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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1906

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Small Debts Court. Friday, 2nd FEBRUARY; (Before Mr. Smith, P.M.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 February 1906 · page 3

H. Levy claimed £3 8s 6d from C.T. Webster as rent. Mr. Bassett appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Kelly for the defendant. Levy said that…

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Wellington Police Court. February 7Th, 1906. (Before Mr Robert Read, J.P.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 4

Harry Ward was remanded till to-morrow on a charge of attempting to travel in a railway carriage on Tuesday at Wellington without having paid…

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"The Magistrate"

The Castlereagh · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

The February number of the "The Magistrate" is to bond. In its edit[?] is advocates a definite position being taken up as regards the totalisater: the…

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The Scanlon Murder

The Castlereagh · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

The man Scanlon, who was charged with the murder of his mater at Beendigo, has been found guilty of [?] and has been…

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Telegraphic News. Sydney, Friday the Royal Hotel Murder

The Castlereagh · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

The inquest in connections with the Royal Hotel murder, which the boy Quintes is in [?] was [?] yesterday and adjourned until…

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Dubbo District Court Alleged Trespass

The Castlereagh · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 4

Henry John Burgeus, a selector of Gulargambone, sued Thomas Joues, of Merigal, for alleged trespasses on his selection at various times. Damages…

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Narromine. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Police Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4

The P.M. held his monthly session on the 8th, and dealt with a number of cases at the local Court. The Pastures Protection Board proceeded…

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Sentenced to 20 Years

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 8

Arnold Alexander, 30, matmaker, was indicted ut Glamorgan Assizes for attempting to murder his mother, Threresa Alexander, by stabbing her. Mrs. Alexander attributed…

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The Royal Hotel Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

The inquest into the circumstances connected with the dearth of Mrs. Mercy Gregory, was opened yesterday. Quinlan was present in custody. The…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. W. G. Burton Smith, P.m.) Careless Use of Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4

William Smith was charged with carelessly using fire. He pleaded not guilty, and was defended by Mr. Kemp of Narromine. Senior-constable Morrison deposed that…

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Insurance Murder Plot. Criminal's Pretended Trance

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 7

From New York, on 23rd November, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mall" wired:— Three American insurance swindlers,…

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The New Liquor Bill and the Police

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

The report of the Inspector General of police on the now Liquor Act states that the Act is working very satisfactory…

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A Court of Honor. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4

A German mintary court of honor has deprived Colonel Gadke of his title and uniform, for writing a newspaper article justifying the military in certain…

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Wellington Police Court. Friday, 9Th February. (Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.m.) Wanted a Free Ride

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 3

Harry Woods pleaded guilty to being found in a railway train without having previously paid his fare. A railway employee noticed him climbing…

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The Magistrate

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

Justices of the Peace will be interested in the fifth February number of THE MAGISTRATE. An editorial advocates the annual registration in their case which…

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Police Court. Monday, Feb. 12Th. (Before Mr. W. G. Burton Smith, P.m.) Stealing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 2

SIDNEY BURNS, a well-known half-caste, was charged with stealing at Talbragar, on or about 26th January, one gold ring, the property of Amy Taylor…

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Died in Gaol

The Western Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 2

On Tuesday morning early, Acting-Gaoler Fergusson, on entering cell No. 10 at the Bourke gaol, which was occupied by a prisoner named John Little, found the latter…

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Wanted—a Gaol Hosspital

The Western Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 2

RECENTLY we referred ho the urgent need of a padded cell at the Bourke gaol besides other accommodation for unfortunate people who are "deemed to…

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Tradgedy at Newtown Sydney. Murder and Suicide

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 3

ABOUT 11 a.m. on Saturday a blackfellow named Woolly T[?]na, who had been employed by Mrs. Fenwick, of 57 King-street, Newtown, for many years, asked one of Mrs. Fenwick's…

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Sleath Before the Court. Sydney, Tueaday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 2

An order for wife maintenance was made against Richard Sleath yesterday. He gave notice of appeal…

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