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Courts & crime, 1889

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, Dec. 29. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Threatening Language

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 2

James Cummings was charged by Catherine Cummings with using threatening language to her on the 20th of December. Constables Bracken deposed [?]…

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News of the Week. Gundagai Police Court. Thursday, December 27. Before Mr. Weekes, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 2

Robert Roche pleaded guilty to riotous behaviour at Coolac on the previous day and was find 5/- Thomas True and Robert True were charged…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 6

BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. D. F. Gibb, J.P. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. Vane Tempest (remanded from a previous…

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A Remarkable Burglary. a Suite of Furniture Stolen. Smart Detection and Arrest of the Burglar

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 2

A MAN named R. H. Carpenter was arrrested on Tuesday by Constable Cameron at Fitzroy on a charge of burglary under very singular circumstances. On Monday morning Mr…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, Dec. 29. Before Mr. Bavlis, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 2

Henry Corbett, age 26, a laborer, was charged with stealing one horse, the property of Dr. J. J. O'Dwyer, of Gundagal. John Alexander Ferguson, said ha was a constable…

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Friday, Jan. 4. (Before the Police Magistrate.) HORSE-STEALING

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 2

Henry Corbett was charged on remand with stealing a horse the property of Dr. O'Dwyer, of Gundagai. Senior-constable Bowman produced a…

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Wagga Police Court, Thursday, January 2. (Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 2

John Oxley was charged with having been drunk on the Esplanade on the 3rd January. He pleaded guilty, and was discharged with a caution…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 6

Before the Police Magistrate and: T. McBeath, J.P. John Patrick Quinlan, charged with being drunk and with riotous conduct in the…

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The Botany Murder

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 2

The Principal Under-Secretary (Mr. Critehett Walker) received on Wednesday from Mr. Frederick Lee, a statement, addressed to Sir Henry Parkes, bringing…

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The Courts Cootamundra Police Court, Wednesday. Before the P.M., and T. M'Bsath, Esq, J.P Too Much Nip and Noise

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 2

J. Quinlan, a young man, who ought to know better, was charged with insobriety and rowdiness. Constable Lowe, gave evidence to the…

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Disgraceful Assault on a Young Lady

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 2

JOHN Borthwick, a respectably-attired young man, appeared before the Fitzroy Police Court on Thursday (says the Melbourne Age) on a charge of assaulting a young lady named…

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Another Murder in England

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 3

A LONDON telegram, dated Dec, 30, states that a little boy, 8 years old, named John Gill, who when last seen alive was sliding with some companions, was found this morning…

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Brutal Murder at Young

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 3

WE learn by telegraph that a brutal murder was commited at Young on Friday night A hawker named Hans Olund, an old resident in the district, who was camped on the…

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News of the Week Gundagai Police Court. Saturday, Januray 5. Before Mr. Weekos, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 2

Henry Corbett, alias John Woods, alias Reynolds, alias Burns, alias Ryan, was charged with stealing a grey horse from Dr. O'Dwyer, in May, 1888…

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Police Court. Tuesday. Before the Police Magistrate

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 4

Thomas Stack, for being illegally in R. Reach's cellar, was sentenced to 48 hours. Kate Block, for drunkenness, was discharged…

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Murder at Young

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 3

A brutal murder took place an Saturday night on tie main Young to Borrows rood, within lie Young Borough boundary, about three-quarters of a mile from…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, Jan. 8. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Riotous Conduct

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 3

Joseph St[?]unton, [?] lad about 15 years of age, was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in Bavli[?]-street, on the 25th of December last…

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An Extraordinary Burglary

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 3

ALFRED CARPENTER, a young man of respectable interior, answered at the Fitzroy court (Vic.) to a charge of burglary. The circumstances of the case have already been made…

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Wednesday, Jan. 9. (Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 3

Jas. Dalton was charged with being drunk in Fitzmaurice-street, on the 8th inst. He pleaded not guilty. Constable Mason deposed that he saw the…

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News of the Week Gundagai Licensing Court. Wednesday, January 9

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 2

Before Messrs. Weekes and Benson, L.M's, James McEvoy made an application for a publican's license for the Star Hotel, South Gundagai. The bench granted the application…

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