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Courts & crime, 1894

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, August 14, 1894. (Before Mr. H. Baylis, P.m.) Non-attendance at School

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 August 1894 · page 3

Under the Public Instruction Act Seniorsergeant Powell proceeded against a number of parents for neglecting to see that their children attended sell ol properly. The…

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Land Appeal Court Decision. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1894 · page 2

The Land Appeal Court delivered judgment to-day on the point raised by the counsel for the Minister of Lands re Central Division leases. The Crown contended that…

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Terrible Tragedy in New Zealand. Murder and Suicide by a Miner. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1894 · page 3

A TERRIBLE tragedy is reported from the Merrivale diggings in the Provincial district of Otago. A family named Reynolds, father, mother,…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, August 11. (Before the Police Magistrate.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 3

A laborer named Albert Brown, made Application to the bench for an order to recover a bank draft for £30, which he alleged had been stolen from him by some person…

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The Bourke-street Tragedy. Mrs. Andersen Sentenced to Death

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 6

The trial of Mrs. Cecilie Anderson for the murder of John Fraser, in a hotel in Bourke-street, on the night of the 19th June, was held in the Criminal Court, Melbourne…

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Small Debts Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 7

Same day and before same Bench. MOONEY V. OSBORNE. E. C. Mooney v. James Osborne (Redband, Jugiong), claim £1/14/, for medicine…

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Police Court. Wednesday. Before Mr. H; Baylis, P.M., and Mr. Jas. Boxsell, J.P. DESTITUTION

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 7

John Pickering was before the court, having gone to the police begging to be looked up, as he had no means of support and had become crippled through…

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The Courts. Cootamundra Police Court. Wednesday. (Before Mr Baylis, P.m.) Sent Up for Retai[?]s

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 2

Robert Pickering, an old man, was charged with having no visible means of support. Imprisoned with hard labor for 14 days, in the local gaol. The P.M…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, August 16, 1894. (Before Mr. H. Baylis, P.m.) Application for an Order

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 4

Albert Brown applied to the Police Magistrate for an order to obtain possession of a valuable security viz.:—an order for the pay men of £30, dated the 20th July, 1894…

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The P.u. and the Police

The Worker · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 3

DEAR WORKER.— We are getting well on into August now, aud yet very few of the many sheds that would like to start under the new agreement can get under…

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Central Division Leases. the Land Court Judgment

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 9

IN giving judgment in the Land Appeal Court on Tuesday, in the test case in connection with the pastoral leases of the central division, the President, after having…

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Pastoralists and Shearers. Despatch of Shearers to the Country. Additional Police Sent Away

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 4

The shearers who arrived on Tuesday by the steamer Wskatipu, from New Zealand, wove despatched to the country by special train which left Sydney at 6.15 p.m…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday. (Before the same Bench.) MOONEY V. OSBORNE

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 2

This was a claim for £114- for medicine. The defense was that Dr. Brown had, when sending in his account for…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Saturday, August 18, 1894. the Decision of the Land Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 2

THE decision of the Land Appeal Court in respect to the validity of the Minister's notification to the pastoral lessees of the Central Division will undoubtedly…

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Land Court of Appeal. Wednesday, August 15. (Before Messrs. A. Oliver, President, Freeman and Brandis.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 4

Mr. Canaway appeared on-behalf of the Minister for Lands. CENTRAL DIVISION [?].—A TEST CASE. In the matter of an appeal of the E. S…

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Child Murder Case at Ballarat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 2

AN inquest was held at Ballarat on Friday at the city police court by Mr. A. M. Greenfield, J.P., and a jury of five, on the body of an infant, Mary Howe, aged two…

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The Fraser Murder in Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 2

THE trial of Cecilia Andersen for the murder of John Fraser at the Southern Cross Hotel, Bourke-street, on 19th June, was held on Thursday at the Criminal Court, Melbourne,…

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Another Shocking Tragedy. Attempted Wife Murder and Suicide. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 2

A horrible tragedy was perpetrated at the Glebe this afternoon by a man named Wm. Watson, who resides at 22 Christie street in that suburb, at one o'clock this afternoon…

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Central Division Leases. the Land Court Judgment

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 4

In giving judgment in the Land Appeal Court, Sydney, on Thursday, in the test case in connection with the pastoral leases of the Central Division, the president, after having…

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A Fight with Burglars. Visit to a City Hotel. Murderous Assault on the Licensee. a Constable Shot

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 2

IN the early hours of Sunday morning (says the Age) there took place in the city a desperate encounter With burglars, which leaves the licensee of an hotel with a serious…

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