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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1907

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A Gaol Library

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 4

An interesting and unique '.document is the report of the librarian of the Darlinghurst gaol for the past year. Ten years ago, he says,.the gaol librarian consisted of…

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The Bauer Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 3

A description of the man alleged to have visited Mr. Bauer prior to the murder of the latter corresponds with that of a well-known Victorian criminal with a long list of…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 11. {Before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.m.) a Cross Case

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 2

Alpha Thorley proceeded against John Minogue for alleged use of offensive language. Mr. M. Guinn appeared for the plaintiff,…

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The Idaho (U.s.a.) Murder Trials

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 3

Further sensational evidence is being given in the Idaho murder trials…

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Police Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 4

TUESDAY—Before Mr. J. Collins, J.P. George Hall was charged with obtaining by means of false pretences and with intent to defraud some solder…

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The Bauer Murder

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

Sydney, Friday. Some Sydney police on Wednesday night journeyed to Coogee and saw a certain man who is believed to have only…

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Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 2

The Warden had the following matters before him last Friday:—A. E. May, authority to enter Thomas Campbell's land, parish Galwadgere…

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Police Court. Friday, June 14, 1907. (Bofore Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.m.) a Charge of Earceny

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 3

Susan May Astill was charged with larceny on 10th inst. Mr. W. P Kelly appeared for accused, who pleaded not guilty and…

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Police Court WEDNESDAY, 12th JUNE, 1007. (Before H. Giles Shaw, Esq., P.M.)

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

Patrick [?]andy was charged with being drunk at Baradine on 27th May last, Defendant did not answer to his bail and was dealt with ex parte. Fined 5s or 24…

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Police Court. Monday, June 17Th. (Before Mr. J. A. Ryan, J.P.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 19 June 1907 · page 2

BERT CHRISFORD was charged with using indecent language in Talbragar-street on Saturday. He pleaded guilty and was fined £1 in default seven days' imprisonment. For resisting…

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A Repatriate in Court. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1907 · page 2

A repatriared astralian was h[?]d at the pol[?] court yesterday for being drunk and using indecent language. The magistrate said he had bad two of them before…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. B[?]rton Smith, p.M., and Mr. H. B. Pinnington)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1907 · page 2

The following were granted renewal of publicans' licenses:- William Wilkins, assessed at £223. Simon Kent, assessed at £70…

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Police for Murrumbidgerie

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 4

IT is high time a policeman was stationed at Murrumbidgerie, from which place of late accounts have boon coming of goings on not calculated to give…

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Bodangora Stabbing Case McLAUGHLIN Sentenced to Six Years

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 5

William McLaughlin was charged at the Orange Quarter Sessions on Tuesday with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Robert Swain…

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Grime in Victoria. the Police Baffled

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 7

Not a day passes without news of some fresh crime in Melbourne, and the police are absolutely baffled. Instructions were issued on Saturday by…

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Shearers' Pay. Arbitration Court Case

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 3

The hearing was continued on Monday at the Darlinghurst Courthouse, before Mr. Justice O'Connor, President of the Federal Arbitration Court…

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The Bauer Murder. Melbourne Police Said to Be Active. a Man Wanted

The Cobar Herald · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 5

It is reported that the Melbourne police are actively looking for a man whose name is well known to them in connection with the murder of Bauer…

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The Police of the Coast

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 7

Now that t[?] is little or no smuggling-, there is an impression that coastguards have very easy lives. During the summer months, when the…

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Charge of Indecent Assault

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 2

James Wills was charged that at Mulyan, Cowra, on 12th March last, he did indecently assault Priscilla Jane Beckett, a female under the age of 14…

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Police Court. Friday, June 21, (Before Mr. W. B. Smith

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 2

Police v. Henry Casley, charged with neglecting to send his child, May Casley, to school for 70 days during the second half of last year…

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