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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Dubbo Police Court. (Before Mr. Oslear, P. M.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 2

AT the police court this (Tuesday) morning, Issac Walls, for drunkenness, was fined 5. Sergeant Meagher proceeded against Henry Brrer for using indecent language…

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Murder and Suicide

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 5

Thomas Coleman, at Tuap[?], New Zealand, shot his wife dead, then committed suicide…

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The Newcastle Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 5

The Attorney-General has declined to file a bill against Jones, one of the man committed for trial for the alleged murder of Timothy Ryan of Newcastle, but the charge against Smith will be…

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Police Inquiry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 3

There were quite a number of police and other witnesses in Millthorpe last week, the occasion being an inquiry into a matter concerning a former…

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Murder and Suicide. Auckland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 4

Thomas Coleman, a farrier, at Tuageya, Otago, shot his wife dead to-day, and then committed suicide. The cause is unknown…

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Dubbo Police Court. (Before the Police Magistrate)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 2

TO-DAY (Tuesday) Thomas Hines was charged with having stolen one bottle of whisky and two flasks of brandy, the property of Mrs. M. Phelan…

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Attempted Assault

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 3

MISS MARION PARKER, the daughter of one of the partners of Huddart, Parker and Co., the shipping firm, was travelling with a companion on the limited express from…

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Police Court. Tuesday, August 8. (Before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 2

Thomas Hines was charged with stealing one bottle of whisky and two flasks of brandy, the property of Margaret Phelan, on Saturday, the 5th…

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Appeal Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 4

A further list of appeals against the Municipal valuations was brought before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M., on Wednesday. No finality, however, was…

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Police Court

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 2

At the local Court House on Monday last, before Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M., Mrs. Ryan, of Gidgea Camp, was fined £50, and 7s costs, in default nine months' imprisonment in…

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Murder and Suicide

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

A half-caste named Jack Conquit, a well-known runner and footballer, drove out to the homo of a settler named Bolton near Junee, where he…

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Murder and Suicide. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 2

A case of murder and suicide has been reported near Wantabagery, in the Junee district. It appears that a half-caste named Jack Conquit, a…

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Poke Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 2

THE following cast were heard this morning (Tuesday) before M. C. E. Osicar, P.M. Edward Sundered was charged with using indecent language. Senior-Constable Meagher…

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District Court

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 2

Notice is given that a District Court for the North-Western District, will be held at the Court House, Bourke, on Wednesday, September 13, next…

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Police Court. Tuesday, August 15. (Before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M) Riotous Conduct

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 2

Stephen Hennessy was charged with riotous conduct on the 7th inst., and pleaded guilty. He was fined £1 and 6s costs, or one month in Dubbo Gaol…

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Small Debts Court. Monday, August 14. (Before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 2

Marcus Clark v. Reid, claim for goods supplied. Struck out. John Tighe v. T. H. Thrower.—Claim £5 for work and labor done. No…

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The Gaol Breaker

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 5

Powelks, who a little over a year ago created such a sensation in New Zealand by escaping from custody, and gave the police a long and exciting chase, again escaped from Wellington…

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The Court House Grounds

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 4

Caretaker Johnston, of the local Court House, is hard at work upon the grounds surrounding the building, and there is no doubt with a little…

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Murder and Suicide. Half-caste's Rash Act. Junee

The Cobar Herald · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 3

The police received word on Sunday evening from the manager of Wantabadety Station by telephone that it case a ourder and suicide had occurred at the…

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