russia. an Admiral Shot Dead. London, August 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1894 · page 18

A murder has been committed in Russia which has caused a considerable sensation in that country. Admiral Razvozoffi was driving along the…

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The Anarchists. Extraordinay Revelations. the Plot to Murder the French Premier. London, August 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1894 · page 18

Some highly sensational revelations have been made in connection with the designs of the anarchists to murder M. Dapuy, the French Premier…

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Corowa Small Debts Court. Tuesday, August 21St, 1894. (Before Mr. C. Johnson, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 August 1894 · page 5

James Morris v. Robert Hennessy Goods sold and delivered £4 12s 6d. Extended to next Court. Henry Clayton v. A. Thomson…

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Deniliquin Police Court Monday, August 20 (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 3

E. O’Mara was charged with being drank and [?] and was let off with a caution. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23. (Before the Police Magistrate.)…

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Alleged Stealing From the Person

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 2

AT the police court on Thursday, before the P.M . Annie Ah Pew was charged with stealing from the person of Redmond O'Brien…

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The Central Division Leases. the Question of Extension. Important Land Court Decision. the Minister’s Veto Gone

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 4

In the Land Appeal Court at Darlinghurst recently, the reserved decision was given in the appeal of (be English, Scottish, and Australian Bank against the recommendation of the…

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Wanted--a Police Magistrate. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 August 1894 · page 5

SIR,--The necessity for a resident police magistrate at Corowa has long been felt. Since the office was dispensed with there have been many causes for…

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Stealing From the Person

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 August 1894 · page 3

At the police court yesterday, before the P.M., William Wells was charged with stealing the sum of £3 from the person of George Woods at the Hibernian Hotel…

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Child Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1894 · page 28

A painful sensation was caused at South Richmond on Friday morning when it became known that James Setford, a painter and paperhanger, had murdered one of his own…

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Attempted Murder of a Barmaid

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 August 1894 · page 5

A frequent visitor to an hotel in London presented himself at the bar yesterday and asked the barmaid for a glass of bear. It appears that the…

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