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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

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Dabbo Police Court. Monday, October 14, 1895. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, P.M.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1895 · page 3

JOHN CHEETHAM was charged with stealing a quantity of wool, the property of Mr. T. E. Body, on Saturday last…

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Dubbo Police Court. Tuesday, October 15. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

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

JAMES WILLIAMS, charged with larceny of a pair of trousers, the property of Mumford Bros., pleaded guilty, and was fined £3 or two months in Dubbo gaol…

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The Latest Telegrams. The Geurie Murder. the Sentence Commuted. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1895 · page 3

THE case of Frederick Whiteley, who was sentenced to death at the recent sittings of the Circuit Court at Dubbo for the wilful murder of his wife at…

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Dubbo Police Court. Saturday, October 19. (Before Mr. R. G. Dulhunty, J.P.)

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

THOMAS JONES was charged with stealing two bottles of medicine from George Davenport, chemist. The accused took the two bottles in…

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Bankruptcy Court. (Before Mr. W. J. Martin, C.p.s.) Monday Oct. 21

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

Hector Mc'Lean, a bankrupt, was examined. Mr. Booth appeared for the bankrupt, who stated that he was a wheelwright; his former…

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The Police Magistrate and the Schoolmaster

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

ON Monday, at the Mudgee District Court, Mr. Wotton, the P.M., claimed damages from Mr. Carter, the master of the Mudgee Grammar School, because be had expelled his sou for misconduct…

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Sentenced to Fourteen Years. Latest

The Western Herald · Saturday 26 October 1895 · page 2

Dean was found guilty on the second charge, and sentenced to fourteen years hard labour…

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Murder and Suicide. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1895 · page 3

A girl named Martha Hayne, who was shot by her rejected lover at Scone, died this morning. When the police went to arrest Brown, the…

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Dubbo Police Court. Wednesday, October 23. (Before Mr. W. J. Martin, J.P.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1895 · page 2

JOHN GRIFFEN was charged with making use of obscene language. The accused was fined £1, or in default 7 days' imprisonment. The fine was…

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Land Appeal Court. Wednesday. (Before Messrs. A. Oliver, President, Freeman, and Brandis.) RE[?]EREN[?]

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 29 October 1895 · page 2

A REFERENCE was received from the Minister for Lands for the return to the local land board for the reappralsement of the value of land resumed for road J. W. Comber's (now Commercial…

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Wilful Murder. Sydney, October [?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 October 1895 · page 2

A verdict of wilful murder [?] at the inquest on a body [?] the river at Forbes with the hea[?]…

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Murder at Forbes. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1895 · page 3

A verdict of wilful murder was returned at the inquest on the body found in the river at Forbes with its head dashed in…

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Dubbo Police Court. Saturday, Oct. 26. (Before Mr. W. J. Martin, J.P.)

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

A FIRST offender on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 1s, in default imprisonment until the rising of the Court…

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District Court. Monday, October 28. (Before His Honor Judge DOCKER.)

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

MR. G. H. TAYLOR, J.P., Deputy Sheriff, attended his Honor. Several undefended cases were called, and judgments were entered…

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Dubbo Police Court. Thursday, Oct. 31. (Before Mr. R. G. Dulhunty, J.P.)

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

JOSEPH KELLY was charged with obtaining 5s by means of false pretences. Constable Allan stated that he…

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Supreme Court. Monday, October 28. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Simpson, and Mr. Justice Cohen.) MITCHAM V. FLOOD

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1895 · page 4

MR. DELOHERY (instructed by Messrs. Laurence and M'Lachlan) appeared for the plaintiff, and moved for a rule nisi for a new trial. The action was…

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Supreme Court -- Friday. November. in Banco. -- (Before Mr. Justice Windeyer, Mr. Justice Manning, and Mr. Justice Simpson.) Exparte Chant

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 November 1895 · page 2

Mr. C. B. Stephen (instructed by Mr. F. W. Walker, agent for Mr. Robert Booth, of Dubbo) appeared for the applicant Luke Chant, and moved fur a rule nisi for an order culling upon Milton 8…

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Land Court. Wednesday. October 30. (BEFORE Messrs, A. Oliver president, Freeman and Brandis commissioners.) Mr. Canaway represented the Crown. Reserved Decisions

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 November 1895 · page 2

The union Bank of Australia had appealed against the disallowance of their conditional lease application No. 95.3 Wellington. The Court, in the course of their decision, said that from the…

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Dubbo Police Court. Saturday, Nov. 2. (Before Mr. R. G. Dulhunty, J.P.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1895 · page 2

PATRICK HAMILTON was charged with stealing £9 from a man named Montague, at Payne's Hotel, Geurie. The case had been partly heard the…

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Petty Debts Court. Monday, November 4. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, P.M.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1895 · page 2

IN several undefended cases judgment was given for the plaintiffs. Samuel Gordon v. E. N. Blacket, claim for £12. Mr. Booth (for Mr…

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