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Courts & crime, 1904

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Land Appeal Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1904 · page 4

Sittings of the Land Appoal Court of Now South Wales will be holden at the Court House, Wagga, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, the 5th day of September…

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Alleged False Declaration. Police Officer's Testimonial a Singular Case. Albury

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 September 1904 · page 4

At the police Court to-day a young man named Hugh Thomas Stewart was charged on the information of James St. John Leo with having made a false declaration…

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Land Appeal Court. Sydney, Monday, August 29th. (Before Mr. H. A. G. Curry, President. and Messrs C. Braudis and W. Houston, Commissioners.) a Question of Forest Reserves

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 September 1904 · page 4

The Union Bank of Australia, Limited, appealed against the recommendation of the Wagga Land Board in respect of an application of a setting apart of Forest…

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Police Court. Friday, 2nd August 1904. (Before Mr. Ne[?]b[?] P. M.)

The Temora Star · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

Theresa Howell, charged with stealing from the premises of Henry Theodox Hensel on the 23rd instant, a quantity of clothing, to the value of…

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Land Appeal Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 4

Sittings of the Land Appeal Court of New South Wales will be holden at the Court House, Wagga, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, the 5th day of September…

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Port Arthur Progress of the Assault. Japanese Reticent. London, Aug. 31

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

The Japanese Legation in London declares that no official announcements of the fall of Port Arthur will be made until the town and the forts are in the hands of the…

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An Important High Court Judgment. Brrwers' Licenses

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 4

Another decision of the Full Court of New South Wales was reversed by the High Court of Australia in Sydney on Wednesday. It was an appeal by the Crown…

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State and Federal Taxation. High Court Judgment. State Licensee Fees Upheld

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

The High Court delivered an important judgment in Sydney on Wednesday, in doing so reversing another decision of the Full Court of New South Wales. The…

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Land Appeal Court. Wagga Sitting.—september 5, 1904. List of Cases. Land District of Cootamundra

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 6

Appeal by A. Sinclair against the ap-praised value of Crown improvements on his additional c.p. 1902-12, Cootamundra…

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Brewers' Licenses. Are Holders Under Federal Act Also Liable Under State Act? Appeal From Supreme Court

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

ON Tuesday, in the High Court of Australia, before Sir Samuel Griffith, Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Barton, and Mr. Justice O'Connor…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, Sept. 5. (Before the Police Magistrate.) Alleged Insulting Language

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

Elwood M'Nevin was charged with having used indecent language in the Saddling paddock of the Wagga racecourse, on Saturday afternoon, 27th…

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A Brutal Assault

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

Kate Amelia Forfar, a married woman, residing at New town, was brutally assaulted, robbed and outraged by a number of larrikins in a paddock off…

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The Theft of the Kimo Battery Plates. Accused Fogarty Before the Court

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

ANDREW FOGARTY was charged at the police court yesterday, before Mr. Nesbitt, P.M., with stealing, on or about August 19, 1904, copper plates…

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Gundagai Police Court. Monday, September 5. Before Mr. Nesbit, P.M.

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

Ben M. Osborne was charged with keeping explosives on unauthorised promises. Sammons not served. Postponed to September 19…

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Murderous Assault on a Wife. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

A plasterer named Joseph Duff, aged 27, a resident of Hawthorn, made a murderous attack on his wife this morning, The woman had only been…

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The Police Sceptical. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

The woman kate Forfar. was able to leave the hospital to-day. The police are doubtful of some of the woman's statements. Although…

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Wagga Police Court. (Before Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.m.) Monday, September 5, 1904. Alleged Wrongful Charge

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 4

Senior-Sergeant Anderson laid an information against Ellwood M'Niven for using indecent language on August 20th. The case aroused great interest,…

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Alleged Assault. a Woman's Serious Allegations. Painful Injuries Sustained. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

A shocking assault on a young married woman was committed at Newtown last night or early this morning. Kate Amelia Forfar, who resided with her…

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Projected Bank Robbery. the Police Warned

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

A few days ago an anonymous letter was received by the police at Petershans to the effect that an attempt was to be made to rob the local bank, and…

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Arbitration Court. Election of Employers Re-presentative

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 2

A ballot was taken to-day for the election of a representative of the employers' unions on the Arbitration Court, during the illness of Mr…

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