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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1908

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Henry Prince Sentenced

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 5

Henry Prince, convicted of manslaughter of Henry O'Sullivan at Newtown on January 1, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment…

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Land Appeal Court. Sittings at Dubbo. (Continued from Page 1.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

A. P. Douglas appealed against the decision of the Local Land Board in respect of his claim against James Hynes for centribution towards the cost of making rabbit-proof…

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Land Appeal Court. Wednesday, March 25. (Before the President, Mr. H. Curry, and Commissioners Brandis and Houston.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

The Dubbo sittings of the Land Appeal Court began on the above date. Mr. Hanbury Davi[?] represented the Crown; Mr. Pike and the local bar, and Mr. Wetton…

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Land Appeal Court. Sittings at Dubbo. (Before the President(Mr. H. Curry), and Commissioner Brandis and Houston)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 3

THE sittings of the Land Appeal Court were opened at the Court House on Wednesday. The business dealt with was as under:-- J. T. Jones appealed against the finding of…

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Alleged Murder

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 3

John Manning has been committed for trial at Bendigo for alleged murder of his wife…

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A Local High Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 4

The varying dignities of Courts of Justice are evidently an unknown quantity to a man named John Rebur, who was brought before Mr. Lee, J.P…

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Canbelego Police Court

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 3

The following cases were dealt with at Canbelego Police Court last week :—Thomas Hynes, charged with…

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The Disputes Bill. an Appeal Court Proposed. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 2

The Legislative Assembly went into committee on the Industrial Disputes Bill. The amendments proposed were so numerous that Mr. McGowen…

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A Railway Thief Sentenced. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 2

Henry Slee, a clerk in the parcels office of the London and North-Western Railway, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for theft on the railway…

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The Broken Hill Murder. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 2

Alfred Kirk, who was confined in Broken Hill Gaol on a charge of murdering his wife and attempting to murder the man with whom he alleged she was living at…

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Murder of Martyr. (From the Warrego Watchman.) ROMA, March 27

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 2

At the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court, which commenced at Roma on Wednesday last, before his Honor the Chief Justice, William Riley, committed for trial…

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Sentenced to Death. Young Man's Awful Crime

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, William White, 20 years of age, was charged with criminally aesanlting Stella Fleurette Beales, at…

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Circuit Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

THE Circuit Court sittings will be opened on Wednesday next. His Honor Mr. Justice Pring will preside. The only prisoners at present in the [?] local gaol awaiting trial are the following:--…

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Dubbo Circuit Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

The undermentioned persona are in custody awaiting trial: —Edward Creasey, alleged forgery And uttering; Dubbo bench. Edward Cooper, alleged killing cattle with…

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Dog in Court. an Amusing Test. Rival Owners

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

Mr Curtis Bennett, at the Westminster Police Court on 10th January, was called upon to decide the ownership of an Irish terrier, the rival claimants being…

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The Roughs of Paris. Canine Police Aids. How They Work

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

In spite of frost and snow there was a fair attendance of interested persons on the Vincennes racecourse on Monday, 6th January, when a…

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The Land Appeal Court's Decision Challenged. Wellington Land Board's View

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

THE Willington Land Board on Tuesday sat rather heavily on the Land Appeal Court, in the matter of contributions for rabbit-proof netting defence. A point was taken by the defence (in…

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Mixed Bathing in Wellington. Extraordinary Evidence in the Police Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 3

A case possessing some peculiar features was heard in the Wellington Police Court on Friday before Mr. W. Burton Smith, P.M. The…

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Neglectful Parents. Appear Before the Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 3

A number of parents who had neglected to send their children to school for 70 days during the half-year as required by the Act were called upon…

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Around the World. Captain of the General Slooum Sentenced

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 4

At the age of seventy Captain Van Sohaick, the commander of the steamer General Slocum, which was burnt in New York Bay three and half years ago, finds…

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