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Courts & crime, 1889

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Supreme Court, Sidney. Monday, September 2. No. 1 Jury Court—(Before the Chief Justice and jury of four.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. CRAIN

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1889 · page 2

Mr. C. B. Stephen and Mr. Ralston (instructed plaintiff; Mr. O'Connor and Dr. Sly (instructed by Messrs. Fitzhardinge, Son and Houston) appeared for the defendant, Irvin Crain, in this action,…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, September 6. (Before the Police Magistrate.) a Pickpocket

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1889 · page 2

James O'Brien was brought up charged with attempting to pick the pocket of one James Hehir, at the Show grounds on Thursday…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, September 7. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Alleged Pocket-picking

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 September 1889 · page 2

Sarah Lee, Thomas Lee, and James Smith, were brought up on suspicion of pocket-picking at the last M. P. and A. Show. Senior-sergeant Powell stated that about…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, Sept. 12. (Before tho Police Magistrate.) Drunk and Disorderly, and Using Obscene Language

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1889 · page 2

Thomas Daley, found guilty of the above offence, was fined £2 10s., or three months0 imprisonment in Wagga goal…

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Friday, Sept. 13. (Before the Police MAgistrate.) Alleged Larceny

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1889 · page 2

Hugh Gordon was charged with stealing no watch and chain, of the value of £5, the property of Alexander M'Lennan, on the 3rd [?]eptember…

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The Whitechapel Murder

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 14 September 1889 · page 3

The circumstances surrounding the recent murder of a woman at White chapel resemble those of the Whitehall and Battersea murders, and are not…

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The Scene of the Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1889 · page 2

At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the District Coroner, Mr. L. A. Fosbery, commenced an inquest into the circumstances of the murder at the Wagga Court House, and…

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Terrible Murder at North Wagga Common. Flight and Capture of Suspected Murderer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1889 · page 2

ONE of the most cold-blooded and atrocious murders ever chronicled in the criminal annals of this district was perpretrated at an early hour on Sunday morning, at the North…

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The Courts. Cootamundra Police Court. Tuesday. Before the Police Magistrate

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 18 September 1889 · page 2

Edward Kelly teas brought up, charged with being drunk, also with indecency. Fined 20- or 48 hours. The fine was paid, as the offender had…

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Murder at Wagaa

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 18 September 1889 · page 2

Cristian Eppell, a drover, was found murdered about 7 o'clock in the evening on the Wagga Common, some four miles from Wagga. The…

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Small Debts Court

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 18 September 1889 · page 2

A case of James (a nurse) v. J. Graham, butcher, was down for hearing, but Mr. Cousins announced that it had been settled out of court…

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Wagga Police Court. Wednesday, September 18. (Before the Police Magistrate.) EMBEZZLEMENT

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1889 · page 2

John Blanchard, alais John H. Fitzwilliam, was charged with embezziement of certain moneys, the property of Patrick Joseph Walsh…

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The Wagga Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1889 · page 2

OUR daily life has of late been pretty sharply punctuated with pistol and rifle shots, and other incidents so stirring as to give us pause and sensation. The latest is at Wagga Wagga…

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The murder at the North Wagga Common. Continuation of the Inquest

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1889 · page 4

THE inquest relative to the murder of Christian Epple, was continued at the Court House, Wagga, on Tuesday morning. The following additional evidence was…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Thursday, September 19, 1889. the "Argus" and the Late Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1889 · page 2

AN article from the Melbourne Argus on the late Wagga murder, re-published in another column, gives a picture of the town, its social life, and…

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Brutal Murder at Wagga

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1889 · page 2

GREAT excitement was caused in Wagga on Sunday morning by the report that a man in charge of a drover's camp, returning to Queensland, had been murdered. It appears that a few days ago,…

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MURDER at North Wagga Common

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 21 September 1889 · page 5

ONE of the most cold-blooded and atrocious murders ever chronicled in the criminal annals of the Wagga district was perpetrated at an early hour on Sunday morning, at the…

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News of the Weeks. Gundagai Police Court. Monday, September 23. Before Mr. Weekes, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 2

John Taylor was charged with indecent behaviour in a public place, so wit, Mount-street. South Gundagai. Mr. Griffin appeared for defendant…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1889 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. C. H. E. Primrose, P.M. Edward Cameron, alias Campell, was charged with obtaining money by means of a valueless cheque…

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Land Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1889 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. F. W. Watt (chairman) and E. P. Barnes, and T. McBeath, J.P. Investigation of application for conditional purchases under sections 24, 26, 42, and 47,…

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