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Courts & crime, 1898

697 stories in Riverina's papers · page 33 of 35

The Court Was Cleared

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

WHEN, the alleged rape case came on for hearing at the Sessions on Thursday, His Honor, Judge Rogers, ordered all persons under the age of…

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Sheep Experts in Court. Technical Testimony

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

ON several occasions timing the past fortnight the Wagga court room has presented an appearance more like a fellmongery or skin store than a police court. The case of…

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Examining Picquart. the Court-martial. Not Likely to Be Postponed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

The Court of Cassation, which is busy with the revision of the Dreyfus case, is still examining Colonel Picquart. It is not considered likely that the…

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The Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Geo. Martin, P.M., J. Clarke, alias W. N. Holloway, was charged on warrant with child desertion. The hearing of the…

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Alleged Assault. Crown Decline to Prosecute. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 3

The Crown has declined to prosecute the man Younger, who was under committal on a charge of assaulting Blanche Withey some time since, and he has therefore…

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Special Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

A special meeting of the Wagga Licensing Court was held at the Wagga Courthouse yesterday. Messrs. Geo. Martin, P.M., L. A. Fosbery and C. F. Bolton, J's.P. occupied…

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The Picquart Couht-martial. Court of Cassation Powerless. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

It appears that the Court of Cassation is powerless to postpone the court material on Colonel Picquart. Neither is it able to enforce its decisions if these are opposed to…

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District Court. Saturday, December 3. Before His Honor Judge Rogers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

P. J. O'donnell v.j. Norton, reat, £42/10/. Mr. Phillips for plaintiff. Plaintiff give evidence of indebtedness, and Mr. W. H. Sibthorpe, as agent for Mr…

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Cable News. the Dreyfus Case. Proceedings of the Court of Cassation. Secrecy Required. London, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

The Court of Cassation is pursuing its investigations in the Dreyfus case, with the object of deciding on the question of a revision of the proceedings…

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Later Intelligence. Picquart's Prosecution. Public Feeling Averse. Royalists Divided. a Question for the Court. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 2

The Dreyfus case is attracting general attention throughout France, and public indignation is hourly becoming greater against the action taken by General…

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District Court Saturday, December 3Rd, 1898. BEFORP Judge Rogers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1898 · page 2

P. J. O'DONNELL v. JOHN NAUGHTON, Claim £42 10s., rent Mr Phillips for plaintiff. Mr Crowe for defendant…

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The Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Geo. Martin, P.M., George Mitchell, Inspector of Nuisances to the Borough Council, proceeded against John…

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Queensland. the Late Mr. Tyson. Administrating the Estate. Application in Court. Curator of Intestate Estates Receiver. a Will Believed to Exist. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 3

An application was made to Mr. Justice Real today on behalf of James Tyson Donnelly, a nephew of the late Jae. Tyson, that the administration of his deceased…

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Police Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2

AT the local Police Court on Wednesday last, J. McDonald was fined 5s or six. hours for drunkenness. On Thursday, Rohert Frunklin, John…

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Victoria. False Pretences. a Pretender Sentenced. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 5

The young man Frederick Adams, who was a few days ago arrested on a charge of false pretences and who posed at the son of Mr. Edward Barton, M.L.A. of New South…

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Smoking at Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 6

Many of the ladies of the Czarina's house hold (writes a St. Petersburg correspondent) are fearfully upsel by a request—equivalent, of course, to an order—made by their exulted…

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Land Appeal Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 2
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THIS. Court commel, ced on Tuesday, when decision was given in the mat-ter of the appeal of. James Graham against the decision of the…

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Tub Dubbo Murder. the Law to Take Its Course. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 5

The Cabinet to-day decided that the sentence of death passed upon the Chinaman, Wong Ming, for the murder of a fellow countryman at Dubbo, shall be…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. a Peculiar Case an Alleged Assault. Claim for Damages. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 5

An action in which Mabel Elizabeth Ratford, a pretty girl between 14 and 15 years of age, was the plaintiff, and james Michael Cavanagh was the defendant, was commenced…

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