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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

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Quarter Sessions. Friday, July 6, 1906. (Before His Honor, Mr. District Court Judge Gibson.)

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 2

The Quarter Sessions were opened on the above date, His Honor Judge Cibson prosiding. Mr. Bevan prosecuted for the Crown, and…

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Friday's Police Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 2

By Mr. W. Burton-Smith, P.M., John Wallace and Michael McDougal were each fined. 10s or three days for indecent language. Four drunks…

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Small Debts Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 2

At Friday's Court, L.M. Malouf obtained a verdict for £3 17s 8d against G. Croft, and Elias P. Solomon sued Mrs. Nowell for £8 17s 6d, for dental…

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The Novelist. "Sentenced to Death" Chapter Xxv

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 4

There was less difficulty than be anticipated. A man of the squatter's physique, accustomed to long days in the saddle, inured to extremes of heat and…

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Cobborah Land Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 2

The following cases will be dealt with at the Court House, Cobborah, on the undermentioned dates:- JULY 18TH…

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The Magistrate

The Castlereagh · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 1

July number is to head. The Local Government Notes, by M. J. D. F. s gerold, Register at law area por[?] An ast[?]le by Mr J. B. Moffa…

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The Novelist. "Sentenced to Death" Chapter Xxvi

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 2

'To-day is Tuesday; starting on Wednesday, you get to Melbourne on Thursday morning. If you go on again by afternoon train, you reach Adelaide on…

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Actress and Groceries. Nina Boucicault in the Country Court

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 7

Clad in a tight-fitting grey costume with a Puritan collar, and wearing a purple toque, Miss Nina Boucicault, smiling pleasantly, but…

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Licensing Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 2

At the Licensing Court on Friday, before the P.M and Messrs. R. T. B. Gaden and E. A. Smith, J's.P., the following licensing fees were fixed:…

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Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 3

At the instance of John Stanbury, Thomas Mylecharene was called upon to show cause why his authority to enter 20 acres in the parish of…

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Wellington Police Court. Friday, 13Th July, 1905. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P M.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 July 1906 · page 2

Joseph, Nuhler was fined 10s. or 48 hours for indecent behaviour. Thomas Brown, for indecent language in Nanima Crescout last…

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Cobborah Land Court

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 17 July 1906 · page 5

The following cases will be dealt with at the Court House, Cobborah, on the under-mentioned dates: JULY 18th…

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Police Court. FRIDAY, 13th JULY, [?] (Before Messrs E. May Steers and G. B. McEwen, J’s.P.)

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 17 July 1906 · page 5

James Thomas[?]was charged with unlawfully assaulting Elizabeth Slatte[?]y on Thursday, 12th July. Mr. P. J. Commins appeared for…

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Murder in Queensland

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 3

Louis Martin, a Frenchman, has been brutally murdered at Childers (Q) Four men have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the matter…

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The Novelist. "Sentenced to Death" Chapter Xxvii

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 4

LOOKING at his watch, Osborne saw that it was within five minutes of midnight. He rose, threw more fuel on the fire, moistened the tips of his patient, and…

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Alleged Child-murder. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 2

The much-decomposed body of a male child, which had apparently been buried about a month, has been unearthed in a garden at Burwood. Subsequent to the…

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Cobborah Land Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 4

The following cases will be dealt with at the Court House, Cobborah, on the undermentioned dates:- JULY 18TH…

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Tragedy at Flemington Races. Murder of a "Welsher."

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 2

AT Flemington on Saturday, a man named Donald M'Leod, 23 years of age, was kicked to death by an infuriated mob. M'Leod was in appears, a "welsher," and as soon as it was…

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Dubbo Lic-n[?]ing Court. July 17Th. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.M., and Dr. Burkitt, J.p.) Renewal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 2

Thomas Chapman, Collie, hotel assessed at £66, fees reduced under section 23 Liquor Amendment Act to £10 10s…

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The Ballina Murder

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 July 1906 · page 4

The lad Brown, the perpetrator of the German Greek murders, says he went to O'Keefe's to get money, and not to commit murder. When he…

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