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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1900

978 stories in Riverina's papers · page 39 of 49

District News. Warren. the Appraisement Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 6

One of the reasons offered why a large number of applications for re-appraisement had not been lodged by the Currawarna delegate to the Farmers' and…

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Adventure with Yankee Train Robbers. Robbery and Murder in Colorado. London. Aug. 31

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 5

MR. Arthur Pittar, of Auckland, N.Z., who is now in London on private business counected with his late father's estate, and the winding up of the Great Barrier…

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The Breelong Blacks. Details of Last Encounter. Supposed Fate of the Murderers. the Police Theory. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 2

A DETAILED account of the shooting of Jimmy Governor at Coombes's selection is to hand. It appears that there was a bark hut at this selection, and in ambush…

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Murder

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1900 · page 3

A man named Thomas McKi[?]ay, in a fit of jealousy, murdered his wife at Ballarat last night. The victim's head and threat were terribly backed about…

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Junee District Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 October 1900 · page 2

The Premier (says a "Southern Cross" telegram) has just promised to send again for the papers, and, if at all feasible, to restore the District Court at…

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Shocking Wife Murder. Hacked to Death with Knives

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 October 1900 · page 2

A brutal murder was committed on Sunday at No. 5 Surrey-street, South Ballarat, in the seighborbood of the se[?] of the late conflagration, in which seven members of the…

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Returned Soldiers. Appointed to the Police Force

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 October 1900 · page 2

Severn of me troopers who have returned from South Africa have been appointed to the mounted police service. It is the intention of Mr. Fosbery. the Inspector-General,…

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Police Court. Saturday. Before the Police Magistrate

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1900 · page 3

Alexander Peter McHardy, ona charge of drunkenness, was lined 10/- or 48 hours…

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Shocking Murder of a Wife. a Jealous Husband's Deed. Hacked to Death with Knives. Ballarat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1900 · page 2

A BRUTAL murder was committed to—night at No. 5. Surry-street, South Ballarat, in the neighbourhood of the scene of the late conflagration, in which…

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The Ballarat Murder. Accused's Brutal Nonchalance. Ballarat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1900 · page 2

THE wife murderer, Thomas Chalmers M'Kinley, now in the Ballarat gaol awaiting the inquest on the body of his victim, still displays remarkable coolness of…

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The Court of Appraisement. the Municipalities Act

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1900 · page 2

In the Assembly this afternoon, the Premier, in reply to Mr. Reid, said he had given instructions to the Electoral Commissioners to divide the federal electorates of…

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Riverina Police Courts. a Block of Business. Berrigan

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 October 1900 · page 4

To say that the Police Court business in this district has been unsatisfactory for months past is to put the matter in its very mildest form. Not only in…

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Police Court, Thursday, October 25. (Before Mr G. Martin, P.M.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 3

George Joseph Wendell, a German, received from the Jerilderie Police on remand, charged with being of unsound mind and found wandering at large…

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Riverina Police Courts

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 3

Thus the Berrignn Correspondent of the "Evening News."—To say that the police court business in this district has been unsatisfactory for months past is to put the…

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The District Court

The Junee Democrat · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 2

We understand that private letters ' received, give every reason to hope that the District Court in Janee will he re-established and it is quite…

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Police Court. Wednesday. (Before the P.M. and Mr Boxsell J.P.)

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 2

John Green was charged with being drunk in Wallendoon-street on the 23rd inst. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 20- or 7 days…

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The Chinese Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 2

"The Times" states that General Tung-to-Shiang and his Kan-su soldiers dominate the Chinese Court, the members of which show no sign of retiring to Pekin…

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Police Court. Wednesday. Before Mr. W. Clarke, P.M., and Mr. J. Boxsell, J.P. DRUNKENNESS

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 4

John Green, on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 20/- or seven days. The P.M. remarked that a new Act had been passed and as soon as the new rules were…

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Naturalist. Dogs As Police Assistants

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 6

The dog policeman has now joined the Parisian police force, and when the Exhibition opened he was an important attache of each station house. Favourable…

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Licensing Court. (Before the P.M. and Dr. Hull, J.P.)

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 2

A renewal of a pulican's license was granted to James Cambourne, of the Club Hotel…

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