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Courts & crime, 1899

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Alleeged Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 4

George Power, farmer, residing at Lake Albert, gammoned William Ball, described as a laborer, for assault assault to have been committed at the Uranquinty races on…

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Wagga Police Court. Saturday, February 18Th. (Before Mr. C. Lyne, J.p.) Drunkenness

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 4

Jane Mason was fined 5s, in default seven days gaol for drunkenness…

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Land Appeal Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 4

THE following cases have been act down for hearing at the forthcoming silting of the Land Appeal Court to be held at the Wugga Court House on Wednesday, the 1st…

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Life at Reno a Sunday Skirmish. Cases of Assault Fines in Each Instance

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

AT the police court on Monday, before Mr. Clarke, P.M. [?] Solomon proceeded against Jimes Si[?] for ass[?]ut-ans alleged robbery of the sum of £1/2/6, at Reno on…

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Resisting the Police. a Family Involved. Forbes. Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 3

Charles M'Lean, of Monwonga, his w[?]e and two daughters, were charged to-day with having, in company, resisted the police whilst arresting the father. They were…

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The Recent Burglary

The Temora Star · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 3

WE understand Sergeant Peterswald and Constable Rowe, of Temora, have arrested a man on suspicion of being concerned in the above. We…

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The Courts. Cootamundra Police Court

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 2

George McCarthy (26) was charged with stealing tho sum of £3 15s and a suit of clothes and other goods the property of Jamas Jopes --(Gip)…

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Briggs Sentenced to Death

The Temora Star · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 3

On Friday Stewart Briggs, the young man who one evening in December last shot his lover Maggie Dutt and her grandmother at their house in…

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Wardens Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 2

A WARDEN'S Court was held before Mr Clark, Warden, on Monday, whom a 6 months' suspension of the labor conditions on p.g.l.13, lease 509…

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Alleged Assault and Robbery. at the Prince of Wales

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 3

JAMES SLATE (on remand) was charged at the Gundagai Police Court (before Mr. Clarke, P.M.) on Monday last with [?] and robbing one Samuel Solomon,…

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Small Debts Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 2

At the local court on Monday morning (before Mr Clarke, P.M.) the following cases were disposed of:—P. and S. Solomon v. Jas. Hawthorne…

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Restricted Association of Prisoners. a Visit to the Goulburn Gaol

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 4

The Minister for Justice (Mr. Lee) in company with the Comptroller-General of Prisons, made a minute inspection of Goulburn Gaol on Saturday. The inspection…

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A Serious Offence. Wilson Befoke the Court. Brisbane, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 2

The ex-schoolmaster, G, L, Wilson was charged at the Ipswich Police Court to day with the commission of a erious offence. The court was cleared of the…

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Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 5

BEFORE Mr. E. P. Barnes, J.P. DISOBEYING A SUMMONS. On the arrest of Constable Wren, a man named Andrew Fogarty was in the dock…

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Morangorell. Police Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 8

Before Mr. W. T. Lewis, J.P. Two brothers named James and William Ellis, 17 and 15 years of age, appeared in custody on a charge of in company breaking…

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The Courts. Cootamundra Police Court

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 4

Michael Maher was charged with allowing s cow to stray. He pleaded guilty. Fined 28. Cost 410. James Dawson was charged with being…

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Land Appeal Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 3

THE following cases have been set down for hearing at the forthcoming sitting of the Land Appeal Court to be held at the Wagga Court House on Wednesday, the 1st…

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The Harkins Bigamy Case. Accused Sentenced to Five Years' Penal Servitude

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 3

At the Hillston Court of Quarter Sessions, which opened at 10 a.m. on Monday, 20th inst, before his Hon[?] Judge Rogers, Alfred Harkins…

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Charge Against E. L. C. Wilson. Accused Before the Court. a Strange Allegation. Against the Police. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 5

When the case against E. L. C. Wilson, charged with a serious offence, was called on at the police court, Ipswich, this morning, Mr. M'Gill announced that he appeared…

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Hillston District Court. Before His Honor Judge Rogers

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 6

W. A. Cooper v. W. H. Clark, claim for L15 for detention of a black pony stallion. Mr. Bolton for the plaintiff, Mr. Raff for the defendant…

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