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Courts & crime, 1893

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Serious Frauds by a Police Magistrate. a Building Society Robbed of Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 2

Mr. John Nicholson, S.M. of Adelaide and Glenelg, has surrendered himself to the police. He was known to be in financial difficulties for some time, and the News that…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, January 2, 1893. (Before Mr. H. Baylis, P.m.) Larceny

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 2

Beryl Alleyne, a domestic servant, was Charged with larceny. Senior sergeant Powell deposed that on Sunday afternoon, from information…

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Arrest of a Magistrate

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 2

At Adelaide on Saturday Mr John Nicholson, S.M., of Adelaide and Glenelg, surrendered to the police. He had been known to be in financial…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, January 5. (Before tho Police Magistrate.) Cattle Straying

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 3

BENJAMIN Collis was proceeded against by the Inspector of Nuisances for allowing a number of cattle to stray in the streets of the Borough. Defendant pleaded guilty,…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 9

Before Messrs. E. P. Barnes and J. J. Miller, J.P. Richard Caunt, application for a hawker's license, granted…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 3

BEFORE the Police Magistrate. The curt was opened at 10-20, with Mr. R. Hughes acting as clerk of the court, in the absence of Mr. C. J. Lloyd, absent on…

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The Courts Cootamundra Police Court, Wednesday (Before Mr Baylis, P.M.)

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 2

Michael Gleeson was charged with stealing from the person, Michael Foxten was called, but did not appear, and there was acsordingly no one…

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Wagga Quarterly Licensing Court. Thursday, Jan. 5

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 4

Present: Messrs. Henry Baylis, Licensing Magistrate (Chairman), and Dr. C. W. Morgan, J.P. APPLICATIONS REFUSED…

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Lynching in America. Twenty-five Lynchers and Seven Police Killed. London, Jan. 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 2

NEWS of a terrible fight between a large body of lynchers and a party of police comes from Carolina, in the United States, At the town of Bakeraville a man had been arrested…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. H. Baylis and Dr. C. W. Morgan, L.Ms.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the above court was held on Thursday. The quarterly report of the Licensing Inspector (Senior-sergeant Powell) was received, and allowed…

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Sad Fate of an Escaped Nihilist. Unjustly Sentenced for Theft

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 4

A VERY curious case has just been tried at the High Court of Appeal, in Vienna, in which the son of a Russian university professor, Ivan Kaminsky, sought to have a…

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Assault in a Train. the Charge Sustained

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 2

The Brighton bench were called upon on Friday (the Age says) to adjudicate on a very serious charge preferred against a mining agent named John Shaw Smelley…

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England and Morocco. Murder of a British Subject. London, Jan. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 3

THE murder of a British subject by the native police in Tangiers has considerably disturbed the relations existing between England and Morocco…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 6

BEFORE Messrs. E. P. Barnes and J. J. Miller, J.P. Walter Milward, indecent behaviour, fined 5/…

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The Child Murder at Balmain

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 3

A domestic tragedy of a painful character occurred at Balmain on Monday (says the Herald) when a widow named Mary Johnston , killed her three months' old son. The…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, January 10, 1893. (Before Mr. H. Baylis, P. M.) Wages Case

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 January 1893 · page 3

William Hardyman, of Urana Road, was summoned by William Murphy to recover £19s., wages alleged to be due. Mr. Heath appeared for complainant, and Mr. Coleman…

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A Barrister Charged with Forgery. Bendigo

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 4

Sergeant-detective Mahony has just returned from Donald, where he served a Summons on Mr. G. E. Lamplough, barrister-at-law, charging him with forging a document…

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The Pinkerton Police. Proposal for Their Suppression. London, Jan. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 5

SENATOR Chandler has introduced a bill in tho United States Senate to provide for the suppression of the organisation of private detectives known as the Pinkerton police…

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Confession or Theft Arrest of a Clergyman's Son

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 4

ERNEST Geo. Meadows, who recently came from England, and who has been employed at the job warehouse of Mr. M Rapken, Bourke-street, made a confession on Friday…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, January 5, (Before the Police Magistrate.) GAMBLING

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 2

Patrick O'Keefe, licensee of the Golden Ago Hotel, Wagga, was proceeded against by the Licensing Inspector (Senior-sergeant Powell) for allowing gambling to be carried…

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