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Courts & crime, 1899

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Police Court

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

At the Junee Police Court on Saturday before Messra Moouey aad Steven. lsP., Johu Bouuell was [?]ninded to'' Wagga jail for s[?]ruu days for medical treatment…

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Prisoner Escapes from the Gundagai Gaol. a Mysterious Affair the Police in Hot Pursuit

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

BETWEEN I and 2. p.m. on Saturday as Acting [?] was at lunch, a prisoner named Thomas Fenton effected his escape from the Gundagai gaol, but…

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The Melbourne Tragedy. a Deliberate Murder

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 4

A NEW development took place late on Friday night in the Yarra mystery, altering the whole aspect of the case, and proving without question that the woman whose…

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The Police on the Border

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

Special instructions have been issued to the police in the North-Eastern portion of New South Wales to keep a sharp lookout for any persons whose…

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A Military Scandal. Lieutenant Wark's Conviction. Judge Charged with Bias. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 3

An agitation is in progress in connection with the conviction of Lieutenant Wark, who was sentenced to death and subsequently reprieved on a charge [?] from a fatal…

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The Ya[?] Mystery. [?]Ing Development. Arsenic Discovered. Evident Deliberate Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

A new development took place on Friday in the Yarra mystery, as briefly mentioned in Saturday's Express, altering the whole aspect of the case, and proving without…

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The Gatton Tragedy. the Latest Particulars. the Police Baffled. Brisiiane

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

MANY of the neighbours of the Murphy family state that, so far as Murphy family state that, so far as they known, no one bore the Murphys any ill-will. Although three of Mr…

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The Cotton Tragedy. the Police [?]Led. Strange Statements by a Frenchman. Gatton, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

Six fresh mounted police constables and their [?] arrived at Gatton last night, also three black trackers from Fraser Island. The district is now…

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The Dreyfus Case. Proceedings of the Court of Cassation. Mademoisell[?] Pays Examined. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 3

The Court of Cassation is continuing its examination of persons concerned in the Dreyfus case. Among the witnesses recently examined…

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Police Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

At the Local police Court on Monday, before Mr. Linsley, J.P., William Cole was fined 2/6, or imp isonment till the rising of the Court,…

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The Courts. Cootamundra Police Court

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 2

George Barnard was charged with being drunk and using bad language Const Barry depused to arreating de[?] about 10.30 on Saturday night…

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Escaped From Gaol

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 2

AT dim[?]er time on on Saturday last, a pri oner named Thomas Fenton, under c mmit:al from Tumut, esc[?]ped from the local gaol. How Fenton…

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Alleged Murder

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 4

A startling development has taken place in connection with the mysterious death of a woman named Christine Cadman at Conargo, a small…

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Police Court. Tuesday, 3Rd January, 1899. BEFORE Mr. S. Murphy, P M. Illegally on Premises

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 2

James Simmons, was charged with illegally on the premies of Edward Jamie.on, batoher, wi.h in[?]ent to st[?]al…

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Escape from Gundagal Gaol. the Police in Pursuit

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 2

ON Saturday last between 1 and 2 p.m. a prisoner named Thomas Fenton escaped from Gund[?]gai Gaol. The "Gundagal Times", reports:—Fenton had been…

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Alleged Indecent Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 2

A man named Daniel Glavan was charged with having committed an indecent assault on a little girl aged 13 on the 31st December last…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Wagga Licensing Court [?] held at the Wagga Courthouse on Tuesday. messrs. G. Martin, P.M., and [?] F. Bolton, J.P., [?]ded. The…

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Wagga Police Court. Breaches of the Licensing Act. Cattle Slaughtering Cases. Points of Law Raised

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 2

Mr. Martin, P.M., presided at the Wagga Police Court on Tuesday, and dealt with several cases. BREACHES OF THE LICENSING ACT…

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The Theory of the Police

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 4

The accepted police theory of the mannor in which the crime was committed is that Murphy and his sisters were bailed up on the road by a party of armed men,…

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