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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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Opening of the Tennis Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 2

The Dubbo Tennis Club will open its new courts on Saturday afternoon. The club, by careful attention to the courts at every stage, has now the pleasure of seeing them…

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The Ellengerah Leases. High Court's Decision. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 4

A case of oonsiderable importance came before the High Court this week in the appeal of the minister for Lands against the decision of the Supreme Court regarding!…

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Wellington Police Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 2

There was a very short case list at the Police Court on Friday, when Mr. Oslear, P.M., occupied the bench. The first case was one in which Mary Kate…

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Land Appeal Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 2

AT the Sydney sittings of the Land Appeal Court last week the trustees of the estate of the late Richard Hill and Kater and Son appealed against the recommendation of the warren…

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Cancelled Leases Mr. Trefle and the High Court Decision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 2

THE decision of the High Court in respect to the appeal of the Minister for Lands against the decision of the State Full Court with regard to curtain of the cancelled improvement leases has…

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The Indian Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 4

Aldred the printer of the 'Indian Sociologist' has been arrested for sedition. He wrote articles approving Dhingra's crime, and holding him up as a martyr to the cause of Indian freedom…

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Court Business

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 2

At tbe Police Court on Monday three drunks were fined [?]s and Philip Stewa[?]t was fined 4[?] or 48 hours for wilful trespass on the railway line. Mr. C. E. Oslear…

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A Police Court Episode

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 4

Although there is a prohibition order against Daniel Lynch he managed to obtain sufficient liquor on Tuesday to become intoxicated. He was arrested…

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Mother Lassoed. Daughter's Attempt at Murder

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 6

An astonishing tale of attempted matricide was told at Devonshire Assizes on June 5, a smart- looking young woman of nineteen, named Winifred…

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Prisoner in Court

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 6

A crowd of neighbors who had known the poor little victim were gathered in the neighborhood of the Hendon Council officers on Saturday, June 26, when…

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Canbelego Police Court. (Before the P. M.)

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 2

William Hudson and Edward Field were summoned by Daniel O'Mahoney, of Trowel Creek, for trespassing on enclosed lands known…

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The Cannonbar Assault. Orange

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 2

Walter Brown, the Victim of the assault at Cannonbar on August 6th, after lingering in the Orange hospital, succumbed to his injuries yesterday afternoon at 5.20. He…

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Industrial Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 3

At the Industrial Court yesterday, Ritchie Brothers, car and waggon builders, of Auburn, were lined amounts totalling £21 and costs £10 10s, for breaches of the award ordering them to…

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The Murder of Lord William Russell. a Historic Tragedy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 8

On the morning of Wednesday, the 6th of May, 1840, all London was horrified to learn that during the night the venerable Lord William Russell, a scion of the…

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Dog Stealing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 2

DOG stealing has been very rife in Dubbo of late, and among the victims has been Mr. E. Hobbs, the well-known local fancier; but in each case the annual has been recovered…

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Alleged Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 3

An Inquest was opened at Moree on the body of the murdered woman Mary Philips, with Ah Sing present In custody. After taking the formal evidence the inquiry was adjourned…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 2

WHILE temporarily insane William Keep, residing in Central-street, city, is alleged to have battered the head of his wife, Edith Keep, with an iron bar, and then inflicted wounds on…

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Police Station Scene. Constable Charged with Theft

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 6

Thomas Fuller, a constable of only two months' standing, stationed at the Holmes-road Police Station, Kentish Town, was (says "Lloyd's News")…

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Police Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 4

At the Court House on Thursday Roy Perry Pimble was charged before Mr. A. T. Cochrane, J.P., with the theft of a pair of trousers, valued at 10s, the property of…

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Denied Her Own Son. Both Charged with Robbery

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 6

A shocking stale of affairs was (says "Lloyd's News") revealed at the South-Western Police Court on July.10, where Annie Williams, employed as a…

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