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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

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Coolamon Police Court. Thursday, January 27. (Before Messrs. A. W. Stinson and W. Boyd, J.'s P.) Drunkenness

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 4

John Saville wan charged with being drunk and disorderly in a public place on the previous day. Accused pleaded guilty and was fined £1, with the option of seven…

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Borough Council. Thursday Afternoon. Revision Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 6

PRESENT—the Mayor end aldermen, except Ald. Lester, away. Minutes were confirmed. The masting had been adjourned from…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, Jan. 27 (Before Messrs. S. Hawkins, J.P., and P. Moran, J P. Application to Destroy Alleged Diseased Cattle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 4

George Mitch II, inspector under the Dis[?] in Animals and Meat Act, applied for an orderr to destroy two cows, the property of Phiness Hann…

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The Powers and China. Murder of a German Sailor. Attached by a Chinese Mob. London, Thursday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 1

Reports have been received stating that a Chinese mob has murdered a German sailor, who was employed as one of a party guarding the extreme…

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Strange Case of Insanity. a "Q.c." Sent to the Asylum. Scenes in Church and Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 5

Mr Paris Nesbit, a well-known Q.C., was charged At the Adelaide police court on Wednesday with being a lunatic not under proper control and care. He was escorted…

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Stealing From a Store

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 2

Some time during list week a pair of ladies' shoes were stolen from amongst a large number of boots and shoes on display in front of the store of Messrs Wm. Shaw…

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A Currawarna Cattle Dispute. a Question of Ownership. the Case Before the Police Magistrate

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 3

In the Summons Division of the Wagga Police Court yesterday Junes Linsell proceeded against Robert James Montgomery, both of Currawarna, for the illegal detention…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, Jan, 31. (Before Mr. S. Murphy, P.m.) Illegal Detention of Property

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 2

James Linsell procceded against Robert Montgomety for the ilegal detention of three bullocks, of which plaintiff alleged he was the owner…

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The Federal Convention. the High Court Question. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 2

THE Convention to-day granted Mr. Brunker a week's further leave of absence on account of the illness of his daughter After a good deal of talk on the High Court…

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Suspected of Stealing

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 4

John M'Guiness and Robert Warran were further charged with having in their possession one shirt reasonably supposed to have been stolen…

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Theft of Shoes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 4

John M'Guiness and John Warran were charged with having, on the 29th January, stolen a pair of ladies shoes the property of Messrs Wm. Shaw and Son…

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Daring Escape of Prisoners. Charged with Housebreaking. Recapture of One Man

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 2

Two prisoners undergoing sentences in the Melbourne gaol on charges of housebreaking made good their escape from the Russell-street barracks this…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, February 1St. (Before Messrs C. F. Bolton and E. W. DONNELLY, J.s'P.) a Water Case

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 4

Cing Lee was summoned for having on the 22nd January used the borough water supply for other than domestic purposes, he not having from the borough any supply other…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. MURDER

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 6

Early this morning a man named John Thompson was, it is alleged, murdered near Randwick. It is reported that four men and a woman were concerned in a dispute,…

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Police Court. FRIDAY. Before Messrs. R. R. Bailey, P.M., and J. Boxsell, J.P. Defrauding Railways

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 6

Patrick Mulligan (on bail) was charged with travelling on the railway without paying for his ticket; and he pleaded not guilty…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Alleged Murder of a Man. Sensational Statement by a Woman. the Allegations Disproved. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 2

Early this morning it was reported to the police that a man named John Thompson had been murdered at the unemployed camp, near the…

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The Murder of a German Sa[?]

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 2

The Chinese murderer of the G[?]sailor at Kiao-Chau has been behea[?] order of the Chinese Government…

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[?]Vage Assault by a Blackfellow. a Widow the Victim

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 3

At Narrabri a nude blackfellow [?]tered the residence of a widow [?]med Mrs. Hendron and violently [?]aulted her. He escaped before…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, Feb. 8Th. (Before Messrs. E. W. Donnelly and Geo. Sheppard, J's.p. Stealing Harness

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 2

A man named Thomas John Myles was charged with stealing two collars and e pair of winkers, the property of Thomas Halloran, on January 30th, and valued at 30s. He was…

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Coolamon. an Assault Case

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 2

At the Coolamon Police Court yesterday, before Mr Stephen Murphy, P.M., Hector Muoroe was charged with assaulting Michael Leary at Phillips' Hotel on the 10th ultimo…

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