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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1884

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Police Court. Monday. Before Dr. Agassiz, J.P.

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 November 1884 · page 4

Simon Brown was charged with being drunk and disorderly and with resisting the police, and was fined 10/- for each offence. Thomas Crane was charged with being of…

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Small Debts Court. Before the same Magistrates

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 November 1884 · page 4

Mr. Healy for plaintiff, Mr. O'Donnell for defendant. Moore v. Holder; goods sold £9/6/11. Robert Moore, on oath, stated: I was a…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, November 11. (Before Messrs. A. T. Bolton and P. Moran, J's.P.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1884 · page 2

PLAYING AN UNLAWFUL GAME. William Mitchell was charged as above. Constable Gilltrap deposed: On the previous day he was on duty in the Wagga racecourse, and saw the prisoner there with a…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 4

Percival Kean, charged with being drunk, was discharged. Thomas M'Namarra, on a charge of drunkenness, was discharged. The same…

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Summons Cases. Friday, November 14. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. P. Moran, J.p.) Wages

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 2

William Harper v. Thomas Mackay. —Plaintiff claimed the sum of £3 7s. 6d., for wages due to him by defendant. After hearing evidence, the Bench fonnd…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, November 13. (Before Mr. A. T. Bolton, J.p.) Drunkenness

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 2

John Stewart pleaded guilty to the above, and was discharged with a caution. WILFUL DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. George Tee Sang was charged with having…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 November 1884 · page 5

BEFORE Dr. Agassiz, and Mr. W. A. Byrne, J.P. John Hartigan was charged with being drunk, pleaded guilty, and was discharged…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, November 24, 1884. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Suspected Person

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1884 · page 2

John Archibald White, alias Boko White, was charged with being a suspected person, frequenting Newtown with intent to commit a felony…

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

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 November 1884 · page 4

William Parkinson and Denis Maguire were charged by Constable Kennedy with bathing in the reservoir. They pleaded guilty, and were fined 20/- and costs of…

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Wagga Police Court. Wednesday, November 26. (Before Messrs. A, T. Bolton and W. Rand, J's.P.) DRUNKENNESS

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1884 · page 2

William Wood pleaded guilty to the above charge, and was discharged with a caution…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, November 27. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Wm. Band, J.p.) Obscene Language

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 2

John Green, for the above offence, was fined £1, or in default, to be imprisoned for 14 days…

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Police Court. Friday. Before Messrs. J. Simpson, and W. A. Byrne, J.P.

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 6

Thomas Hunt, was charged with damaging property belonging to the trustees of the reservoir, by wrenching the gate off its hinges. The accused pleaded guilty but…

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Insolvency Court. Before Mr. Commissioner Primrose

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 6

A first and only meeting in the insolvent estate of F. J. B. Rae was held yesterday. Mr. Healy appeared for insolvent, who was examined…

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District Court. Friday, November 28, 1884. (Before his Honour Judge Backhouse.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 3

THE above Court was opened by hia Honour yesterday morning, after the passing of sentences upon those prisoners remanded from the previous day…

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Wagga Quarter Sessions. Thursday, November 27. (Before His Honour Mr. District Court Judge Backhouse.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 3

The above court was opened by His Honour at 10 o'clock. Mr. Piteairn prosecuted for the Crown, and the other barristers in attendance were…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, December 1, 1884. (Before Messrs. P. Moran and A. T. Bolton, J'sp.) Assault in View

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1884 · page 2

Edward Harris, alias O'Brien, pleaded guilty to the above, and was fined £5, with the alternative of one mouth's imprisonment. DRUNKENNESS…

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District Court. Saturday, Noverber 29, 1884. (Before his Honour Judge Backhouse.) HAWKINS v. DYRING

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1884 · page 2

This case, which was postponed from the previous day, was an action to recover £35 4s., the amount of a disputed advertising account. Some further evidence was taken,…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Dr. Agassiz, J.P.

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 December 1884 · page 4

Margaret Casey was charged with drunkenness, and was discharged. TUESDAY. Before Mr. A. M. Fisher, P.M…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, December 5, 1884. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Brech of the Polisons Act

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1884 · page 2

AN PING was charged with having, on the 24th November last, sold to one Yee Lee a quantity of opium in contravention of the Poisons Act…

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Appeal Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 6 December 1884 · page 5

THE first court for hearing appeals against the assessment of the rateable property of the Borough of Gootamundra was held on Wednesday, when, at the opening of the…

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