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Courts & crime, 1904

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, May 30. (Before the Police Magistrate.) a Tarcutta Case—a Senior Constable Committed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 3

Senior-Constable Jas. Young was charged with unlawfully receiving from Charles Beaver, a drover, the sum of £2 as fee for grazing sheep on a police reserve at…

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Land Appeal Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 4

Sittings of the Land Appeal Coutt will be holdon at the Court House, Wagga, commencing at 10 a.m. on Wednesday June 1, for the hearing of all Appeals and…

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On Murder Bent, a Sensational Report. Five Victims Iin a Day. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 3

A sensational report comes through native sources from the West Coast, to the effect that a woman and four men were murdered on Friday at different…

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A Mining Appeal in the Supreme Court. [?] V. B[?] and [?]

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 2

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The Picton Murder

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 2

The trial of a synan bawker. who is cganged with the muider of an old man named charles smith. in c[?] of great brutahty, at [?] part. was…

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Death of a Woman. Two Men Committed for Trial. a Doctor Charged with Murder. Liverpool

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 3

An inquest touching the death of Euphemia. Franklin, aged-28 years, which took place on May 20, was conducted before the Distriet Coronor (Mr. W. H…

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Land Appeal Court. Wagga Sittings

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 2

The Sittings of the Land Appeal Court were commenced at the Court House yesterday before Commissioners Houston and Brandis…

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Land Appeal Court Srtting at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 3

A sitting of the Land Appeal Court opened at Wagga yesterday morning. Mr. A. Oliver (President) and Mr.Houstun (Commissioner) were on the…

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Federal High Court. Property and the Law of England

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 4

The High Court gave judgment in Sydney on Monday in a case of importance to property owners in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania. The…

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A Sensational Fracas. the Police V. Bluejackets. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 2

A great sensation was caused in Bridge-street this morning by a very novel occurrence. It appears that a number of bluejackets were accosted by some police officers…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Sailors V. Police. Mano-warsmen Rus Amcck. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 2

A big fight took place between a [?] form the [?] this mornmg. Lag[?] had broken leave,…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, May 20. Before the Police Magistrate

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 2

Senior-Constable Jas. Young was charged with unlawfully receiving from Charles Beaver, a drover, the sum of £2 as fee for grazing sheep on a police…

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The Norbiton Mystery Its Police Court Outcome

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 5

In the Kingston police court, on 11th March, Mary Davies, aged thirty, a well- dressed, good-looking young lady, residing at Brighton, was charged on a…

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Wagga Land Appeal Court. Death of the Chief Commissioner for Lands

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 2

The Land Appeal Court opened a sitting in Wagga on Wednesday before Commissioners Houston and Brandis, Mr. Hanbury Davis…

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Murder made Easy

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 5

In Osedo, a village in Galicia, a most extraordinary case of manslaughter was perpetrated by a young man of good position who, upon coming out of church, turned…

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Arbitration Court. Brickmakers, Dispute

The Worker · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 6

The dispute between the Brickmakers and Brickcarters' Union of Employees and the Brickmasters and Pipe Manufacturers' Union of Employers still occupies the…

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Adjournment of the Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 2

At this stage, Mr. Davies, the Crown barrister, handed to the Beach a telegram which he had received from Mr. Coffey, barrister, stating that Mr. Oliver, the…

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News by Wire. Peak Hill Murder. Sydney

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 2

The State Cabinet have decided that the sentence of death passed on the Chainaman, Ah Cliick, for the Peak Hill murder, shall be carried into…

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Land Appeal Court. Wagga Sittings

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 5

The Sittings of the Land Appeal Court were contined at the Court House on Thursday before Comissioners Houston and Brandis…

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Land Appeal Court. Heath of the President. Sitting Immediately Adjourned

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 2

The second day's sitting of the Land Appeal Court at Wagga was held on Thursday morning. Mr. Braudis, Acting President, and Mr. Honston,…

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