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Courts & crime, 1893

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Alleged Serious Assault. Three Men Committed for Trial

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 November 1893 · page 2

A FORHES telegram of Monday says:—At the police court this morning William Davis, Frank Moreland, and Herbert Ausley were charged with maliciously wounding a man…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, November 7, 1893. (Before Mr. H. Baylis P.m.) Drunkenness

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 November 1893 · page 2

Thomas Martin for being drunk in Fitzmaurice-street on the 6th. inst. was fined 1s or detention until 1 p.m. BREACHES Of THE BOROUGH BY-LAWS…

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Land Appeal Court of New South Wales

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 November 1893 · page 4

Sittings of the Land Appeal Court of New South Wales will be held at Darlinghurst, in the No. 3 Court, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, 20th November next, for the…

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Police Court Wednesday Before the Police Magistrate. Friendly Society Case

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 9

James Bolton (trustee Protestant Alliance Friendly Society) v. Robert Munro, fees due. Mr. Morgan for plaintiff; defendant did not appear…

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Wagga Police Court. Wednesday, November 10. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Defrauding the Railway Commissioners

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 2

Henry Burgess was charged with travelling on the railway from Geogery to Wagga without paying his fare. Accused pleaded guilty, stilting that he had had too much…

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Release of Boys from Gaol

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 5

THE attention of the Department of Justice has been called (Thursday's Herald says) to the action of the police magistrate at Bathurst in sending three children to gaol…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, November 9. (Before Mr. H. Baylis, P.m.) Indecent Behaviour

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 November 1893 · page 4

Edward Lancaster, charged with indecent behaviour iu a public place off Little Gurwood-street on the 8th instant was lined 10s…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, November 11. (Before Mr. William Rand, J.p.) Forging and Uttering

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 November 1893 · page 4

John Wallace was charged with forging and uttering a cheque for £9 5s. 5d. purporting to be signed by A. Nevett Mitchell for Mitchell and Sons…

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Alleged Medical Frauds. Another Electric Healer in Court. London, Nov 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1893 · page 4

A SHORT time buck the P [?] Mall G[?] published what professed to be an exposure of the "Medical Battery Company Limited," which was formed to carry on the…

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Alleged Child Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 November 1893 · page 2

LUCY Maud Brooke, a servant in the employ of the Hon. Geo. Lee, of Bathurst, gave birth to a male child, which was found dead between the matresses of her bed. An inquiry…

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Police Court Wednesday Before the Police Magistrate and W. H. Matthews and J. Boxsell, J.F. Alleged Trespass

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 November 1893 · page 3

Currey v. Reid. Mr. C. Chauney (Chauney and Chauney) for plaintiff. Walter Currey deposed that he saw defendant take down the sliprail of his paddock…

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Small Debts Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 November 1893 · page 3

Same Magistrates. DEBT. Frederick L. Chauncy v. Edward Howard Goulburn, £6/4/6. No defence. Verdict by…

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Bankruptcy Court. Friday. Before Mr. C. J. Lloyd

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 November 1893 · page 8

Mr. Joseph appeared for several proved creditors. Neils John Johnson, bankrupt, stated: I have filed my statement of affairs; do not…

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Land Appeal Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 November 1893 · page 3

In the Land Appeal Court held at Sydney on Tuesday last the undermentioned cases of local importance were decided:—In the appeal of T. H. Mate and Co…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 November 1893 · page 6

BEFORE the Police Magistrate [?] THE COW AND [?] Scanlon v. Thompson [?] Mr. C. Chauncy (Chauncy and [?]ncy) for…

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As Lambs to the Slaughter! the Brunswick Babies and Thier Hastened Ends—coroner Candler Enquires Who Did the Deed—minnie Thwaites and Rudolph Knorr Charged with Murder. (Copyright—The Federal Association of Journalists.)

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 November 1893 · page 4

The coronial enquiry into the cause of the deaths of three infants whose bodies were recently exhumed from back yards at Brunswick was commenced at the Melbourne…

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Land Appeal Court of N.s.w

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 November 1893 · page 3

The Land Court of Appeal of New South Wales met on Thursday at Darlinghurst before the President, Mr. A. Oliver, and the Commissioners…

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A Criminal Assault Charge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1893 · page 2

A ROMSEY (Vic.) telegram of Sunday says—Mrs. Chapman, the wife of Mr. Phillip Chapman, a music teacher, at present in Tasmania, this morning sowre an…

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Alleged Criminal Assault by a Father

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 November 1893 · page 2

A SHOORING case in which a hawker named John Stowe was accused of criminally assaulting his daughter, Helen Stowe a girl upwards of 16 years of age, was (the Age…

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Serious Assault Case. Two Clerks Robbed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 November 1893 · page 2

A SERIOUS assault case took place about 12.30 on Tuesday morning (the Age says) at North Melbourne. Two brothers, J. A. and F. A. Illingworth, who reside at…

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