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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

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Corowa Police Court. Friday, June 17, 1898. (Before Mr. F. C. Piggin, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 June 1898 · page 3

Francis A. Renwick, drank, discharged Chas. Hart, drunk, fined 1s ; indecent language, fined 10s. or 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Wahgunyah Police Court. Friday, June 18, 1898. (Before Messrs. R. Kilborn and J. Pearce, Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 June 1898 · page 3

George Forbes, for not sending his child, Edward Forbes, to school the required number of days, was fined 5s., or 6 hours' imprisonment…

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Alleged Wholesale Cattle Stealing. Some Romantic Details

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 15

The investigation of certain charges of cattle stealing was concluded on Friday evening at Coongulmerang, before Messrs. Holmes, P.M., and Telfer, J.P. It appeared…

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Albury Police Court. Friday, June 17. (Before Mr. M'Lennan, J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 19

Patrick Hayes, a respectable citizen and cab driver of Albury, was charged with stealing an umbrella, the property of Michael Thomas Kelly…

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Revision Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 2

The ordinary monthly revision court was opened and closed…

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Albury District Court. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Rogers.) Friday, June 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 36

Carew v. Parker, claim for £5 1s. 6d. Mr. Tietyens for plaintiff. Mr. Wilkinson for defendant. Verdict for amount claimed. T. H. Mate and Co. v. M'Rue and others,…

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Warden's Court at Chiltern. Wednesday, 22nd JUNE. (Before Mr. Warden Dobbyn.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 24

Andrew Gilmore and John Smith applied for a goldmining lease. No. 344. As to about 50 acres of the land applied for, the Chiltern Valley Goldmining Co. Limited…

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Corowa District Court. Thursday, June 23, 1898. (Before His Honour Judge Rogers.) Undefended Cases

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 2

Daniel Corcoran v. George Rust, claim £135, money lent (continued case.) Settled. T. H. Mate and Co., judgment creditors, v. George Rust-- garnishee Joseph Talbot,…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Special Sittings. Wednesday, June 22, 1898. (Before Messrs. A. N. Barnett, P.M., and W. H. Lang, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 June 1898 · page 2

John Rankin applied for a duplicate license to replace the original, which had been stolen from his desk about six months ago. Ordered to issue on…

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Deniliquin Police Court. Saturday, June 18 (Before Mr D. Tennant J. P.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 2

James Moore was charged with assaulting Mary Ann Collins, and also with, using threatening language to her. He pleaded guilty. It appeared that Moore went to the Oddfellows Hotel the…

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The Carrathool Police. [To the Editor]

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 2

SIR,—Referring to Henry Solomon's letter in your issue of the 18th inst. recomplaints against the Carrathool police, in which he says the statements made by…

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Deniliquin District Court. Wednesday, JUNE 29. (Before His Honor Judge Rogers)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 2

The above Court opens on Wednesday when the following cases will be dealt with :— Henry Friedman (Norton, Alexander and Windeyer) v John Henry Charleston, professional…

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Corowa Police Court. Friday, June 24, 1898. (Before Mr. J. C. Leslie, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 June 1898 · page 2

Patrick Fallon was charged with having insufficient lawful visible means of support and pleased not guilty. The deposition, taken the previous…

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Corowa Insolvency Court. Friday, June 24, 1898. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, Registrar.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 June 1898 · page 2

In re S. J. Chenhall (trading as S. J. Chenhall and Co.) The adjourned public examination in the above estate was to have been held…

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Disturbance in a Gaol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 19

The enforcement of drill regulations in Maitland Gaol on Saturday afternoon led to a serious disturbance among the prisoners, who for three hours kept up an uproar,…

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Licensing Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 33

The following renewal of licenses were granted, Senior-constable Brown, the licensing inspector, stating that all improvements required by the Act had been complied…

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Corowa Police Court. Tuesday, June 28, 1897. (Before .Mr. J. C. Leslie J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 2

Alfred Cox plended guilty to being indecent language, and was fined 20s. or three days' imprisonment, Fred. Kinder for being drunk was…

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Shocking Child Murder. an Unhappy Mother

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 11

A woman named Amy Stewart, residing in Auckland, on Monday murdered her daughter, three years old, by cutting its throat. The woman's husband is in the hospital, and…

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The Court House

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 2

So it was, after all, our pun-making, laughter-provoking P.M. who vetoed the proposal of a new Court-house in Berrigan. Alas! that we should have…

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A Scare in Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 26

The burgling " kit" belonging to Evans and Gorman, which we (Warrnambool Echo) described in detail in a previous issue, was much in evidence on Monday,…

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