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Courts & crime, 1894

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A Court Panic at Pekin. London, Sept. 20

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 4

Intelligence from Pekin states that the defeat of the Chinese fleet in Corea Bay lias caused a decided panic in the Imperial Court…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday. (Before Mr Baylis, P.M.)

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 2

S. Cohen v. Dr. Kavanaugh (late of Cootamundra). Mr Joseph for plaintiff. Claim for £2126. Mr Cohen entered the box, and deposed that the debt was…

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The Bardock Murder. Coolgardie

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 2

A man named William Sodding was arrested near Londonderry yesterday on suspicion of being the Burdock murderer. He answers to the general description of the…

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Wagga Circuit Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 2

The September sittings of the Wagga Circuit Court will be commenced at 10 a.m. to-day at the Court House, His Honor Judge Stephen presiding. Mr. E. Milner Stephen is…

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Wagga Circuit Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 2

The sittings of the Wagga Circuit Court were commenced at the Wagga Court House on Tuesday last before bis Honor Judge Stephen. Mr. A. B. Piddington appeared to…

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Wagga Circuit Court. Tuesday, September 25. (Before His Honor Mr. Justice Stephen)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 2

THE September sittings of the Wagga. Ciren't Court were opened b.fore Mr. Justice Stephen and juries, on Tuesday. Mr. B[?]ylis, P.M., occupied a seat on the…

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Mrs. Vennell Before the Police Court. Maryborough

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 3

At the police court this morning, before Mr. P. Virtue, J.P., Martha Veunell was formally charged with the murder of her son, Ellis John, on the 22nd ult. There was a…

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The Bardock Murder. Coolgardie

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 3

William Sodden, a German tailor, who was arrested for the Bardock murder, has been discharged. Several diggers who conversed with the alleged murderer were satisfied…

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The Maryborough Murder. Mrs. Vennell Arrested

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 3

A MARYBOROUGH telegram of Wednesday says:—A development of a sensational character occurred to-day in connection with the Maryborough tragedy, when…

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The Haunted Stream Murder. an Interesting Development

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

Interest in the outrage at Stirling, or Haunted Stream, Victoria, on the 6th August, 1892, when a storekeeper named John Cohen was blown to…

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The Richmond Poisoning Case. Martha Needle Sentenced to Death. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 3

As was anticipated, the trial of Martha Needle for the murder of Louis Juncken at Richbmond on the 15th May last resulted in a verdict of wilful murder and in the accused…

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Bank Burglary Scare. a Sensation at Mandarama

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 2

AN unsuccessful attempt is reported to have been made on Thursday night to "stick up" the branch of the A.J.S. Bank at Mandarama, near Carcoar. Shortly after midnight…

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The Shearing Trouble. the Coombe-martin Shooting Case. Prior Sentenced to Six Years Rockhampton

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 3

In the court yesterday, Henry Prior, convicted of shooting the free shearer, Ashford, at Coombe-Martin, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, was sentenced to six years'…

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The Court of Pekin (From the Times.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 4

THERE has been a good deal of commotion in the inner circles of Government for some time past. The young Emperor chafes visibly against the leading strings of her…

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A Brutal Wife Murder. Result of a Quarrel. Confession by the Murderer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 2

A BRUTAL crime was (the Argus says) committed in Latrobe-street west on Saturday afternoon, when a wharf labourer named Weymouth Georgo…

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The Haunted Stream Murder. an Interesting Development

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 3

Interest in the outrage at Stirling, or Haunted Stream, Victoria, on the 6th August, 1892, when a storekeeper named John Cohen was blown to…

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The Parkes Burglary. a Death Sentence

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 4

AT Bathurst Circuit Court on Wednesday, Fred. Dennis was found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of John W. Philip Hall, near Parkes, on the 6th of May. On…

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District Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 2

THE October sittings of the Wagga District Court were opened before His Honor Judge Forbes yesterday morning. There were a number of undefended cases brought before…

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Small Debts Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 9

BEFORE Mr. H. Baylis, P.M., and J. Boxsell, J.P. GARNISHEE. Mr. Joseph, on behalf of Solomon Cohen,…

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Attempted Burglary at Germanton

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 October 1894 · page 3

A burglarious attempt to effect entrance to the A. J. S. Bank at Germanton has been made. Mr. Leigh, the manager, reports about 3 o'clock on Saturday morning his wife was…

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