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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

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A Frightful Murder. in Bathurst Gaol

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 3

ON Saturday afternoon, eays the ADVOCATE, a great sensation was caused in the city by a report which passed rapidly from mouth to mouth,…

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Dubbo Police Court. Monday, Jan. 7Th. (Before M. S. Love, P.m.) Shop Lifting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 2

JOHN DILLON was charged with, stealing a coat and vest, the property of Messrs. Gregory and Co., of Talbragarstrect, on the 5th instant. John…

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Dubbo Licensing Court. Tuesday, Jan. 1

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 3

The Licensing Court was opened at 11 a.m. and adjourned till 2.30. The Court was opened again at 2.30 and adjourned till 5 o'clock, the reason…

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Coonamble Police Court. Wednesday, 2Nd January. (Before Messrs. R. R. Bailey, P.M., and G.C.A. Cobb. J.P.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 3

JOHN LYONS, Eogene Tupper, George Tupper, Charles Tupper, Chas, Lyons, Arthur Gibson, Herbert Gibson, and Thomas Smith (on ball) were charged with assault and Intent to rob Andrew…

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Dubbo Police Court. Friday, Jan. 11. (Before Messrs. B. G. Dulhunty, J.P., and M. Manning, J.p.) Assault

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 2

Charles Richards, engine driver, was charged with assaulting George John Roberts, outdoor superintendent, on the 3rd January…

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Local Intelligence. Dubbo Police Court. Friday, January 11Th. (Before Messrs. R. G. Dulhunty and M. Manning, J's.P.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 2

ASSAULT -- Roberts v. Richards. -- The complainant, district superintendent of railway traffic, charged Charles Richards, an engine driver, with having assaulted him at Moston's hotel. Mr. Ryan…

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No Magistrate Required

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 January 1895 · page 8

AN English sportsman engaged a Highlander to act as gamekeeper on his English estate. The Highlander having been a…

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Dubbo Police Court. Tuesday, January 14, 1895

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 January 1895 · page 4

Before the Police Magistrate Mr. M. S. Love [?] CARCE number of hawker' licenses were granted. Elizabeth Hearn sued Flora Graham for the detention of a dress. It was ordered that the…

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One Way of Supplying the Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 January 1895 · page 6

WHEN the court on an extremely western circuit was convened and the business was about to begin, in was discovered that there was neither pens, ink, nor payor for the use…

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Dubbo Police Court. Monday, Jan. 21St. (Before M. S. Love, P.m.) Drunk and Disorderly

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 3

Charles Allen, on bail, was charged with being drunk and disorderly on Saturday night, and pleaded guilty. A fine of 10s, or in default 48 hours'…

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The Latest Telegrams. [Dubbo Liberalspecial Service.] a Charge of Sheep Stealing. Orange

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

W. Bell has been arrested on a charge of stealing 650 Wambiana wethers. W. Milgate has also been arrested and charged with receiving…

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Dubbo Police Court. Tuesday, January 22. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, P.M.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 January 1895 · page 4

NEGLECTING TO PAY SCHOOL FEES.-- On the prosecution of Sergeant Butler, William Parker was fined 10s 6d, and James Jacobs fined 17s 6d for neglecting to pay school fees…

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Alleged Assault at the Dry Lake

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

A case which occupied the attention of the Court on Monday morning for a considerable time was one in which John Barrett, caretaker of the Government Tank at Dry Lake…

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Murder. Sydney, January 29

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

The body of a man, sewn in a bag, was found last night in the town reservoir at Cootamundra. It was much stabbed and ill used…

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Alleged Forgery. Acoused Arrested Outside the Court

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

Immediately Hubert Hinds left the Court after being charged with obscene language on Monday morning, fae was re-arrested by Constable Murphy and charged with forging…

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The Court of Appeal. London, January 28

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

The Court of Appeal has upheld the call made by the Union Bank of Australia upon the shareholders of the Bank of South Australia (in liquidation.)…

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Dubbo Police Ourt. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, P.m.) Monday, January 28. DRUNKENNESS

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

George Collins, on a charge of drunkenness, was discharged. Evan Jones, for a similar offence, was fined 2s. 6d. or 24 hours…

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A Wholes Theft of Hats

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 2

AT the local Police Court, on Thursday, before the Police Magistrate, Kan Itchie, a Japanese actor, at present touring with a company through the provincial towns, and…

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Dubbo Police Court. (Before Mr. M. S. Love P.m.) Wednesday, January 30

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 2

James Bowman, on a charge of drunkenees, was discharged…

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An Obliging Court

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 2

What will happen when an irresistible force meets an immovable mass? is admittedly a difficult question to answer. It is (says a Hay paper) equally difficult to…

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