Queer Tests Made in Court
IN many instances where an action is brought to recover damages for injuries received, said a barrister recently, it is necessary for the plaintiff to undergo…
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Courts & crime, 1906
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Police Court. Wednesday, May 9,1906. (Before R. Neilson and G. B. McEw[?]n, Esqs., J’s. P.)
Samuel James Buckley was charged with travelling 491 sheep without a statement. Mr. Commins appeared for the…
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'No, not a bit, only out of breath. I was taken by surprise. Whatever made Nance bolt like that? I did nothing to her.'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Saturday, May 12Th (Before Mr. W. G. Burton Smith, P.M.)
MICHAEL PHILLIPS was before the Court on a charge of stealing one flag, valued at £3 the property of the Dubbo P., A., aud H. Society. Evidence having been given, the defendant was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo Police Court. Saturday, Mat 12. (Before Mr. W. Burton-Smith, P.m.) Carrying Off the Flag
Michael Phillips was charged with stealing a flag, valued at £3, the property of the P A. and H. Association. It appeared from the evidence given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo Licensing Court. May 12. (Before the P.M. and Mr. T. Baird, J.p.) Renewals
J. E. [?] [?] Hotel; annual value £150, licence £25. Florence S. Stribley, Volunteer Hotel; annual value £75, license £20…
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'I shall send you another man to help till this sort of that is at an end,' said Osborne at last, and now--how about netting Mr. Aymard down to Rosehill ?…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Tuesday, May 15. (Before Mr. W. G. Burton Smith, P.M.)
JOHN C. W. BERRY was charged with allowing [?] Percy Watson to be on his licensed premises at a time when such promise should not have been open for the sale of liquor, viz., at 11.30…
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The Quarterly Licensing Court will be held at Dubbo on Tuesday, the 19th of June, when most of the renewal applications will come on for hearing. In this…
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A SMALL town in Colorado 13,200 above sea-level, boasts a justice of the peace. Recently a suit was tried before that stirred thr community to its centre, from…
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Before Mr. Warden Smith on Friday, T. H. Hoare's authority to enter (issued on February 24th, for gold, parish, Tenandra) was cancelled, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wellington Police Court. Friday, 18Th May. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.M.)
Thomas Joseph Rouine pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to ride in a railway train without having previously paid his fare, and…
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At the Land Appeal Court held in Sydney on Friday the appeal of William George Cox against the decision of the local Land Board was…
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At the Licensing Court on Friday morning, before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.M., the Police objected to tho application for transfer of the Fairview…
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The Inspector-General of Police is in receipt of a telegram from Sub-Inspector S[?]wteoll, of Broken Hill, stating that a murderous assault had been made on a man named James and his…
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NATURALLY, with two English people at the table, snakes became the first topic of conversation. Aymard's question as to the percentage of deaths every year from…
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The Inspector-General of Police is in receipt of a telegram from Sub-Inspector Sawtell, of Broken Hill, stating that a murderous assault had been made on a man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, May 21St. (Before Mr. W. G. Burton Smith, P.M.)
EDITH MCMURTRIE, a woman to whom the police gave a bad character, for having insufficient means of support was sent to gaol for three months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo Police Court. Monday, May 21. (Before Mr, W. Burton Smith, P. M.) Vagrancy
A woman named Edith McMurtis was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on the charge of having.no lawful visible means of support…
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The Full Court yesterday delivered its reserved judgment on the application of Margaret Jackson, sentenced to six years for manslaughter, for a writ of Habea[?]…
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