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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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Police Court. Monday, July 17, Before Norbert Byrne, Esq., J.P.

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 3

Cornelius Callaghan was tined 10s or 3 days for being drunk. William P. Breanan was fined 5s or the rising of the Court for…

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After Twenty-three Years. Confession of Bygone Murder

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 5

Considerable sensation was caused in Durham on 5th April, when It became known that a man named Appleton, who at Yarmouth confessed to the murder of…

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Alleged Murder

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 July 1905 · page 3

A girl named Alica Williams aged twenty, residing at. St. Peters, was admitted into the hospital last night suffering from Ilia effects of two…

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Sentenced

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 2

William S. Preddy was sentenced to two years in Goulburn gaol for embezzlement from Robert Watson, builder. Defalcations are said to…

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Burglary. Stabbed in the Arm

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 2

EARLY on Monday morning a burglar was discovered in Mr. F. A. Porter's store at the corner of Arthur and Court-streets. It appears that…

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Later. Sydney. Arbitration Court

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 2

Judge Heydon, president of the Arbitration Court, and Mr. J. P. Wright, the employers' representative, are both ill, and business has been…

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Russian Police Victims. the Czarina Refrien[?] Them

The Moree News · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 3

[?] story with a [?] is required in the Kazin [?] The newspapers tell the [?] of three [?] whom afetr [?]…

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Police Court. Monday, August 14. BEFORE N. Byrne, Esq, J.P.

The Moree News · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 2

Joseph Bowman, found guilty of using indecent language, was fiued 40s or 1 month. John O'Brien, for being drunk and…

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Licensing Court. Before the ".M. Saturday, August 12

The Moree News · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 2

On the application of Mr. Ziotkowaki the licence of the Criterion Hotel was transferred from Mrs Everingbam to Mr F. W. Kirkby…

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Land Appeal Court

The Moree News · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 1

At the Land Appeal Court in Sydney on Monday the following impor[?]- appeals from decisions of the Moree Land Board were dealt with…

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Paris Murder Drama. [?] Confession

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 6

A[?] in the paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" writing on May [?] Nary the man whose indies [?] in s[?] in connection…

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Police Court. Tuesday, August 22. (Before W. Brown, Esq., P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 2

William Douglass, charged with disobeying a summons issued out of Bundarra Court, was remanded to Bundarra on bail of £20 Bail was forth coming"…

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Police Court. This Day. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Moree News · Tuesday 29 August 1905 · page 2

A first offender was fined 5e. or the rising. Two accused men, against whom no previous convictions were recorded,…

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Police Court. Tuesday, August 29. (Before W. Brown, Esq., P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1905 · page 3

Patrick O'Donnell and Charles Jones were fined 40s each for using bad language. Edward Thomas, on a charge of using indecent language was fined 20s or in default…

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Police Court. Tuesday, August 29. (Before the Police Magistrate) Maliciously Wounding

The Moree News · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 2

Wm. Walsh was charged with maliciously wounding John Connoly. Senior-Sergeant M'Cabe deposed that from information received he…

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Lady Helps Police. Exciting Struggle at Battersea

The Moree News · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 3

On May 27th there was a highly exciting scene witnesses in Winstabely road. close by Falcon road, Battersea. A powerful-looking man was. It is alleged…

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Sentenced

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 2

Isadora Whye, convicted of manslaughter. was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude…

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Confession of Murder

Manilla Express · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 2

In connection with a confession made by John Beckett in Melbourne that he murdered a man named Small in Launceston seven years Ago, The…

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A Practical Test. Magistrate Breaks Stones

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 6

Then was an unusual scene at the North London Police Court on 8th june when Mr. Fordham. the magistrate went into the court yard and tried his hand…

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A [?] Girl at Court

The Moree News · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 3

No [?] enjoy her first [?] of the English Court more than the American girl. who just [?] from [?] in [?] her first visit to…

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