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Courts & crime, 1873

397 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 20

Tumut Police Court. Thursday, October 80. Before the Police Magistrate

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 2

JOHN MITCHELL was charged with stealing several horses at Toomooroomah; the hearing of the case was postponed until next day at the request of the police. WILLIAM WEAVER was charged with a similar…

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Police News. Gundagai Police Court. Monday, October 27Th. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 2

MARY COLLUM was fined 10s. for being drunk on the previous Saturday, and was reproved by his worship for getting into such a condition when a charge of murder against her husband was being investigated…

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Friday, Oct. 30. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.—David Lawler, Michael M'Innery, Patrick de Lacy, Humphrey Clinker, and Charles Pratt, charged with being drunk and disorderly, were cautioned and dismissed. For a similar offence…

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Police Court. Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Before the Police Magistrate and Win. M'Entyre, Esq., J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.—Hector M'Leod, charged with being drunk, was cautioned and discharged. OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—William Stanley, charged with using profane and obscene language within the…

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Police Court. Wednesday, Oct. 29. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. William McEntyre, J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.—Hector McClond, David Lawler, Michael McErney, Joseph Lewis, George Harris, and Charles Pratt, were charged with drunkenness, and were condemned in punishment varying from…

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Coroner's Inquest and Verdict of Wilful Murder

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 4

WE intimated in last issue that information had reached town that at murder had been committed at Bongogolong Creek, on the night of Thursday, the 23rd ult. The…

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Friday October 31. (Before the Polios Magistrate and Mr. William McEntyre. J.P.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.—Benjamin Graham was fined £1. Patrick Delaney and an individual bearing the novel name of Humphrey Clinker were cantioned and discharged…

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Police Court. Monday, Nov. 3. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 5 November 1873 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

THE TIPSY LIST.—Joseph Jones, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was cautioned and dismissed. For the like offence the following persons were lined in the amounts set against each:—John…

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The Muttama Murder

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 5 November 1873 · page 4

WE (Gundagai Times) intimated in last issue that informat on had reached town that a murder had been committed at Bongongolong Creek, on the night of Thursday, the 23rd…

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Darlinghurst Gaol. (From the Critic.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 5 November 1873 · page 4

We understand that owing to certain statements made in a letter headed "Reformation of Criminals," which appeared in our last issue, an official…

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Adelong Police Court. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1873 · page 2

stealing in [?] for eight days, on the application of Sergeant Egan; prisoner owned that he was guilty. MICHAEL DUFFY was charged with using obscene…

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police Court. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1873 · page 2
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PROFANE LANGUAGE—William Miller was charged with using profane language in a public place and was cautioned and discharged. THURSDAY NOV. 6…

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Tumut Police Court. Saturday, November 1. Before the Police Magistrate

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1873 · page 2

JOHN MITCHELL was charged with shooting a horse at Toomooroomah, the property of G. Dowsett, for the purpose of stealing its hide. The evidence against defendant was similar to that given on the previous day…

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Police News. Gundagai Police Court. Tuesday, November 4Th. Before the Police Magistrate, and Messrs. Elworthy and Hayes, J.P.'s

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1873 · page 2

MICHAEL CORRY, remanded on a charge of bigamy, was again brought before the Court and further remanded for eight days, the Police Magistrate intimating that he would, in the interim, communicate with…

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Police Court. SATURDAY, Nov. 8. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1873 · page 2

DRUNKENNESS.—William Williams, James Call, John Smith, David McCeary, and Patrick Keane, were charged with drunkenness, and received punishments varying from the "caution" to the…

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Wholesale Horse Stealing

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1873 · page 4

AT the Cooma police-court, on Monday last (says the Monaro Mercury), before Mr. Dawson, P.M., and Mr. W. Coegrove, J.P., James Collins was charged by senior-constable Church…

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Police Court. (Before the Police Magistrate.) TUESDAY, Nov. 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 15 November 1873 · page 2

THE DUNKAROS' ROLL.—John Cody, John Crawley, and Charles Wilson, who pleaded guilty to having been drunk and disorderly, were cautioned and discharged. Frederick Steingman, who surrendered to…

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Police News. Gundagai Police Court. Saturday, November 8. Before the Police Magistrate

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1873 · page 2

WILLIAM FOSTER was charged with obtaining money on false pretences. The evidence of John Passlow showed that about a month ago defendant had agreed to cut 400 or 500 feet…

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