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Courts & crime, 1871

218 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 11

Tuesday, December 5Th. (Before the Police Magistrate, F. A. Tempson and T. W. Hammond, Esqs., J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 6 December 1871 · page 2

Daniel M'Fee, for furiously riding, was fined £2 and costs. Charles Dammery, for the same offence, was fined £3 and costs…

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District Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 6 December 1871 · page 2

THE District Court will commence this morning before his Honor Judge Francis. The following is the list of cases:- 1. Rose and Lyons v. J. Forbes, medical…

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Murder and Attempted Suicide by a Clergyman

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 6 December 1871 · page 4

A shocking murder, which appears to have taken place on 8th October, has been discovered at Stock well. The murderer, who afterwards attempted…

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Murder by a Clergyman and Attempted Suicide. October 11

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1871 · page 4

A murder was discovered to have been perpetrated in Stockwell, the murderer being the Rev. T. Selby Watson, M.A., a clergyman well known in London, having for upwards of…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, December 8Th. (Before F. A. Tompson, A. Devlin, and J. S. Lavender, Esqs., Js.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 9 December 1871 · page 2

JOHN PENFOLD was summoned for having maliciously destroyed two fences, the property of John Donnelly.—Defendant pleaded that he did throw down the fences, but did…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, December 12. (Before the Police Magistrate, J. Fennell, and A. Devlin, J.P.'s)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 13 December 1871 · page 2

ROBERT COUSINS, charged with vagrancy, was discharged with a caution. William Whittle was summoned by James Healy for unlawfully detaining a black mare,…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, December 14Th (Before the Police Magistrate and F. A. Tompson, Esq., J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 16 December 1871 · page 2

ROBERT COUSINS, charged with vagrancy, was convicted and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment…

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Gundagai Police Court. Saturday, December 9Th

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1871 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate, J. B. Elworthy, J. Crowe, and W. H. Hayes, Eaqs., J.P.'s. JEREMIAH LEAHY was summoned by MARCARET…

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December 15Th. (Before the Police Magistrate and A. Devlin, Esq., J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 16 December 1871 · page 2

Thomas Reece was summoned by John Ellenworth and John Waters for the sum of £6. Defendant pleaded not indebted. Plaintiffs had agreed to work for the…

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Extraordinary Attempt to Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 16 December 1871 · page 4

ON September 23, Mr. James Mass Mullinger, M.A, who acquitted himself creditably in his University career at Cambridge, and who is the son of a…

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Gundagai District Court. Tuesday, December 12, 1871. (Before his Honor D. F. Forbes, Esq., Acting Judge.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1871 · page 2

THE Court was opened by his Honor at 10 a.m. The professional gentlemen present were Mr. C. E. R. Murray, barrister, and Mr…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, December 18. (Before the Police Magistrate and F. A. Tompson, Esq., J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 20 December 1871 · page 2

JAMES EDWARD POWELL was charged with assault, with intent to commit a rape. Constable Griffin depoded that the previous day he received intimation that a woman named…

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Execution in Maitland Gaol

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 20 December 1871 · page 4

MICHAEL MANNION, alias M'Mahon, convicted at the late Maitland Circuit Court, of the murder of William Jones at Haslem Creek, suffered, the extreme…

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Gundagai Police Court. Tuesday, December 19Th. Before the Police Magistrate

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 2

THOMAS WATTS was charged with unlawfully assaulting ANNE SCRIMSHIRE on the 13th inst. Complainant stated that she was carrying some chips of wood when defendant came and tore them out of her…

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Tumut District Court. Friday, December 16, 1871. (Before His Honor D. Forbes, Esq., Acting Judge.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 2

The Court was opened by his Honor at 10.10 o'clock a.m. The professional gentlemen present were Mr, C. K. R. Murray, barrister, and Messrs. Robertson and…

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Gundagai Police Court. Tuesday, December 26Th. Before the Police Magistrate

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 2

SAMUEL CARTER STRONGMAN and MICHEAL DOOLAN were charged with using abusive language, on the evening of the 24th inst., They pleaded not guilty. The evidence of constable Crosser showed that on…

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Wagga Police Court. Wednesday December 27Th. (Before the Police Magistrate and F. A. Tompson, Esq., J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 2

SAMUEL AARON PHILLIPS was charged, on summons by Elizabeth Rolfe, with using insulting language towards her in a public place on the 15th instant. The case was…

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Wednesday, December 27Th. Before the Police Magistrate and J. B. Elworthy, Rsq., J.P.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 2

SAMUEL CARTER STRONGMAN and MICHAEL DOOLAN charged with using abusive language in public place on Sunday night last, were again brought before the Court…

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The Proposed Monument to the Victim of the Eltham Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 2

The Manchester Examiner (November 1) says:—"The last incident of the Eltham murder is of a piece with all that has preceded it. A memorial is to be erected to the…

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