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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

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Dubbo District Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2

The above Court opened this morning before his Honor Judge Scholes. The c[?]lendar is a very light one, G. F. Payne sued Robert Leighton,…

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Bragg v. Gale. Alleged Cattle Stealing. Defendant Wins All Along the Line. an Honest Man Honorably Acquitted. Loud Cheers in Court. Who Owns the Red Ballly Bullock?

The Western Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2

At the Bourke Police Court on Monday, April 14, before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, P.M., William Parkhouse Bragg charged William Charles Gale…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 4

Yesterday, before the P.M., Percy A. for riotous behaviour, was fined 10s, and for drunkenness 2s 6d. Emma Ross. for d[?]enkenness was…

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Alleged attempted Fraud. Two Nurses Charged

The Cobar Herald · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 5

A case, the first of its kind in Australia, was before the Court on Tuesday, when two nurses, Annie Hurrell (39), Fitzroy, and Clarice…

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District Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 4

The above Court opened on Tuesday, before his Horror Judge Scholes, and had not completed the sittings when we went to press last issue…

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Police Court

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 4

At the local Police Court on Tuesday, April 15, before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, P.M., Walter Hopley charged Frederick Mitchell with the larceny of a bedstead and…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 4

The Quarterly Licensing Court for the district of Bourke was held on Monday, April 14, before Messrs J. W. M. Laidlaw, P.M., (Chairman),…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 2

Today, before the Police Magistrate, John Huxley was charged with disobeying, an order of the Court for the maintenance of his child, a warrant…

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Dubbo Licensing Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 2

At a special meeting of the above on Monday, before the Police Magistrate and Mr. T. Baird, L.Ms., renewal of hotel license was granted to A. P…

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Soft-hearted Juries. Murder Penalties

The Western Herald · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 6

The Increase in the number of murders due to jealousy and passion in France has attracted the attention of French legislators, and a Bill has been…

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Police Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 2

Today, before the Police Magistrate-- Judah (a Chinaman) was charged with supplying a child under 16 years…

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Municipal Appeal Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 2

The above Court sat on Monday, and way presided over by the Police Magistrate. Following are the results:--G. A. Boyd, reduced by £66;…

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Defaulting Husbands. Magistrate's Important Decision

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 8

An important decision was given by Mr. Love, S.M., at the Newton Police Court last week. The case was one in which a man was charged, by warrant,…

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An Editor Sent to Gaol

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 7

The editor of the "Northern Territory Times," Mr. Kirkland, was flued £100 for scandalising the Judge in article recently published by him, and…

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Court of Petty Sessions. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, P.M.)

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 4

Sydney Parker was charged at Wilcannia that he did on the 9th April, 1913, at Nekarboo, near Cobar, in the State of N.S.W…

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Russian "Court of Petitions."

The Western Herald · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 3

There are many interesting particulars in the new issue of the Russian Year Book concerning the famous Court of Petitions of the Russian…

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Wellington Police Court

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 May 1913 · page 2

There was very little business to occupy the attention of the police court on Friday, and the police magistrate was consequently not in attendance. The…

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Police Changes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

Constable Home frow Sydney has been appointed to Dubbo, vice Constable Young, who has resigned. Sen[?]const, Tate, of Geurle, has been…

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Fashions in Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 2

Judge Cavegan, of the New York Supreme Court, caused a sensation during the hearing of a matrimonial suit the other day by his conunents on…

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Crowd and Police Fight. " Free Speech " DEMONSTRATION. London

The Cobar Herald · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 3

A " free speech "demonstration took place at Trafalgar Square to-day. Mr. Keir Hardie, Chairman of the Independent Labor Party,…

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