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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1898

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The Marrickville Assault the Day of Retribution. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 2

The six youths who were on Wednesday found quilt; at the Quarter Sessions of having assaulted a young man named James Charles Paris, at Marrickville on October…

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Later Cables. Through Reuter's Agency. the Dreyfus Case. Esterhazy's Letter. Court of Cassation Convinced. London, Thursday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 5

The Court of [?]tion to which the [?] of the D[?]mitted and which about a week ago [?]sed a private letter written by Major Esterbazy…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. a Lengthy Case. Bardwell V. Cheney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

John Cheney was charged before Mr George Martin, P.M., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, at the instance of Charles Darby Bardwell, with having stolen during…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, November 10. (Before Mr. G. Martin, P.m.) Remanded for Sentence

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

A boy named Frederick Lowes was sharged with stealing articles of jewellery valued at £1 15s., the property of D. Nesb[?]tt…

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The Strathmerton Murder. Execution of Archer. Speaks From the Scaffold. Instantaneous Death. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 3

Archer, the Strat[?]merton murderer, was executed in the Melbourne Gaol this morning. He bore himself calmly, and marched…

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The Dreyfus Case. Newspapers Attack the Court. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

The anti-Semetic newspapers in France are execrating the Judges of the Court of Causation, who are charged with the revision of the Dreyfus cast, in the foulest possible…

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The Strathmerton Murder Execution of Archer. Confession by Archer. "The Sentence Is Just." [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 3

ARCHER, the Strathmerton murderer, was executed this morning in Melbourne Gaol. As the Sheriff and his aides mounted the platform, Smith, the haugman, and his…

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A Charge of Conspiracy. the Brothers Clark Before the Court. Committed for Trial

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 3

The two young men, Percival and James Herbert Clark, were charged before Mr. Geo. Martin, P.M., at the Wagga Police Court on Saturday last with having conspired together…

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A Police Secret

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 2

A policeman sometimes uses as much cotton-thrend in any weated seamstress. In one beat the mun on duty had instructions to watch a particular house and report in the…

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Paris Secret Police Methods

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 4

"I once spent an afternoon in a pleasant little villa on the banks of the river Marne with the former chief of police in the time of Napoleon III,…

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Small Debts Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 2

ON Monday the following cases came before Mr. Murphy, P.M. :—H. Turnor, secretary of tho Stock Board, v. John Thomas, claim Us. 3d…

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District Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 4

BEFORE his Honor Judge Rogers. BIRCH V. MANGAN. This was a suit for the recovery of an mount due for supplies…

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Cripps Sentenced

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 November 1898 · page 2

The young man James Cripps, who had pleaded guilty to perjury in connection with the same case, was then put forward for sentence…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, November 22. (Before Mr. G. Martin, P.m.) Alleged Sheep-stealing

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1898 · page 3

THE hearing of the charge of alleged sheep-stealing preferred by C. D. Birdwell against John Cheney, juur., was resumed. The defendant was charged that he did…

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Local and General News. Theft of Jewellery

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 November 1898 · page 2

The lad Frederick Lowes, who was charged at the Wagga Police Court on Saturday with the theft of jewellery, valued at £1 15s, the property of George Nesbitt, on 8th inst, and…

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The Wagga Perjury Case. Bruen Found Guilty. Sentenced to Three Years' Penal Servitude. [By Telegraph.] Cootamundra

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1898 · page 2

AT the Session to-day, before Judge Rogers, Bartholinew Bruen was indicted upon a charge of having committed perjury at the recent sittings of the Circuit Court in…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Continuing the Evidence. the Manager of Oberne in the Box. Mr. David M'caughey Called. Expert Evidence on Sheep and Wool

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 November 1898 · page 4

The hearing of the case in which Charles Darby Bardwell, grazier, of Oberne proceeded against John Cheney, Junr., for having during the month of February or March this…

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Coota. Sessions. Saturday, 29th November. Alleged House .Stealing

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 2

Patrick McGarity, on bail, was charged with stealing a horse. the property of Unora Daley, of Wagga, George Allred West deposed : I was,…

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A Bourke Sensation. Attempted Murder and Suicide. Bourke

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 5

Shortly after dinner to-day a particularly cold blooded murder was attempted here, and on failing the would-be perpetrator committed suicide…

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The Strathmerton Murder. Archer's Full Confession. a Cold-blooded, Cowardly Deed. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 3

The following is the confession made by Alfred Archer, who was executed on Monday to the Rev. Mr. Elliott, who attended him while in the goal:—"When returning to my…

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