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Courts & crime, 1898

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The Dreyfus Case. the Charges Made by M. Zola. the Court Restricts Evidence. Officials Refuse to Testify. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 2

The trial has commenced in Paris of the charges made by M. Zola, the famous novelist, in connection with the case of Captain Dreyfus…

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Organised Highwaymen. a Big Band of Outlaws. Murder, Bane Robbery and Cattle Stealing

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

What ia balieved to be the greatest criminal league that last over existed in America is operating in the mountains along the frontier of Colorado, WYoming, Utah, and Idaho…

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Local and General News. Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

There were only cases relating to children at the Wagga Police Court on Thursday morning. Messrs S. Hawkins and Geo. Sheppard, J's.p., were on the bench. The…

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The Wages of Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 6

A STATEMENT has been issued by the Paris police department, showing that, apart from the fear of punishment, crime is not a paying investment. The police take for…

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Murder of a Bank Collector. Cremation of the Victim

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 6

A. M. LAMAREE, receiving clerk at the the Comptoir d' Escompte, Paris, disappeared mysteriously on the 5th December. The honesty of the clerk was altogether above…

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Land Appeal Court. Cost of Scrub Clearing

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

THE Land Appeal Court in Sydney this week heard two appeals from the Narandera Land District. John Balkic appealed against the…

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The Dreyfus Case. the Trial of M. Zola. Tumultuous Scenes in Court. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

The trial of M. Zola, the famous French novelist, for defamation of military officials in connection with the Dreyfus case, is proceeding in…

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Alleged Charge of Stealing and Entering. Accused Before the Court. Committed for Trail

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

Before Messrs. matcheit and Bibo, J's.P. at the Gundagai Police Court on Friday, Alfred Archibald Paton and George Henry Castle, on remand, were brought…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, February 12. (Before Mr. S. Murphy, P.M. Bad Language

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

Ellen Davidson, was charged with being drunk and using indecent language. The accused on the first charge was fined 10s. or three days, and £5 or three months on the…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, Feb. 12Th. (Before Mr. Stephen Murphy, P.m.) Charges Against a Woman

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

Ellen Davidson pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk in Baylis Street on the previous night and was fined 10s, in default 3 days' imprisonment in Albury Gaol. The…

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Monday, Feb. 14. (Before Mr. S. Murphy, P.m.) Theft of a Dress

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

Annie Briton, an elderly woman, was charged with having stolen a dress, the property of C. K. Horwood, valued at £1. Constable Crowley deposed to arresting…

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Police Court. Monday. Before Mr. J. J. Miller, J.P. DRUNK

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 6

James Downes pleaded guilty to drunken and was discharged with a caution. ALLEGED STEALING. Frank Reynolds was charged with stealing…

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Stealing Harness

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

In consequence of a complaint having been lodged with the police by Mr William Melton, in the employ of Mr P. Troy, of Toole's Creek, that barness had been stolen…

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The Ararat Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

The Government has offered a reward of £100 for the conviction of the murderer of Joseph M'Donald, near Ararat…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, February 15. (Before Mr. Stephen Murphy, P.m.) Bad Language

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

John Hogan was charged with using bad language within the hearing of persons in Fitzmaurice-street, and pleaded guilty. The police stated that complaints had…

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Wagga Police Court. Tuesday, February 15. (Before Mr. S. Murphy, P.m.) Indecent Language

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 3

William Hogan pleaded guilty to a charge of using indecent language in Fitzmaorice-street on the 4th instant. A fine of 50s was inflicted, with costs 4s 10d; in default, two…

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Land Appeal Court. Reserved Decisions

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 4

The Land Appeal Court, consisting of Messrs Oliver (president), Freeman, and Brandis (commissioners), sat in Sydney on Tuesday, and delivered the following reserved…

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Lord William Nevill. Pleads Guilty to Fraud. Sentenced to Five Years' Penal Servitude. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

Lord William Nevill was tried to-day on a charge of fraud preferred against him in connection with the recent case in which Mr Sam Lewis…

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Wagga Bankruptcy Court. James Clyde and Son

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 4

A sitting of the Wagga Bankruptcy Court, presided over by Mr S. Murphy, P.M., District Registrar in Bankruptcy, was held at the Wagga Courthouse on Tuesday…

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Land Appeal Court. Reserved Decisions in Wagga Cases

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 3

THE Land Appeal Court in Sydney on Tuesday delivered the following reserved decisions in Wagga cases:— The appeal of B. G. M. Englehardt…

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