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Courts & crime, 1899

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The Police of Paris

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 1

Paris is commonly supposed to be the best governed city in the world. Whether it is better or worse than any other modern capital may be doubted, but it has always…

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Wangunyah Police Court. Friday, December 1, 1899. (Before Messrs. J. Pearce and H. Rosen bloom, Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 3

James R. Timewell was charged with failing to have his child, Henry George, vaccinated. Defendant did not appear, and was fined 10s., or 3 days'…

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Corowa Police Court. Friday, December 1, 1899. (Before Messrs. J. C. Leslie and F. C. Piggin, Js.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 3

Thomas Julian Small was fined 20A. levy and distress, or 14 days imprisonment, for supplying intoxicating liquor to aboriginal natives…

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Outbreak in Bathurst Gaol. Assault on a Warder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 35

On Monday afternoon a scene occurred at Bathurst Gaol which at one time promised to have very serious consequences. It appears that while Warder M'Bean was…

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Albury Police Court. Thursday, 7Th December. (Before Mr. K. M'Lennan, J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 17

Henry Sharp, alias Billings, alias Bailes, was charged with stealing two bottles of whisky of the value of 12s, tho property of William John Davey, of the Albion Hotel…

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Corowa Police Court. Wednesday, December 6, 1899. (Before Mr. A. N. Barnett, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 3

Police v. William Roe, running coach without a license. Mr. Nicolson appeared for defendant, and asked for an adjournment to the…

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Lleged Attempt at Murder at Cool[?]ardie. a Terrible Story

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 27

An extraordinary story is told by a miner to the effect that another miner made a determined attempt to murder him last week in a shaft. The man's story is that the other…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Wednesday, December 6, 1899. (Before Mr. A. N. Barnett, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 3

Spencer Wm. Hates applied for a license of the Court House Hotel, Mulwala, which was grunted, subject to the approval of the inspector…

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Licensing Court. Monday, December 4. (Before Messrs. A. N. Barnett, P.M., and K. M'Lennan, J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 16

A renewal of license was granted to George Fuller for the Bungowannah Hotel. Antonio Klose applied for a renewal of license of the Race Club Hotel…

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Paris Police

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 6

The uniformed police are not all employed in the streets and arrondissements. There is a large reserve composed of the six central brigades, as they are called, a very…

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Small Debts Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 3

F. G. Brown v. W. Smart.--Bailiff's fees and commission on accounts collected, £1 10s. No appearance of plaintiff; struck out…

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The Late Mr. Lavender. References at the Magistrates' Court

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 3

Before the business of the Jurors' Revision Court was commenced yesterday, Mr. I. S. C Robertson, on behalf of the legal profession, made a feeling reference to…

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Mulwala Courts. Police Court. Thursday, December 7, 1899. (Before Mr. A. N. Barnett, P.M., and Messrs. Alfred Hay, James Sloane and J. A. Camplin, JsP'.)A. "D.T."SUBJECT

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 December 1899 · page 3

Charles John Robinson, arrested by Senior-Constable Rac the previous day whilst wandering about a paddock at Savernuke, suffering from delirium tremous,…

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The Police of Paris

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 13 December 1899 · page 1

Paris is commonly supposed to be the best governed city in the world. Whether it is better or worse than any other modern capital may be doubted, but it has always…

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Another Suspicious Death in the Darlinghurst Gaol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 13

Another confines of Darlinghurst Gaol died on Wednesday night-this time a woman named Clara May Paine. The deceased, it seems, was received into the gaol on…

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Albury Police Court. Monday, December 11. (Before Mr. A. N. Barnett, P.M)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 35

Henry Sharp, alias Billings, on remand, was charged with stealing two bottles of whisky the property of William John Davey of the Albion Hotel…

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The Police of Paris

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 2

Paris is commonly supposed to be the best governed city in the world. Whether it is better or worse than any other modern capital may be doubted, but it has always…

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Small Debts Court

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 3

Margaret Jones C. Cato (Witty) Claim £2/12/6, hire of gig and harness for seven days at 7/6 per day. Complainant said that a young man named…

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Corowa Police Court. Tuesday, December 12,1899. (Before Messrs. O. Johnson and Dr. W. H. Lang, J's.P.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 3

Cornelius McCarty and Thos. McKinnon were charged with supplying liquor to an aboriginal, and were fined 40s. each or, 14 days imprisonment…

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Berrigan Police Court. Wednesday, Decimate 13th (Before Messrs Carrington and MecGeoch, J.p) Beach of the Pharmacy Act

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 December 1899 · page 3

George H. Crocker was charged by the police be was not registered as such a chemists when he was not registered as such under the Pharmacy Act…

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