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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1894

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The Courts. Cootamundra Police Court Wednesday. (Before Mr Baylig, P.m.) Alleged Assault. R. TERRY V. W. RUSSELL

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 2

Walter Bussell. alias Captain Russell, known as tho " lion tamer" in Fillis' Circus, was charged with assaulting one Robert Parry on tho 23rd. May…

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Religion in Gaol. Second Article by an Exwarder

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 7

"Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom," was the agonising cry of the penitent thief on the cross. To this day that prayer…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, June 7, 1894. (Before Mr. H. Baylis, P.m.) Indecent Language

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 4

Helen Nye, charged with being drunk in Macleay-street was lined £1 or one week's imprisonment. For using indecent language in Baylis-street on the 7th inst. the…

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Turious Riding. (Police v. Atkinson.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 4

William Atkinson was charged with furiously riding a horse in a public thoroughfare to the danger of passers by. Defendant was lined £2 with 4s. 10d. costs…

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Drinking After Hours. Police v. CRAWFORD

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 4

Charles Lawrence Crawford was summoned for being found on the premises of Hughes' Sportsman's Arms Hotel within prohibited hours for the purpose of drinking, not being…

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Illtreating a Dog. Police V. Weller

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 4

George Weller was summoned for cruelly illtreating a dog. William Joseph Walsh, a carter, deposed that on the 29th May he saw defendant…

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Wagga Licensing Court. Thursday, June 7

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 3

A special licensing court was held at the Wagga Court House this day. The bench was occupied by Messrs. H. Baylis, P.M., (chairman), T. W. Hammond, and Dr. C. W…

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Coolamon Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 2

At the Coolamon Police Court on Saturday last, before Messrs. H. Baylis, P.M., D. Mitchell, J.P., and A. W. Stinson, J.P., David Hannah, of Cowabbee, proceeded against…

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Coolamon Police Court. Saturday, June 9. (Before Messrs. H. Baylis, P.M., D. R. Mitchell, J.P., and A. W. Stinson, J.p.) Breach of the Rabbit Act

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 2

Elward Hammond and Dennis Dunn were proceeded against by David Hannah, manager of Cowabee Holding, for wilfully injuring a rabbit-proof fence, thereby…

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A Court House Wedding

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 4

A Ballarat telegram of Wednesday says:-- On Frederick George Prato being placed at the bar in the Supreme Court to-day to answer to a charge under the Age Consent…

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Police Court. Wednesday. Before the Police Magistrate. Petty Larceny

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 3

David Hargraves and Walter Barrett, two youths were charged with stealing clothing, the property of Ben Allen Bray. Constable Earrell deposed: At 1.15 this…

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The Courts. Cootamundra Police Court Wednesday. (Before Mr Baylis, P.m.) Stealing white SHIRTS

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 2

David Hargraves and Walter Barrett, the latter quite a boy, were charged with stealing two shirts, the property of Mr Bray, tailor, of Parkor-street…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, June 15th. (Before the Polico Magistrate.) Alleged Larceny As a Bailee

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 3

Jerome Arthur Jenkins, was charged with larceny as a bailee. Senior, Constable Anderson deposed: I arrested the accused yesterday, by virtue of…

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Alleged Attempted Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 7

A Chinaman named Lo Sung Gue was arrested at Temora on Saturday night charged with the attempted murder of Mr. Wyatt de Little…

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Wagga District Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 6

The sittings of the Wagga District Court were renewed at the Wagga Courthouse at 10 a.m. yesterday, his Honor Judge Forbes presiding…

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Drunk Ad Resisting the Police

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 4

William Collins was charged with being drunk whilst in charge of a horse and cab at the railway station on the 15th inst. Accused pleaded guilty…

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Wagga Police Court. Friday, June 15, 1894. (Before Mr. H. Baylis, P.m.) Larceny As a Bailee

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 4

Jerome Arthur Jenkins was charged, on warrant, with larceny as a bailee. Senior-constable Anderson deposed that, by virtue of warrant produced, he arrested…

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A Melbourne Sensation. Suspected Murder of a Saddler. Arrest of His Housekeeper

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 3

A STARTLING sensation came to light on Wednesday, when a warrant was applied for the arrest of a Mrs; Needle, a housekeeper, recently keeping house for a man named…

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Wagga District Court. Before His Honor Judge Forbes

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 2

THE June sittings of the Wagga District Court were bpened on Wednesday afternoon, when the undefended cases were gone through. The court was coantinued…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, June 18th. (Before Mr. P. Moran, J. P.) Drunkenness

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 3

Thomas Ryan pleaded guilty to having been drunk in Fitzmaurice-street, on Saturday night, and was fined 10s. with the option of seven days' gaol…

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