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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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Alleged Stealing

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 4

AT the local Police Court this morning, before Messrs. W. P. B. Hungerford and E. Rogers, J's.P., Hector Cedrick Nowland was charged with…

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Berrima Gaol Escapee

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 4

AT the Forbes police court yesterday morning the Berrima Gaol escapee. Thos. Cant, alias Vaughan, was charged with maliciously shooting at Senior-constable Byrne…

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Twenty-six Years in Gaol

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 5

"SINCE 1865 he hes spent 26 years four mouths and fourteen days in gaol," remarked the Police Prosecutor at the Central Police Court on…

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The Decision of the High Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 5

A HOARDING in a city is not the artistic embellishment that appeals to the esthetic eye, end indeed, there are few citizens who do not look upon a board…

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London Experience. Doubles in Court. Man Mistaken for His Brother

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 7

An extraordinary case of mistaken identity occupied the attention of Mr Paul Taylor at Marylebone, where a young man named Ernest Gleeson, 24…

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Land Appeal Court. (Before Commissioners CURRY (President), HOUSTON and Brandis.) Held at Moree on Wednesday. April, 10 1907 F. P. Solling's Appeal

The Moree News · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 1

F. P Solling appealed against the determination by the Moree Land Board of travelling stock reserve No [?]parish of Mia [?]…

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The lnverell Murder

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 4

THE inquest on the body of Joseph Garrett, who was murdered at Woodside, was concluded at Inverell on Tuesday. A verdict of murder…

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Gaol Breaker

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 6

The Berrima escapee, Cant, who was arrested near Forbes, was brought to Bathurst Gaol under heavy escort on Saturday. The prisoner denies…

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Princess Fined. London Police Court Story

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 4

A charge of assaulting her last co Cecilia Jacobson. brought Prince Toussoun, of 3 Kent Terrace, Regen Park, the widow of an Egyptian…

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The Breeza Burglary

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 4

AT the Gunnedah Police Court on Wednesday, George Taylor, charged with breaking and entering a store at Breeza was discharged, the police…

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Special Licensing Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 4

BEFORE Messrs. W. Cadell, L.M., A. D. Brodie and W. P. B. Hungerford, yesterday morning, W. H. J. Arnold was granted a renewal of his license for the…

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Matricide Charged. Millionaire's Wife Arrested

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 3

On 18th February, the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote: Mrs Leopold Wallau, one of the most prominent women in the wealthy…

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Land Appeal Court

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 4

AMONG the gazetted cases to be dealt with at the sitting of the Land Appeal Court, commencing on the 20th May, is the following:--G. A…

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Police Court

The Moree News · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 3

At the local police court on Thursday H. Murray was fined 10s or three days for having been drunk and disorderly; 20's or three weeks for…

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Land Appeal Court. Exchange of Land

The Moree News · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 3

On Friday last the Court gave its reserved decision on a reference by the Parkes L.B. for direction re W. J. [?]application to exchange his additional[?]…

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Court Humors. in English Tribunals

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 4

At Southwark county court, during the hearing of a case in which an omnibus proprietor was sued for damage done to a hoarding in Waterloo road…

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Quirindi Police Court Wednesday, May 22, 1907. Before E. Jones, Esq., P.M.

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 5

EDWARD Tanner, William Saunders, Samuel Mason, Percy Nowland, Fred Upstill, Ellis Blackmail, Honorah Fogarty, and James Fogarty were each…

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Police Court. Wednesday, May 31. (Before W. Brown Esq P.M. Shearers' Accommodation Act

The Moree News · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 1

W. H. R. Broughton was charged with not providing adequate accommodation for the shearers at Welbon. Mr Moodie for the defendant, who pleaded…

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Small Debts Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 5

Mary Ann Wingett v. William Robertson. Amount claimed £3. After evidence was given by plaintiff, the Bench returned a verdict for £3, with…

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Bad Boys of Bath. Wild Doings in a Grocer's. Burglary While Under Remand

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 3

A strange story of wickedness and daring on the part of two little boys, aged only eight and ten, was told to the Bath county magistrates on Saturday, March…

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