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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1905

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Rabbits on 'Crown Land. Special Case for the Full Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 6

AN appeal arising out of a prosecution cinder the provisions of Pastures Protection Act of 1902 was before Mr. Jnstioe A. H. Simpson in Chambers on…

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Local Police Reinforced. on the Trail. an Arrest Probable To-day. Ca[?]belego

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 2

The ranks of the local police have been reinforced to assist in trying to trace the porp[?]trator of the cattle-shooting episode. Sergeant Miller, of Cobar…

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Civil Court. Friday, April 14Th. (Bofore His Honor Mr. Justice Owen and juries.) Barton v. Craig

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 4

IN this case the plaintiff, John A'Backett Darvall Barton, sued Archibald Craig that before and at the time of the publication of the defamatory matter hereafter stated…

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The Louth Murder

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 April 1905 · page 2

The law is no further towards the solution of the notorious Louth murder case than ever. Bernard Midwinter was on his trial at the Dubbo Circuit…

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Wellington Police Court. Friday, April 14. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, acting P.m.) Counterfeit Coin Charge

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 April 1905 · page 2

Patrick Gooley was charged with offering and uttering a counterfeit coin resembling and apparently intended to resemble a piece of the King's coin…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Friday, April 14. (Before Messrs. W. Clarke, P.M., and E. A. Smith and R. T. B. Gaden, members of the Licensing Board.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 April 1905 · page 3

The Licensing Inspector's quarterly report was received. Thomas McWilliam applied for a colonial wine license for premises in…

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Police Commissary Shot At

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 3

The Commissary of Police at Odessa has been shot at. His assailant has been arrested…

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CORRESPONDENCE. [The LIBERAL is not necessarily identified with opinions expressed under this hoding]. Rabbits and Gaol. To the Editor of the Dubbo Liberal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 2

SIR,—I have read the inspector's report[?]in your issue of the 8th instant with reference to the imprisonment of Henry Payne. Now, as I often travel through that part of the…

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Dubbo Circuit Court. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Owen.) Tuesday, April, 17Th

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 2

THE sittings of the Circuit Court were resumed on Monday before his Honor Mr. Justice Owen. ILLEGALLY POSSESSING A COIN MOULD AND…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, April 17Th. (Before Mr. Wm. Clarke, P.M.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 2

MORRIS SIMLEA V. Susie Hardin, claim £8 8S 1d goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff for amount claimed. H. V. Salter v. W. H. Foulkes, claim…

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Circuit Court. Monday, April 17. (Before his Honor Judge Owen and juries.) A Coiner

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 2

Patrick Gooley was charged with making a counterfeit florin at Wellington on April 1st, and also with uttering a spurious half sovereign well knowing it to be valueless…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Tuesday, April 18. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, L.M., and Thos. Baird [?].P.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 3

The following renewals were granted:— J. E. Astill, Carrington Hotel, Dubbo; M. A. Moston, Moston's Hotel, Dubbo; F. L. Stribley, Volunteer Hotel, Dubbo…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Clark, Relieving P.M., and Messrs. T. Baird and F. E. Body, J's.M.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 3

THE Quarterly Licensing Court was held yesterday (Tuesday.) The Inspector's quarterly report was submitted…

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Wellington Police Court. Thursday, April 20. (Before Messrs. Collins & Read, J's.P.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 4

William Gold, on bail, was further remanded till 25th instant on a charge by warrant of disobeying an order made at Bathurst for the maintenance…

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Sensation at Campbelltown. Assault on a Young Woman

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 6

A painful sensation was caused at Campbelltown on Monday morning by a report that Miss Maud Now, daughter of Mr. W. New, of the railway…

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Tatura Tragedy. Glue to the Murder

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 6

A telegram from Melbourne says:—The police have succeeded in almost conclusively identifying the man whose mutilated body was found at Tatura…

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Rabbits and Gaol

The Castlereagh · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 4

The following letters [?] in the has Issue of the "Dubbo Liberal." "Gilgandraite" is to be complimented upon for so [?] an…

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Mayor Hanged for Murder

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 7

Samuel M'Cue, thrice mayor of Chariottesville, Viginnia, and a wealthy and prominent churchman, was hanged recently for the murder…

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Apparitions of Queens. Haunted Gallery at Hampton Court

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 5

It is stated on what would appear to be good authority that the haunted gallery at hampton Court Palace is to be thrown open to the…

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Murder and Suicide

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 5

A man named Taylor, deacon of a Presbyterian church at Manchester, murdered his wife and two soo[?], and then committed suicide, after leaving notes describing the killing…

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