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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Land Appeal Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 2

A sittings of the Land Appeal Court of New South Wales was commenced at the Court House, Dubbo, on Wednesday…

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Another Disgraceful Scene. Outrageous Condnot. Police Requisitioned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 2

One of the most disgraceful scenes in the history of Parliament of Now South Wales occurred in Sydney on Tuesday. It appears that the speeched made by the Speaker at…

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Committed to the Dubbo Circuit Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 4

The list of criminal cases at the Dubbo Circuit Court, which commences its sitttings on Wednesday next, is a long: one. Another committal is…

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Land Appeal Court. (Continued from Page 2). Friday, September 22

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 4

The Court sat at 10 a.m., and gave their reserved decision in the appeal by M. Landers as follows:—The applicant holds 803½ acres under c.p…

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Police Court. Monday, September 18. (Before Mr. Arnott, P.M.)

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 4

Robert McGregor was charged with being illegally on the promises of the Empire Hotel with intent to commit a felony. After the hearing of evidence…

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Tsaritsa's Necklace. Russian Police Search

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 6

Two members of the Russian Imperial Police—Messrs Alexander Rozoff and Ivan Arvak—are now in the United States in search of the famous…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

AT the Police Court yesterday morning, a respectably-dressed man, named William Larcombe, was charged with being drunk and disorderly. Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M., fined the…

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Police Court. Tuesday, September 26. (Before the P.M.). Charges of Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

Denis Crowley was charged with stealing a book, valued at 1s, the property of Robert Ransom, Constable Rose deposed: Saw…

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Stealing Flowers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

FLOWERS that are taken from another person's garden are not always cheap investments. It Bourne a very simple thing to pick a flower or two when no one is looking, but when the said…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M.) To-Day's Cases

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

DENIS CROWLEY was arraigned on a charge of stealing a book valued at is, the property of William Anderson. Constable Rase deposed that, on the 24th…

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Licensing Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

THE court, consisting of Messrs. C. E. Oslear, P.M., Dr. Burkitt, and A. T. Cochrane, granted an auctioneer's license to Edward George O'Hanlon for the remainder of the year…

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Dubbo Circuit Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

The Dubbo Circuit Court opens on Wednesday. For the information of jurymen and the witnesses in the cases we publish the following list of the…

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Land Appeal Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 4

THE Land Appeal Court s[?] again on Friday afternoon, when the reserved decisions were given as follows : -- RE CAMPBELL AND TUCKER…

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Small Debts Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

THE following cases were heard before Mr. C. E. Oslear, P.M., yesterday morning Gregory and Co. v. M'Namara.--The plaintiffs said 10s had been paid off the amount…

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The Russian Police. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

The Czar has ordered a comprehensive inquiry into the political police at Kieff. It appears the chiefs of the secret police accepted a proposal by…

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Land Appeal Court. Decisions in Cases

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 4

After we went to press on Friday the Appeal Court wae continued, and concluded its sitting at the Dubbo Court House. The sitting was…

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Police Court

The Western Herald · Wednesday 27 September 1911 · page 2

Before Mr. E. B. Mugg, J.P., at the local Court House on Monday morning last, a party, who had been imbibing too freely the day previous was fined 20s and 6s costs…

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Charged with Murder by Poisoning. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 4

Poison has been discovered in the bodies of the father and eister of Edith Bingham, now under commital for trial, charged with the murder by…

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Sheep Stealing Case

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 4

John Aldridge was presented on a charge of stealing one sheep, the property of Michael Bolgers and another, on the 24th August, at Terramungamine…

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Assault and Robbery

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 2

Frank Palmer and Ch[?]iles Bovis, two yonth[?] pleaded not guilty to a charge of [?] and robbery in company. The accused were undefended…

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