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Courts & crime, 1872

341 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 18

Wagga Police Court. Thursday, September 12. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 14 September 1872 · page 2

JAMES INGLIS was charged with being drunk aud disorderly and with using obscene language; and there were two other charges against the prisoner, one of wilfully…

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Police Court. Monday, September 16. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 18 September 1872 · page 2

John Young, for drunkenness, was cautioned and discharged. Arthur McConnell, on a like charge, being similarly dealt with. Bernard Wall for drunkenness and obscene…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, September 16. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 18 September 1872 · page 2

JOHN YOUNG and Arthur McConnell, charged with being drunk, were cautioned and discharged. Bernard Wall, charged with being drunk…

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Tuesday, Sept. 17. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 18 September 1872 · page 2

Thomas Byrnes and Mary Ann Byrnes, on remand, upon a charge of stealing an order, the property of Joseph Henry Dixon, were again brought before the Bench. Henry Pollock, of…

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Suspected Murder. (From the Bendigo Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 18 September 1872 · page 4

AN inquiry was commenced yesterday, at the Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle Hotel, Huntly, on the body of Mary Ann Madden…

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Police Court. Wednesday, Sept. 18. (Before the Police Magistrate and the Town Clerk.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1872 · page 2

Thomas Byrnes and Mary Ann Byrnes on remand charged with stealing an order the property of John Henry Dixon, were committed for trial at the Circuit Court on the 8th October next…

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Police News. Gundagai Police Court. Wednesday, September 18. Before the Police Magistrate and W. H. Hayes, Esq J.P.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1872 · page 2

PETER MELROSE, farmer, of Adelong Crossing Place, was charged, on the information of Senior-Sergeant Condell, with unlawfully selling a glass of colonial wine to Thomas Wilson Parrott, on the 11th inst. On the…

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

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 21 September 1872 · page 2

RICHARD MARTIN, Frederick Telby, Thomas Boxingdale, and David Dishart, charged with drunkenness, were cautioned and discharged. Thomas and Mary Byrnes, remanded at…

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Novel Case of Assault.—the Cabman and Bailiffs

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1872 · page 4

A NEW description of "honeyed sweetness" comes under our notice. The strong band of the law has been upon a rural cabman. The bailiffs sought to take, possession of some of…

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Police Court. Friday, Sept. 27. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1872 · page 2

Anthony Godkin was charged with larceny. Mr. Fitzhardinge appeared for the defence. Prisoner was arrested by constable Patterson at Junee Reefs, on a charge having stolen one plate, one…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, September 27. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 28 September 1872 · page 2

FREDERICK COOK and Thomas Connell appeared on summons, and were each amerced in the sum of 1s. and 5s. 6d. costs of court, for illegally cutting timber without a license…

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A Strange Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 28 September 1872 · page 1
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

IN the history of modern crime, the Newton-Stewart murder will occupy a prominent place. The victim was a banker living in a county town in the…

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Police Court. Tuesday. October 1st, 1872. (Before the Police Magistrate and the Town Clerk.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 2 October 1872 · page 2

ASSAULT.—Robert Watte was charged with assaulting Mr. Do Lancy Forth at Pomingalar a on the previous day. It appears that prisoner, a shearer, called at the station, and was in one of the huts…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, October 1. (Before the Police Magistrate and F. A. Tompson, Esq., J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 2 October 1872 · page 2

ANTHONY GODKIN having been called on summons to answer the complaint of Phillip Gilling of having assaulted him, Mr. Willans, on behalf of plaintiff, reported the case as…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY, October 2nd, 1872. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1872 · page 2

OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Richard Nelson was fined £5 for obscene language. DRUNKENNESS.—John Bourke and Alfred Johnstone, for drunkenness, were cautioned and…

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Wagga Police Court. Wednesday, October 2. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 5 October 1872 · page 2

JOHN BOURKE and Alfred Johnston, charged with drunkenness, were cautioned and discharged. Richard Nelson, charged with using obscene…

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Police News. Gundagai Police Court Tuesday. October 1St

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1872 · page 2

Before the Police Magistrate and J. B. Elworthy, Esq., J.P. ASPINALS THIODON V. SAMUEL TAYLOR, detention of property…

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Thursday, Oct., 3rd. (Before the Police Magistrate and the Town Clerk.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1872 · page 2

OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Henry Willis was fined £5 upon this charge. George Wilson, on a charge of drunkenness, was cautioned and discharged. LARCENY.—Edward Wills was charged with…

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Gundagai Court of Requests. Tuesday, October 1St. Before the Police Magistrate and J.B. Elworthy, Esq., J.P.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1872 · page 2

WILLIAM BELL v. ROBERT GREASON, value of a horse £7. Defendant pleaded not indebted, and had paid £1 into Court; Mr. Perkins appeared for him…

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