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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

127 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 7

Breaking a Contract. Bulgarian Laborers Charged. a Nominal Fine

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3

An interesting case came before Mr Jameson. P.M., at the Moreo Police Court yesterday, when three Bulgarians were proceeded against for absenting…

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Arbitration Court

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

At the Broken Hill Arbitration Court, Counsel for the Proprietory said no reply had been received from the…

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Dentist Sentenced to Seven Years Hard Labour

Manilla Express · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 2

Carter, a Mittagong dentist, was yesterday sentenced to seven years, with hard labour, in Goulburn gaol, The judge…

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Mittagong Conspiracy Case. Seven Years' Gaol

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 8

The trial of the dentist, Carter, on a charge of conspiracy in connection with an endeavour to obtain a divorce from his wife was concluded in…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. Jamieson, P.m.) Wednesday, 10Th February. Interfering with Bore Drains

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 4

Richard Ford Jenkins, Chairman of the Florida Bore Water Trust, proceeded against Mr. F. Ludlow, of Bellevue, Millie, for interfering with works in charge of the…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. Jamieson, P. M.) Monday, 15th February. a Serious Charge

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 3

Henry Stephenson was presented on a charge of having, at Moree on the previous day, occasioned actual bodily harm to a Chinaman named Sow Ming…

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Lively Council Meeting. Fisticuffs and Police

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 2

The last meeting of the Richmond Council appears to have been of a lively character. A telegram states that some of the Aldermen showed their ability in fisticuffs. The…

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The Station Murder. Billy Wilson's Third "Confession."

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 6

A telegram from Georgetown, Queensland, states that the town is excited over a third confession made by the aboriginal Billy Wilson…

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An Appeal Unpheld. POLICE V. James Kelly

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 5

In Sydney on Wednesday, before Mr. Justice Pring, the appeal came on for argument in the case of Senior Sergeant Hill of Moree, Licensing Inspector against James…

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Police as Prosecutors. a Curious Position

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

A curious situation was disclosed in the case in which the police are proceeding against a man named Henry Stephenson, on a charge of…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. Jamieson, P.m.) Wednesday, 24Th February. Opium Smoking

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 4

A Celestial rejoicing in the name of All Duck was presented by Senior-Sergeant Hill on a charge of keeping an open house in Heber Street for the…

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Police Court. Friday, February 26Th, 1909. (Before E. Jones, P.m.) Riotous Conduct

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 4

SAMUEL Adnum, T. Freestone, J. Ryan, W. Simington, A. Maurer, and A. Tillet, were charged with riotous conduct on January 1st, 1909…

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Murder of Miss Duffy

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 2

THE jury in the case of Billy Wilson, the aboriginal charged with murder of Miss Duffy, after being…

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Pawnshop in a Magistrate's Office

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 5

A novelty in pawnshops is to be found in Ichang, China. The town contains a small pawnshop in the magistrate's office, run by the…

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Alleged Horse Stealing. a Tingha Case

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 2

At the local Police Court yesterday (before Mr. J. Jamieson, P.M.), a young man named John Thomas Johnson, 21 years, was charged with…

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Police Court

Manilla Express · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 2

At the police court last week, before Mr. A. C. Veness. J.P. C. Gregory was fined 20s or 14 days for riotous behaviour ; 40s or one…

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A Daring Burglary at Inverell. £500 STOLEN. Inverell

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 2

A sensational robbery was perpetrated here last night over £5,00 in money and valuables being stolen from the safe of the Empire Hotel…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. John Jamieson, P.m.) Tuesday, March 23

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 2

The case of Thomas Patrick Davis, storekeeper, of Moree, versus Senior-Sergeant David Hall, for alleged detention of goods that came into his…

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Boomi Small Debts Court. 19Th March. (Before Mr. Jamieson, P.M.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1909 · page 4

William Henry Winter proceeded against Robert Newman, Alfred Love and Andrew Barney for trespass. Complainant claimed £10 from each…

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Horrors of a Russian Gaol

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 8

Many stories of cruelty and privation are embodied in a letter sent by Prince Kropotkin to tho London "Times," dealing with the sufferings…

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