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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

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Albury Police Court. Thursday, December 27. (Before Mr. T. A. Browne, P.m.) Arson

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 26

John O'Malley, blacksmith, was charged with maliciously setting fire to a quantity of straw, the property of Wm. Boundy, at Bowna…

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Albury Licensing Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 37

Application was made for a transfer of the Salutation Hotel to Mrs. Galvin. Mr Wilkinson, in applying for the transfer, said that Schober, the present licensee, had…

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The New York Police. a Sentence for Bribery. London, December 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 18

Stephenson, a captain of the New York police, has been convicted and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for accepting bribes from tradesmen…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Saturday, December 29. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 2

Elizabeth Thompson alias Booth was charged with vagrancy and remanded for medical attendance and supervision. James Ross with several aliases was charged with…

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Deniliquin Small Debts Court Wednesday, January 2. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 2

Elizabeth Brophy v John Jones. Claim £10, for [?] done to a dog cart. The cage was adjourned until the 16th inst. James [?] as T. M. [?] and Co). v. A…

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Mossgiel Police Court. Before R. J. Perrott, P.M. Summons Cases

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 2

George Thomson and James Knight were charged by the police with disorderly conduct and each fined 2s 6d and costs of court…

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Rutherglen Police Court. Monday, Dec. 31 1894. (Before Mr Herrin, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 6

CHARGE OF CATTLE STEALING.--Robert Elliot was charged on remand with having stolen a heifer the property of John Powers of…

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Corowa Police Court. Monday, Dec, 31, 1894. (Before Messrs. C. Johnson and W. H. Lang. Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 7

Sam Beazley, obscene language, fined £2 or 14 days imprisonment. For indecent behaviour he was fined £ or 7 days imprisment…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, January 8. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. C. Schmiedt J. P.) Insulting Language

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 25

James Drummond v, Charles Trenchard. —Defendant pleaded guilty. He said he had been under great provocation. Mr. Wilkinson , for plaintiff, said Mr…

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Assault Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 29

Three brothers named Tupper and two brothers named Lvons have been committed for trial at Coonamble for asssul[?]ing Andrew Townsley, free laborer, with intent to rob…

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Corowa Police Court. Monday, Jan. 7, 1895. (Before Mr. F. C. Piggin, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 7

John Watson, drunkenness, discharged. James Kelly, lodging with an aboriginal native. Imprisoned for 7 days with hard labor…

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Wahgunyah Police Court. Monday, Dec. 24, 1894. (Before Mr. W. C. Bayliss, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 7

Mary Day, disorderly and indecent behaviour in a public place, fined 1s. or 6 hours. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26. 1894,…

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Rutherglen Police Court. Tuesday, Jan. 8 1895. (Before Messrs. Joseph Pierce and J. T. Herrin Js.P

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 6

CATTLE STEALING. R. Elliot, charged with stealing a heifer, the property of Thos. Powers, of Bontherambo, was further remanded for a week, for the…

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Tallangatta Police Court. Monday, January 7. (Before Mr. Rowan, P.M., and Mr. Jarman, J.p.) Affiliation Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 37

Ada Hooking proceeded against Joseph Matthews for the maintenance of an illegitimate child. Mr. Thomas appeared for complainant; Mr. J. Wilkinson for…

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The New York Police. Astounding Revelations

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 4

To Englishmen, who laugh heartily at the music-hall songs which represent the policeman on the beat as a man who can be moved by a tip, but who…

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Cablegrams. a Political Murder.the Beltcheff Assassination Revived. Extraordinary Development. London, January 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 18

A sensational development has taken place in Bulgaria in connection with the murder of M. Beltcheff, the Minister of Finance, who was shot in March, 1892,…

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Tallangatta Warden's Court. Thursday, January 3.(Before Mr. Warden Rowan.) POWELL V. SHELLEY

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 25

Walter J. Powell v. John E. Shelley: action for trespass on a mining claim at Tallangatta Valley, damages being laid at £5. Mr. Thomas appeared for…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 2

Elizabeth Thompson, charged with vagrancy, was sent to the hospital for the Insane at Gladesville. James William Booth or Thompson was charged with being a neglected child and was sent to the…

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Berrigan Police Court. Thursday, January 10. (Before Mr O’Neill, P.M. and local Justices.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 3

J. H. Betrix v. W. Cooper. Wages £87 [?] After the case bad been partly gone into the Police Magistrate discovered that the information had not been laid within the prescribed time, and a [?] therefore followed…

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Oxley Police Court. [Before Mr. J. E. Pearce, P.m.] Tuesday, January 8Th

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 3

Henry Bradford, one of the "free" laborers recently employed at Oxley station, was charged with being drunk and disorderly on the 24th December last, and a further charge…

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