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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1896

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Gundaroo. Warden's Court. (Before Mr. Warden Maitland)

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 October 1896 · page 2

Harriett Mary Coleman applied to restrain the registration of James Case as the holder of one share in mining tenement No. 1 Dairy Creek, Plaintiff also sought to restrain…

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Queanbeyan District Court. (Before his Honor Judge Fitzhardinge)

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 October 1896 · page 2

Rogers v. McGrogan—No appearance of defendant. CA SA. MATTER. J. T. Collett v. Sydney Bambury—…

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Peddling Police Slips. a Years Woman's Itinerant Gambling Game in New York City

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 October 1896 · page 1

The ever widening sphere of woman's industry has found a new development in the tenement house district of New York city, where a Morning Journal reporter was…

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Captain's Flat Police Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 October 1896 · page 2

AT the Captain's Flat Police Court last Wednesday before Messrs. Roach and Trewenick F. Jones was summoned by Ah Kee for having assaulted him at Donnelly's…

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The Rosebrook Murder

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 October 1896 · page 3

THERE is no doubt that Mrs. Lyfield, the victim of the Rosebrook, tragedy, was strangled to death. The doctors have found that a piece of cord was…

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Licensing Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 November 1896 · page 2

ON Wednesday a special licensing court, before Dr. Richardson and Mr. W. Beatty, was held to consider the application for a transfer of the licence of the Silver Age…

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Small Debts Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 November 1896 · page 2

THERE was a large attendance of justices at the Small Debts Court on Wednesday. Mr. Wright presided, and with him on the bench were Messrs. F. Campbell, J. Bull,…

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Bungendore 'Small Debts Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 November 1896 · page 2

AT the Bungendore Small Debts Court held last Tuesday, before Messrs. O'Reilly and Davis, Js. P., the following cases were disposed of: --…

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Licensing Court. Wednesday, November 11. (Before Dr. Richardson and Mr W. Beatty). a Transfer Refused

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 November 1896 · page 2

The application for a transfer of the license of the Silver Age Hotel, Captain's Flat, from James Moore to Margaret Devlin, adjourned from last court, was again brought up…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday, November 11. (Before Messrs J. J. Wright, J. Bull, F. Campbell, Dr. Richardson, and Dr. Blackall, Js.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 November 1896 · page 2

A.M. Fallick and others (proprietors of the Queanbeyan Observer) v. Patrick Ryan, claim £1 13s 4d No appearance of defendant. Verdict for amount claimed and costs…

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District Intelligence. Bungendore. Small Debts Court. Tuesday, Nov. 10Th. (Before Messrs. O'Reilly and Davis, Js.P)

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 18 November 1896 · page 2

J. Pratt v Follett, 5 1s Defendant had filed a set off and paid £2 2s into court. Case adjourned for a week. McMahon & Dignam v. Foley, 19s 8d…

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Amusing Altercation in a Police Court. the Dog Act

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 November 1896 · page 2

THINGS were remarkably lively at the Hillston Police Court last Tuesday. Never before did such a number of defen[?]dauts n.[?]uster there; all of whom were brought up…

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District Intelligence. Gundaroo. Warden's Court. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, Warden)

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 2

Camby v. Coleman. In this case M. Camby sued H. M. Coleman to show cause why defendant's share in Mining Tenement No. 1, Gundaroo, should not be declared…

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Land Tax Court of Review

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 November 1896 · page 2

THE question of setting up the court of review to deal with appeals against the law[?]tax assessments was considered at the meeting of the Cabinet last week, and it…

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Court of Petty Sessions. Wednesday, December 2Nd. (Before Messrs. J. Gale, J. Bull, and G. Graham Webb Js.P.) Hawkers' Licences

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 December 1896 · page 2

Were granted as follows: To Mary Johns (foot licence), Michael Grady, William Hollett, and Thomas Jones, the latter with the necessary sureties, entering into the…

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Stealing to Buy Food

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 December 1896 · page 2

A PAINFUL case was heard at the Brisbane. Police Court last Thursday, when a man named Eugene Montague, an office cleaner, was charged with stealing a water filter…

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Local News. Police Court. Wednesday, December 9Th. Before Messrs. E. In Maitland, P.M., J. J. Wright, J. Bull, J. Gale, N. M. Lazarus and G. L. Webb. Js.P. Careless Use of Fire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1896 · page 2

Edward Nash, of Urila, pleaded guilty to a charge of having on 21st November last, left a fire which he had kindled in the open air at Stringy Bark before the same…

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Bungendore. Small Debts Court. -- Tuesday, 8th Dec. Before the P.M. and Messrs. O'Reilly and Loahy. Js.P

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1896 · page 2

Dr. Hughes v. Mrs. Thwaites, medical attendance, £29 8s. Mr. Millard for plaintiff. Verdict for amount and costs, 5s. Same v. Chalker, 10s 6d, ve[?]ct for…

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Police Court

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 December 1896 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. J. Gale, J.P. Edward Finneron, who had been arrested on the previous evening, was brought up charged under the…

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Police Transfers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1896 · page 2

CONSTABLE HUGHSON has after a residence of seven or eight years in Goulburn, been appointed to Man's Reef, and will leave for that place to-day…

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