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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1909

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The Circuit Court

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

Word has been received by Mr. G. H. Taylor from Mr. Justice Simpson, Acting Chief Justice, that in attending the Circuit Court sitting in Dubbo on the 29th…

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Mew York Police. Commissioner Dismissed

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 6

Who shall boss the Now York police, the Mayor or the Police Commissioner? It is impossible, I know, for people on your side of the Atlantic to become…

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"Kiss Your Heads Off." Chief of Police's Command

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 3

"Let 'em kiss their heads off; give 'em room," was the gist of an order handed down to the police of this city by Superintendent Thomas A. McQuaide when…

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Canbelego Police Court

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 21 September 1909 · page 3

Patrick Healy, on a charge of vagrancy, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months' hard labor in Bathurst Gaol…

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Serious Assault

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 September 1909 · page 3

At the Criminal Court yesterday Francis Byrnes, found guilty of ass[?]ing a girl under the ago of 14 years, was sentenced to 6 years pe[?] servi[?]…

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Police Court. SATURDAY. (Before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.m.) Alleged Larceny

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 September 1909 · page 2

RAY PERRY PIM[?]LE was sentenced to one month's imprisonment on the charge of ste[?]ing a pair of trouss[?], the property of William Burrows…

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Women Join Strike Battle. Armed Men and Amazons Attack Police, Fire to Kill

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 September 1909 · page 4

BECAUSE the Pressed Steel Car Company insisted on paying their men by gangs instead of individually 3,500 employers struck work and fought pitched battles with the company's…

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Police Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 4

On Thursday, before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M., James Smith was fined 20s or seven days for indecent behaviour in Talbragar-street. On Friday, before the same bench,…

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Police Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 September 1909 · page 2

Owing to an engagement at Warren on Friday the police magistrate did not preside at the Wellington Police Court on Friday. There was only one…

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Manslaughter or Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 September 1909 · page 3

At the Criminal Court yesterday, Margaret Lundio, 14, was charged with the murder of her father, Daniel Lundie, at Major's Creek, near Braidwood. The jury returned a…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.m.) Alleged Grievous Bodily Harm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 September 1909 · page 2

WM. TOOHEY, a respectable -- looking young man, was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Norman Brown at Geurie on the night of the 18th inst…

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The Circuit Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 September 1909 · page 2
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

The Dubbo Circuit Court will be opened to-day (Wednesday) by his Honor Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson, (Acting Chief Justice). Mr. James Moriarty will act as Crown Prosecutor. There…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Wednesday, September 20, 1909. Local and General. Court Business

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 September 1909 · page 2

At the Courthouse on Monday, before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M, William May, charged on remand with receiving money which he knew to be stolen, was discharged…

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Horse Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 5

William Henry Pearson was charged with theft of a horse, saddle and bridle, at Cudal, on the 8th September, the property of Hugh Moran…

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Indecent Assault

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 5

Thomas Greig was charged with indecent assault on a girl 5 years old at Warren on the 17th September. He pleaded guilty…

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Theft From a Dwelling

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 5

Walter Douglas was charged with theft from the dwelling of one Albert Kaye, at Orange Plains, of goods to the value of £5 or more…

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Police Tradgedy Paris Sensation. Two Detectives Shot

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 3

It is impossible to convey an adequate idea of the dismay which has been created in Paris by the murders of M. Blot, Deputy-Chief of the Criminal…

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Circuit Court. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson, Acting-Chief Justice.) Wednesday's Sitting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 5

The Circuit Court sitting commenced in Dubbo on Wednesday morning. The bench was occupied by the Acting-Chief Justice, and Mr. G. H. Taylor occupied a seat be…

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Stealing Letters

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 October 1909 · page 2

At the Dubbo Circuit Court on Wednesday, before Acting Chief Justice Simpson, Norman W. L. Farlow was placed on trial on two charges of…

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