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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1895

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Small Debts Court. Monday, June 3Rd. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, P.M.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 2

DR. FITZ-PATRICK v. William Brownlow, professional attendance £5 5s. Mr. Ryan for plaintiff, and Mr. Booth for the defendant, who pleaded not…

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Quarter Sessions. Monday, June 3, 1895. (Before His Honor, Mr. District Court Judge Gibson.]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 2

Mr. Bevan prosecuted for the Crown. There were also present during the day Messrs. Biddulph, Salenger (representing Mr. C. L. Nevile), Armit, and Serister local…

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Supreme Court. Friday, May 31. IN BANCO.—(Before the Chief Justice [?] Mr. Justice Innes.) ADAMS v. Brown and Others

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 2

Mr. Wise (instructed by Mr. F. W. Walker, agent for Mr. R. Booth, of Dubbo) appeared for the plaintiff, and moved for a rule nisi for an order to…

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Nyngan Police Court. Wednesday, May 29. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, P.M.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 June 1895 · page 3

JOHN STINES, to custody and on remand from Bourke, was charged with having, at the racecourse, Nyngan, on the 17th May last, maliciously inflicted grevious bodily harm on Thomas Elliot…

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Oscar Wilde in Gaol. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 3

Oscar Wilde on his admission to prison was compelled to work six hours daily on the tread-mill. On being set to pick o[?]kum he fell sick…

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Alleged Theft of a Watch

The Western Herald · Wednesday 12 June 1895 · page 2

At the local Police Court, on Monday, before the Police Magistrate, Michael Mitchell O'Brien was charged with the larceny of a watch, the property of Oscar Herbert…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide. Sydney, Jane 11

The Western Herald · Wednesday 12 June 1895 · page 3

Ezra Abrahams, who shot Miss Goodacre at Camperdown and then shot himself, died at the hospital yesterday morning. Goodacre is progressing favorably…

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The Collarendabri Murder. a Man Arrested on Suspici[?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 12 June 1895 · page 2

It will be remembered that on the 26th June, 1894, the dead body of a man was found in a water course near Collarendabri. At the time of the discovery, it was supposed the…

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Dubbo Police Court. Tuesday, June 11Th. (Before Mr. M. S. LOVE, P.M., and Mr. G. H. Taylor, J P.) Alleged Diseased Meat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1895 · page 2

SUB-INSPECTOR CAMERON proceeded against M. J. Fennell, butcher, Macquarie-street, for having under his control a certain diseased bullock…

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Municipal Appeal Court. Monday, June 10Th. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, P.m.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1895 · page 2

A LARGE number of appeals against the annual Municipal assessment came before the Court, and in the majority of cases a reduction was granted…

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Dubbo Police Court. Tuesday, June 18 -- 1893. (Before the P.M.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 14 June 1895 · page 4

THOMAS CAMERON v. M. J. Fennell. -- Having diseased meat under his control for sale. Mr. Ryan for the defendant, raised a technical objection that the information was wrong. This was…

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Dubbo Police Court. Wednesday, June 12. (Before Mr. S. Phillips, J.p.) Alleged Assault

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1895 · page 2

JOSEPH MUNDAY, a young man, was charged with assault. Constable Seager applied for a remand for the production of evidence. The remand wae granted…

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Sentenced to Death. Melbourne, June 18

The Western Herald · Wednesday 19 June 1895 · page 2

The Victorian Executive has confirmed the sentence of death on Arthur Buck for the murder of Norton at South Melbourne. He will be hanged on the first proximo…

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Attempted Murder and Suicide. Sydney, June 18

The Western Herald · Wednesday 19 June 1895 · page 2

A man named Gibson, who, with his wife, had been drinking in Brisbane, cut his wife's throat this morning, and then his own. Both are in a precarious condition…

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Dubbo Police Court. Tuesday, June 18. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love, P.M., and G. H. Taylor. J.P.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1895 · page 2

FREDERICK ERNEST LATHAM, a young man About 18 years of age, was charged with breaking and entering a dwelling and stealing therefrom…

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Regret Expressed by the Court. Graceful Utterances From Brother Solicitors

The Western Herald · Wednesday 19 June 1895 · page 2

On Tuesday morning, at the Courthouse, Mr. C. McA. King, P.M., on behalf of the Bench (which consisted of Messrs. C. McA. King, P.M., R. M. Hughes. G. C. Tompson…

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Dubbo Police Court. Wednesday, June 19. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, P.M.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 2

Two first offenders charged with being drank and disorderly were fined 5s or 24 hours' imprisonment…

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The Collarendabri Murder. Pelham Discharged

The Western Herald · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 2

The man Albert Pelham alias Kelly, who was arrested recently on suspicion of having committed the Collarendabri murder in June 1894, was brought up at Collarendabri on…

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Dubbo Police Court. Tuesday, June 25. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, P.M.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 2

ERNEST WATSON v. Wm. Meader, illegal detention of property. Defendant, did not deny that he had possession of the property which he…

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Dubbo Police Court. Thursday, June 27. (Before Mr. W. J. Martin, J.p.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 2

JAMES RENDELLS and George Kelly were charged with damaging properly. The police obtained a remand for eigit days…

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