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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1904

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Court Sensation

Manilla Express · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 2

Some sensation was caused in the Banco Court to-day, during the heaving of an alleged coupon libel case. Rebecca Ross, editress of a paper called the Australian,…

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Police Court

The Moree News · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 2

At the police court on Tuesday, March 22 (Mr. [?] P.M., presiding), William Morris, Robert [?] and Horbert Wall were…

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Police Court

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

A NUMBER of cases were listed for yesterday's court, for the Police Magistrate (Mr. Jones) to decide. However, when the court opened, it was found that four…

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The Guilfoyle Murder

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

The Inspector-General of Police (Mr. Garvin) received a telegraphic report from one of the country centres on Saturday, which, if the information…

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Murder at Picton

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

An elderly man named Charles Smith, a fish hawker, 40 yean of age, resident of Picton, was found on Douglas Park road, near Picton, last…

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Equity Court

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 4

In the Equity Court before the Chief Judge, an application was made (says the "Daily Telegraph" of 29th March) on behalf of Ewen Cameron…

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Annual Yearling Sales. Durham Court Secure Honors

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 7

MESSRS. H. Chisholm and Co. opened this season's yearding sales at their Randwick stables on Tuesday in the presence of about 700 people. In the…

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Police Court. Monday, 11Th April. (Before W. Brown, Esq., P.M )

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 3

Richard Burke, on remand, on a charge of wife desertion, was remanded to Wellington on the 19th instant. Bail was allowed, self in £40, and two…

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Police Court

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

Benjamin Furbstein and Michael Fox were found guilty of cheating and defrauding creditors. The former was sentenced to fifteen mouths' and the…

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Sentenced to Death

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

Thomas Norton has been sentenced to death at Adelaide for the murder of his wife…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 13Th April. (Before W. Brown, Esq., P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 4

John Maloney, on remand, was charged with uttering a counterfeit coin, to wit a gilded sixpence apparently intended to resemble a half…

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[?]Lice Court

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Wednesday [?]rning, before Mr. F. S. Mackensie, [?] a travelling shoomaker, named [?]omas Sinclair, was charged with…

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Land Appeal Court. Decision in Rr Sims Bros' Appeal

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

On going through the evidence and comparing it with the decision of the Board, the Court has come to the conclusion that it should Dot disturb the recommendation of…

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Tamworth Circuit Court. the Currabubula Shooting Case

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 2

AT the Tamworth Circuit Court this week, before His Honor Judge Owen, Albert Henry Ball, a youth, was charged with feloniously slaying…

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Police Murdered

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

An armed gang at Warsaw killed the chief detective and the Deputy Police Commissioner…

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Tamworth District Court

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 2

Included in the cases hoard at- the Tamworth District Court this week wore the following :— AN INTERPLEADER…

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Letters to the Editor. (We do wot necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) Police Protection. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 6

SIR.—Please oblige me by publishing this: It appears that Sergeant Sewell denies my statement. I never intended that my letter should imply…

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Daring Burglary

Manilla Express · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 2

The English and Scottish Bank at Boxhill, Melbourne, was broken into between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning by armed men, who gagged the…

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Police Court

Manilla Express · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 2

AR the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. B. Jones, P.M., and Mr. W. T. Langworthy, J.P, E. Hockham was charged with being drunk and…

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Committed for Contempt of Court

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 5

A well-known County Court judge had once just finished the court business in a certain town in his district The doors were about to be closed,…

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