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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1892

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Windsor Murder. Melbourne, May 20

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 2

Deeming has received a number of letters from relatives [?] a full confession [?] Mr. [?] allowed to…

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The Court House Petition

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 2

THE following is the text of the petition presented by the Mayor, Mr. D. Gray, to Judge Gibson, during the recent Quarter Sessions :—…

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Windsor Murder. the Execution. Some Ghastly Jokes. Melbourne, May 23

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1892 · page 3

An immense crowd surrounded the outside of the gaol at Deeming's execution. Ten pressmen and twenty visitors comprised the inside company. Deeming was pale and…

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Warren Land Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 May 1892 · page 3

A LAND COURT was held on Thursday, May 18th, before Messrs. Curdew, (chairman) Bell, and Soane, when the following cases (says the 'Herald') were dealt with:--…

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Stealing in a Dwelling

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1892 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. C. Mc A. King, P.M., George Forster was charged with stealing in a dwelling one handbag, containing a watch and chain, a…

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The Land Court. Sydney, June 3

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 June 1892 · page 2

The Land Court will sit at Bourke on the thirteenth, no postponement having been made…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 7Th. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Summons Cases

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 June 1892 · page 2

JAMES E. BATES v. William Hough and Wallace Hough.--Assault. Withdrawn. E. W. Severne v. Tancred and Underwood.--Breach of Diseases in Sheep Act. Defendant…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 14. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 17 June 1892 · page 4

JOHN CONNOLLY, charged with larceny of a bag, was sentenced to three months in Dubbo gaol. SUMMONS CASES. Charles Hunter and William Hunter proceeded…

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Important Land Court Decision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 17 June 1892 · page 4

AN important decision was given at the Land Court, Sydney, on Friday, by Mr. Oliver (President) and Mr. Freeman, in the case of the appeal of J. J. Walters against the finding of the local…

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Orange Quarter Sessions. Monday, June 13. (Before his Honor Judge Docker.) Alleged Assault and Robbery

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 17 June 1892 · page 4

ANDREW FRAZER and James Jacobs were charged that they did, on the 23rd February, at Dubbo, assault one John Campbell and rob him of a purse containing £23…

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The Land Court at Bourke

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 June 1892 · page 2

AT the Land Court at Bourke (before Mr. President Oliver and Mr. S. Freeman), the A.J.S Bank appealed against the appraised retal on Murruwombie holding…

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Land Court of New South Wales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 June 1892 · page 4

THE Land Court of New South Wales, consisting of Mr. A. Oliver (chairman), and Messrs. S. Freeman and C. Brandis, commenced a session at Dubbo on Monday last, and is still sitting. The…

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Sentenced to Death. London, June 23

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 June 1892 · page 2

Ravachol, the perpetrator of the dynamite outrages, upon his further trial of committing fire murders, has bean found guilty and sentenced to death. He gloated in his crime…

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Murder of the Infants. Sydney, June 23

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 June 1892 · page 3

Another verdict of wilful murder has been returned in connection with the body of a newly born infant, found at Moore Park, making the third case within a few…

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Police Court. Monday, June 27Th. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 July 1892 · page 4

GORK JEN v. T. W. An[?], for assault. Defendant pleaded guilty and was fined £1, with £1 6s 10d costs, in default two months imprisonment with hard labour. Mr. C. H. Fitzgerald…

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The Mungunyah Murder. the Prisoner Before the Court. Constable Kibble's Evidence. the Capture. a Remand for a Week

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 2

At the Police Court on Friday morning, before Mr. C. McA. King, P.M., and T. Hbery. J.P., an American negro named Benjamin Griffin was charged with the murder…

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The Mungunvar Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 2

ON Saturday night (says the Bourke 'Herald') intelligence was received by Senior-Sergeant Webbfrom Constable Wilkinson at E[?] that a traveller named Frank C. Smith had been…

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Police Court &c

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 2

The number of police cases, arrests &c., for the half-year ending 30th June, 1892, was 226, as against 242 for the corresponding period of last year, showing a decrease of 14…

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Stealing Money

The Western Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1892 · page 2

At the local Police Court on Monday, before Mr. C. McA. King, Patrick Sullivan was charged with stealing a packet book containing about £18 in notes aud gold,…

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Police Court. Tuesday, July 19. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 July 1892 · page 4

JOHN BOURKE, charged with drunkenness, was cautioned and discharged. James Smart pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and was fined 5s or twenty-four hours gaol. For…

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