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Courts & crime, 1899

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Annual Municipal Revision Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 2

The Municipal Council sat yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall as a Revision Court for the purpose of revision the municipal lists of the borough for the…

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Intercolonial. Sydney. Wednesday. Sydney District Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 2

Judge Cohen has been appointed to take up the work of the District Court in Sydney from the 30th inst. SUICIDE OF A PRISONER…

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Junee Police Court

The Junee Democrat · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25. Before Mr. Mooney, J.P., at 11.30 a.,m. Patrick Carroll was fined, 10s apd 410 costs for keeping an unregistered dog…

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Local and General News. the Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

John C. Edwards [?] before Mr. P. Moran, J.P., at the Wagga Police Court on Thursday as a person [?] to be insane, and found wandering at large. He was…

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The Gatton Tragedy. Burgess and the Police. Sentenced to Two Months for Vagrancy. Toowoomba

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 4

A large number of people attended at the police court this morning, in anticipation of Burgess being again brought up on a charge of stealing a saddle…

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Madresfield Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 3

Earl Beauchamp's family scat is situated amid lovely, undulating, and well-wooded country, close to the eastern slope of the Malvern Hills. Madresfield Court has a…

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The Municipal Revision Court

The Temora Star · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

THE above Court was bold in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening last, when there were present : The Mayor (Ald. Lucas), Aldermen Giles,…

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Borough Council Revision Court. Wednesday Night

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 3

THE revision court, one of the most responsible functions of the council, was attended by a bare quorum for most of the sitting, with at no time more than six…

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Austrians Again. Detained by the Police. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

Two Austrians, who arrived here from Adelaide have been detained by the police under the Immigration Restriction Act, pending advices from Sydney…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Alleged Wine Shop Dispute. a Member of Parliament Charged. Mr. Sleath Bound Over. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

Richard Sleath, M.P., for Wilcannia, was at the Police Court, to-day, bound ovr to keep the peace for three months on a charge preferred against him by Mrs. Catherine…

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Burglary at the Commercial Hotel

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 2

The residents of Lorae-street were roused early yesterday morning and some little excitement was caused when it became known that a man had been…

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Local and General News. the Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 2

Mr. Meares, P.M., presided at the Wagga Police Court yesterday morning, and disposed of what little business there was. Maurice Ellison so far…

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Burgess's Statement Borne Out. Police Baffled. Brisbane, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 4

A fanner has identified Burgess as the man who was at his farm. 25 miles from Gatton, tho night before the murder was committed. This bears out Burgess's…

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Burgess Removed to Brisbane Movements of the Police. Toowoomba

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 4

Mr. Mattingly, a schoolteacher, of Killarney, and Mr. Spreckmann, selector, near Alloda, have arrived here. Mr. Mattingly…

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The Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Tuesday, Mr. F. P. Meares, P.M, fined James Johnston £5, with the option of three mouths imprisonment, for using bad language in…

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Affairs in France. the Dreyfus Case. Court of Cassation. Debate in the Chamber. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 2

In the French Chamber of Deputies last night a bill was introduced by M. Lebre, the Minister of Justice, providing that the proceedings on the application for a revision…

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The Gatton Tragedy. What the Police Say. Not Hopeful of a Conviction. But Trust to Vindicate Themselves. Gatton

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 4

Very little activity was noticed among the police to-day, a fact due to some extent to the wet weather, which has been experienced. Sub-inspector Galbraith, who has been in…

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The Samoan Trouble. Looting Contihces. Stevenson's House Attacked. Breaking Supreme Court Windows. High-handed German Proceedings. the Other Consuls Protest. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 3

The latest news from Samoa, where the trouble about the succession to the kingship is still rife, and which is dated January 24th, states that no further fighting has taken…

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Police Court

The Junee Democrat · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 2

At the police court this in morning before Messrs Dobbyns and Stevens, JsP., John Hart was charged with travelling without a ticket on the railway ; also with…

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Burglary at the Commercial Hotel Junee

Coolamon Echo · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 2

THE residents of Lorne-street were routed early on Monday morning and some little excitement was caused when it became known that a man had been…

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