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Courts & crime, 1901

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Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

At the police court yesterday, Mr. G. Martin, P.M., presiding, Thomas Diggens, who appeared for the second time on a charge of drunk and disorderly, wan fined…

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The Courts. Police Court. Municipal Claims

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 3

In the following claims by the Tumut Municipal Council for N.S. fees judgment was given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed with court and…

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A Brutal Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

A married woman reported to the police that while walking along Flinders-street on Saturday she turned into a lane and was there knocked down by a man,…

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Alleged Savage Assault

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

The police have received a report that an aboriginal attempted to criminally assault a quarter-caste girl in a lane off Obley Road, Dubbo, on Friday night. It…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

A sitting of the Licensing Court was held on Saturday last, Mr. G. Martin, P.M., presiding. Transfers of license were grunted an follow:—boundary lan Hotel,…

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Wagga Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

Mr. Geo. Martin, P.M., presided at the Wagga Licensing Court, held at the Court-house on Saturday morning. The license of the Boundaiy Inn Hotel,…

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Electoral Revision Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

Some weeks ago we mentioned that a number of unclaimed electors' rights were lying at the o[?]ice of the When the Rovision Court sat yesterday few of these…

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Wagga Revision Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

A Revision Court for the Electoral District of Wagga was held at the Courthouse yesterday, Mr. Geo. Martin, P.M., presiding. Over 300 names were…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, October 28th, 1901. (Before Mr. Geo. Martin, P.m.) Drunk and Disorderly

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 4

Hector M'Lean, drunk and disorderly in Fitzmaurice-street, fined 10s, or three days. Henry Eastcott, drunk and disorderly…

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M'kinley's Murder. the Buffalo Exhibition. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

The great Pan American Exhibition at Buffalo has closed. The accounts show a deficit of 4,00O,000dol. (£800,000), chiefly due to…

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Gaol Breaking in West Australia. Fifty-two Natives Escape. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

Wyndham reports that a daring escape of fifty-two native prisoners' took place on Friday night. Upon examining the gaol a piece of iron about 18in…

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The Divorce Court. Webb V. Webb. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 3

The hearing was commenced in the Divorce Court to-day of a suit, in which the petitioner is Hannah Webb, formerly Browe. She sought a dissolution of her…

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Was It Murder?

The Temora Star · Wednesday 30 October 1901 · page 2

A telegram from Tamworth states that on the 8th instant, some neighbours of a Mrs. Laffy, residing on a small farm two miles from…

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The Courts. Cootamundra Police Court (Before the P.m)

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 30 October 1901 · page 2

John Quinn was charged with travelling in a railway carriage without having previously paid his tape from Whitton to Cootamundra…

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Police Court. Tuesday. Before Mr. W. Clarke, P.M. Travelling Without a Ticket

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 October 1901 · page 2

John Quinn (a stranger) was charged with travelling in a railway carriage from Whitton to Cootamundra without having previously paid his fare…

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Police Court. Tuesday October 29. BEFORE Messrs. P. Meagher and A. R. Tewksbury, J.'s P.

The Temora Star · Wednesday 30 October 1901 · page 2

EDWARD ARTHURS was charged with unlawfully assaulting William Holz at the Queensland Hotel. Defendant pleaded not guilty…

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Police Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 2

At the notice court yesterday (Mr. P. Moran, J.P., presiding), Charles Milne, charged with having insufficient lawful means of support, was remanded for eight…

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Wagga Police Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, Mr. P. Moron, J.P., on the Bench, Charles Bell for behaving in a riotous manner in Fitzmaurice street, the previous…

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Alleged Murder. Strange Burial of a Girl

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 4

The police in the Tainworth district are engaged in the investigation of a case presenting some curious features. A few days ago they were informed that a girl, named…

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An Extraordinary Case. Death of a Young Girl. a Verdict of Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 2

Some days ago the police were informed that Kate Laffey, 14, had been missing from her mother's farm, near Carrabubula, a township 30 miles from…

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