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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

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Local and General News. the Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. Wm. Purtell, J.P., a joung man named John Swansborough was charged with using indecent language in…

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Latest Intelligence. Case Before the Court. Report on the Evidence. Condemnatory Remarks. Colonel Picquart Eulogised. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 5

Paris is gradually quietening. LONDON, Friday. The Court de Cassation met at Paris yesterday to deal with the documents…

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An Assault Case

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 4

Thomas Byrne was charged with unlawfully assaulting William Thomas Peacock at Forest Hill on the 18th October. Mr. George Coleman appeared for the defendant, who…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, October 29Th, 1898. (Before Mr. Geo. Martin, P.m.) Drunk and Disorderly

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 4

Henry Maybee was mulcted in a fine of 10s for being drunk and disorderly in Fitzmaurice-street. Arthur Brooker for a similar offence in…

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The Court's Decision. a Supplementary Inquiry. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

The arguments submitted in favor of reopening the Dreyfus case formed the subject of deliberations for 3 1/2 hours yesterday by the Court of Cassation in Paris…

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The Bankruptcy Court. Certificate of Discharge Refused. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

The Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. Arthur Henry) to-day delivered his reserved judgment in the matter of the application by Joseph Israel, a money-lender, for a…

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The Dreyfus Case. in the Court of Cassation. Appeal by the Public Prosecutor. a Fresh Trial Necessitated. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

During the hearing by the Court of Cassation yesterday of the application on behalf of Captain Dreyfus, a petition was presented by Mme. Dreyfus, making for a revision of…

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Later Intelligence. Revision. Counselled by the Press. Dreyfus Receiving Accused's Treatment. the Court of Cassation. Makes a Preliminary Inquiry. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

All the leading Parisian newspapers to-day publish articles regarding the now celebrated Dreyfus case. Without exception they approve of the revision of the case…

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Police Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 2

ARTHUR DOWSTON was charged at the Gundagai Police Court on Monday with being drunk in West-street. He pleaded guilty and was fined 5s. For…

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At the Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. G. Martin, P.M., and L. A. Fosbery, J.P., George Mitchell, Inspector of Nuisances, proceeded against Frederick…

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A Melbourne "Tote." a Seige by the Police

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 4

COLLINGWOOD was the scene of a lively incident on Friday afternoon, when the police made a raid on the notmious "tote " shop to which that suburb gives its name…

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Police Court. "How Do You Get Your Living?"

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 7

A YOUNG man of small stature, giving the name of William Clarke, Alias Ryan, &c., and a tall man also gave the name of John Ryan, were in the dock charged with having…

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Intercolonial. Sydney Friday. a Noted Criminal Sentenced

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

Sydney Ormiston, a noted criminal, was today sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for house breaking. THE LISSON CASE—CAPITAL SENTENCE…

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Licensing Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 7

BEFORE the same Bench George Alexander Prosser was charged with selling liquor to a man who was already drunk, and Mr. Mac Mahon pleaded guilty for him and gave…

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Valueless Bank Note. Two Men Sentenced. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

Two men named Misler and Fleming were to-day sentenced to three months imprisonment for attempting to pass a note on a now defunct Melbourne financial institution,…

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Mr. Hooley's Partner. Martin Rucker Charged with Contempt

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 5

Mr Barton Rucker, formerely the partner of Mr Ernest Terah Hooley, has been arraigned on a charge of contempt of court in attempting to bribe Mr Hooley to give…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, November 5Th. (Before Mr. Geo. Martin, P.m.) Disorderly Conduct

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 2

John Casey was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and with resisting Constable Crowley whilst in the execution of his duty, in Fitzmaurice-street on the previous day…

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The Court of Cassation. Suppression of Insults

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 2

"Le Journal des Debate," a leading Paris journal, demands the enactment of a law to suppress public insults to the Court of Cassation…

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CAULFIELD V. Norton. Further Court Proceedings. Application Dismissed. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 3

An application was made today on behalf of the defendant in the case Caulfield v. Norton for a stay of proceedings. The application was dismissed on the…

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Police Court. Saturday. Before the Police Magistrate. Vagrancy, Assault, Robbery

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 3

WILLIAM CLARKE and JOHN RYAN were charged, on remand, with having no visible means of support, and, in company, with assaulting and robbing Charles Seager…

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