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Courts & crime, 1903

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A Charge of Gold Stealing. a Gundagai Case

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 3

At the Gundagai Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Clarke, P.M., John Darrell, engine-driver, on remand from Sydney, was charged with having, at…

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District Court

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

Commissioners of Taxation v. Samuel Carter. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for plaintiff for amount claimed £8 5 4…

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Court Decisions

The Worker · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

A sad stale of affairs exists in Minotola, a small town in South Jersey, where the Jones Glass Works have their factory located. The company owns the town, the…

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Wagga Circuit Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

Six cases only are set down for hearing at the Wagga Circuit Court, which commences its sittings at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning before Mr…

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Singular Bigamy Case a Salvation Army Officer Charged. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

A strange case was heard at the Glebe court to day, when a man named John Bolingbroke Hilaire was charged with bigamy. Evidence was tendered to the…

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The Guildford Murder. the Appeal. Five Prisoners Acquitted

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 6

The Full Court at Perth (W.A.) on Wednesday gave a decision in connection with the appeal against the conviction of three Frenchmen and the three French…

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District Court. Thursday. BEFORE bis Honor Judge Hamilton

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 3

Commissioners of Taxation v. Samuel Carter, jun. Claim £1/5/4. Verdict for the amount. G. and C. Attwood v. Henry Willis. Claim £10/1/1 goods sold and delivered…

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Attempted Wife Murder. Husband Uses an Axe and a Razor. Cuts His Own Throat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 6

A terrible sensation occurred at Pelow Main, a colliery town nine miles south of Maitland, on Wednesday afternoon, when John Heber, a miner, attacked his wife…

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Arbitration Court. Saddle and Harness Makers. Minimum Wage Award

The Worker · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 7

In the matter of the industrial dispute between the New South Wales Saddle and Harness Makers' Trade Society, industrial union of employees (claimant) and the…

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Lord Methuen's Capture. a Court of Inquiry. London, April, 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, said that a special court had inquired into the circumstances attending the…

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Small Debts Court. Friday, 3Rd April. Before Mr. W. Clarke, P.M.

The Temora Star · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 2

Morris Manufacturing Co. v. Dr. R. G. Cookson. Claim for 10s. 6d. for goods sold and delivered. Mr. Dibbs appeared for defendant…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

At the Wagga Licensing Court yesterday morning, before Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M. and L. A. Fosbery, J.P., applications for renewals of publicans…

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Wagga Circuit Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

The Wagga Circuit Court commences its sittings at the Court-house at 10 o'clock this morning, before Mr. Justice Simpson. The list of criminal charges…

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New Lamps at the Court-house

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

The tender of Messrs. C. Hardy and Co., for the installation of a number of [?] gas lamps at the court house has been accepted, and the work will be gone on with shortly…

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Items of News. Wagga Circuit Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

The criminal sittings of the wagga Circuit Court will commence at 10 o'clock this morning at the court house, before his Honor Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson and a…

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Another Love Tragedy a Murderous Assault. Girl Attacked by Her Lover Assailant Commits Suicide. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

A terrible tragedy was enacted at Bodangora, near Wellington, to-day. Harriet Collins, a single girl, was attacked by John Hyde, who hit her in the…

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Disabilities of Police Magistrates. Under the Whip of the Legal Profession

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 1

At the Goulburn Court-house on Friday morning Mr. W. S. Caswell, police magistrate, who left Goulburn on Saturday en route for England on a visit, was…

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Warden's Court. Monday, April 6Th Before Mr. Warden Clarke. Authorities Cancelled

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

THE following were called upon to show cause why their authorities to enter private lands should not be cancelled for non-payment of rent and…

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Small Debts Court. Monday April 6. Before Mr. Clarke, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 3

C. McCabe v. Alice E. Morton, goods sold and delivered, £4/7/7. Verdict consented to. Mr. Fraser for plaintiff…

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Police Court. Monday, April 6Th, 1903

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 2

Before Mr. W. Clarke, P.M. Francis Fennell was charged with damaging a telegraph wire, the property of the Government, at Mundarlo…

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