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Courts & crime, 1873

397 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 20

Tuesday, September 2Nd. (Before the Police Magistrate)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 3 September 1873 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.- John Lawler was fined 10s for being drunk and disorderly. LARCENY.- M[?]rgaret Hook was brought up charged with larceny. Mr. Willans appeared for…

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Police Court. Saturday, August. 30Th (Before the Town Clerk.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 3 September 1873 · page 2

LARCENY- Margaret Hook was charged with stealing a £1 note from Tommy Youngeo. The case was adjourned for the attendance of a record Magistrate…

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Police Court. Monday, September 1. (Before John Leitch, Esq., J. P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 3 September 1873 · page 4

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Henry Strood pleading guilty to the charge of having been drunk and disorderly, in n public place, was cautioned and dismissed. The same…

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Police Court. Wednesday, Sept. 3. (Before the Police Magistrate)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1873 · page 2

LARCENY.—Margaret Hook was brought up on remand charged with larceny. Stephen Hopkins gave evidence that the prisoner and complainant. Tommy Younge[?] were drinking together previous…

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Police News. Gundagai Police Court. Monday, September 1St. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1873 · page 2

JAMES HELDER was brought before the Court for being of unsound mind. He had been handed over to the police at Cootamundra by bis brother, whose evidence showed that he had before been confined in…

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Friday, Sept. 5. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1873 · page 2

BURGLARY.—Samuel Davis was brought up charged with burglary. From the evidence of constable Cullen it appeared that on Thursday night while in Fitzmaurice-street, he saw the…

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Gundagai Court of Requests. Tuesday, September 2Nd. Before the Police Magistrate and J.B. Elworthy, Esq., J.P.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1873 · page 2

THOMAS FIELD v. THOMAS SMILES goods sold and delivered £9 8s. 11d. Defendant did not appear; judgment for plaintiff for £9 13s. 6d. FRANCIS LLYOD, junr., v. THOMAS CALLEN, junr.,…

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Crown Lands Sales. at the Police Office Wagga Wagga, On Monday, 8th September. Country Lots

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1873 · page 6

LOT A, 160 acres, lot B, 209 acres, 2 roods, lot C, 164 acres, 3 roods, county Clarendon, parish Jewnee, on the north side of the road from Jewnee to Bethungra, 4 miles…

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Police Court. Wednesday, September 3. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 10 September 1873 · page 2

LARCENY.—Margaret Hook was brought up on remand charged with stealing £1 from Tommy Young Yoo. Stephen Hopkins, landlord of the Royal Hotel, deposed: That prosecutor and the prisoner were…

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Police Court. Wednesday, September 10. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 2

DRUNRENNES.—Thomas and Margaret Stone, charged with being drunk in a public place, were cautioned and discharged. The magisterial caution had apparently no terror for Thomas, who was found again…

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Police News. Gundagai Police Court. Monday, September 8Th. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 2

JAMES ALLEN pleaded guilty to using obscene language on the previous Saturday night and was fined 10s. Fine paid. PHILLIPS GIARD, who had appealed to the police for…

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Gundagai Court of Requests. Tuesday, September 9Th. Before the Police Magistrate and J. B. Elworthy, Esq., J.P.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 2

FRANCIS LLOYD, junr., v. THOMAS GALLEN. This case had been adjourned from the last sitting of the Court of Requests, on the 2nd inst., to the present date. The evidence already heard has been given in…

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Friday, Sept. 12. (Before the Police Magistrate and F. A. Tompson, Esq., J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 2

SHOOTING ON SUNDAY.—Auguste Maneke appeared on summons to answer a charge preferred against him by Constable Cowle, of shooting for pleasure or sport on Sunday last. Defendant pleaded that he was not…

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Police News. Gundagai Police Court. Thursday, September 18Th. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 2

ANN CURRY V. ROSTACE H. L. PRATT, wages [?] This sum was due to complainant's son for wages; but it seems that complainant owed Dr. Pratt that amount for medical attendance, and it had been agreed that it…

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Police Court. Tuesday, Sept. 23. (Before the Police Magistrate and Town Clerk.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 24 September 1873 · page 2

ASSAULT.—James Cochrane was charged upon summons with assaulting Jonathan Boon on the 17th instant. Mr. Fitzhardinge appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Willans for the defendant…

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Police Court. Friday, Sept. 26. (Before the Police Magistrate and Town Clerk.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 2

ASSAULT.—James Co[?] appeared on summons, charging him with [?]lting Jonathan Boom. The majority of the evidence was taken on Tuesday last, and was reported in our lsat issue. The…

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Police Court. Friday, Sept. 26. (Before the Police Magistrate and F. A. Tompson, Esq., J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 2

ASSAULT AND BATTERY—BOON V. COCHRANE.—In this ease, adjourned from the previous sitting of the Court, John Byrne was examined in support of the charge against…

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Small Debts Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 2

Podmore v. Madden, for £10 damages, resulting from property being detained by defendant. Adjourned till next Court day. Podmore v, Broker, £1 5s., hire of dray. Verdict,…

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Ten-mile Creek. (From Our Own Correspondent). Police Court. Wednesday, Sept. 24. (Before Captain Brownrigg, P.M., and Messrs. N. P. Lockhart, W. H. Williams, and J. Ross, J.J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 27 September 1873 · page 2

Harrington v. Davis, for detaining certain property belonging to plaintiff. Defendant alleged that plaintiff had given him the articles in dispute, telling him to give them to no one. Plaintiff deposed that he…

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Police News. Gdndagai Touch Court. Saturday, September 27th. Before the Police Magistrate, and W. H. Hayes, [?] J.P. Sheep Stealing

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1873 · page 2

THOMAS STEVENS, residing near Jugiong, was charged with stealing five sheep, the property of William Macansh, of Redbank station. Constable Jones, in charge of the Jugiong police…

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