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Murray · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

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The Parramatta Assault. Case. Three Arrests Made. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 November 1898 · page 2

Three men named Gilbert, Pye, and Klein, have been arrested and brought before the Parramatta Court in connection with the alleged assault upon…

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Wahgunyah Police Court. Thursday, November 17, 1898. (Before Mr. R. Kilborn, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 3

Frederick Blacklook was charged with being drunk and disorderly and also with using obscene language in a public place. On the first charge he was cautioned and…

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Corowa Police Court. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1898. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, J.p.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 3

James M'Cormack, was fined 2s, 6dm or 6 hours' imprisonment for drunkenness. THURSDAY, NOV. 17th 1898. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, J.P.)…

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A Divorce Court Secret

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 8

"And so everything's arranged," said Stamford, strolling in to his chum Palgrave's diggings. This day week you throw off the >joys of single blessedness and…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, November 14. (Before Mr. Barnett, P.M., and Mr. J. H. Wood, J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 34

Arthur Russell and Samuel Bryans were charged conjointly with breaking a pane of glass, value £1, the property of Mrs. M. A. Cass, of the Commercial Hotel…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday, November 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 35

Laurence Buckley v. Gordon Bruce, goods sold £9 18s 6d. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for amount, with coats of court…

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Bankruptcy Court. Monday, November 14. (Before tho Registrar.) Hearing of Creditors' Petitions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 35

Re William Gordon Poison, of Germanton, contractor, v. Archibald James Rial, of Carabost, near Tumbarumba, grazier: Adjourned to November 28, it being stated that…

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The Dreyfus Case. Action by the Court of Cassation. London. November 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 21

The Dreyfus case, which has agitated France for months past, has entered upon a new phase, and there now seems some likelihood that the unfortunate prisoner at l'lle du…

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Deniliquin Police Court Monday, November 14. (Before the P[?] Magistrate)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 2

Thomas Campbell pleaded guilty to a charges [?]. The Police Magistrate [?] that he had takes the pledge in August [?] broken it. In order to give him another [?]…

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Police Superannuation Fund

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 4

The following stout defence of the policeman’s rights is contributed to the leading metropolitan journal : Sir,—In 1850, under the Act 14th Vic., No…

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Corowa Police Court. Friday, November 18, 1898. (Before Messrs F. C. Piggin and A. A. Piggin, J's.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

Angus G. B. Stuart was charged will assaulting with intent to rob Theophilus Thomas Harrison, at Redlands, on 17th inst…

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Court Echoes. a Testy Judge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 3

"THE way in which cases are presented at this court is a disgrace to the profession." "Before Quarter Sessions are…

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Murder of a Missionary

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 2

A missionary named Fleming, believed to be from the Adelaide Young Mens Christian Association, and a native evangelist, have been murdered…

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Alleged Serious Assault

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 28

John Lee, a swagman, was charged at the Juneo police court with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Thomas Walsh, on old man, who gave his age as 83 years. According to…

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New Gaol Regulations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 29

New regulations for the classification of prisoners and providing for the remission of sentences have been published in a supplement to the Government Gazette. Prisoners…

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Supposed Murder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 28

On Saturday a fruit-hawker named Jules Henri Betrix reported to the Perth police at Mount Malcolm that his mate, John Maone, had been kicked to death by a horse. The…

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The New Gaol Regulations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 19

With regard to the new regulations for the classification of prisoners and providing for the remission of sentences, which were recently published in the Government Gazette,…

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Corowa Police Court. Tuesday, November 22,1898. (Before Mr. J. C. Leslie, J.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 3

John Mansfield was charged with stealing from the person of Joseph O'Toole, a purse containing 10s. in silver. Constable Nelson, sworn, deposed that…

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A Military Murder. Punishment of Count Stolberg. London, November 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 27

In September last, during the German military manoeuvres in Alsace, a sergeant named Robert Schienhardt was killed by Count Stolberg-Wernigerode, a cavalry…

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Coroner's Court. Inquest on Alex. Gardiner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 13

A magisterial inquiry was held on Saturday a[?] at the court-house, before Mr. A. N. Barnett, Coroner for tho district, touching the death of Alexander Gardiner, who was…

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