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Courts & crime, 1895

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr. H. Baylis, P.m.) Tuesday February 26Th, 1895. EMBEZZLEMENT

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 2

Arthur Riddle, accountant in the Wagga branch of the Bank of Australasia was charged with having embezzled the sum of £32 11s 6d on the 31st December last, the…

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Double Tragedy at Goulburn. Wife Murder and Suicide. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 2

A shocking tragedy happened at Goulburn this morning, shortly after midnight. Thomas Cross, licensee of the Robert Burns Hotel, shot his wife and committed suicide. Cross…

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Terrible Domestic Tragedy Murder of a Wife by Her Husband. Suicide of the Murderer. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 2

A TERRIBLE domestic tragedy occurred at Goulburn last night, when an hotelkeeper named Tom Cross shot his wife and then himself. The pair had not lived happily,…

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Police Court. Wednesday, Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. J. Boxsell, J.P. Stoning Trains

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 10

The case against the two boys, William and James Terry, was resumed. Joseph Walker, goods clerk on the main southern railway line, deposed: On one…

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A Remarkable Case. Alleged Incitement to Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 4

Sonic startling disclosures were made at the Cental Criminal Court on Thursday morning in the case in which Henry Boyd a middle-aged man, is charged with liming solicited…

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Indicted for Murder. Acquittal of "Mrs. Dr. B."

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 5

Annie Batten, otherwise "Mrs. Dr. B.," against whom the Coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder in connection with the death of a young woman named Johanna…

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Tragedy in Western Australia. Supposed Murder and Suicide. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 2

A SHOCKING tragedy is reported from Nannine, where John Sutherland, a wellknown miner, was shot dead by his companion, Auguste Miller, who immediately…

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Inciting to Murder. Finish of a Strange Case. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 2

HENRY Boyd, was to-day found guilty and remanded for sentence on a charge of endevouring to incite Charles G. Roylance to murder Henry Dempsey. The…

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Mysterious Murder at Cootamundra. the Police Baffled. a Description of the Deceased

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 2

THE detective police of Sydney, who have investigated the mystery of the recent Cootamundra murder, have compiled the following description of the murdered man:—"About 35,…

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District Court. Monday. Before his Honor Judge Forbes. CUPITT V. WOODS

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 4

£5/13/2. Mr. Morgan for plaintiff; Mr. MacMahon for defendant. This was a dispute about a settlement for fencing and wages…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, March 5Th. (Before the Police Magistrate) Straying Cattle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1895 · page 3

George Manns pleaded guilty to having alloweds a cow and calf to wander about town, and was fined 10a. and 4s. l0d. coats. DISEASED ANIMALS ACT…

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr. H. Baylis, P.m.) Tuesday March 5Th, 1895. EMBERZZLEMENT

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 March 1895 · page 3

Arthur Riddle was charged with having on the 31st December, 1894, embezzled the sum of £32 11s 6d, the moneys of the Bank of Australasia, his employers…

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Gundagal Police Court. Wednesday, March 6. Before Mr. Weakes, P.M. Neppino Children From School

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 2

Joseph Grain, Of Willie Plenna, appeared charged by Sergeant McGuffie, with not complying with the provisions of the 20th and 21st Sections of the Public Instruction. Act., in keeping his daughter…

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He wanted her Money. Found Guilty of Plotting to Murder a Girl and Her Adopted Father

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 2

AN extraordinary criminal just come to light in Sydney. Henry Boyd, or Boydell, a bearded hard-featured man of about fifty years of age, described as a commission agent, was found…

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Gundagai Small Debts Court. Wednesday, March 6. WAGES Before Mr. Weekes., P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 2

In the postponed case, Frank Marshall v. Was Pelford, claim of £18/10/, wages the defendant did not appear. Mr. Griffia appeared for the plaintiff, who produced his account book, and…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, March 7Th. (Before the Police Magistrate) THEFT

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 2

Henry James Wilson was brought up charged with having in his possession a military tent, reasonably supposed to have been stolen…

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Friday, March 8Th. (Before the Police Magistrate) Alleged Embezzlement

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 2

Arthur Riddle was brought up on remand charged with embezzling four sums of money belonging to the Bank of Australasia at Wagga…

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr. H. Baylis, P.m.) Thursday, March 7Th, 1895

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 3

Henry James Wilson was charged with having in his possession a military tent reasonably supposed to be stolen. Constable J. W. Glenn deposed that on…

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District Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 4

BEFORE his Honor Judge Forbes. ATTWOOD AND CO. V. WILLIAM SIBRAA. Claim, £37/5/. Mr. Morgan for plaintiffs. Defendant did…

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Our Court House

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 6

AT the conclusion of one of the cases before the Quarter Sessions here on Wednesday the foreman of the jury, Mr. John Booth, of Lagoon creek, said he wished to say on…

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