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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1884

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Licensing Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 October 1884 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. J. Simpson and Dr. Agassiz, J.P. Jonas Cuzner was charged with allowing drunken persons to remain on his licensed…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday. Before same magistrates

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 October 1884 · page 4

Combe v. Spearing. Decided to be beyond the jurisdiction of the court, being in another district. Combe v. D. Parker, jun, £8/14/. No…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, October 14. (Before the Police Magistrate). Illegal Detention of Property

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1884 · page 2

Ellen M 'Leod was summoned by Francis William Harrison for illegally detaining a portmanteau, his property. Complainant deposed that defendant, who…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, October 16. (Before Messrs. S. Hawkins and P. Moran, J.P.'s.) Stealing a Watch

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 2

John Cavendish, charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of Andrew Maxwell, was remanded to Junee Junction to be dealt with…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, October 18. (Before Messrs. J. Gormly and P. Moran, J's.P.) Indecent Exposure

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1884 · page 2

Andrew Duncan was brought up on the above charge, and after the evidence of the apprehending constable (Senior-constable Bowman) had been taken, was remanded…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 October 1884 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. W. A. Byrne, and J. Barnes, J.P. Patrrick Flynn was charged with larceny of twenty bags the property of John Cox…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, October 21. (Before the P.M., and Messrs. Gormly and Moran, J's.P.) Indecent Exposure

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 October 1884 · page 2

Andrew Duncan, on remand from the previous day, was brought up for sentence. Prisoner, who had been proved guilty of indecently exposing himself on two occasions…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, October 23. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Stealing a Dog

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1884 · page 2

Patrick O'Neil was brought up on remand charged with stealing a sheep dog, the property of Thomas Mackay, valued at £5. The particulars of this case have already…

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Police Court Wednesday. Before Mr. W. A. Byrne, J.P.

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 October 1884 · page 3

Edward Frawley pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness, and was fined 5/, with the usual alternative of 24 hours' solitary confinement…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, October 18. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Assault in View

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1884 · page 2

Thomas O'Reilly was brought up on remand, charged with assaulting J. M'Carthy in view of the police. This prisoner, it will be remembered, was…

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Police Court. Monday. Before the same Justices

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 October 1884 · page 4

John Brown, alias Yarry (an aborigine), was charged with indecent exposure, and pleaded not guilty. Coustable Kennedy proved the charge and accused was sentenced…

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Licensing Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 October 1884 · page 4

Before Dr. Agassiz and Mr. J. Simpson, J.P. Mark Solomon was charged with allowing an unlawful game to be played in his licensed…

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Small Debts Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 October 1884 · page 4

BEFORE Dr. Agassiz, Messrs. J. Simpson, and W. A. Byrne, J.P. Marian Giloola v. Frank Cowley, for wages £6/6/. Mr. O'Donnell appeared for…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, October 28. (Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 October 1884 · page 2

John Hughes and Eleanor Edgeworth, alias Mary Kelly, charged with drunkenness, were cautioned and discharged. John M'Lean and William Wilton,…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, October 30. (Before the Police Magistrate.) VAGRANCY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 2

Samuel Moxham, charged as above, was discharged with an order for his admission to the Benevolent Asylum. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, November 1. (Before Messrs. W. Rand and J. Gormly, J.P.'s) Larceny As a Bailee

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1884 · page 2

Alexander Wiles Armour was charged with the larceny as a bailee of a cheque for £4 10s. Constable Milton deposed that in…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, November 4. (Before William Rand, Esq., J.p.) Larceny

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1884 · page 2

Charles Henry Ragnell, was brought up on remand charged with the larceny of certain moulding tools, the property of H. S. Godherd. After some evidence had been…

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Wagga Police Court Friday, November 7. (Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 3

Mary O'Brien for the above was cautioned and discharged. VAGRANCY. Eleanor Edgeworth charged with vagrancy…

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Police Court. Friday. Before Mr. E. P. Barnes, J.P.

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 4

James Fitzgerald, on remand, was charged with being of unsound mind. Constable Ottoway's depositions were read…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, November 8. (Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS, &c

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 November 1884 · page 3

James Robinson, for being drunk was fined 10s, and for making use of obscene language 20s, with the usual alternative. Patrick M'Gniggan, similarly charged,…

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