Revision Court
The revision court for the Queanbeyan division of the Queanbeyan electorate was held at the courthouse on Wednesday, before Mr Maitland, P.M., and Messrs wright and…
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Courts & crime, 1897
263 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 14
Police Court. Saturday, Jan. 23rd. (Before Mr J. J Wright, J.P.)
Samuel William Austin, a jockey, 17 years of age, was charged with using obscene language in Monaro-street, on that morning, He pleaded not guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Saturday, Jan. 23. (Before Mr. J. J. Wright, J.p.) a Week on Bread and Water for Using Obscene Language
Samuel Wm. Austin, 17, who described himself as a jockey, was presented before the court on a charge of using obscene language in Monaro-street…
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A DOUBLE murder occurred on Tuesday morning at Dunwich, Brisbane, where Tommy Anigo, a South Sea Islander, and an inmate of the asylum,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melbourne Murder. Insinuations Against Brady
During the inquest on Brady at Melbourne, yesterday, a letter was read from a female making serious insinuations against the…
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The inquest on the body of Thomas Wm. Brady was concluded on Wednesday, when a verdict of wilful murder was brought in against Philips, who was committed to take…
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THE losses of sheep in the Monaro district are frequently reported to the police by sheepowners, and it is rather significant that there is generally a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON. Thursday. Latest News of Butler Resumes his Bravado.-- Sits for his Portrait.--Admits his connexion with Lee Weller.--Says Weller accidentally shot himself.--Butler before the Court
Butler has regained his appearance of bravado and posed for his portrait to several artists. The American newspapers…
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At Warrnambool, Melbourne, on Friday afternoon, the body of Mrs. Lyfield, the victim of the Rosebrook tragedy, was exhumed. Drs…
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AT the Birmingham Assizes. before Mr Justice Day, James Southul, publican, and formerly an assistant magisdate's clerk, and Mary Ann Taylor, a seamstress, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Monday, February 15Th. (Before Mr J. J. Wright, J.p.) Drunk and Disorderly
AN old man named James Struthers Miller, who had been arrested and admitted to bail on Saturday, pleaded guilty to a charge of the above nature, and was fined 2s 6d. Fine…
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Sydney, Tuesday-The jury at the trial of Henry Lyfield, charged at Melbourne with the murder of his wife, declared that the prisoner was sufficiently sane to plead to the…
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J. C. Reilly v. A. Winter, assault. The Bench suggested that the matter be settled by Winter paying 5s 10d costs and withdrawing a cross case against Reilly…
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Mr. Maitland, P.M. presided An application from R. Young for suspension of work owing to there being no water to work his claim, was granted for 3 months…
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Mr Maitland, as revising magistrate, sat on Wednesday at the court house to revise the Provisional List for the Electoral District of Queanbeyan. Eleven names were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, February 17. Before Messrs Maitland, P.M., and Bull and Gale, Js.P. Indecent Exposure
An old man apparently of 70, giving the name of James Struthers Miller, add who had been convicted on the previous Monday of being drunk and disorderly, for which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts COURT.--Tuesday, 16th February. BEFORE Mr. Maitland, P.M., and Messrs. Rutledge and Donnelly, Js. P. COMPLIMENTARY
Before commencing the business of the court the P.M. said he was pleased to hear of Sergt. Kennedy's promotion and referred to his being a most careful, painstaking and…
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J. C. Reilly v A. Winter, assault. At the suggestion of the Bench the matter was settled by Winter paying costs and withdrawing a cross case against Reilly…
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At the local Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs Maitland, P.M., Gale and Bull, Js.P., a very old man named Miller (the same as was fined 2s 6d on Monday for…
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The monthly electoral revision court for the Queanbeyan electorate took place at the Queanbeyan courthouse on Wednesday, the 17th inst, before Mr Maitland, P.M. There…
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