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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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The Glenelg Murder Case. Execution of Coleman

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 3

AT Adelaide on Thursday, James Albert Coleman was executed for the murder of Constable Ring. None but the gaol officials were present. Death wan instantaneous…

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Land Appeal Court. Before the President (Mr. H. Curry), And Commissioners Brandis and Houston

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 2

THE Court at 12 30 p.m. on Thursday delivered the following reserved decisions : -- In the matter of the Minister's reference re Charles Hazell's settlement lease and additional…

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Land Appeal Court. Wednesday, July 1. Before Mr. H. G. Curry (president) and Messre. Brandis and Houston

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 5

Mr. Hanbury Davis appeared for the Crown, and Messrs. Pike, McGuinn, Stockwell and Kelly for various parties. Mr. M. Barlow, distriot surveyor, was…

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Alleced Stealing From a Dwelling

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 July 1908 · page 2

The arrest of a man named Albert Coulter in Nanima Crescent on Saturday night by Constables O'Reilly and M'Cann for being drunk and using…

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Wellington Court House Municipal Council Indignant

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 July 1908 · page 3

The question of a now Court House for Wellington was again before the Municipal Council on Thursday evening, when, in reply to the Council's…

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Police Court. Monday, July 6. (Before Mr W. Burton Smith, P.m.) Dischareged

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 2

Annie Emery, on remand, was charged with stealing, [?]n or about the 29th January, 1908, from the dwelling house of Hing Jang, one tin trunk, one silver watch and ch[?]in…

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Wardens Court. a Question of Precedence

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 2

Mr.W.Burton Smith, P.M., as Mining Warden, held a Warden's Court at the Court House, Dubbo, On Monday last, to inquire into two conflicting mineral lease…

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The Arbitration Court's "Common Rule." Binds the Railway Department

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 2

THE President of the Industrial Court (Judge Heaydon) decided on Friday in a complaint made by the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners that the Chief Commissioner…

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Disputed Mineral Land at Tottenham. Enquiry at Dubbo Court House

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 2

MR. W. G. BURTON SMITH, Mining Warden, sat at the Court House, Dubbo, on Monday to conduct an enquiry, by direction from the Minister for Mines, into disputed applications…

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Alleged Assault

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 4

At the Bourke Quarter Sessions on Friday, July 10, before His Honor, Mr. Acting District Court Judge Scholes, a young man named Alfred Joseph Bride was charged…

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Stealing a Lady's Clothes. Accused Committed for Trial

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 July 1908 · page 3

A man named Albert Coulter was charged before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.M., at the Wellington Police Court on Friday, with stealing from…

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Alleged Cold Stealing. Canbelego

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 14 July 1908 · page 3

In connection with the recent alleged gold stealing at tho Mount Boppy mine, the police arrested yesterday two men named Look and…

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Charged with Stealing £2000

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 15 July 1908 · page 3

William Stanley Forbes, the Sydney Manager of the Scottish Union and National Insurance Co., was arrested in the bush at Berry's Day last night on a charge of stealing…

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Special Licensing Court. Tursday, Jult 14

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1908 · page 2

The special licensing court to deal with licenses affected by the local option vote held its second sitting on the above date, there being present His Honor Judge…

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Special Local Option Court. (Before his Honor Judge Docker and Messrs Smith and Edwards. P.M's.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 15 July 1908 · page 2

THE Court room was crowded yesterday (Tuesday) on the assembling of the special court for reduction of electorate licenses under the recent local option poll. There was a large attendance…

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Special Licensing Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 July 1908 · page 3

The special licensing court to deal with licenses" affected by the local option vote held its second sitting, at Dubbo, on Tuesday last, there being…

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The "Rattlers'" Plans. Circumvented by the Police

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 July 1908 · page 4

The ingenuity of Constable O'Reilly in in capturing three "rattlers"—men who sneak into the railway trucks and travel free—was put to the test in the…

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Special Licensing Court. Conclusion of the Evidence

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 July 1908 · page 5

After the report of the Special Licensing Court at Dubbo, which appears on another page, closed, the remainder of the Wellington hotels were dealt…

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Special Licensing Court. Tuesday, July 14

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 3

The Special Licensing Court to deal with the licenses affected by the local option vote continued its sittings after we went to press on Tuesday. Evidence was concluded…

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Special Local Option Court. Houses to be Closed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 5

THE Local Option Court presided over by His Honor Judge Docker, re-assembled at the Court House at 2 p.m.; when the President announced the decision of the Court as under:--…

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