"Truth" in Court
The summons issued to Andrew Thompson, Hugh Roberts, and John Norton proprietor, publisher and editor respectively of Truth newspaper was made returnable at the…
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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, October 1. (Before Mr. C. F. Bolton, J.p.). Alleged Unsound Mind
Martha Hibbert, deemed to be of unsound mind, was brought up on remand. The evidence of Dr. Wren, Government Medical Officer of Health, was taken to the effect…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Seditious Libel. Three Persons Charged. Evidence of the Police
John Norton, Hugh Henry Roberts, and Andrew Thompson appeared at the Water Police Summons Court on Saturday, before Mr. F. W. Edwards, S.M., on a lengthy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Police Court. Saturday, October 3. (Before Mr. G. Martin, P.m.) Sunday Trading
William Alexander Cook, licensee of the Star Hotel, pleaded guilty to Sunday trading and suffering gaming to take place on his licensed premises. For the first…
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The quarterly licensing court was held at the Wagga court house yesterday, before Mr. Geo. Martin, Licensing Magistrate, and Messrs. T. W. Hammond and C. F. Bolton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Police Court. Saturday, 3Rd October, 1896. (Before Mr. Geo. Marting, P.m. Sunday Traning
William Alexander Cook, licensee of the Star Hold, Wagga, pleaded guilty to an information for selling liquor on Sunday September 27…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court. Monday, October 2. (Before Messrs. G. Martin, P.M., T. W. Hammond, and C. F. Bolton, J.'s P.)
The quarterly report of the Licensing Inspector was presented. With one or two exceptions the hotels in the district were described as well conducted and furnished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stone Throwing in Parliament. Seven Days' Gaol
Robert Yuill, 40, was charged, at the Water Police Court, with unlawfully assaulting John Rowland Dacey. The case was in connection with the sensation in Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, Octobeb 6. (Before Mr. G. Martin, P.m.) Furious Riding
George Purkis was charged with furiously riding a horse in Fitzmaurice-street on the 28th ult. Mr. Baylis appeared for the defendant,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, 6Th October 1896 (Before Mr. Geo. Martin, P.m.) Furious Riding
George Chapman was proceeded against by the police for furious riding in Fitzmaurice-street on the 27th September, to the common danger of passengers in that Street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga District Court
The Wagga District Court was held yesterday at the Wagga Courthouse, before acting District-Court-Judge Harris. In several undefended cases in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday. Before Messrs E.P. Barnes, W.H. Matthews, J. Boxsell, and E. Doidge, J.P.
A young woman named Annie Beach was charged with being a prostitute and with riotousness, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months in Goulburn gaol…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Courts. Cootamundba Police Court. Wednesday. (Before Messrs E. P. Barnes, W. H. Matthews, Jes Boxsell, and E. Doldge, J'e.P. a Bad Character
A young woman, Sarah Bridge, was charged with being s bid character, and Without lawful means of support. Const. Gibson deposed that for 4 or 5…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court. Before Messrs J. J. Millar (Chairman), J. Koane, and Dr. Hall. Family Hotel License
Jno. Quigley applied for the transfer of the license of the Family Hotel. Applicant deposed that if the license was granted to him hie sister would assist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burglary Under Arms
AN attempted burglarly under arms by masked men, who used the most extreme violence took place at the pawnbroaking establishment of J. Crawcour, North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Police Court. Saturday, 10Th October, 1896. (Before Mr Geo. Martin, P.m.) Stealing a Municipal Bicycle
John Murphy was charged with stealing a bicycle, value £15, the property of the Wagga Municipal Council, on the 8th inst. Accused was arrested by Constable Crowley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Police Court. Saturday, October 10. (Before Mr. G. Martin, P.m.) Drunkenness
Thomas Malonoy, on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 1s. or imprisonment until the rising of the court. STEALING A BICYCLE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burglary Under Arms. Desperate Affray at North Melbourne. an Old Man Maimed and Shot At
A most audacious and deliberate attempt at burglary, accompanied by violence to an old man named Chas. Stewart, amounting [?]ost to an attempt to murder, occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga District Court. Saturday, 10Th October, 1896
The sittings of the Wagga District Court were continued at the Wagga Courthouse to-day before acting District-Court-Judge Harris…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court. Saturday, October 10. (Before Mr. Acting Judge Harris). BELLINGER V. COMMINS
Mr. Whitfeld, instructed by Mr. Chauncy, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hanbury Davies, instructed by Messrs. Heath and Mitchelmore, for the defendant…
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