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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1903

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Wellington Police Court. Friday, April 3. (Before Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 April 1903 · page 3

Daniel Lynch and William Marriott were charged with in company stealing from the person of Daniel Gray the sum of £3 10s at Wellington on 2nd inst…

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Tragedy at Bodangora A Jealous Young Lover Attempts to Murder his Sweetheart. Then Cuts his Throat with a Butcher Knife

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 April 1903 · page 2

Bodangora was at about 9 o'clock on Saturday night last the scene of a tragedy such as the prosperous little mining township has never before known. At that…

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Small Debts Court. Friday, April 3. (Before Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 April 1903 · page 3

Thomas Knowles v. Michael Doolan.— Claim for rent due on gold lease, £1 10s, under the Mining on Private Lands Act. Mr. Kelly, who appeared for defendant,…

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Railway Theft. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 4

A bag containing the pay of men employed at Dapto railway station, which disappeared from the train on Friday, was subsequently found cut open on the…

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The Auburn Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 3

The trial of Digby Grand and Jones was resumed to-day. Arrangements were made for the jury to visit the scene of the murder…

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The Auburn Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 3

THE trial of Dighy Grand and Hurry Jones, charged with the murder of Constable To Long, was commerced at the Central Criminal Court Sydney on Monday. Jones challenged twenty…

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Reported Assault on a Young Woman

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 3

A report of an attempted outrage on a young woman named Howard has been made to the Picton police. The girl was struggling with her assailant, a swagman, when fortunately a…

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The Auburn Murder. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 4

In the Criminal Court the trial of Digby Grand and Harry Jones, charged with the murder of Constable Long, was commenced this morning. In the…

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District Police Changes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 2

Several changes in the stations of the local police are being effected. Constable Cullen is to be sent from Gilgandra to Quambone as an extra mounted…

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Circuit Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 2

The Circuit Court will be opened at the local Court House on Wednesday next, 15th instant, before Mr. Justice Pring. Mr. W. A. Walker will be…

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The Auburn Murder Case. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 3

At the Criminal Court to-day the Aubarn murder case was resumed. Woolford, one of the principal witnesses for the Crown, was nervous and…

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Tragedy at Bodangora. Attempted Murder and Suicide

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 3

Bodangora was at about 9 o'clock on Saturday night last the scene of a tragedy such as the prosperous little mining township has never before known. At that hour the few people…

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Tragedy in Bodangora. Murdercus Assault on a Girl. Suicide of the Perpetratoe

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 2

ABOUT 10 o'clock on Saturday night several people in Dick-street, Bodangora, were startled by hearing lond screams a couple of hundred yards off. Upon ruching…

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Police News. Saturday, April 4. (Before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, P.M.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 3

Daniel Power was charged on remand by warrant from Wellington with larceny as a bailee of one bicycle, the property of the Canada Cycle and Motor Company, at…

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Petty Debts Court. (Before Mr. T. C. K. McKell, P.M.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 3

Patrick Fitzpatrick proceeded against Samuel Hull; amount of claim, £15 for rent. Verdict for plaintiff for amount claimed,…

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Verdict of Murder

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 4

At the inquest in Adelaide concerning the strange death of a young woman, a verdict of murder was returned. Melissa Fairburn was committed for trial…

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MURDER. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 3

A young porter has been arrested at Altona, a Prussian seaport, for the murder of three women, under ciroumstances similar to those of the Whitechapel…

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Berlin's Court Poet

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 6

Herr Erneat von Wilbenbr[?]ch, the author of a conterblast to Kipling's 'The Bowers,' is the Prussian L[?]ureate, or the Berlin Court post. A…

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Dubbo Police Court. Wednesday, April 8. (Before Messrs. G. H. Taylor and R. G. Dulhunty, J.'sP.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 4

JAMES DAY was brought before the Court for indecent behaviour in Church-street on the previous day, and pleaded guilty. He was fined 10s., in default 24 hours imprisonment…

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A Scene in the Bankruptcy Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 5

At the private examination in connection with the bankruptey of David Chenball, ex-solicitor, before the Registrar to-day, bankrupt asked for a postponement as he had a chance of earning…

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