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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

371 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 6 of 19

The Magistrate

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 5

The increased interest in municipal matters is responsible for a new departure in this magazine. The April number, now to hand, has some interesting "Municipal…

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Charge of Abduction. Extraordinary Case. a Gentleman Charged

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 7

Before Mr Curtis Bennett, at Westminster police-court on 3rd February, William Milner, 29, of independent means, residing at Marlborough…

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The Courts. Quarterly Licensing Court

The Moree News · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

The two following [?]wale were granted on the application of Mr. [?]W. B. Jakins, Pioneer Hotel. Boomi, [?]£100 per annum, exclusive of the…

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Quirindi Licensing Court. Thursday, 5th April. Before Messrs. Geo. Nowland, W. Cadell, and A. D. Brodie, L.M's

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 5

Mr. Geo. Baldock made application for a renewal of his license at. Wallabadah. Mr. P. D. Cox, for applicant, asked…

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Police Court

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 5

At the Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. F. S. Mackenzie, J. P., Robert Murdock, a rough rider, was charged with using indecent language…

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Police Court. Wednesday, April 4. (Before Mr. W. Brown, P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 2

E. A. Troyner pleaded guilty to being the lessee of the Hotel Gwydir at which James Cowper was found on the premises after hours. He was fined 10s and 6d cost…

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Arbitration Court. Serious Situation. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

A serious situation has arisen in connection with the Federal Arbitration Court, there being no judge available to hear the…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. W. Brown, P.M., and P. C. Watt, J.P.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 2

The following renewals of licenses were grated:— B.W. Jakins, Pioneer Hotel, Boomi. P. B. Baynes, Royal Hotel, Mungindi…

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Man Sentenced to Death

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 2

At Dubho Circuit Court, Samuel Robert Harris was charged with having criminally assaulted a girl of 12 years, near Wellington, on February 10…

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A French "Ogress.'' Charged with Murder. She Is Acquitted

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 7

One of the most extraordinary trials the Paris courts have known came to an inconclusive end recently, wrote the Paris correspondent of the…

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Police Court. Wednesday, 11th April. Before E. Jones, Esq, P.M.

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 5

Police v. John Smith -- charged with having used indecent language. Fined £5 and costs 6s. in default two months in Tomworth gaol…

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Secret Cross-examination by the Police

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 8

THE practice prevailing on the Continent of Europe of allowing a Judge to interrogate a prisoner in regard to the crime he is charged with having…

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A Sensational Hunt. an Escaping Murderer. Baffles the Police

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 2

A sensational hunt for an escaped murderer took place to-day in the centre of Berlin. Early in December a waiter was…

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The Spanish Court. Where Etiquette Is King. Mediaeval Pomp and Ceremony

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 7

When Princess Ena of Battenberg becomes Queen of Spain the will find herself mistress of no fewer than half a dozen magnificent palaces, veritable…

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Before a Magistrate

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 5

Magistrate (to gaoler)[?] 'Has the prisoner been hera before?! Gaoler: 'Oh, yes, your worship. The fust thing he arsked when be was brought…

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Student's Revenge. Murder of Professor

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 3

According to the Lisbon correspondent of the London Daily mail":— A sensational incident in Coimbra, the seat of the Portuguese university where…

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Mora Liquor Law. Anxiety in Court. Persecution or Prosecution : WHICH?

The Moree News · Tuesday 17 April 1906 · page 2

At a recent police court Mr. Trey- nor, license of the Hotel Gwydir, was fined for supplying one Pembroke, with [?] after hours, and was duly…

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Gold Ingots Mystery. Police Fail in a Charge

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1906 · page 3

"Having in his possession and not giving a satisfactory account of the same, live ingots of cold and some scrap gold, valued at [?]."…

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Police Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 4

At the local Police Court on Monday last, a youth known as George Ambrose Killion was charged with having used indecent language on Saturday night last,…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY. (Before D. B. Satti[?] and W. H. Midgley, Esq's, J's.P.) LARCENT

The Moree News · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

Thomas Brown, an aboriginal, was charged with stealing an opium pipe and two stems, the property of Ab[?]. Accou[?] elected to be dealt with…

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