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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1911

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Dubbo Police Court. (Before Mr. Cochrane, J.P.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 4

AT the Dubbo Police Court on Thursday, John Azling (42), charged with using insulting language to Constable McLachlan, was fined £1 or seven days…

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Smart Sentenced to Death. Perth (W.A.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 4

The trial of Alexander Smart for the murder of Ethel Harris has concluded. The jury, after a retirement of three hours, returned a verdict of guilty…

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Gaol Escapees Sentenced

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 3

Joseph Denmead nod James Maco were convicted of burglary and gaol-breaking, and sentenced to five years penal servitude. His Honor said It would be absolutely impossible to pass a…

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Police Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 2

There was only a light list of delinquencies to be investigated at the Dubbo Police Court this morning, before Messrs. A. Tyers Wood and A. T…

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Supposed Queensland Murder

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 3

An old man named Erie Blentz was found dead in a house at Mantaka, Queensland, with two wounds in his side. He had been dead severol days and murder suspected. Trackers…

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Dubbo Police Court (Before Messrs. Cochrane and Dulhunty, J's.P.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 2

AT the Dubbo Police Court on Monday, the transfer of the Caledonian Hotel, Wongarbon, from Peter Reidy to John Dunn was granted…

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Police Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 4

At the Dubbo Police Court on Tuesday afternoon Silas Huxley was charged with being drunk, and fined [?]. A charge of disobeying a…

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Cablegrams. the Houndsditch Murder. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 5

The prosecution of Mihtein, who is charged with harboring the Hound[?], has been abandoned, and accused was discharged…

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A Romance in Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 4

THE vestibule of the Supreme Court, Sydney, was the scene of quite a romance on Wednesday morning. A husband and wife came to be divorced. The man was in the custody of a…

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Mr. M'Gowen in Court Dress

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 3

THUS the " Catholic Press" pokes fun at Fisher and M'Gowen : " Premier Jim has decided to go to the Coronation after all. We knew the temptation would be irresistible. The Labor…

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Dubbo Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 2

(Before Messrs. Tyers Wood and Dui[?]ty). AT the a Dubbo Police Court on Monday, John Kone, for being drunk and disorderly in Talbrag[?]r street on Saturday, was fined 10[?] or…

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The Press and Court Cases

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 2

Judge Hamilton, in summing up on a case at the Mudgee Quarter Sessions, gave the jury a caution, the pertina-city or which was not quite apparent…

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A Maintenance Order. Appeal to the District Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 6

There was a sitting of the district court at Wellington on Tuesday, the only matter set down on the list being an appeal against a maintenance order…

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Police Court

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

Before the Police Magistrate (Mr. O. Buller), Ada Benham on a charge of indecent behaviour was sentenced to twelve months in the Long Bay Reformately…

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Charge of Assault

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

At the Police Court in Tuesday, before Mr. Oslear, P.M., John Seckold (18) and John Francis Smith (19) were charged with, an alleged indecent…

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Cablegrams Ella Caspers' "Husband" Sentenced. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 5

Felix Ogilvie, a Gorman, was yesterday sentenced to ten years penal servitude for bigamously marrying Eleanor Caspers, a young New South Wales singer, in London on Jan, 16 last…

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Miss Caspers' "Husband." Sentenced in London

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, on Wednesday last, Felix Oglivie was found guilty of bigamy in marrying Miss Eleanor Caspers, his first wife…

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Alleged Insulting Language. a Constable Charged

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 3

At the Wellington police court on Friday before Mr. Oslear, P.M., Arthur H. Murphy proceeded against Constable Pearce, of Stuart Town, on a…

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Warden's Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 2

At the warden's court on Friday before Mr. Oslear, Warden, authorities to enter Thos Campbell's land at Galwadgere were granted to J. B…

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The Big Ryistone Burglary. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 2

Two young men, William Woodley (or Thomson) and Robert Canning, were charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with breaking and…

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